The Wycombe skipper also urges the Adams Park crowd to get behind the team before naming the three best players he has lined up with. 

Hi everyone.

It's been a very bad week. I would be foolish to say anything else. The draw with Boston on Friday night was a poor result, then the loss to Bristol Rovers on Tuesday was even worse. We were aiming for six points, so to get just one point from two games is not good enough. What's even more frustrating is that we have not played well.

The game with Boston was very dour. They came to get a 0-0 and that worked for them. They got men behind the ball and depended on their forwards holding up the ball. You have to credit them for carrying it out. It was disappointing from our point of view. Sometimes you can take a positive if you play well, but we didn't.

They wanted to slow the game down and we slipped down to their level. We need to develop a style of play which suits us. One that has pace.

It was very similar on Tuesday when we lost to Bristol Rovers. They are playing in the Johnson Paints Trophy Final at the Millennium Stadium on Sunday, but there was no chance of them being sidetracked. The team they put out was strong. I imagine the manager said 'this is the team for the weekend, if you don't perform I'll change it'. That was their motivation. They worked extremely hard.

We are a different side when we concede first. If we had not conceded I believe we would have gone on and won the game.

We lack experience in the team and the numbers in the squad are low at the moment. We have lost our two centre-halves - Mike Williamson and Will Antwi - while Jermaine [Easter] has been away with Wales.

Both Mike and Will have dealt with Premier League strikers this season while Jermaine has scored against Premier League defences. We are missing him. He has 20 odd goals this season - any team in the world would miss a striker who has got that number of goals. Having said that, we are delighted that he's with the Welsh squad. That sort of international experience can only benefit him.

We are struggling in that respect, but we have to get on with it. Centre-halves and strikers are the most important positions on the field, and we are short in those areas.

There has been a lot of discontent in the crowd, particularly during the Boston game. They were making their feelings known during the game. They were getting frustrated, I can understand that, but so are the players.

It only seems like a few weeks ago they were at Stamford Bridge thinking the team was the best thing since sliced bread. We are having a small loss of form. We can see how disappointed they are. Everyone is giving 100 per cent but things are not going for us. We need the crowd to get behind us and hopefully all will be forgotten when they are queuing for their Play-Off Final tickets.

We have got a difficult run-in but we play better against the best teams. The teams who we struggle against are the sides were are expected to beat. Perhaps it is better that we are playing these better sides.

It's the first time we have been out of the play-off places since August, but perhaps that will work in our favour. Rather than looking over our shoulder, we will be gunning for seventh place now. We have a target, starting at Peterborough tomorrow.

Hey Tommy. You've had a great career, played in each of the professional leagues for a variety of teams, but who was the best player you played with at each club?
Andy Wilson
I have played for quite a few clubs, so I'll give you the top three players I have played with instead.
I would say Christophe Dugarry is the best player. I played with him at Birmingham. He knew what he was doing with his fourth or fifth touch before he even taken his first one. That's something I could never do. We used to stand and clap him in training. He was a World Cup winner and his technique was second to none. He was a great guy too. I was only at Birmingham with him a short time, but whenever I used to see him out in a restaurant, he'd send a drink over. He was a gentleman.
The second best player was Kevin Phillips, who I played with at Watford. Even though he was young, you could see the potential. His technique and finishing ability was excellent and I was not surprised when he scored all those goals for Sunderland. I played against him for Watford that season and he got a couple of goals against us. Strikers thrive on confidence and that season everything he hit went in.
The third best is probably Andy Johnson, or AJ. I played up front with him when we got promoted with Birmingham. I was not at the club when he missed the penalty in the Carling Cup Final, but everyone said he learnt so much from that. Everyone wanted him to go on and do well. He was such a great lad and so down to earth. I watched him play for England on Saturday, he has worked so hard to get there. He really deserves it.

Hi Tommy. Love reading the column. Just wondered who you supported as a boy and do footballers tend to stay as passionate about a team or change their allegiances due to the club they play for?
Andrew Furness
I was a Liverpool supporter. Being a young lad in the 70s and 80s, it was a successful time for Liverpool. I followed my dad and supported them. Playing for Watford against Liverpool at Anfield was one of best days of my career. To then score the winner, in front of my friends and family, that was a fantastic experience. I might have been a Liverpool fan, but I obviously did not support them that day.
My son supports Chelsea, so he couldn't lose when we played then in the Carling Cup. His family ties are stronger than his football ones, so he wanted Wycombe to win. I got him Lampard's shirt.
It's difficult for footballers to support teams though. When you are employed by a club and you are working with the players on a day-to-day basis, you don't want to let them and the fans down. That's probably why I have had a good relationship with the fans of the clubs I have played for. You have a bond with them. But while you will only be there for a certain amount of time as a player, the fans will keep on supporting the team a long time after you have left.

Do you think we will be promoted because we are slipping at this crucial moment? I hope we do so I can take the mickey out of my PE teacher when we beat Leeds next season.
Tommy Steptoe
It would be fantastic for a club like ours to play against a team like Leeds. It was not long ago that they were in the Champions League Semi-Final. I'm sure there are teams in the Championship who would never have expected to play Leeds - the likes of Colchester and Southend. It would be a great experience for us. As for promotion, I am hopeful we will go up. But we need to improve.

As a regular at Adams Park, I have seen Jermaine Easter a lot and while I am pleased that he's been called into the Wales squad, I am not convinced he is ready for the international stage. What do you think?
Jonathan Kaufman
It's fantastic experience for him to go into international football. It's fair to say that if he played for a bigger nation then his chance would not have come so early, but the experience will be good for him. It will give him a taste, but he will realise he has to work hard. He has scored a lot of goals this season but to maintain that he must work hard.
As a player he could be summed up in two words - pace and power. Players often have one or the other but he has pace to burn and he's a strong lad too. But there are other sides to his game he needs to work on as he won't always be able to rely on his two main attributes.

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