ANDY KING always knew this was going to be a battle and he was proud of the fighting qualities that his troops displayed.
Exciting, quality football was never really going to be order of the day. Instead it was a scrappy, often dour dish served up to the home fans, all made worth while by a sparkling, tasty dessert right at the end.
King knew it was going to be a big test for his side against a strong, organised, no thrills Wycombe outfit who started the afternoon in a play-off spot.
"It was a battle," said King. "I asked the lads to be together as a team, to work and fight as one.
"The opposition soon realised that we were up for the game. I did not get the quality I wanted in football terms, but I got the other side of it the desire, the effort and the commitment. I will take that. I would have taken 0-0 before the start of the game so I will certainly take 1-1."
But King revealed that the afternoon had not quite gone to plan.
"The idea before the game was to keep it 0-0 until the 89th minute and then score the winner," he said. "It was getting back to the old days where we simply wanted a result. I would love to go out there and win 4-0 with a quality performance, but I needed the points from this game and that meant slugging it out.
"Last Tuesday was a massive step for us and I think this draw will cement that confidence and prepare us for another home match against Wrexham on Tuesday.
"I cannot ask for more from them. I went into the dressing room and all I could say was thank you."
"I thought we started very well," he said. "I thought we were very confident. I wanted to see how they would react after Tuesday night.
"They all read the reports and see the headlines and I was worried they might start believing their press and think it was too easy.
"But I was pleased with the start and, being honest, I thought that, had we got the first goal, we would have gone on comfortably to win the game.
"However, the goal went against them and then as a manager I am wondering if we are good enough to dig deep and come back. I honestly believed we were capable of getting something and it has happened, eventually."
With goalkeeper Bart Griemink sent off and Town throwing everything forward King was not entirely confident of getting the point. But he never gave up and threw defenders forward in a bid to get the goal. It worked.
"They have pulled a point out of nowhere and it was important that we did not lose the game," he said.
"I was not confident that the goal was going to come, but I did know the lads were strong and that they did not look like conceding another one.
"We had to throw everything at them, but it was just a question of when to do it.
"I did not want to throw the game away too early by going 2-0 down."
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