Matt Bloomfield: Wycombe Wanderers boss says returning players will help turn corner
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FA Cup highlights: Wycombe 0-2 Morecambe
Wycombe boss Matt Bloomfield believes the return of players from illness and injury will be key to turning their form around in the coming weeks.
The Chairboys were knocked out of the FA Cup by League Two side Morecambe, beaten 2-0 in a home second-round tie.
It was their fourth loss in the past five games - their only win coming in the EFL Trophy against AFC Wimbledon.
"When you lose key personnel out of your first 11, it's going to hurt you," he told BBC Three Counties Radio.
"We didn't have the identity I want [against Morecambe], but the identity we were playing with only a few weeks ago isn't too far away.
"The good thing is we've got one or two bodies back for Tuesday evening [against Fulham Under-21s], then maybe a couple more next Saturday against Shrewsbury, and looking at Derby [on 16 December], we might have four or five back then.
"I'm looking forward to that with optimism, to those key players returning for us, and it'll be nice to have them back."
Brandon Hanlan is unlikely to play again this season, Luke Leahy is not yet ready to return after being concussed against Stevenage last month, and Freddie Potts and Sam Vokes are among others on the injured list.
"Jack Grimmer, him and G Mac [Garath McCleary] had been in their beds all week because they've been ill," said Bloomfield.
"They wanted to come and be a part of it, we put them on to try to give us a bit of a spring forwards, but ultimately it didn't work and we ended up playing too safe, too backwards, too sideways and didn't threaten the goal enough."
He added: "We've had a way of playing here that suited the personnel we had but now the same personnel aren't available so me may have to rethink what we do.
"But the principles and the way of playing will not change, because it's what I believe in - maybe the shape changes, or the personnel within that, because you're judged on results and if something's not working, you've got to be pliable enough to think of something different."