IT'LL BE ALRIGHT ON THE KNIGHT
Posted on: Fri 16 May 2008
By Matt Cecil
Former play-off winner Leon Knight knows plenty about what Wanderers can expect from Saturday's clash with Stockport County, and the man who took Brighton to the Championship in 2004 believes Wycombe have what it takes to shoot down Jim Gannon's side at Edgeley Park.
"I thought we deserved to win the home game and maybe with a little more quality we might have finished the game off, but it makes it more exciting now on Saturday and hopefully we'll get the win.
World: Leon speaks ahead of the game.
"We were a bit disappointed not to beat them at home but we're right in it and, because there's no away goals, it's a one-off game. We'll need to be on our toes but we'll be ready for it."
Both teams have enjoyed excellent form since the turn of the year and, with a little more luck, could have avoided the play-offs by achieving automatic promotion, but 'Knighty' believes that the past will be left behind when the two sides come head-to-head in the north-west.
"I don't think league form really carries on into the play-offs," he said. "Both teams will be more up for it than they would be for a league game and we need to make sure we raise our game.
"The pressure's on both sides and no-one really wants extra-time so we're both going to go for it."
Of course, extra time is more than a remote possibility given the fact that neither side could be separated in either of the last two meetings, but would the ex-Chelsea youngster be prepared to step up if penalties were required?
"No problem," he confirmed with a smile.
Can't make it to Edgeley Park? Watch it live on Sky Sports or listen to uninterrupted match commentary on Wanderers World.
Former play-off winner Leon Knight knows plenty about what Wanderers can expect from Saturday's clash with Stockport County, and the man who took Brighton to the Championship in 2004 believes Wycombe have what it takes to shoot down Jim Gannon's side at Edgeley Park.
"I thought we deserved to win the home game and maybe with a little more quality we might have finished the game off, but it makes it more exciting now on Saturday and hopefully we'll get the win.
World: Leon speaks ahead of the game."We were a bit disappointed not to beat them at home but we're right in it and, because there's no away goals, it's a one-off game. We'll need to be on our toes but we'll be ready for it."
Both teams have enjoyed excellent form since the turn of the year and, with a little more luck, could have avoided the play-offs by achieving automatic promotion, but 'Knighty' believes that the past will be left behind when the two sides come head-to-head in the north-west.
"I don't think league form really carries on into the play-offs," he said. "Both teams will be more up for it than they would be for a league game and we need to make sure we raise our game.
"The pressure's on both sides and no-one really wants extra-time so we're both going to go for it."
Of course, extra time is more than a remote possibility given the fact that neither side could be separated in either of the last two meetings, but would the ex-Chelsea youngster be prepared to step up if penalties were required?
"No problem," he confirmed with a smile.
Can't make it to Edgeley Park? Watch it live on Sky Sports or listen to uninterrupted match commentary on Wanderers World.
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