The Joke Continues

Wrexham FC. Ive got to write about it. OK, "quick capsule review" of recent 2007 events:

June - Carey offered a "2 year managerial contract", following keeping Wrexham in the Football League on the final Saturday, he accepts.

July/August: Pre-Season doesnt go well. Results begin "OK", good home win v Morecambe, beat Port Vale in the League Cup, and get to face Aston Villa...

Last 3 months: "Everything" deteriorates, rapidly, worse than i've ever seen on the pitch.

And so here we are, mid November; Wrexham have scored "3" goals at the Racecourse all season. Chesterfield scored 3 at the Racecourse in just 15 minutes... it's bad.. The chairmen announced almost 2 weeks ago now on the "official" website that Carey will be asked to step down (sacked?) and perhaps "assist" a more experienced manager - "an announcement will be made on Thursday" . On BBC Sport we had headlines such as "Brians Exit Speech". Rumours abound to Careys successor... though when no announcement was made. Confusion and speculation and conspiracy theories abound... the next day the board then comment to the press about potential names taking over and who they have "been in conversation with": "Aldridge, Mark Wright, Stan Ternant" etc etc.

Yet, Carey is manager for the FA Cup game at Peterborough. Wrexham lose 4-1... our defensive gaffs are later laughed at by Lawrenson, Hanson and Lineker on Match of the Day, the Hope & Williams howler being the last scene of the closing credits, great...

The chairmen announce 'this week' in the press "We have not spoken to anybody about the vacancy, and have not received an application"... Carey is in the press as "manager" and saying things like "There's no point sulking, we must carry on". What a mess... and YESTERDAY, an announcment of Wrexham maybe closing a deal with Brian Little... Just how shambolic does the club sound?

Whatever happens, whoever they announce in the next 24 hours, all I ask for is mid-table anonymity - anything above 20th to be honest! I couldn't stand a survival Saturday again. And you know, it wouldn't surprise me if they deny 'again' any talks with anybody, and nobody is appointed.

On a finishing note to this whole debacle, I really hope Steve Evans sorts his act out, or the club help him overcome his demons. For the past 12 months he's been an alleged drunk, seen most nights round Wrexham, turning up for training drunk, dropped from the team on various occassions for alleged heavy Friday nights round Wrexham (spotted last Friday night in Wrexham, and surprise surprise isnt even on the team bus for the FA Cup tie last weekend). I've refused to believe a lot of the rumours surrounding Steve, but i'm reading far too often "Steve spotted pissed again in "... Come on Steve, you're a role model, national representative, and on his day the best no-nonsense DFA centre-back i've seen in a Wrexham shirt as a supporter.