BURY boss Graham Barrow is determined there will be no FA Cup hangover when the Shakers take on Wycombe Wanderers at Gigg Lane on Tuesday night (7.45pm).

The Chairboys' visit is the first of two home matches in the space of a week with Southend United making the long trip north on Saturday.

The double header is seen as an excellent opportunity to continue the club's steady climb up the Coca Cola League Two table and force themselves among the division's pacesetters.

With that in mind the disappointment of Saturday's FA Cup exit at the hands of Northampton won't be allowed to take the wind out of the Shakers' sails, in fact the manager believes he can use the weekend's result to his favour.

"That result cant be allowed to stop our season from progressing," he said.

"We've got ourselves in a great position in the league and we've got to push on from there.

"We've got to turn it into something positive, there is a big week ahead of us and we've discussed where we want to be at the end of December, we have to get on with what's in front of us."

Wycombe, one point and five places behind the Shakers, will also be smarting from a second round Cup exit after they went down 3-0 at home to League One highfliers Luton Town.

The match was the first under the permanent reign of new manager John Gorman who has taken over the hotseat at Adams Park after former England ace Tony Adams quit.

"It's great to get a game in so soon after Saturday's," added Barrow.

"Remember, even after that result we are still on the up in the league.

"If we go into the next few games in the form we've been showing recently we'll give ourselves a good chance to win them."

Nevertheless, Barrow couldn't hide his disappointment at not progressing further, especially as the Cobblers were drawn at home to Premiership Southampton in the third round.

The Shakers' second half display warranted a draw at least, but once again they didn't get the rub of the green on a number of key decisions.

"It's so disappointing," he declared.

"I know how much a cup run means to the club and that hurts, we desperately wanted to get to the third round but it wasn't to be.

"You know at some stage this competition is going to break your heart and I thought the players deserved better on the day.

"There wasn't much in the first half but we were a bit slow to start just like the early kick-off at Leyton Orient the other week.

"We were a bit slow getting into our groove but once we did there was almost no stopping us.

"We really should be taking them back to Gigg especially after that second half performance.

"It wasn't just crash, bang, wallop there were some good openings created but squandered.

"A lot of the lads did well for us and you can criticise Lee Unsworth for missing the chance he had but he didn't give their dangerman Martin Smith a kick, that's to his credit."

Barrow also had praise for the Shakers' travelling support who did as he asked and got behind the side from the first whistle.

"The crowd were magnificent, their response to the team at the end was the most satisfying thing for me," he said.

"They obviously appreciated the effort the players put in and you can't fault a team that gives 100 per cent."