Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney | Wrexham AFC Watch

Pexbo said:
It’s not because they’re nice guys. It’s because they’re bringing Hollywood level of exposure to the football league.
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But they aren't, they're bringing Hollywood exposure to Wrexham and themselves....
How many people who have watched the Wrexham documentary series are now watching Stevenage play Exeter right now.....??
They have self sponsored the club and pumped in a ridiculous amount of money and essentially brought their way to where they are, very similar to City, but yet get zero bad press for doing so.
 
next_number_seven said:
I don't think they'll have the finances to upgrade their squad so quickly.

They'll have to do it piecemeal.

Also they have to upgrade stadium, academy, training ground etc...

R&R are rich but not that rich.

I think they'd be happy to just survive in the Championship and slowly improve.

The fact that there will be 3 Welsh clubs in the Championship will be great for Welsh football and also narrative for the documentary.

The singing of two strikers shows their intent.
Paul Mullin is off form due to injuries and step up in level.
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They easily have the finances, they'll get new investors and self sponsor themselves to circumnavigate the stricter financial rules in the Championship....
 
Champ said:
But they aren't, they're bringing Hollywood exposure to Wrexham and themselves....
How many people who have watched the Wrexham documentary series are now watching Stevenage play Exeter right now.....??
They have self sponsored the club and pumped in a ridiculous amount of money and essentially brought their way to where they are, very similar to City, but yet get zero bad press for doing so.
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That’s why Stevenage and Everton arent getting preferential treatment.
 
Champ said:
They easily have the finances, they'll get new investors and self sponsor themselves to circumnavigate the stricter financial rules in the Championship....
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Do you actually refuse to acknowledge the existence of Ukraine?
 
Champ said:
They easily have the finances, they'll get new investors and self sponsor themselves to circumnavigate the stricter financial rules in the Championship....
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With the Allyn family as investors they've lots of money but I don't see them spending 100m next summer to upgrade the squad which would be what's required to upgrade the squad.

They'll buy 3 or 4 quality players maybe.

Although 4 successive promotions would be amazing and probably never repeated.

I enjoy following their journey.

Likability counts for a lot and also they're committed to investing in the community also.
 
Monmouthshire Red said:
Wrexham Lager Beer Co. are currently selling a Bootlegger beer with a cartoon picture of his mush on the label.
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They’re not :lol: they dropped him like a hot potato, there was some beef with him being owed money or something and he went down and protested at the brewery. it’s some Manchester brewery doing it now.

Funnily enough, he was on next doors roof this morning when I opened the blinds with his arse hanging out :lol:
 
Big Andy said:
They’re not :lol: they dropped him like a hot potato, there was some beef with him being owed money or something and he went down and protested at the brewery. it’s some Manchester brewery doing it now.

Funnily enough, he was on next doors roof this morning when I opened the blinds with his arse hanging out :lol:
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He really is a bellend. They've got some Bootlegger beer in my local Co-op, it must be out of date
 
Every time I scroll this page, I think Monmouthshire Red is me and try to remember when I posted about Wrexham Lager Beer Co.
 
It'll be better for the documentary if they have a heart-breaking play-off loss and then have another go at it next year. Will probably make it easier for them the year after as well if they have another year to get some championship standard players in.
 
Melbourne Red said:
Every time I scroll this page, I think Monmouthshire Red is me and try to remember when I posted about Wrexham Lager Beer Co.
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Haha. Easy way to remember is Monmouthshire is in South Wales, whereas Melbourne is not in New South Wales
 
Melbourne Red said:
It'll be better for the documentary if they have a heart-breaking play-off loss and then have another go at it next year. Will probably make it easier for them the year after as well if they have another year to get some championship standard players in.
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I think they really want to make history with 3 successive promotions. It's very hard to do so worth going for it.

That's why they spent 2m on a L1 striker.

However it wouldn't be the end of the world if they spent another season in L1.

Lots of work to do around the club.
 
Mr Pigeon said:
You need to forgive them. Sometimes taglines can be incredibly accurate.
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Never.
Ukraine is a Russian state, until people understand that I'll never surrender...or something.
 
Champ said:
But they aren't, they're bringing Hollywood exposure to Wrexham and themselves....
How many people who have watched the Wrexham documentary series are now watching Stevenage play Exeter right now.....??
They have self sponsored the club and pumped in a ridiculous amount of money and essentially brought their way to where they are, very similar to City, but yet get zero bad press for doing so.
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I don't think it's the same as City at all. City is a state owned club being sponsored by companies owned by the exact same state.

Wrexham are getting good commercial deals off the back of being on a popular TV show. Tiktok, Delta airlines etc. It seems like a reasonable business strategy albeit it gave them an enormous advantage in national league and league two. Doubt it carries them far in the Championship though.
 
Adz_99 said:
I don't think it's the same as City at all. City is a state owned club being sponsored by companies owned by the exact same state.

Wrexham are getting good commercial deals off the back of being on a popular TV show. Tiktok, Delta airlines etc. It seems like a reasonable business strategy albeit it gave them an enormous advantage in national league and league two. Doubt it carries them far in the Championship though.
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Sportswashing versus sportswishing
 
Adz_99 said:
I don't think it's the same as City at all. City is a state owned club being sponsored by companies owned by the exact same state.

Wrexham are getting good commercial deals off the back of being on a popular TV show. Tiktok, Delta airlines etc. It seems like a reasonable business strategy albeit it gave them an enormous advantage in national league and league two. Doubt it carries them far in the Championship though.
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You realise that quite a few of Wrexhams sponsors are also part owned by one or both of the Hollywood duo right?
It's exactly the same as City, just dressed up in a tuxedo rather than a Kandura...
 
Love them or hate them, their social media and advertising is fecking great.

Superbowl advert for Stok Cold Brew

 
Big Andy said:
Love them or hate them, their social media and advertising is fecking great.

Superbowl advert for Stok Cold Brew

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Yup, got to love being sponsored by a product that isn't even sold in Wales....
 
Semper Fudge said:
:lol: you absolutely hate them don't you?
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It's nothing personal against Wrexham as a team or a place,

It's more the 'underdog' story and tagline that goes with them...they aren't underdogs, never have been since the owners took over.
They have basically run at a loss with inflated sponsors (many of whom have close links or are run/part owned by the owners), essentially the exact same principles as City, yet they seeming get away with it because of who they are.

Ridiculous transfer fee, ridiculous wages all helped by inflated sponsors.
 
Wonder if next time Reynolds is at a game then opposition fans will make a chant about Justin Baldoni and/or Blake Lively (not in a nasty way). Would send him absolutely insane
 
Champ said:
It's nothing personal against Wrexham as a team or a place,

It's more the 'underdog' story and tagline that goes with them...they aren't underdogs, never have been since the owners took over.
They have basically run at a loss with inflated sponsors (many of whom have close links or are run/part owned by the owners), essentially the exact same principles as City, yet they seeming get away with it because of who they are.

Ridiculous transfer fee, ridiculous wages all helped by inflated sponsors.
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It's more that Wrexham clubs history and the towns history makes them underdogs and makes it a feel good story.

They had really terrible owners before who almost destroyed one of the oldest clubs in the world and the rejuvenation by R&R is a nice story.

But yes I agree that they've bought their success and it's unfair on other clubs.

I think their financial advantages won't exist if they get promoted to the Championship though
 
Shows how strong is power of media these days.
They are (in some way) PSG and City who fans hate. They bought their way through National league and L2 exploiting very soft rules about finances in lower leagues. Some sponsorship money is also very similiar to City's "sponsors".
But, football fans still like them. Me included.
 
next_number_seven said:
It's more that Wrexham clubs history and the towns history makes them underdogs and makes it a feel good story.

They had really terrible owners before who almost destroyed one of the oldest clubs in the world and the rejuvenation by R&R is a nice story.

But yes I agree that they've bought their success and it's unfair on other clubs.

I think their financial advantages won't exist if they get promoted to the Championship though
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The underdog tag should have gone as soon as they self sponsored and became the richest club in the lower leagues, yet it persists, as if having Championship level players on Championship wages in league two and now League one is fighting against the odds.
 
Champ said:
It's nothing personal against Wrexham as a team or a place,

It's more the 'underdog' story and tagline that goes with them...they aren't underdogs, never have been since the owners took over.
They have basically run at a loss with inflated sponsors (many of whom have close links or are run/part owned by the owners), essentially the exact same principles as City, yet they seeming get away with it because of who they are.

Ridiculous transfer fee, ridiculous wages all helped by inflated sponsors.
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Don’t they get away with it because they aren’t subject to the same laws as the PL?
 
LARulz said:
Wonder if next time Reynolds is at a game then opposition fans will make a chant about Justin Baldoni and/or Blake Lively (not in a nasty way). Would send him absolutely insane
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He’s getting your cash
He’s getting your cash
Justin Baldoni
He’s getting your cash
 
Champ said:
It's nothing personal against Wrexham as a team or a place,

It's more the 'underdog' story and tagline that goes with them...they aren't underdogs, never have been since the owners took over.
They have basically run at a loss with inflated sponsors (many of whom have close links or are run/part owned by the owners), essentially the exact same principles as City, yet they seeming get away with it because of who they are.

Ridiculous transfer fee, ridiculous wages all helped by inflated sponsors.
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But haven't they abided by the rules they signed in to? That's the main difference.

I'm very against self sponsoring, though it is genuinely impossible to actually stop, but if you get someone who is willing to furrow their own money into a team it is ok if they abide by the rules in my opinion. The reality is we need new money to enter the leagues, the PL is basically getting a to a point where the 3 teams who come up will all go down, then likely come up again due to parachutes, unless people can spend the top of the tree will change very little.
 
LARulz said:
Wonder if next time Reynolds is at a game then opposition fans will make a chant about Justin Baldoni and/or Blake Lively (not in a nasty way). Would send him absolutely insane
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Baldoni woah woah
Baldoni woah woah
The flirting went too far
And now it's gone to VAR
 
The Mitcher said:
One day chester will get it's documentary!
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Well, they could certainly make a documentary on the demise of the former Chester City FC. Dodgy owners aplenty, including an American fantacist, Terry Smith, who claimed to have been an NFL coach (he wasn't). Smith at one point sacked the manager and decided he would coach/manage the team himself. Didn't go well. He then sacked a popular manager and installed Gordon Hill (yes the ex United player). Hill had only ever coached college kids in the USA and he also had his own son in the team, who at best was an average Sunday league player.
Smith then 'sold' the club (he was never paid) to a scouse gangster. We're talking about a prominent player in the Liverpool Mafia. Scouse gangster's mate was laundering drug money through the club (all transactions were strictly cash only). Any supporters who ever vocally complained about the running of the club were threatened with violence and on occasion received a twatting from Scouse gangster's henchmen. The money laundering guy was eventually executed in a Liverpool gym by a Colombian cartel as a reprisal for one of their bag men getting whacked in Amsterdam. With the money laundering guy now dead, the 'cash flow' dried up and Scouse gangster put the club into administration. He appointed his own administrator (football league rules used to allow this), a bent solicitor from the wirral, and was able to buy the club back for next to nothing. Debts piled up again and he put the club through, so the supporters had to reform it as a phoenix club, Chester FC, in tier 8.
So yeah, there's a documentary in there.
 
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They've recently released a new design of the Kop end as well, 5,500 capacity.

Looks fecking shite :lol:

https://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/news/2...--wrexham-afc-reveal-design-of-new-kop-stand/

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