Wrexham will be playing in the Conference next season for a fourth year running and thus the season can be classed as a disappointment for Wales' third biggest club but at least Dean Saunders has finally proved that he can lead the team to the higher regions of the table and make them play good football. The boss was under pressure in the early weeks of the season after two years of mid-table obscurity and defeats at Forest Green and Eastbourne Borough made the fans call for his head as early as August. However, the team was gradually improving and even though the early results were not there, the team has a clear strategy and style and the signs of good things to come were there. The team was difficult to beat as the likes of Jay Harris and Dean Keates were providing steel in midfield while the back four were very solid as well. The team really picked up their form in October and went on a superb unbeaten run that stretched all the way to February. Slowly but surely the Dragons were creeping into the top five with some results coming away from home. The trend continued in the early weeks of 2011 as the players were now looking a real unit and playing for each other. They went on a great run of form in January and February, winning eight games on the trot before facing Crawley twice in a week when they were holding genuine dreams to challenge for the top spot. They were leading 2:0 at half-time away from home and looking like they will get a massive win but conceded three goals and lost at the death. That defeat set them back for a while, suffering a shocking 7:2 defeat at home and the team never reached the same heights for the rest of the season. A few wobbly results in March cased a doubt on the play-off spot but eventually the Dragons sealed a date with Luton. They froze on the big occasion though, losing 3:0 at home in the first leg of the play-off semi-final. They had the chance to pull off a miracle comeback after taking an early lead in the second leg but then missed a penalty and subsequently lost the tie. With uncertainty reigning over the cash-strapped club, it is unclear whether Saunders will be there next season but he definitely deserves a lot of credit for building a very competitive and tightly-knit squad that excelled expectations.
