Saunders is also assistant manager of the Wales national team
Dean Saunders may have had a good start to his managerial career when he took charge at Wrexham last October, but the dramatic tail off at the end of the season left him with a lot to think about.
Promotion for the Dragons must be the sole target this season as they start their second season outside the Football League, but they face a tougher looking Blue Square Premier.
"There are a few clubs with a bigger budget than us, but I'm confident we can give anyone a game," said Saunders.
"I think we have got to knuckle down and get off to a decent start.
"We are going have some ups and downs. We can't win every game. I think Burton went up last year losing eight or nine games.
"It's going to be a difficult season, but I'm here to get the club out of the league.
"I'm not interested in finishing halfway up the league and treading water. I want some success for the club, for the fans and for myself."
Saunders has worked hard clearing out a lot of players and trying to replace them with quality, while having a settled squad will certainly help.
At the same time, he is trying to inject a fighting spirit into his Wrexham team.
"You learn something new every day in football," he added. "I like to think that in the future I will be managing higher up.
"I've had a lot of experience. I've had three years at Blackburn, two years at Newcastle and I've been working under Tosh [Wales boss John Toshack] for two years.
"I try to put it all together and impose it on the players. Hopefully they take it all on board and go out there and fight and I think that's all the Wrexham fans want to see.
"They want to see a Wrexham team having a go, fighting to try to get out of this league and if we get out of this league I think we will get out the next league."
In: Curtis Obeng (Manchester City, free), Adrian Cieslewicz (Manchester City, free) Hedi Taboubi (Arles, free), Mansour Assoumani (No club, free), Nathan Fairhurst (Preston, free), Mark Jones (Rochdale, free), Jamie McCluskey (No club, free), Lamine Sakho (free), Matty Wolfenden (Oldham, free).
Out: Darren Kempson (Accrington, free), Nat Brown (Macclesfield, free), Carl Tremarco (Macclesfield, free), Tom Kearney (Altrincham, free), Kyle Critchall (Weymouth, free), Simon Spender (Barrow, free), Shaun Whalley (released), Levi Macken (York, free), Chris Marriott (TNS, free), Gavin Ward (Hednesford, free), Anthony Williams (Neath, free), Sam Aiston (Hednesford, free), Michael Proctor (released).
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