Parkinson pleased for Wrexham's 'patient' players

Wrexham returned to winning ways in emphatic fashion on Saturday, putting three goals past a side with the best defensive record in League One.

Exeter City arrived at the Stok Racecourse having only conceded 10 goals all season, but leaked three with Max Cleworth, Ollie Palmer and Ollie Rathbone all heading home to push Wrexham into second place.

What was equally pleasing for manager Phil Parkinson was the clean sheet and full home debuts for the likes of Lewis Brunt, Matt Jones and goalkeeper Callum Burton.

"Matty, we know he is a class player, I’m really pleased for him," said Parkinson.

"He played at Port Vale in his first game for a while, he was great, he got cramp towards the end but that’s all that is."

Parkinson was also delighted for Brunt, who he says has "waited patiently for his chance".

"It’s always frustrating coming to a new club, but he did come to us with an injury so he was always a bit behind in pre-season, but we competed with clubs for his signature," Parkinson said.

"He’s trained hard, we’ve had a lot of chats with him about being a bit frustrated, but he’s handled it the right way and he’s done really well when he’s been called upon in the cup games and he took his chance so well."

Brunt joined Wrexham from Leicester City on a three-year deal after spending last season on loan at Mansfield Town.

"I’ve had to bide my time and be patient here, because of the lads doing so well," he said.

"But I’m always ready to play and hopefully I showed I am ready to keep playing.

"Every footballer just wants to play football so even to just get out on the pitch and show the fans what I can do is a good feeling."