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Hadn't realised that Neil Peters had gone - sad news. He always responded promptly and thoroughly to emails I sent in about stuff that was probably very low on his list of priorities. Another of the good guys gone.

He'll be back, we'll all be back.

I don't think the spell at Weymouth particularly helped. They loved his energy but he spent more time fighting for position than actually getting chances as there was no creativity in the Weymouth midfield. Didn't give him much chance to find his scoring form. It's a confidence thing more than anything. If he can keep getting into the right places then once the first one or two goals go in the conversion rate will get much better.

Bloomfield and Catchpole have both used the phrase "top man" at the end of numerous interviews. Nothing to read into there.

On Matt B departure, well, it’s done now isn’t it?

I had a day of feeling sad about it but as a greater man than I once said:

”Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”.

I’ll be forever thankful for the commitment Matt gave us, and I was hoping for a repeat of his emotion from the playoff final at Wembley at the end of this season. But that’s not to be. Although I have a feeling he’ll still be delighted if we do go up this season.

And in true fickle fan fashion - He’s gone now. On to the next. Never too high, never too low etc.

There going to be times ahead of us. Interesting times. Sad times. Good times. Bad times. Lots and lots of times.

3pm on Saturday and within 100 minutes or so we’ll be celebrating a win, or bemoaning a loss or agonising over that missed chance in a draw, just like we did last game.

Official attendance was 324.

i’ve mentioned before that I was surprised only Scott Mitchell left (as well as the two medical staff on the eve of the season starting) with the new owners coming in as Phil and Matt C were my bigger concerns than MB tbh.

The cynic in me has always seen any club media output as the clubs own propaganda outlet - it’s there to spin everything as positive from the club after all really - and it has been my worry the new owners would want to put there own people either in place of, or above Matt and Phil.

I think this would be disastrous btw. Those two really are the real link between fans and club. Players and managers (as much as they kiss badges etc) come and go. But Matt and Phil really are one of us.

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Completely agree with this, I would be very disappointed if either him or Matt Cecil leave in the fallout from this.

As someone who doesn’t get to a lot of games these days, I am very grateful we have such an impressive online presence, they do a great job of producing varied, interesting and engaging content. Phil really is an excellent commentator too.

I noticed on Friday Bloomfield signed off his Portsmouth interview saying top man to Phil - now wondering if that was more of a goodbye.

Whilst Phil has incredible talent and could commentate well on any team, it’s his deep knowledge as a lifetime Wycombe fan that really allows him to shine here.

Phil really is part of the fabric of the club. One of the best decisions the Couhigs made was to bring him on board.