Over the weekend, the manager met up with a former Hibs, Sunderland, and Wolves player he knows well. Thanks to an old Easter Road teammate, a former Hibs player was convinced of Wrexham’s talent. Steven Fletcher began his career in Leith but showed all the makings of a successful striker throughout his career, making frequent appearances at Sheffield Wednesday and Sunderland in addition to stints with Wolves and Marseille.
Now he is with Wrexham in League One as they look to get out of League One and into the Championship, coming off the bench against Gary Caldwell’s Exeter City during a 2-0 Red Dragons win. Caldwell, who featured at Hibs in his playing days alongside Fletcher, says the former Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday man tells him all he needs to know about Wrexham.
He said: “I thought there was very little in the game. When you look at the stats, 50-50 pretty much. Possession, eight shots to eight shots. I just think they do the basics better than us. They get six on target, we get one. We had more corners. But yeah, the basics, I thought you can see why they’re up there because they do simple things really well. They have a group of men on the pitch that know what it takes at this level and probably higher levels in their career.
I played with Steven Fletcher many, many years ago, and he has had an incredible career. “You can see why they’re up there, because they do simple things really well, and they have a group of men on the pitch that know what it takes at this level – and probably levels in their carer.” Although it demonstrates the team’s skill, I believed we were in the game for the majority of it.
“I just need more commitment from the players. I need that last action. I need that last yard to be better. And we could have been right in this game. But yeah, disappointed always to lose. But a deflected shot in the first half when they didn’t really create much, apart from that early chance they had.
“All we have to do is improve. We must improve, like I told the players. We must increase our training. We must continue to improve and work on it. We are aware that the players they are signing are of the highest caliber. They have a fantastic squad. But that’s the level, I said. From League One, this team will be promoted. And we must strive to reach that level.
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