The August review

The first month of the new season is over and, despite some of the recent doom and gloom, Wrexham are actually doing quite well.

Sure, the performances haven't been convincing, other than the thrashing of Maidstone, but what matters most is that Phil Parkinson's side are chalking up wins and gradually strengthening their position in the table.

Wrexham head into September second in the National League table, the highest goal scorers in the division with the highest goal difference, and are four points better off than they were at the same stage last season. Still, let's boo them off for only beating Gateshead 3-1, right?

There is no denying that there is plenty of room for improvement in the weeks ahead, but to be winning ugly when the performances haven't been great is a trait of any top side, and with forty matches of the season still left to play, there is a lot more to be happy about than sad.

September will be another important month packed full of winnable games, and it will be key to keep building momentum ahead of a tricky fixture schedule that looms on the horizon.

Here is our review of August.

Results

Wrexham 2-1 Eastleigh (Lee 73', 85' - Langston 15')

Yeovil 1-1 Wrexham (Linton 49' - Mullin 6')

Chesterfield 2-0 Wrexham (King 10', Banks 23')

Wrexham 5-0 Maidstone (Mullin 8', 64' (P), 83', Davies 39', OG 45+3')

Woking 2-3 Wrexham (Daly 47', Grego-Cox 85' (P) - Hayden 35', 68', Palmer 80')

Wrexham 3-1 Gateshead (Tozer 2', Palmer 10', Mullin 79' - Bailey 26')

Best moment

Elliot Lee's brilliant brace from the bench against Eastleigh. We can't remember many debuts quite that impressive, certainly not from the bench anyway. The 27-year-old curled in a brilliant effort to draw us level out of nowhere and then toyed with the defence Dom Vose-style before despatching the winner five minutes from time. He's influenced every match he has featured in from the bench; now he surely deserves to start them too.

Worst moment

Chesterfield away. A match that promised so much with Rob McElhenney in attendance and a possible repeat of the brilliant win there earlier in the year. Instead, it was arguably the worst performance of the Parkinson reign and a really disappointing away day.

Player of the Month

Max Cleworth. It looked like he'd lost his place in the starting line-up after the impressive summer business, but instead he has responded in style with a string of classy performances. Opposition attacks still look to target him most weeks, though they've had little luck getting past him.