PHIL PARKINSON was delighted to see Wrexham rediscover the attacking intent and goalmouth threat that supporters have come to expect.
The Reds bounced back from a disappointing 2-1 Championship defeat to West Brom last Tuesday by beating bottom of the table Preston North End 4-1 at home on Saturday.
There were four different scorers as Wrexham found their shooting boots with summer signings Joe Worrall and Ben Whiteman bagging their first goals for the club in the first half before strike duo Kieffer Moore and Sam Smith finished the job off in the second half.
Victory took the Reds up to 14th position in the table and Parkinson was pleased with the return of the attacking intent that has become a hallmark of his Wrexham side over the years.
"I think the most important thing for us is that our supporters over the years here, last year five goals against Ipswich and five against Sheffield United, a lot of where we threaten the opposition goal, we make teams defend and I just want to make sure we've got that back in the team, even though we've got players out injured," he said.
"It was how are we going to find a way to be more threatening, more impactful, more impactful on their opposition back line, more first contacts in the box, more touches in the opposition box.
"When we analyse the stats, you'll see that we achieved that.
"Our supporters are used to goalmouth action, we've had so many high scoring games here over the years.
"And on Tuesday, even though we still deserved the very least a draw, we still didn't threaten the opposition goal as much as myself and the staff and players would like."
Three of the goals came from set-pieces and Parkinson was delighted to see his side pose problems from dead-ball situations.
"It's a big part of the game and we've always carried a threat, going back to the National League days," said Parkinson.
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"Aaron Hayden and Ben Tozer's long throw, you've got to be able to score in different ways on the football pitch and we needed to get that back.
"I think when Grezza (Preston manager Graham Alexander) saw the team, he was probably thinking 'who's marking who here?'
"He also picked a very powerful team, but we still had the edge when it mattered most."
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