WHEN the final scores came in on Saturday and I heard the line “Wycombe 0”, I was sitting in the stands after commentating on the Oldham v Fleetwood game expecting to hear “Bury 1”.

And I know other Bury fans shared my confidence.

Not that an away point at a promotion rival is anything to be scoffed at, it is just that people are coming to expect Bury to win these days, and that can’t be a bad thing.

What you can say from Saturday’s result is that the Shakers are now in the right rhythm.

They are in the groove now of winning at home then getting a point away, and that is promotion form.

It is great to see them move into the play-off places early doors and it is now building on that momentum.

The other important point to note from their trip to Wycombe is how they battled to keep a clean sheet, even without captain Jim McNulty.

Nathan Cameron once again stepped up at centre-back to show what an improved player he is and I think that reflects well on the squad as a whole.

From what I understand, there are no cliques in the dressing room, everyone is pulling together so when a player like Nathan steps into the team, every other member of the squad wants him to do well.

For me, every Bury player will play an important role at some stage of the season, whether it’s big, small or just a cameo from the bench, they all have a part to play.

The only slight concern for me, if there are any, is that they have to make their dominance count in terms of goals.

If you look at the goals conceded column, the Shakers are one of the best in the league, but they have not really been able to break free of teams.

Other than the 2-0 win at Hartlepool, all of their victories have been by the odd goal, which means that the opposition have always been in the game right up to the final whistle.

What I would like to see, and I am sure Flicker feels the same way, is for his side to be going two or three goals up when they are on top.

Missing chances creates a pressure and gives the opposition something to cling on to.

It doesn’t matter how good you are playing and how dominant you are in games, the opposing team will always have and five, 10 or 15-minute spell when they have possession.

And if they score a goal in that period you don’t want it to count for something.

But I am sure, with the quality of players in the squad, the goals-for column will soon start to mount up, and they certainly have a good couple of games this week – at Carlisle and home to Stevenage – to start work on that.