Wycombe weren't away long, nor do they intend on staying

Wycombe Wanderers weren't away from League Two for long. After chasing promotion since they entered League Two in 2004, Wycombe finally gained promotion in May 2009, but have returned after only one season in the higher level, it's safe to say they want to return there as soon as possible.

fWycombe Wanderers were fairly consistent in their previous League Two spell, finishing in the top half in all five years they were at this level, including two Playoff campaigns and the year the finally won promotion. Several managers tried to secure their promotion, starting with Tony Adams before moving on to John Gorman, Paul Lambert and Peter Taylor, the latter of which successfully added to his "promotions" column.

However, despite being relatively successful at this level, Wycombe certainly weren't equipped for League One, then again it might be because Peter Taylor left the club on October 9th. It was one of the more surprising departures of the season as very few teams sack the manager who won them promotion just weeks into the season. Wycombe were 23rd at the time and it does make you wonder where they would have finished had he stayed in charge.

They replaced him with Gary Waddock(left) from Aldershot. He had a very successful two year spell at the Recreation Ground, which included winning the Setanta Shield and the Blue Square Premier Division with ease. He also gained a respectable midtable finish for Aldershot in their first League season and had around a year or so unbeaten at home.

He failed to change the tide really and then the goals really started flowing in. They lost their first game under Waddock 3-2 and followed this up with some very bizarre results over the next few months, including 4-4, 0-6, 0-4 and 2-5 before the end of the year. They appeared doomed with six games to go, sitting 9 points adrift. They gave themselves hope with four wins and just one defeat in their final six games, but the inevitable finally happened and they were relegated.

So now they're preparing for life back in League Two and have been installed by many as one of the favourites for promotion. It does make you wonder how they will cope though given that most of the stars of their previous campaigns in League Two have now gone.

Nathan Tyson, Tommy Mooney, Roger Johnson and Jermaine Easter amongst many others are no longer at Adams Park. However, they do have a team used to winning and they have one of the best midfielders that has played in League Two in the last ten years, Stuart Green. The midfielder played under Peter Taylor and Hull and other than causing mild controversy because of a loan move to Carlisle (where he actually refused to play for Hull anymore and demanded to be loan to the Cumbrians), Green was one of Hull's main foundations in their promotion campaign of 2003/4.

Gareth Ainsworth helped Lincoln win promotion in 1997/8 (although left before the promotion actually took place), Scott Rendell was promoted with Peterborough and Chris Westwood has been promoted with three different teams, Hartlepool, Walsall and Peterborough from League Two. Nikki Bull helped Waddock's Aldershot to the Conferen title and virtually every other member of the squad has achieved a promotion as some point during their career. It's a team of winners.

Speaking of Scott Rendell (right), he could be one of the signings of the summer. The striker never really got a chance at Peterborough due to the form of Aaron McLean and Craig Mickail-Smith, meaning he kept getting sent out on loan to various clubs, but was fairly consistent during his loan spells. He hit 13 in 26 games at Cambridge and 12 in 12 in 35 for Torquay last season, he certainly has the potential.

Rendell has been joined in entering the indoor at Adam's Park, with Dave Winfield, Marvin McCoy, Nikki Bull, Danny Foster, Kevin Murtagh, Andy Sandell, Ben Strevens and Alan Bennett all joining Wycombe.

Woodman, Harrold, Keates, Mousinho, Oliver, Revell, Spence, Cobb, Daly, Hunt, McLeod and Shearer all left.

Also, in a rather sentimental note, I am pleased that Gareth Ainsworth has been made the captain at Wycombe. Ainsworth left Sincil Bank in 1997 and has never returned to play a professional match, nor have the Imps travelled to face a side he's been playing for since he left. Hopefully he'll be fit for when we play Wycombe.

There's no arguing whatsoever that Wycombe have the quality in terms of the playing squad to win promotion, but the key question will be Waddock's ability to get consistent results at Wycombe. He never found consistency last season until it was too late and this could make things very interesting at Wycombe this season. I think they'll be fighting for it, but whether they achieve it is another matter altogether.