lapal_fan Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Interesting few points. Looks like his wages are literally travel and hotel expenses. Perhaps not the £6k a week some people were suggesting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 24, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 24, 2023 Ben Foster is such a **** melt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) I don't much like Foster (for the obvious reasons) but he wasn't offered a decent contract by a league club, so rather than stay retired (which he hadn't planned to be) is playing out what is left of his footballing career at Wrexham. I can't blame him or Wrexham for signing him for the run-in. Edited March 24, 2023 by John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 31 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: Interesting few points. Looks like his wages are literally travel and hotel expenses. Perhaps not the £6k a week some people were suggesting? He's going there for, what, 2 months? £48k is never going to make or break Ben Foster Cynically, I imagine there's a lot of appeal to gaining exposure for his podcast from a new wealth of "online fans", but maybe there's some romance there of the club who helped kickstart his career. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 17 minutes ago, John said: I don't much like Foster (for the obvious reasons) but he wasn't offered a decent contract by a league club, so rather than stay retired (which he hadn't planned to be) is playing out what is left of his footballing career at Wrexham. I can't blame him or Wrexham for signing him for the run-in. He was offered a contract at Newcastle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 2 minutes ago, bobzy said: He's going there for, what, 2 months? £48k is never going to make or break Ben Foster Cynically, I imagine there's a lot of appeal to gaining exposure for his podcast from a new wealth of "online fans", but maybe there's some romance there of the club who helped kickstart his career. He said on TS Ryan agreeing to go on his Podcast was a factor and sounds like he is only being paid expenses. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 2 hours ago, bobzy said: Errrrr… yes, yes he is. Err I disagree for reasons below 2 hours ago, Zatman said: Think his last job was Sunderland and has managed in the Championship and a League Cup final He has only more than a 40% win ratio at wrexham the last job was colchester in 2006 Had some success like the Bradford but his cv isnt as impressive as you think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 32 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Err I disagree for reasons below He's a manager that has been operating in League One for basically his entire career. His Bradford City side were the ones which beat us over two legs (remember that fun? ). He's now at a National League side. Of course he's a big fish in that league. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 2 hours ago, Zatman said: He was offered a contract at Newcastle I guess at his age, he wasn't prepared to just warm a bench and not play. I would rather play in Wrexham as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted March 24, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 24, 2023 5 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Err I disagree for reasons below He has only more than a 40% win ratio at wrexham the last job was colchester in 2006 Had some success like the Bradford but his cv isnt as impressive as you think Would you expect an established Premier League Manager to take over a club in League One or Two? No, you wouldn't. That'd be daft. But that's what Parkinson has done by dropping from the Championship and League One to the National League. He's had a good CV with multiple League One runner's ups and multiple individual awards. The success he had at Bradford was reaching the play off final and getting them to the League Cup final by beating Arsenal in the quarters and then beating another top flight club (for some reason I can't remember who though) over two legs giving them one of their most embarrassing moments in their history. He is a very good manager, especially for a club in the National League. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Rds1983 said: Would you expect an established Premier League Manager to take over a club in League One or Two? No, you wouldn't. That'd be daft. But that's what Parkinson has done by dropping from the Championship and League One to the National League. He's had a good CV with multiple League One runner's ups and multiple individual awards. The success he had at Bradford was reaching the play off final and getting them to the League Cup final by beating Arsenal in the quarters and then beating another top flight club (for some reason I can't remember who though) over two legs giving them one of their most embarrassing moments in their history. He is a very good manager, especially for a club in the National League. Isnt this his 3rd season though trying to get them up? Im judging it by his win ratio at his previous clubs. Not a massive coup i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Isnt this his 3rd season though trying to get them up? Im judging it by his win ratio at his previous clubs. Not a massive coup i think He managed in the Championship in 2019 when we last played there, he even beat us in that division and has managed 5 ex Premier League teams Would be like Rafa Benitez getting the Oxford job Edited March 24, 2023 by Zatman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted March 24, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 24, 2023 30 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Isnt this his 3rd season though trying to get them up? Im judging it by his win ratio at his previous clubs. Not a massive coup i think Maybe all the Hollywood glitz, celebrity owners and Amazon documentaries are causing them problems. Maybe the owners aren't actually that good. Maybe the player's aren't actually trying that hard as they're top good for the league. Or maybe it's just a really difficult league to get promoted from. Just because he hasn't gotten them up yet doesn't mean he's not a massive name manager for them. He certainly wouldn't be gettable for any other club in that league or likely the one above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 24, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: Isnt this his 3rd season though trying to get them up? Im judging it by his win ratio at his previous clubs. Not a massive coup i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 It’s his second season I think, they finished second and lost in the playoffs last year and they’re smashing it this season, with notts county performing admirably to try and keep pace with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 24, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 24, 2023 Yes, the takeover happened part way through the first season. Promotion then was always a distant hope. It was after that they brought in Parkinson and went big on players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 31 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: It’s his second season I think, they finished second and lost in the playoffs last year and they’re smashing it this season, with notts county performing admirably to try and keep pace with them. Would be genuine miracle territory if Notts County pip Wrexham to the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Just now, bobzy said: Would be genuine miracle territory if Notts County pip Wrexham to the title. I don’t know enough about Notts County’s finances to comment, they’re a big club for that level themselves though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 19 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: I don’t know enough about Notts County’s finances to comment, they’re a big club for that level themselves though. Yeah, they are. Been doing a few "fan days" this season - hitting attendances of around 20k I think. Their stadium is ridiculous for that level. Think they spent pretty big on Macaulay Langstaff from Gateshead(?) and he's been ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 46 minutes ago, bobzy said: Yeah, they are. Been doing a few "fan days" this season - hitting attendances of around 20k I think. Their stadium is ridiculous for that level. Think they spent pretty big on Macaulay Langstaff from Gateshead(?) and he's been ridiculous. A good few clubs who were on the championship not so long ago struggling down there these days, Scunthorpe, Southend, Yeovil and Oldham have fallen a lot too. Goes to show how easy it is to slip down the league's when things go wrong with bad owners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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