Chairboys and Saddlers

It promises to be a tense and exciting weekend for at least two of the clubs on my patch.

Walsall are one point ahead of Dagenham, but face Southampton away and the Saints will be looking to finish their promotion campaign on a high in front of their own fans.

There's no doubt that the Saddlers have shown a lot of spirit since the sacking of Chris Hutchins, but I've got a feeling that their fate will depend on how Daggers get on away from home at London Road.

Peterborough's season is still alive after clinching a play-off spot and there is no way Darren Ferguson will allow his troops to go into the end-of-season lottery half-cocked. They need to get some momentum going and this could be Walsall's saving grace and spell the end of gutsy Dagenham's first spell in League One.

In League Two Wycombe are going fo that lsst automatic promotion spot.

The Chairboys need a win. Sure a point or even a defeat might still see them over the line, but they must go for it to be absolutely certain.

If they lose at home to Southend and Shrewsbury draw with Oxford then goal difference will count against them.

If they draw and Shrewsbury win, they drop into the play-offs.

It's going to be a very interesting afternoon in Buckinghamshire, but I think they have two men who hold the keys to success in manager Gary Waddock and skipper Gareth Ainsworth.

Waddock's stock answer that they will take each game as it comes has frustrated the media this season, but he knows better than to get over-excited and so you can see why he likes to keep things low key.

Ainsworth has been a revelation this season and has lead by example both on the field and of it. He's in the form of his life even if he is about 67 years old! It will probably be his final chance to win something in professional football even though he fancies another season. He's such a nice fella and a good honest football man, that I hope that he takes the Chairboys into League One.