Wanderers’ never say die attitude was in full view on Saturday as they dug out an equaliser against Southend on Saturday despite being far from their best.

Blues were a subdued attacking force in the second half but in the first 45 minutes Sido Jombati was involved in a lot of their best attacks from right-back. The Portuguese got forward well and his excellent diagonal ball into the path of Sam Wood was the catalyst for Steven Craig’s opener. At the other end a brilliant block to deny Kevan Hurst from making it 3-1 in the second half underlined his importance to the cause.

On the opposite flank Joe Jacobson stood up well to the test provided by the Shrimpers lively wingers, Hurst and David Worrall. His delivery from set-pieces again caused panic in the opposition ranks, but he was less of a feature going forward in the second half as Southend penned Wycombe into their own half for long spells.

Alfie Mawson’s hero status among Blues fans will have been enhanced again after he marauded into the penalty box and got on the end of Hogan Ephraim’s cross to score the visitors’ equaliser. In defence the 21-year-old had struggled to cope with the aerial presence of Barry Corr, who dominated the Blues centre-back pairing in the air.

Craig only found out he was playing five minutes before kick-off, but he started the game well and did his best to run in behind and cause the Southend backline problems. He did a decent job of holding the ball up in the first half and managed to bag himself a goal before fading in the second half and eventually being replaced.