Best Of

Portsmouth played like most of the teams against us in the first half of the season - with complacency, under estimating us, thinking they could pass it through us and eventually Little Wycombe would fold. As with most teams in the first half of the season, they soon discovered it wouldn't be that easy.

But I don't think we should get too much false hope from last night. Teams in the league have figured out how to counter us - by harrying, closing down and winning the midfield battle, preventing us from moving it through the thirds.

In order to get back to promotion form we still need to work out how to counter that. I think there was a big clue last night though, in the form of Matt Butcher. Yes, playing him alongside Scowen and Humphreys sacrifices that quarterback passing we've all been purring about. But it gives us a lot more bite and safety-first forward movement. We've started losing possession too easily with Leahy and Bakinson in the midfield. Butcher may once again be the player that turns round our disappointing form, just like he did this time last year.

I liked Moushino as a player for us...not so much when he was an opponent but that's the game innit? (not unlike O'Nien) Agree that game will not suddenly ignite our league form but momentum and confidence is a good thing. I assume @Konetheming was round at trevor's last night.🙂

9 changes but still a team full of players we would love to have.

then on top of this i think need to recruit a havoc maker, someone very tricky who can beat 2 or 3 men

It reminds me a little of the days we had Johnson and Williamson which looks looked a cheat code, but back then there was a feel we needed an experienced brute to support them. We brought Nethercott in.

Different circumstances but we're feeling more secure than we did last week.

Will be interesting to see what the Danish fella is like.

Sonny could be a Wycombe legend.

Maybe a bit old fashoned but I love defenders who play like there's nobody in goal

I really liked him when he played for us.

He was instrumental in getting Bayo sent off in the game at the Kassam back in 2019, wasn't he?

last night showed where we are at, think we look a very good team when teams come at us. We are in a transition learning phase of the season where teams are happy to take a point from us and we need to figure that out, need someone to step up as the man to pass through the lines to our pocket players, then teams will get disorganized. I dont see leahy or bakinson as that man i think butch could be the man to step up thought he was v good last night.