The sight of the fit-again Ollie Rathbone – final 12 months’s participant of the season – within the matchday squad for the primary time since early pre-season provides weight to these sentiments.
On the identical time, Parkinson is unlikely to be swayed in ignoring the regular progress to this point, even when many followers noticed the Stoke show as a step backwards.
Whereas the run of video games will carry strain, it additionally brings alternative, with Kieffer Moore amongst these adamant that Wrexham will not be removed from clicking and that they are going to be an actual menace once they do.
Earlier than the subsequent worldwide break – and all contained in the area of three weeks – Wrexham even have video games in opposition to Portsmouth and Charlton Athletic, even when the Addicks have executed eye-catchingly nicely since their very own promotion.
After which there’s the small matter of the prospect to achieve the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup once they welcome Welsh rivals Cardiff Metropolis.
Get it proper and Wrexham could have individuals speaking for all the precise causes. One thing Parkinson will know full nicely.
“We have to simply analyse the efficiency and never get too down about it,” Parkinson stated.
“It says one thing about how far we have come that we come to Stoke in entrance of 25,000 and are disillusioned to not get one thing from the sport.
“However we’ve got bought to take a look at ourselves. I feel it is good to be pissed off, I feel it is good to be a bit aggravated and that we do not have pats on the again and say ‘Oh, we have come to Stoke and executed okay’.
“They’re a very good group of lads who’re working actually laborious and I am enthusiastic about what we have got within the constructing, I actually am.
“We have now taken a knock, however we’ll come again preventing on Wednesday.”
And with lots wanting laborious at Wrexham – and perhaps even in search of them to fail – a win would do a lot to wrestle again management of that narrative.
