BRYN LAW: Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElheny are only scratching the surface of Wrexham and Wrexham FC

[@elijahabraham569]

I’m from America, and I started watching the documentary when it came out and I love it. I have never been a huge football fan, but I find myself cheering for Wrexham, I just love the story of Wrexham. Seeing how passionate people are about this team is incredible. Go Wrexham!

[@flat_life750]

what country in america are you from?

[@elbruces]

@@flat_life750 *state

[@TheRedStateBlue]

@@elbruces flat life is one of those douchebags that insists that "america" is just a blanket term for the north and south american continents, and should never be used as an abbreviation for the united states of america, even though the entire world does. Flat_Life... probably a flat earther.

[@whereismybucket9680]

@@elbruces he was being sarcsastic.

[@EthanBSide]

Yes they will try to make money and make Tele, it's their career... but they are completely devoted to Wrexham. Anyone that doesn't see their dedication is trying to sell you something. And it's not Wrexham!

[@therainmakerinsider]

They’re using the profits from the TV documentary show towards back to the improvement of the team and the Wrexham community.

[@EthanBSide]

@@therainmakerinsider I don't know that because I don't see the books but I have seen The Racecourse vastly improved. You don't sink money like that unless you're Committed. Cheers 🍻

[@lukethmpsn]

And they are using the documentary to make money for Wrexham. With these owners, you get money but you also get free advertising for the sponsors which increases the revenue for the club.

[@Lexyboogie]

The show is the very reason why Wrexham is so popular and is now able to compete with larger clubs in merchandising. Sometimes us football fans have a hard time seeing the bigger picture.

[@TheTimplatte]

The docuseries is one of my favorite shows on tv. I had never heard of Wrexham before this but I’m definitely a fan now. Not just of the players but for the residents of that town.

[@fernandotamayo1017]

I like all the answers. Why people can believe on goodness and good intentions. I wish Rob Ryan and Wrexham all the success in this adventure. God speed!

[@ronch182]

You'd think the host would of at least watch the 1st ep. of Welcome to Wrexham because it would of answered half the questions he asked instead of reading a review written by someone else.

[@01bigtrev]

I’ve watched the series up to episode 6 and absolutely love it. I’m happy for Wrexham and their fans and great insight into the background of the club and moving forward with the new owners.

[@Adam13Chalmers]

Makes sense that Ryan, Rob and the production team are super interested in the stories and the history of the community. They know how important an authentic, emotionally compelling, story is to the audience who have never heard of Wrexham until now. And even if you want to remain skeptical, or cynical, about their intensions; if they're primary goal is, for example, to use this investment to build up their various brands, burnish their images, or even get rich off of promotions, they would still want to build a successful club in order to achieve all that.

[@Pantimoto]

Theyre actually in the negative, they've invested more than theyre making

[@Flower-br8pm]

They are currently in second place on the standings. They've been winning! I'd say....that's a pretty big change...

[@RedDevilDog1207]

Love what they're doing at Wrexham and their story, and wish them well. They should rade N American Universities for players. Loads of international and national talent looking for professional opportunities. It's one of the best U23/amateur levels in world football. Good value for money.

[@mjglan]

I assume work permits at Wrexham's level would prevent them and a lot of teams from doing this.

[@RedDevilDog1207]

@@mjglan definitely a road block

[@elbruces]

US men's teams don't really rate for football internationally. US women's teams do, though. In fact, they dominate worldwide.

[@the5gen]

They need to be in the EFL to get international work permits.

[@RedDevilDog1207]

@@the5gen thank you, and I'm guessing that's expensive or quite the process?

[@asoaresjr]

It's a business, not a charity -- BUT you can choose to make money AND make the place a better place while you're at it. I think if you're ok with that premise, then Ryan and Rob are a good fit for this club.

[@anthonydeakin3834]

No person buys a football club to make money, unless it’s a Premier Legue team. Someone once said “if you want to be a millionaire, start with a billion and buy a football club”.

[@elbruces]

@@anthonydeakin3834 Yeah, I think they'll consider themselves a great success if they just break even on this. And also grow the club.

[@stevenicol1]

@@elbruces they will make money, they are superb at marketing and will sell merchandise and documentaries off their image.

[@joekavanagh7171]

I would love to see Wrexham getting back into the League where they belong. In a sense they are my 'local' club, being the closest geographically to where I live, in Wicklow Ireland. I hope to get over to see them play sometime.

[@alancawfield6549]

There are loads of clubs in Wicklow and Dublin

[@joekavanagh7171]

@@alancawfield6549 I was referring to English league clubs, which Wrexham were for many years, and which I hope they will be again.

[@elbruces]

There needs to be a proper Celtic league going.

[@anguspaterson5713]

I hope Wrexham womens team also gets the investment and they get into the WSL.

[@infocloudonline3720]

Champions! Wrexham AFC Women's team lift trophy in front of record 9,511 crowd. Will play in the top Welsh league!🐉

[@geronimo825]

I do like Bryn Law. He's a genuine Wrexham lad and fan, down to earth and a good pundit.

[@hustlecrowe9440]

The best thing about having those 2 as owners is they are independently wealthy and can re-invest all profits back into the club.

[@wesleycoats]

Hahaha what profits

[@curtisbme]

I think you mean "are independently wealth and can afford to lose money for a number of years on the club". No way the amount of money the little apple TV show is netting and a few of the sponsorships fully offset how much they are spending right now. Best thing about having them is that they are entertainers who automatically bring a ton of eyes, and with those eyes sponsors. And most importantly if they do anything shady here it could hurt their career badly, whereas you would just expect something shady it if it was some business person buying it to get a return on investment, and it wouldn't affect those people's career at all.

[@XhosaShinobi01]

@@curtisbme You're right.. they are going to be losing money for many years to come lol.. but I think the original comment also means, whatever money is made can be all poured back to the club since they are wealthy enough to not need this project to support their lifestyles.

[@D_isco_D_ancer]

I have lived in small UK towns and I have like that experience. Maybe is not for everyone but certainly is not a bad experience.

[@MrDarkweaver]

My understanding is that the profits from the Welcome to Wrexham docuseries are all being put back into the football club. I don't think they have any intention to make money from the football club, except in two possible areas. First to grow the value of the club so their investment increases in value, and secondly as a way of staying in the public eye which helps their own personal brands. They way they do that is to improve the football club, get them promoted back into the Leagues and go from there. If they can grow the club to League One or higher status they will easily grow the value of the club, especially since with the docuseries, you will get a load of overseas fans that would otherwise never have become fans, which means shirt sales, advertiser revenue etc. They are being very smart in the way that they are doing this, because the additional exposure from the docuseries and the revenues are going to basically pay for what is going into the football club, or at the very least mitigate it in large part. Plus if you check out the list of sponsors they have, because of the docuseries, it's amazing.

[@CanadaDan]

Can't blame some of the locals for being a bit standoff-ish at first, they had been struggling in the past with owners but now with Rob and Ryan the team, the club and the city are getting back their positive attitude and can enjoy again the football side of things without worrying too much if the team will survive one more season. Even if the boys had no clue about the sport itself they were clear n honest about it from the start but they have proven their intentions, they want to build a successful team and to make it into a self-sufficient organization in the long term, what other owner has done that? The docuseries is a great insight on not just the team but the whole town n even football culture n I loved it. Looking forward to the future seasons

[@andyonions7864]

The Wrexham supporters who owned the club had an online meeting with R&R, who's presented their credentials and plans for the club. The supporters decided 98.5% to sell, so it's hard to be that cynical.

[@Mango323232]

I gotta know what other clubs were in their list!

[@iluvgsds]

Jester I reckon.

[@chrisstrange9828]

Hartlepool united was one of them. And in their first year as Wrexham owners Hartlepool actually got promoted while Wrexham are still struggling to get out of that league

[@Mango323232]

thats funny cause I was wondering if Grimsby was one of them and they were the ones that knocked Wrexham out

[@n0body550]

@@chrisstrange9828 2nd place sounds like real struggle

[@rauhvelt]

@@chrisstrange9828 look at this now, Wrexham is going up and Hartlepool back where they belong lol

[@rule-of-thumb]

Bryn law is the man 👍

[@doubledigital_]

would cost them more to fail than it would to get to the prem.. good luck to them and wrexham :)

[@raha1277]

Deadspins garbage, yes the doc was planned because its the only way to pay for the upgrades without TV money being at that level.

[@stoic2357]

Cynical seems to be the point and narrative of this interview. You haven't bothered to watch a single minute of the docu-series to form your own opinion but quote others that seem like haters. Another point would be that you seem to discount the money, effort, and risk these two people are expending in a different country and a sport they admittedly don't know anything about. I am not saying that you need to be a cheerleader for these two but you (and some others evidently) don't even want to extend the benefit of the doubt about their motives. Look at what is happening, look at the response of the people of the town, the confidence of the football club. Seems like there is positive movement and genuine enthusiasm where there was no hope and a dying club before.

[@stephenredfern7536]

Good interview.

[@patrickbooth5091]

Referring to Deadspin as “journalist” is the funniest thing I’ve heard this week. They’re not journalists at Deadspin. They’re hacks

[@anniehopkins8470]

One point that @brynlaw mentioned that can't be stressed enough... the idea of a teams potential "progression" that doesn't exist in North American sports... and the fact that many followers here in the states don't consider or are simply unawares of... Ryan Reynolds is an investor... he has shown that to be true... and what's to stop Wrexham from becoming the next Manchester United 20 years out? Not saying it will happen... and I am not saying this to be syndical either... ManUnited has huge revenue streams from all manner of sources... Wrexham could become that and the momentum is verifiably in their favor now. It's a great way to end up "owning the New York Yankees" without having to spend a gajillion dollars on it... which is what it would take in the US. I genuinely believe that both guys are trying to improve the club and benefit the town... whilst benefitting themselves. There will be side effects as well that some locals may not like 5 years dowen the road... but you have to take the good with the bad. I don't care about sports at all... I am a conspiracy theorist that enjoys narratives... this one is really good. I don't smell "dirt" on this one and I have a nose for it.

[@davebruneau6068]

*cynical...not syndical

[@aaronbradshaw9135]

Come on Wrexham!

[@billder2655]

hearing bryn law talk about the investment going into the club (staff, players etc), id imagine that was why the documentary was pre-arranged. the new owners knew they’d need to spend so they thought to secure that investment through a contract with disney. surely that’s the most obvious angle? you could be cynical about any financial venture and say that it’s “just for personal gain” but to a certain extent that is the point? problems occur when that gain is designed to the detriment of the club, which evidently isn’t the case here - its especially strange when you’re saying that the chief gain is an ego boost, who cares if that’s the reason when the finances are stable!

[@reeleyes466]

There are hundreds of clubs around Britain founded in the 1860s, 70s and 80s - Wrexham is not unique in that and neither is it a 'hotbed' - there are clubs all around in non league or local regional leagues, playing on the same ground in that time. Maidenhead Utd are the longest oldest club that played ONLY football on the same ground.

[@BeardedGaragistas]

It’s working. LFGW

[@jamiegormer1010]

The only issue ,will be if they do progress up the leagues ,from the championship upwards ,your not competing with millionaires ,but billionaires ,some of witch spend more in one transfer window ,than what Ryan Reynolds and Rob mcelhenney have net worth

[@Taffycox]

So Bryn Law saw that the Club, under the ownership of the fans via the WST, was struggling with finances and progression, and chose to walk away. A loyal supporter, or just now profiting from other peoples efforts?

[@markfeely4215]

Bus stop in Chester, you're just a bus stop in Chester.

[@paulgriffiths8803]

Two hat

[@markfeely4215]

@@paulgriffiths8803 why you liking your own comment?! 😂

[@247Lilboy]

I don’t know rob and I don’t know Ryan…they seem like to likeable guys based on the documentary but it’s easy to see the relationship. Ryan is the money…he’s gonna do the business aspect and rob is the sports passion and he will make the decisions that benefit the club(players brought in, players sold, managers, etc)

[@maryroberts589]

From what I know of them from the American perspective, they will make a great team for this venture. Ryan is definitely more bush,was minded with several successful companies already established. In fact his Aviation Gin company is now a sponsor adding additional money to the team, as well as them getting Tic Toc on board. Rob has the competitive. sports passion. I think their strengths will lead to their goal, which is team success. Go Wrexham!! Go Red Dragons!! ❤

[@zeteicc]

Ryan renoylds has the popularity to get good players from the U.S

[@gavinthegoliath]

Don't be daft. Good players from the USA aren't good enough for the 5th tier.

[@cjboyer4355]

@@gavinthegoliath I know you’re trolling lol but come on man America has made big strides and have some talented players in all the major leagues.

[@gavinthegoliath]

@@cjboyer4355 I am joking, you have some very talented players at the top level. If you guys got behind football as a nation you would be a force to be reckoned with.

[@cjboyer4355]

@dboy Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams, Brenden Aaronson, Gio Reyna, Zack Steffen. There is 5

[@elbruces]

I was waiting for any mention of what the title said, and that didn't happen. Shame on you. "My impression is that they are really nice guys, and if they come across that way then so be it."

[@anthonydeakin3834]

I really don’t think Ryan Reynolds needs anything to increase his brand, he is one of the most well known actors on the planet. People seeing other than that have there own agenda, and don’t even get me started on the barrel scrapings that call themselves journalists.

[@aitorizquierdolopez6922]

This must be a Leipzig FC cousin. Didn't red bull buy the club and just skyrocketed?

[@OndraMike]

But Mateschnitz, owner of RedBull, is a Bilionaire, Rob and Ryan are not bilionaires... you could mention TSG Hoffenheim, but there is again a Bilionaire behind it - Dietmar Hopp....

[@kevindavies7452]

Nothing like anything to RB Leipzig wrexham have a history we’re not manufactured

[@aitorizquierdolopez6922]

@@kevindavies7452 so nothing alike. They not having an imput of money and influence in order of hopefully move up the leagues. I mean, tots different

[@cjboyer4355]

@@aitorizquierdolopez6922 combined their lifetime worth is $200 million dollars it’s not the same as Mateschnitz who is worth $23 billion. I bet they haven’t invested more then $10 million in Wrexham.

[@markthomasjones9520]

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[@carlrenshaw3649]

UTST

[@petermoller8337]

Cynical is easy,

[@ramadamming8498]

Sponsored by TikTok ? One of the least 'community minded' companies on the planet, what a contradition.

[@markfeely4215]

SWA

[@mickeyrat3369]

You know you are in trouble when 2 yanks that have never played “soccer” buy your team…