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Ian Evatt is certain that a scrappy victory against Cheltenham Town will do his side the world of good.
Victor Adeboyejo’s first-half strike was enough to see off the plucky Robins, who caused plenty of problems on a blustery night at the Toughsheet Stadium.
George Lloyd had a goal ruled out early in the second half by referee Ben Speedie and the game hung in the balance to the very end, with sub Nathan Butler-Oyedeji and Lloyd having late efforts blocked in front of goal.
After a disappointing defeat at Leyton Orient, Evatt was happy to emerge with three points.
“It wasn’t a classic but come the end of the season nobody is going to remember the performance,” he said after the match.
“Believe it or not that is five wins out of six in the league, if you look at results elsewhere tonight you’ll see that teams have dropped points.
“This league is hard. Nobody is going to make it easy for you.
“It is amazing how much one defeat can affect your psyche, your mentality and mindset. We looked a little bit jittery and nervous and I don’t really understand that but the players feel like we have a lot to lose. The way, in my opinion, to deal with that is to go for it even more, not try and go safe, which is what we did there.
“You look the other results from Saturday, Portsmouth scraped at Fleetwood, Peterborough scraped at home to Shrewsbury, Derby drew away at Lincoln and then have lost at Reading tonight.
“We lost on Saturday, which hurt, but we have found a way to win. There going to be a games like this, games where we play well, games where we don’t, but you need to find a way to win and we did that.”
Wanderers created a few half-chances, the best of which came in the final throes when Kyle Dempsey jinked his way into the penalty box only to fail to get a proper shot away.
The midfielder pulled up with a muscular problem and could now miss the weekend’s game at Carlisle United. Likewise, Randell Williams is understood to have suffered a reoccurrence of his hamstring injury and could be out for a few weeks.
Evatt was happy just to reflect on a win, if not a vintage display.
“It is satisfying sat here now but it wasn’t at the time,” he said. “It is just finding a way to win.
“You cannot in a football season play well every week. Our performance a week ago against Luton was excellent and then all of a sudden a week later it had a totally different feel.
“We were disappointed on Saturday, of course, but I said to the players after the game that a defeat has rocked you because of what you have done and the position you have put this football club in.
“We are not used to losing games any more. But we have to deal better with the losses and still remain focussed, keep the trust and faith. That win tonight will do them the world of good.”
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