BRADLEY Wright-Phillips fired Charlton to a second straight league win at Wycombe on Tuesday night – but the wait for his first senior hat-trick continues.

With a goal at either end of the first half and the Reds appearing to be cruising towards victory, the 26-year-old looked odds on to complete his treble in the remaining 45 minutes.

But the second period was the home side's cue to stage an attempted fightback, and though Stuart Beavon's goal turned out to be nothing more than a consolation in the end, Wright-Phillips was ultimately replaced by Scott Wagstaff with no claim on the match ball.

Manager Chris Powell has withdrawn the striker while on his hat-trick on two occasions this season now, the other coming at Colchester, but Wright-Phillips understands his gaffer's intentions.

He said after the 2-1 win: "He did it tactically and put Waggy on for fresh legs because Wycombe were putting pressure on us so I understand why he did it.

"For me, when I'm on a hat-trick I do tend to think a bit greedier but it also makes you more confident so it can work out either way."

As far as goals in general are concerned, however, the Greenwich-born man has little to complain about with ten goals from 14 appearances in 2011/12 so far, putting him third in the League One scoring charts and just one goal behind Gary Madine and Jordan Rhodes.

Of his explosive start to the campaign, he explained: "I'm not sure how many goals I had last season in the end, but it's obviously been good so far this season.

"I could have done better as I've missed a few sitters but I'll take this, it's been really good."

With less than three months of the season played, Wright-Phillips has already forged two successful strike partnerships with Paul Hayes and his current fellow frontman Yann Kermorgant.

Comparing the two, he said: "Yann and Hayesy are different in some ways as Yann is more physical in the air but they're both easy to play with.

"Hayesy has been quality this season but Yann's come into the team and his form has been good. I've enjoyed playing alongside both of them."

And although a knee problem threatened to prove a setback weeks ago, the son of legendary striker Ian Wright feels right as rain to try and continue his free-scoring form.

"The knee's fine now," he said. "I look after it and Erol does what he needs to do. It doesn't need constant treatment but if it feels a bit stiff on some days then I'll come in early and sort it out."