Wycombe Wanderers head coach Mike Dodds wants his team to ‘create an unbeaten run’ as he aims to move the Chairboys up the League One table.
The Adams Park side, who take on bottom-of-the-table Peterborough United at London Road this weekend, secured their first victory of the league season last Saturday, beating Mansfield Town 2-0.
It was only their second win of the campaign in all competitions, and their first in the division since Good Friday.
For Wycombe, they haven’t won back-to-back for five months, but with confidence riding high after last weekend’s win, along with a free week, Dodds is feeling confident ahead of Wanderers’ trip to Cambridgeshire.
He said: “I want to show that we can be a threat and a force.
“I felt relief for the players [after Mansfield], as I know how hard they are working, and for the fans, as I know how much this club means to them.
“It has been an easier week, but I always make the point that you’re only as good as your next game.
“The bit I have made clear to the players is that, just because we won at the weekend, it doesn’t mean we can move away from the standards and the intensity.
“We need to start to have a run of games together where we go undefeated.
“That is the focus, and there’s no disrespect to the run of games, but we need to start climbing the table.
“We need to create an unbeaten run, and this is the point we have made to the players.
“We have had our period of leniency in terms of that.
“I knew the start of the season was going to be difficult because of the size of the transition, but that first win does make things a bit lighter.
“Our motivation is to build on from last weekend.”
The free week was Wycombe’s first since the opening week of the campaign, which has seen the Wanderers enjoy a full five days of training.
It will also be the same case next week, meaning the Chairboys will only play three games in 14 days – something Dodds is pleased about.
Their next midweek fixture is away at Wigan Athletic on September 23 in the League Cup.
He continued: “It’s been a very refreshing week.
“To have five days on the grass with the players, and in particular, the new players, as we have gone over things and have added to the playing style, has made it a nice week.
“Next week will be similar, and they are really important to us.
“Having a single game week, from a coaching and selfish point of view, is something I look forward to.
“Double game weeks, you’re feeling like you’re rolling and that you can’t get any work done as such, and it makes it harder when you don’t win those games.”
The match against Peterborough United will kick-off at 3pm.
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