Best Of

Judging by how much the media team are gushing over King Kone this morning (plus even letting him do his post match interview, let alone his responses) I am becoming increasingly convinced that he's here to stay for the season.

What a night that was! A really gritty and determined performance that shows that we have a special character that doesn't drift away when individuals invariably leave.

The first half was fairly encouraging though it felt like we were going to have a re-run of our wasteful use of possession in the final third against Northampton. We looked that bit more purposeful in the second half, and the crowd really seemed to respond to it.

I can't understand Barnsley's complaints about the penalty, Fred was fouled twice in the box already before he was shoved to the ground with a clear arm to the back. I guess you'll whinge about anything to try and get an advantage...

I didn't get a good view of the red card incident, but generally if the Family Stand go apoplectic with rage you must have done something utterly hideous.

Barnsley didn't have much possession in the second half used the spells they did half well to create a good few chances, and should have put away at least one.

In the end, our relentless pressure told. Garath McCleary maybe has lost half a yard of pace but can still put a cross in past the full back, the cross to set up Kone for the winner was put behind him to create space away from the defender, but still needed excellent technique from Kone to arch back and glance it goalwards.

The comparison of King Kone with Noel Ashford isn't one I can comment on as I was barely out of nappies in 1986, but all reliable witnesses at the time describe Noel as being someone as head and shoulders above everyone else on the pitch as Richard so often is for us. The post match interview from him shows a young man who's been through so much speaking out from his heart, hopefully he can be given the opportunity to at the very least finish the season with us and indelibly write his name into Wycombe Wanderers history.

The old reactionary in me isn't enthused by spunking huge sums on transfer fees, though the real value in having a vastly wealthy owner surely must be to hold on to special talents like Richard Kone who are near enough irreplaceable at League One level.

Does anyone else have to check themselves when you say to fellow fans ' We should DEFINITELY TURN DOWN £6 million for Kone' ?

The improvement he’s shown in the brief period he’s been with us is remarkable. He’s always been an instinctive goalscorer but now he’s good without the ball too.

We can all relax. It's the Chinese Spring Festival and I've seen the future.....

The complete striker. He might have the highest ceiling of any Wycombe player I've ever seen.

It’s Leyton Orient that concern me they’ve won 8 of their last 10 games and drawn the other two. They’re quietly climbing the table and took the last playoff spot last night on 44 points, with a game in hand over us.

Alternatively, we're by far the league's top scorers, we've scored in 18 consecutive away league games, we haven't lost a game by more than a goal since March last year, and we haven't lost to any team below 8th in the table. They are promising stats!

NOW tell me stats are not sexy (these are vital)!

Baggy traasers