Matt Bloomfield on Wycombe's Josh Scowen, Gideon Kodua and Brandon Hanlan
Wycombe Wanderers manager Matt Bloomfield has spoken about the return of Gideon Kodua and Josh Scowen to the team following their recent injury lay-offs.
The duo hadn’t played since November but both made their comeback in the recent 3-0 away win at Stevenage on Boxing Day.
They would also appear in the 2-1 loss at Charlton Athletic three days later at the Valley.
Speaking on their return, as well as their performances in the latter Bloomfield said: “I thought they both looked sharp – Gids looked sharp and he should have had a penalty.
“He looked creative and there was a bit of a buzz about him.
“And with Joshy, we all know he’s top and we’re just building him up to play as much football as we can.”
His comments came after the Addicks defeated the Chairboys in the club’s final game of 2024.
It ended Wycombe’s 19-unbeaten streak in League One, as they will begin 2025 in third place, two points off Birmingham City who sit top.
Wycombe had been in the automatic places since beating Leyton Orient 3-0 at the end of October.
He added: “It’s about retaining your realism of where we have been, and hopefully where we are heading.
“it shows that football is about momentum, doing your best and believing in what you want to do and it has been some turnaround, but it’s all about the players.
“Not just this group, but the boys that did it at the back of last season too.
“I’m proud of what we have done during this calendar year, but we’re hungry for more.
“If you said in July and August that after losing the first two league games, it would take until Charlton away [at the end of December] to lose again, you would have snapped your hand off.
“The positives from today were that the boys kept fighting, more minutes for Joshy and Gids and the passing at the top of the pitch was fantastic.”
Finally, Bloomfield has confirmed that Brandon Hanlan is not injured.
The 27-year-old returned after being on the sidelines with an ACL injury in the FA Cup win against York City at the start of November, but has not featured since the EFL Trophy loss versus Swindon on December 10.
He started the defeat but was taken off with 11 minutes remaining.
Bloomfield said: "Brandon is fine.
"We have the four wide players at the moment along with Dan Udoh and Rich [Kone] who can play down the middle.
"But he is looking to contribute as much as we can, and he is fine.
