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Good luck Wheels!

See you all on April Fools Day.

I have now listened to the interview on the site and have to say, he seemed to have measured thoughtful responses to Phil's questions. I don't find him to be any more stumbling or media untrained than anyone else I've heard. To be honest, he seemed to be a man in control.

I quite like Dodds interviews. He actually seems to be thinking about the answering and trying to say something moderately meaningful, rather than just trotting out a cheap line.

Also like the answer re Udoh/Kone. Dan has come in to fill the boots of the league's top scorer. Lots of pressure on him and he's managed to bag 2 in 2, as well as leading the line well away at Crawley on a poor pitch against a scrappy side. It's very rare that we'll ever be able to field the first choice 11 so need the backup players to step up and deliver when the moment comes. Dan has done exactly that and rightly deserves to keep his place in my view. I'd expect Kone to reclaim the starting spot in the end but it sends an important message to the other squad players that Dan's contribution over these games is rewarded.

Expectations are high and rightly so, however, we have to take the point for what it is.

Tough away game at a scruffy and unfashionable side scrapping for their lives. We have to remember this is also his 1st league game in this division for us, so probably a learnt a hell of a lot from this one.

My take was that the pitch was diabolical and doctored in a certain way. Possibly Crawley rolled the fuck out of it to flatten it and let the ball bounce and pick up unnatural speed for passes and through balls.

Looking back, I think Sonny Bradley was hinting in his interview about “winter pitches” and about how tough the game will be, and not knowing what type of pitch to inspect etc.

Also, it seemed as though whenever the ball was within a metre or so of touchline it seemed to bounce out of play. I know that pitches are designed to have a camber away to help with drainage, but thinking about it, I’m sure something was doctored here.

I’m counting time wasting as early as 10th minute from Crawley. The Bolton mascot a week ago was pictured faking injury as a celebration after their late winner. They were a throwback to the rock and roll days of GA’s magnificent reign. The stop start nature was very frustrating and broke up any momentum.

We can’t be arrogant like fans of clubs like Plymouth etc. Crawley had some decent players, posed a solid threat and scored a banger of a goal (I thought Skura was at fault for McCleary miscommunication which lost ball in build up). 4 points in total off this fixture is a promotion winning return, and providing we match it for majority of our remaining opponents, we can do this. If you can’t win it, then don’t lose it, onto next one.

I think Dodds went with the long ball game as he thought that would be our best chance to win, and not because this is the style he wants to implement. We played differently at Preston and I’m really hoping that he will be a guy that mixes it up every game based on the opponents.

With all that being said, I could be talking complete bollocks.

These are all unprecedented times for Wycombe fans and in truth, I think we have all lost our heads after that January window. It’s like 3 decades of Christmas’ and Birthdays rolled into one. If it’s not this year, it will be next year and if it’s not with Dodds, it will be with someone else.

We have a massive part to play here as fans. Go and dust yourself off and remember how fortunate we are to be in this position. This Bristol Rovers game is going to be a game for the ages, 3 points will swing everything, we have to be there in numbers and be as loud as possible. Sing your hearts out for the lads!

Why sign Morley when instead you could sign two Danes who can’t make the matchday squad after a month

No problems, I always had a warm welcome when I posted on here in our League 1 days. Good luck for the future.

I think I speak for almost every poster when I say the Gasroom would be better off without you.

Just thought I could give you a Sunderland perspective on Dodds appointment.

in his time here he has been key to developing a lot of our young talent, Dan Neil, Jobe and Rigg to name three. He is very popular with the players none of them have a bad word to say against him.

when he has been asked to fill a gap between managers he has has to say the least mixed results.

The first time was just a couple of days after he was signed as head of player development when Al x Neal jumped ship for more money and being told we were not going to sign journeyman players ever again. Only a couple of games with players he had never met at a club he had just joined. So don’t read too much into that. He was at Tony Mowbray’s side as we got to the play offs. He will have learnt from that period.

The second short period was between Mowbray leaving and the appointment of Beale, in this short spell he managed two very good tactical wins against Leeds and WBA, out thinking both coaches. That left us in the top five.

His third and longest period came after Beale had totally destroyed the team shape and confidence, Beale has to be the worst appointment as Sunderland manager in my almost sixty years of attending games. So he took on a very young team, average age of the starting eleven was just over 21! The kids had just sufferrrd some of the most bizarre coaching and team selections by Beale and were totally shot. He keep the squad together and despite the poor finish to the season, none of our talented team wanted to leave in the summer, which says a lot about how they saw Dodds.

This season he has worked with the new set up playing another totally different style of play and retained the confidence of all of the squad, just look at the comments after last nights game for confirmation.

in short he is a very good coach whose win loss record doesn’t reflect his ability as a potential manager. Starting his first proper manager role at Wycombe might just be perfect for him.

You might just have a gem of a manager on your hands. Take care of him, he is one of the god guys.

I know worrying about finances is not currently fashionable on this forum but have to say looking at that squad and the likely wage bill plus the investment in the academy that is unlikely to see any return for many years, the total investment into our club must be phenomenal. Exciting on one hand, worrying on another - a chance to climb to previously impossible heights on one hand, a nagging feeling that this isn't quite now the same club it once was and that I quite liked on the other. Anyway the die is cast and this will be our future for the next period. I guess all we can do is enjoy the ride.

In all the excitement (well, for most people) of this incredible transfer window, let’s not forget the best news of all…..the King is still a Chairboy!