Wycombe Wanderers right-back Jack Grimmer has admitted his side needed to defend ‘as if our lives depended on it’ in the recent 3-2 win over Leyton Orient.

The 29-year-old Scotsman also spoke about the performances in the recent defeats against Exeter City and Lincoln City respectively, in which he described the defending in the latter as ‘inexcusable’.

However, following the Chairboys’ victory against the East London side on August 15 which has lifted them up to 17th, Grimmer wants Wanderers ‘to be first to the tackle’ for when they take on Burton Albion this weekend.

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The Brewers come to Adams Park with four defeats from their last four games this season, in which they have scored just one goal.

Speaking to the press, he said: “We had lost our first two and we played against Leyton Orient as if our lives depended on it.

“The way we defended is something that I take heavily on my shoulders as I’m one of the most experienced guys in the team and wearing the armband in Joe [Jacobson's] absence, it falls on me to make sure people are switched on.

“We have discussed it as the Exeter one was very strange as it was so early into the game, but Lincoln was inexcusable for the way we folded where we eventually conceded three.

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“Soft is not a word that I would have attributed to Wycombe but after hearing it get used a few times recently, and rightly so, we did question having that bit between our teeth after the first two games.

“That’s why the win over Leyton Orient was such a relief and we’ll try and give it our all on Saturday.

“I think we’ll certainly go all guns blazing against Burton, but this league is very unforgiving in terms of making mistakes.

“They [Burton] were one of the inform teams at the back end of last season and have got some very good players so it’s surprising to see how they have started.

“So, we just need to be switched on.”

Finally, the former Fulham spoke about taking the captain’s armband for several of the opening games this season.

He has led out the side against Milton Keynes in the League Cup, along with the league fixtures against Lincoln City and Leyton Orient respectively.

He concluded: “I’m loving it.

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“Of course, I would wish that Joe [Jacobson] would be alongside us but I’m very close to Joe so it’s bittersweet but to have the armband is something I feel very fortunate for.

“That’s why I am desperate to play my best in what could hopefully be a successful season.”