Viewers more familiar with football or FC 25 Coins players might even be thrown off by the SportsCenter segment anchored by the two actors, whose criteria for picking a proper Top 10 plays of the season so far seems somewhat questionable. Luckily, “Away We Go” goes back to business, chronicling the two owners' attendance of their first Wrexham game, which happens to be an away fixture visiting the modest Maidenhead Town FC in England.
9 games into the 2021/2022 season, manager Phil Parkinson‘s tenure is already being questioned by fans who are eager to see the changes they were promised, instead, they‘re disappointed at seeing the team stuck in the same place they were before the new Hollywood owners showed up to town. The chapter is a good nod to English football teams, especially the Premier League, and their lack of patience with new managers which statistically far exceeds the number of coaches being fired in American sports or even most football leagues around the world, and is the very reason why Ted Lasso's job is always on the line.
Parkinson has held onto his Wrexham post to this day after a rough start, and this episode gives viewers some further insight to his management style, as well as highlighting how lengthy of a process getting a team to gel together really is. Welcome to Wrexham has shown before that football at this level is defined by its lack of stability, with players swapping teams constantly and short contacts being the norm, so again, more football knowledge is to be found here.
Unfortunately, more casual football fans who enjoy watching Welcome to Wrexham for its people stories won‘t find much to enjoy as the interviews with fans and those close to the club come off as a bit of an afterthought in these two entries. Such is the case for defender Aaron Hayden (still a Wrexham player), who gets some family spotlight before putting on a bad performance in the only EA Sports FC Coins game covered here without his spotlight getting any direct tie-in, resolution or purpose like in other episodes.
