Wycombe Preview

After what was a dull affair on Tuesday night against Peterborough United, Boro are back in action against League 2 side Wycombe Wanderers, now managed by former manager Peter Taylor. There has been a lot of changes since PT left Boro in April and it will be a fairly unfamiliar line up to the ex Crystal Palace boss. Two other members of Boro’s staff from last season have joined him at Adams Park. Player/Coach Junior Lewis, thankfully, followed him to Bucks in May while one of Taylor’s first signings for his new club was Gavin Grant who joined after being released by Millwall. Along with Tommy Smith, Grant was one of the more impressive signings that Taylor made in his 6 month spell at Broadhall Way.

Boro will field a strong team tomorrow night after playing Hendon tonight (Thursday) and again away at Bognor Regis on Saturday. There has been no news concerning Morison, Bayes and Willock. I assume they will again miss out. In tonight’s game Boro beat Hendon 4-1 at Wembley FC’s Vale Park. I’ll comment more on that game when I get more information as currently there is not much on it. From what I’ve read and heard so far though we played fairly well and looked more dangerous going forward.

Also there was a rumour flying around the Conference forum today that Boro are set to bid £25k for Weymouth defender Scott Doe. He began his career at Swindon before moving to the South coast side last summer. He can play centre back or right back. I can understand Westley maybe looking to sign an extra centre half who could also play left back to cover for Scott Laird, but to sign another player who could potentially challenge for the already busy right back position is baffling. Anyway, it’s probably not true, especially as £25k seems quite a hefty fee to pay for a relatively young player.