Just watching Welcome to Wrexham on the box, after of course hearing so much about this documentary, it's taken me quite a while getting around to bothering with it.
I must confess up front that I was taken aback, when I heard that these blokes were taking on the club. I'd barely heard of Ryan Reynolds, and didn't know Rob McElhenny at all before hand, as well as being totally sceptical about their motivations.
These feelings are really a part, of the general considerations about foreign investors, seemingly seeking to make a financial killing, and treating sport as merely, a commodity to be bought and sold.
Viewing the episodes some of these fears, appear to be well grounded because, neither of them had any clue about football, or of anything to do with its history, let alone the problems involved in managing a club.
They really should have done some basic homework beforehand, especially into the club itself, and what its particular requirements were.
They do really appear to be perpetually, simply considering a fiscal bottom line, and wondering when they are finally, going to see a return for their investment. The yanks were quick to reposition Wrexham, from being a community club with the support of a local company, into being one sporting an American corporations logo.
They are as yanks also used to seeing big money in sports, especially from big corporate brands which could be, why they considered Tic Tok as an advertiser. Though that international firm may have been, looking for a fiscal in to European sports, because they quickly moved into the sponsorship, of the women's rugby union 6 Nations tournament.
I write this review as a non football fan, whose sporting passion is rugby, but despite this I still like to keep a weather eye, on the form of what I feel as a 'local team'.
For me Wrexham as a team is 'local' but for a totally different reason, to the clubs local supporters and I have supported them regardless, simply because Wrexham are a Welsh team.
This really started before the football Premiership was even formed, when Wrexham were in the old 4th Division, I've seen something of their ups and downs, especially the off pitch shenanigans of unscrupulous, business tycoons simply looking to asset strip the clubs resources. So I can totally understand the clubs supporters, fears and trepidations and what, they may fear as some form of Deja vue, of whether this may be recurring with the new management.
But of course having celebrities involved does bring its inevitable baggage, that of the Svengali or magician to make sporting dreams come true. Because what can a clubs supporters, really hope to know about what's, actually required to run their football team. Fans and supporters have for so long been kept ignorant, by their clubs management often deliberately so, it will be a fine balancing act to build trust, between the clubs supporters and its new 'owners'.
It's an on going project and as a firm Wrexham supporter, I wish it well because the club definitely needs stability and certainty. I'm currently looking online at the clubs fortunes, and am particularly pleased to see, that they now have a women's team, I hope that this features in future episodes.
I must confess up front that I was taken aback, when I heard that these blokes were taking on the club. I'd barely heard of Ryan Reynolds, and didn't know Rob McElhenny at all before hand, as well as being totally sceptical about their motivations.
These feelings are really a part, of the general considerations about foreign investors, seemingly seeking to make a financial killing, and treating sport as merely, a commodity to be bought and sold.
Viewing the episodes some of these fears, appear to be well grounded because, neither of them had any clue about football, or of anything to do with its history, let alone the problems involved in managing a club.
They really should have done some basic homework beforehand, especially into the club itself, and what its particular requirements were.
They do really appear to be perpetually, simply considering a fiscal bottom line, and wondering when they are finally, going to see a return for their investment. The yanks were quick to reposition Wrexham, from being a community club with the support of a local company, into being one sporting an American corporations logo.
They are as yanks also used to seeing big money in sports, especially from big corporate brands which could be, why they considered Tic Tok as an advertiser. Though that international firm may have been, looking for a fiscal in to European sports, because they quickly moved into the sponsorship, of the women's rugby union 6 Nations tournament.
I write this review as a non football fan, whose sporting passion is rugby, but despite this I still like to keep a weather eye, on the form of what I feel as a 'local team'.
For me Wrexham as a team is 'local' but for a totally different reason, to the clubs local supporters and I have supported them regardless, simply because Wrexham are a Welsh team.
This really started before the football Premiership was even formed, when Wrexham were in the old 4th Division, I've seen something of their ups and downs, especially the off pitch shenanigans of unscrupulous, business tycoons simply looking to asset strip the clubs resources. So I can totally understand the clubs supporters, fears and trepidations and what, they may fear as some form of Deja vue, of whether this may be recurring with the new management.
But of course having celebrities involved does bring its inevitable baggage, that of the Svengali or magician to make sporting dreams come true. Because what can a clubs supporters, really hope to know about what's, actually required to run their football team. Fans and supporters have for so long been kept ignorant, by their clubs management often deliberately so, it will be a fine balancing act to build trust, between the clubs supporters and its new 'owners'.
It's an on going project and as a firm Wrexham supporter, I wish it well because the club definitely needs stability and certainty. I'm currently looking online at the clubs fortunes, and am particularly pleased to see, that they now have a women's team, I hope that this features in future episodes.