 | We slipped up in a big way last season, we should be in League One by now |
When the final whistle sounds on Wycombe's last game of the season, at Barnet on 5 May, striker Jermaine Easter is hoping for a double celebration. The 24-year-old not only wants to be contemplating life in a higher division but also looking at his name at the top of the scoring charts.
Easter scored seven goals in 11 League Two games before tearing a groin muscle at Swindon on 26 September.
The Cardiff-born striker has since been overtaken by Harlepool's Jon Daly, Lincoln's Jamie Forrester and Accrington's Gary Roberts - all of whom have eight goals - and it has made for frustrating times for Easter.
"I am always looking at the scoring charts - since I have been injured I've been keeping tabs on them because I don't want to lose top spot," Easter told BBC Sport.
"It is so frustrating watching from the touchlines."
Easter returned to training on Thursday and is desperate to get back among the goals.
"Scoring goals is what keeps me happy," he added.
| We have the best squad in the division - if we don't go and get promoted it will be classed as failure |
"I'm looking forward to getting a few more. A few of the lads have caught me in the league so I need to kick on again."
For players like Easter the number of goals they score is what defines them.
To perform to the maximum of their abilities they need the sort of confidence that can border on arrogance.
Without it the killer instinct and self-belief needed when a once-a-game chance comes their way is missing.
"I feel like I can score at this level. If I regain the sharpness I had before I was injured I will score more goals," said Easter, who started his career as a trainee with Wolves.
"I'm quick, strong and if a chance comes my way I tend to take it."
 Mooney has helped Easter develop his game |
Yet Easter is quick to pay tribute to fellow strike partner Tommy Mooney.
Mooney, 35, is a vastly experienced forward and has been helping Easter to refine his game.
"When I first came to the club, in January 2005, I was here, there and everywhere," reflects Easter.
"Tommy told me to slow down and pick off my runs, conserve my energy.
"I seem to have found myself in more goalscoring positions because I have been selective with my runs, choosing when to make them.
"I have made my best start to a season. I got to seven league goals last year around Christmas, but at the moment I'm playing in a really good team which is creating a lot of chances."
Last season finished in bitter disappointment for Wycombe, who led the League Two table for large periods of the season but lost form and eventually finished sixth before losing to Cheltenham in the play-offs.
| LEAGUE TWO TOP SCORERS 8: Jon Daly, Hartlepool 8: Jamie Forrester, Lincoln 8: Gary Roberts, Accrington 7: Jermaine Easter, Wycombe 7: Tommy Mooney, Wycome |
"We slipped up in a big way, we should be in League One by now," admitted Easter.
"The only thing on the lad's minds is promotion. I don't think many players want to play at this level - I certainly don't.
"In my opinion we have the best squad of players in the division and if we don't go and get promoted it will be classed as failure."
And it does not end there. Easter is already thinking beyond the current season.
"I have 18 months left on my contract and I want to help Wycombe win promotion and then do what Southend did, going straight up again," said Easter
"We are a club that should be aiming to get into the Championship in the near future."
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