Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney On ‘Welcome To Wrexham’ And Buying A Soccer Team | Sports Illustrated

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[@markthomasjones9520]

WREXHAM FC FAN for 47 year fair play these 2 are brilliant for what they have done for our town you won't get better owners than R@R 🐑🐑🐑🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️

[@karenmay2063]

Exactly you are so fortunate. These guys are so supportive of Wrexham AFC & are ready to discover more the game & take interest in the City. Swansea City’s 2 American owners should take note of whats happening in Wrexham

[@markthomasjones9520]

@@karenmay2063 they have helped a disabled supporter get is bathroom adapted also donated 20 thousand for a child to get treatment in the states plus donated to the food bank in Wrexham they are brilliant the town is bouncing now they are here

[@jayhughes162]

Think they are benefiting wales as a whole they've done more for Welsh independence than we have ourselves, and have used their platform to tell the world we are a seperate country

[@tobytaylor2154]

​@@jayhughes162 Trust Nicola Sturgeon to speak up 😂

[@sniperreddragon2782]

The amount of love for these 2 over here is unbelievable.

[@evenflowsteven]

Loved the “Gareth Bale wasn’t an option?” at the end. 😂

[@hikerwoody182]

right from the start Wrob and Wryan seemed to understand the city of Wrexham, it's gonna be an awesome journey 🙌

[@JuzTroublez]

These two never miss. Even answering the Messi/Ronaldo question…they made it about size and not the ability of the players so people don’t get upset. And then Ryan Reynold at the end asking if Bale was an option as a nod to the Welsh. These two are MASTERS of public image.

[@alexs6194]

it's funny of how amazed are Americans when they learn that you can get promoted or relegated. For us Europeans this is the standard method, without the fear of relegation and the hope of promotion what is the point?

[@Nicholascagesmandolin]

In fact it causes problems in the US system because teams that have no hope of playoffs intentionally down tools to Finnish lower and get better draft picks

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

It's kinda ironic that Europe is seen as a bastion of socialism by many Americans, yet our sports are quite ruthlessly capitalist. Get relegated from the Premier League and everyone will be taking paycuts, and more often than not, the wealthiest clubs win. But US sports have a lot of competitive measures that to us seem quite socialist, e.g. profit sharing, the draft, publicly funded stadia.

[@Ridghost]

@@TheLastAngryMan01 Very truly, a great irony that American's willfully ignore haha.

[@tristanbowman7098]

Any real American sports fan should wish for relegation. So many teams are bad on purpose because they only care about the TV and franchise deals.

[@TheWojo01]

The Lions would be playing peewee football. (I am from the Detroit area)

[@thecallawaykid1763]

This is bonkers, I remember watching the mighty Wrexham.. about 4 years ago playing Dover or Ebbsfleet🤔. On a cold November evening with about 2,500 fans!! Got to love the mighty Wrexham!! To selling out the Racecourse… bonkers!

[@rjjcms1]

But now it' s the Milton Keynes Dons at home in their first fixture back in the Football League next month,followed by Wimbledon away,then back-to-back home games against Walsall and Swindon. I hope I'm not jinxing anything but I think they're set up very well to fly high in the fourth tier upon their return after 15 years away. I expect also-promoted Notts County,who've always been a very up-or-down team,to fare very well next season too. Both have lots of momentum and they have to be doing something very right to notch up over 100 points each in their promotion campaign.

[@creativitycell]

Seen 1st 3 episodes, best footy documentary ever! So funny, but still shows the beating heart of Wrexham community...... absolutely brilliant!!! Both Rob n Ryan are brilliantly funny in it......it's fantastic! I'm only watching this n House of the Dragon!! 🙏🤣👍

[@michaelboltonismydad6675]

Just listening to their answers about how the town and the club are linked shows they get it. I think they’ll be great owners. Good luck Wrexham.

[@himynameis3664]

From everything I've seen about McElhaney, when he gets involved in something he really goes deep into it. Think he learned like the club's history along with Wrexham's. I think he even learned how to say that super long town name with like zero vowels

[@nicholasxanthis6148]

...Gareth Bale isn't an option? Good shout out for the Welsh fans. He's so good on the mic.

[@GreenWitch1]

I’ve seen every episode & look forward to another one this Thursday! It’s addictive!! In a good way 😊

[@lukedennison9216]

You'd be surprised how far the English football system goes. I've played in a league that was classed as Tier 16! Just crazy to think that it would be theoretically possible to go from there to EPL 😅

[@carolineloose2103]

Just love these two! up the town ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🤩

[@wrexhamtillidie3641]

Up the town that you Ryan and rob for bringing back the spirit of the town

[@albnorragibi]

They both know ball since they picked Messi 🐐🔥

[@harreetteB477]

I’m all in for European Football !

[@jamesgardner6707]

Love the show so far. Gives me Ted Lasso vibes and as we wait for the next season to come out this is a great filler

[@pauldowner1]

What is the show please?

[@jamesgardner6707]

@@pauldowner1 Welcome to Wrexham

[@joybie07]

Best sport in the world!

[@WithmeVerissimusWhostoned]

0:50 onwards tells me all I need to know about their intentions... the way he talks about losing/relegation first and then follows it up with winning/promotion is an indication of them wanting to bring the club up to higher leagues... it's a good business model after all, buy a low tier club, refine it into a high tier one, profit.

[@dalemaugham4443]

Don't think they'll need to worry about promotions and relegations through the leagues. They should concentrate on the league they are stuck in for now. Listening to these two cranks makes our NL title last season that little more sweet.

[@mnb9162]

What is their aim?.... Do they expect someone to buy it for 500 million in 10 years?..... Or worse... Start taking dividends? .....Or are they actually a benefactor doing it for fun?..... Its hard to tell.... They are actors afterall.... Interesting to know what they are actually in this for...

[@steffnic88]

Could Messi or Ronaldo or both end up at Wrexham 🤔 we do live in strange times.

[@alltownarentwe3297]

No, but you could end up with Fred

[@zippybungle2749]

Did they just tease Gareth bale to Wrexham

[@dj8698]

Legends

[@joeyskelton2983]

ROB, can you PLEASE use some of this Ryan money to get us a season 3 of The Mick ?!

[@Phi1618033]

American: "The soccer teams are on the field." Bri'ish: "The football clubs are on the pitch."

[@jamesgardner6707]

What's the welsch translation? Lol

[@alainminsart1217]

Well you can allways ask Bale, I think he might swap golfbags for his football bags once more if it is at home he can play

[@DEADPOOLKENNEDY]

Does buying something older than you make you feel young? I see now why they bought it.

[@finlaymcmillan4225]

Am I the only one who wonders How much drink was involved

[@makeitsonumberone1358]

Ryan owns his own drink company so yer plenty lol

[@ArmyofLove]

If they want to sign Kevin De Bruyne then just make another film right.

[@Milanesa2010]

Don't compare the passion and emotional investment between a football fan and Amer football fan. I have never seen grown men crying in American football stadiums. I have seen that in football at every stadium at the end of every season when a club is relegated or wins championship after decades.

[@JoshuaC923]

Relegation battle and the promotion playoffs is electric

[@jamesmongeluzo8016]

I can't see supporting a team that I know will never win the league and will also never get a champions league berth. Most European sports leagues are so unequal and unfair. Soccer is perhaps the most extreme, but rugby union, basketball, ice hockey have the same issues, plus other sports too. European sports are so hyper capitalist that it takes the fun away for me. The uniforms are also horrific, it always looks like you're playing for a corporation, you can hardly make out a team name, city, or logo on the uniforms.

[@jamesmongeluzo8016]

Also, I can't say I've seen fans cry over American Football teams or Canadian Football teams either. I've only really seen grown men cry over baseball teams winning championships. Red Sox and Cubs titles in the last 20 years made a lot of people cry with joy. The White Sox championship too!

[@IanEckert1977]

My Auntie and Uncle come from the Valleys Boys and Germs...

[@nevillehughes3045]

Year 2028/29 Man UTD v Wrexham or Liverpool v Wrexham 🤔🤣👍

[@spikedodson3194]

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[@The_SonicPELICAN]

The problem with American teams in professional sports is that they just up and leave when times are tough.

[@solomchuk]

"Do not sleep on Ronaldo" - I mean, there are plenty of people who wouldn't mind sleeping on him 😏

[@ooj316]

dumb question - let's say that they're wildly successful and need to update / expand / build a new stadium...what happens to the Racecourse? You can't touch this historical monument. Just curious.

[@makeitsonumberone1358]

There is plenty of room to expand the stadium, its not like upton park were you couldn't swing a cat

[@booradley8895]

They are already updating the stadium with a stand which will increase capacity by 5000

[@TOTN17]

@@booradley8895 The Kop, in the case of The Kop its been condemned in its current form and has to be rebuilt

[@Ccccc-mi3tr]

Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Matt_G824]

Who at Sports Illustrated OK'd that green screen idea? Terrible...

[@ziadkhalaf198]

Messi is the GOAT 🐐 🐐

[@davidmcdonnell767]

Its going to work guys!! If you ever need an additional excellent all round match winning baller please let me know as I know someone !!

[@WidideJong1996]

She's beautiful girl ( host ) .

[@alltownarentwe3297]

and then they get battered by the mighty Spireites COYB

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

Sean Dyche back at the club? LOL.

[@markw6369]

You will get battered at our place

[@makeitsonumberone1358]

Soccer team 🤦‍♂️

[@jamesmongeluzo8016]

I can't see supporting a team that I know will never win the league and will also never get a champions league berth. Most European sports leagues are so unequal and unfair. Soccer is perhaps the most extreme, but rugby union, basketball, ice hockey have the same issues, plus other sports too. European sports are so hyper capitalist that it takes the fun away for me. The uniforms are also horrific, it always looks like you're playing for a corporation, you can hardly make out a team name, city, or logo on the uniforms.

[@Delboy0]

Comparing NFL fans to Premier League fans is ridiculous. There isn’t the passion or authenticity in any American sports because you are just supporting a franchise. Football fans are millions times more passionate, smarter inventive with the songs and funny. Even American kids are switching away from American sports now to soccer because it is a real sport with real emotion and not cheerleaders trying to create exciting. Stop forcing American sports into the conversation. American sports are all dying because they are not popular outside of America with the exception of basketball and they were all bad sports that relied on marketing and are not actually fun to watch

[@ptech88]

Ya sure. They cant give away soccer tickets.

[@johnhjenkins3318]

You clearly don't know any Philly fans...

[@TOTN17]

It depends on the Sport, Hockey fans that support Canadian Teams or an American Big 6 team support there teams really well

[@Tetrahedragon2]

Basketball's Canadian >.>

[@piccolo3031]

Theres something about rob thats so American that i cant stand, he has that mentality of America is the greatest country in the world

[@Hashtagcris]

Cause it is the greatest, in some aspects. Not all, but some. It's good to have pride of your country.

[@piccolo3031]

@@Hashtagcris in what way is it the greatest country in the world?

[@Hashtagcris]

I would name more, but it's late and I got to go to sleep. If you want me to I can name more tomorrow.

[@E.L.C.]

When we have all this $ and bought a team in the fifth league lol just to make a show on fx hahaha