Chairboys not too optimistic

Chairboys supporters do not seem to be too optimistic abour their team's chances against the Addicks tomorrow night: http://www.wycombe.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=259954

Having beaten Hartlepool the week before, the Chairboys slumped to a 2-0 defeat at Oldham at the weekend.   Manager Gary Waddock's alibi was that Oldham are a 'big club', as was no doubt demonstrated by the attendance of 3,592.

The Chairboys failed to get a single shot on target in the whole game and were lucky not to lose by a bigger margin.  The 'Wadfather' admits that it was a flat performance, although he claims that 'we were defensively sound in the first half,' which raises questions about the second.  His view is that 'We need to be more consistent, some weeks we're fantastic ad then the next we look slow and unable to compete.'

Most of the furniture firms that gave the team their nickname have now disappeared and Wycombe is now largely a commuter town linked to London by the trains of Deutsche Bahn trading as Chiltern Railways.  A friend of mine who has lived in many towns in England thought it was the worst place he ever lived in, cold and unfriendly.

The core support is quite hard core though.   I remember them coming to Rushden & Diamonds, feeling aggrieved at the referee's decisions and staying in their seats chanting 'Chairboys' after the game for some time.

815 Addicks have already bought tickets which will be on sale from the ground before the match so we might expect to have over a thousand there.  It's quite a quick journey down the M40 for me, but getting out afterwards takes as long as the journey itself so I am leaving it to Paul May to cover this match.

Once again we are up against a team fighting to stay in the division.   The Chairboys have been a bit of a yo-yo team, but 11 of their 18 seasons in the Football League have been spent in League 1.   They have won only one game at home this season, drawing two and losing three.  Probably the most likely result is a draw, but I think we can outpace them and secure a narrow 2-1 win.