When he took charge at The Racecourse in July 2021, Parkinson built his side around a 3-5-2 formation that helped deliver a record-breaking three successive promotions as Wrexham climbed from the National League to the Championship.

More recently, Wrexham have played with a lone striker supported by two attacking midfielders in either a 3-4-3 or a variation featuring one number 10 behind the frontman.

The switch back to two recognised strikers paid off against Preston North End as Kieffer Moore and Sam Smith both scored in a 4-1 home win, but Parkinson says no decision has been made on how his side will line up against Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.

"When we have gone 3-5-2, one of the reasons we played that system initially is because we felt Paul Mullin needed a partner up there," he said.

"We went through the divisions with that and adapted last year with the 3-4-3 and the two 10s.

"With Nathan Broadhead, Josh Windass, Ollie Rathbone and Lewis O'Brien, we feel we have got those players who can all play in that system and equally, we have got a lot of players who can play as a single 10 behind the striker, so we have got options.

"It is good to have tractability in the squad to change it, and it was important that we impacted in the final third more than we had done in the last home game (a 2-1 defeat to West Brom last Tuesday).

"Whatever way we set-up at the weekend, we are looking to be impactful because we are at out best when we are on the front foot and make the opposition defend."

Victory over Preston took Wrexham up to 14th in the table and Parkinson will weigh up both his team selection and formation ahead of the Blackburn clash.

"It is always encouraging going into an away game after a good win at home," he added.

"We will look at the performance and analyse what we did well, look at Blackburn and pick the team and the shape to go into this game.

"If we have to adapt again, we will."