I'm afraid after Tuesday night's game at Adams Park I had to fly out to Germany for a couple of days and so apologies for my tardiness in getting these worthless thoughts to you.
Before the game I must admit I was concerned that Wycombe might find themselves on the wrong end of a footballing lesson from arguably the division's promotion favourites.
And in the first half it appeared that my concerns were about to be realised, but credit to the Chairboys, they came out positively after the break and once Stuart Beavon had pulled a goal back, Charlton looked fairly uncomfortable and I suspect they were a little relieved to get on the bus with all three points.
The club slipped into the relegation zone on the back of this defeat, but there really isn't the air of doom and despondency about the place that I felt at Swindon, Bristol Rovers and Walsall for much of last season.
Team spirit and good management will count for a lot in Buckinghamshire this season. Survival in the division has been what this season is all about from day one and everyone knows it, including the fans. So unlike Swindon and Rovers who had been expected to push on following decent shows in the preceding season, Wycombe are already rolling up their sleeves and getting ready for the scrap ahead. On the plus side, Gary Waddock has assembled a squad of players who seem to be prepared to fight for the cause and play decent football as well.
They have another tough game this weekend when Sheffield Wednesday visit and - while I'm sure they will be giving it their all - it's another fixture against what is (or should be) a Championship outfit. The run of games following this one include tussles with Bournemouth, Carlisle, Exeter, Stevenage and Chesterfield and I suspect that these are games that Waddock has targeted as 'winnable'.
My clipping from Wednesday's paper
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