Wycombe boss Ainsworth satisfied with point after tough week

Wycombe boss Gareth Ainsworth was pleased with a point against lowly Bradford after a week in which his side were frozen out of training.

The Chairboys were denied a ninth win in 11 home games by the relegation-threatened Bantams, whose resurgence continued as they eked out a goalless draw at Adams Park.

But despite failing to break down Bradford, Ainsworth was satisfied with a draw after a nightmare week that saw his squad return from Blackpool in the small hours and unable to train due to heavy snow.

“We haven’t been able to train because of the snow coming down so I’m quite pleased with a point all things considered,” he said.

“It was a good point after a tough week. We got home at four on Wednesday morning.

“It was probably more exciting than 0-0 suggests. We just couldn’t break them down, they defended very deep and were solid.

“Unfortunately it just didn’t fall for us, but they also had a couple flash across our goal too.

“We probably put more pressure on at the end and had some decent chances.

“Bradford have come here and they’ve had a go at us. They didn’t come for just a point, they’ve definitely come to win the game so big respect to David Hopkin for that.

“They’ve got a great chance of survival this year if they keep playing like that.”

Chairboys frontman Nathan Tyson missed a glaring early chance when he directed Joe Jacobson’s whipped cross just past the post.

Eoin Doyle came close for the visitors, seeing his close-range effort scrambled off the line at the other end.

Hopkin’s men were in the ascendancy as Nat Knight-Percival squandered a great chance in first-half stoppage time, nodding wide from close range.

Chairboys substitute Paris Cowan-Hall almost made an immediate impact when his strike was cleared off the line a minute after coming on.

Scott Kashket fired agonisingly wide at the death as the Bantams clung on, extending a run that has seen them beaten in just three of their last 10 outings.

Hopkin praised his players, sensing his side might not have stymied late pressure in the crisis-hit early stages of the season.

“The players deserve great credit. We possibly would have lost this game earlier in the season so great credit to them,” he said.

“Their biggest threats came from set-plays, but we knew that. That’s how they set up.

“I think we had to do better with the chances we had in the first half.

“It was a very tough game, it’s a very tough place to come because Gareth has them well organised.

“We had to scrap, we had to battle but I think we had the better chances.

“I’m disappointed that we didn’t come away with the three points.

“It’s been a good week. We’ve managed two away draws at very difficult venues and an important home win.”