Aaron Pierre is ready to put his body on the line against Northampton on Saturday in order to help Wanderers achieve the promotion their season “deserves”.

The centre-back is raring to go after watching his team mates from the stands during last weekend’s defeat against Morecambe as he served a one-match ban.

Pierre admits to going through the full range of emotions as he stood by the tunnel at Adams Park, watching on helplessly as a late goal took Blues’ automatic promotion hopes out of their own hands.

“In the second half I was on the sidelines with the fans and I was acting like one of them,” he said.

“I was shouting, trying to help Nico (Yennaris), trying to help the backline because that’s my position and they were closest to me.

“It still felt like I was part of the team even though I was just on the sideline with my suit on.”

Pierre has formed a formidable partnership with good friend and Brentford loanee Alfie Mawson and their performances at the heart of Wycombe’s defence belie the fact that both are in their first full seasons in professional football.

The 22-year-old initially joined Wanderers on loan from the Bees for an eight game spell last season and played his part in retaining the club’s Football League status – a position which he never wants to be in again.

Pierre said: “Going from helping a team avoid relegation to helping a team get promoted can only be positive for you and your character. I hate losing. You’ll probably see me go crazy after the game [if we lose] and I don’t think anybody will want to talk to me.

“I’m very sour because I don’t want losing to be in my nature. I always want to win and even in games that we draw I just think about what I could have done to stop the goal.

“The winning mentality, which I think this club has, is engrained within us and we just need to make sure that comes out on Saturday.”

The defender admits it will “suck” if Wanderers aren’t toasting promotion after the game at Sixfields, considering the amount of time the club have been in the top three this season, but believes Wycombe can triumph if they have to go through the play-offs.

For now though he is fully focused on doing all he can to take The Chairboys into League One via the automatic promotion places.

“I don’t care if I have to run 100 yards to do something, I’ll do it,” he said.

“It’s a very important game; it’s the exact same feeling as last year’s but in a more positive way where it’s to go up. Maybe an extra ten, 20 per cent from everyone is needed in this game because Northampton won’t be a pushover.

“I’m not afraid to throw my body on the line at either end, it’s that important to me. It’s so important to go up, not just for me but as a club.

“The fact that we’ve been in the top three for the whole season I think we deserve to go up. If that means I have to throw my body on the line and do whatever I can to score or stop them, then you better believe I’m going to do it.”