Fan's View's Will Vince says upcoming games against Oxford and Burton will define Wanderers' season...

After an ‘ugly’ win at Dagenham and Redbridge at the weekend, Wycombe benefitted from a slice of luck as Stevenage held Burton Albion to a draw on Monday night to keep top spot firmly in range for the Chairboys.

The performance in east London would probably be described by many as average but I thought that given the conditions and the tough win at Luton a mere five days previous it was solid enough.

Of course this time of the year it’s the results that matter and Wycombe got absolutely what they wanted.

I couldn’t help but notice the professionalism shown by the team and staff after the game.

There was no great show of exuberance or excitement at the result, just a show of great professionalism and determination that suggested they are well up for the challenge of this promotion push.

One particular player I thought deserved a mention from the game against the Daggers was Brentford loanee Sam Saunders.

Sometimes when players go back to former clubs they can let emotions get the better of them and subsequently under-perform. Saunders’ enthusiasm and tenacity is something you don’t always get from loan players but he has shown it in abundance, especially on Saturday.

Many players in blue shirts have matched Saunders’ work rate week in week out this season but you can see why he has played at a much higher level.

He has that moment of brilliance up his sleeve and is probably only rivalled by Paul Hayes in terms of that ability to conjure up magic within games.

The team now go into the most crucial four days of their season with the double header against Oxford United and then the big one at Burton’s Pirelli Stadium on Monday afternoon.

With Oxford set to bring a 1,200 plus following, and having won on their two previous visits to Adams Park, they will certainly present a test on Friday.

Oxford are probably safe from relegation this year but teams who aren’t at the business end of the table always present an unquantifiable quandary in terms of how they are going to approach the game.

Michael Appleton’s side have had what they would regard as a disappointing season but as a side with a relatively large budget they have players in their armoury that can win them games.

Although the Burton match is by far the bigger game it won’t be anywhere near as crucial if Wycombe come unstuck on Friday and results elsewhere go against them.

It’s for this reason that Wycombe need to treat Oxford with the utmost respect and I’m sure that under Gareth Ainsworth they will do nothing less.