The visit of league leaders Plymouth Argyle on Saturday, October 1 looks like the worst possible fixture for a Wycombe team in poor form, but could it be the perfect opportunity to get their season back on track?

In recent years Wanderers have become Plymouth’s bogey team with an unbeaten run of seven games against them and just one defeat in the last 10.

Last season they did the double over their West Country rivals without conceding a goal, winning 3-0 away and 2-0 at home.
However, despite this impressive record even the most optimistic Chairboys fans will be fearing the worst ahead of Saturday’s clash at Adams Park. 

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Wanderers have plummeted down the League One table after successive defeats away to Derby County and Sheffield Wednesday and they are now only three points above the relegation places.

In all competitions, they have managed only one win over 90 minutes in their last eight games, a scrappy 1-0 victory over Accrington Stanley. 

They conceded 13 goals in that spell whilst scoring only six themselves.

A normally watertight defence has looked worryingly uncertain, letting in three goals in cup ties against Bristol City and Stevenage and last week’s league defeat at Sheffield Wednesday.

In marked contrast, Plymouth are in sparkling form. 

They went top of the table last week when they became the first team this season to beat previous leaders Ipswich Town to move on to 22 points, exactly double Wycombe’s current tally.

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So, the task for Wanderers couldn’t be much tougher and their schedule in October doesn’t get any easier with away games against Oxford United and MK Dons plus a home match against Peterborough United.

This campaign is becoming one of the most challenging Gareth Ainsworth has faced in his ten years as Wycombe’s manager. 

By his own admission, he has the most talented squad in his decade at the helm, and expectation levels were high amongst the fans after reaching the play off final and amassing a club EFL record 83 points last season.

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Fortunately, it’s still early in the season with plenty of games to turn things around, but he needs all the help and support he can get during this difficult period.

As the Wycombe fans sang (with apologies to the late Bob Marley) during the play off victories over Plymouth in 2015: ‘Don’t worry about a thing, ‘cos every little thing gonna be alright’….hopefully starting by beating Argyle again on Saturday.