[Exile on Spencer St]

The first 45 minutes were the worst advert for L2 football I've seen in some time. No wonder Barnet's gates are not much better than Stanley's. If I wanted to watch that every week I'd get a season ticket for rugby union. Exactly the attitude some of us have come to expect from a Westley squad. Pushing, barging, play acting come before trying to play football. Their groundsman must despair; all week cutting the grass and then the ball barely touches it.
Stanley improved in the second half but not as much as did the ref. He was close to losing control and, had he actually allowed for all the stoppages resulting from argy-bargy, we'd still be at the ground.
It really only became a football game after Stanley equalised and, tbh, Barnet had the better chances to win it. Thank heavens their shooting is as woeful as their league position suggests it must be most of the time.
Great little cameo from de Sousa who breifly helped re-energise Stanley's attacking threat. Weird decision to sub him. Bringing Brown on was the right move, but maybe he should have been on earlier as I thought the captain was struggling.
Barnet's primary tactic of sending howitzers over the heads of Stanley's central defenders was, I suspect, intended to exploit (a) the low sun, (b) a very bouncy pitch, and, more worryingly, (c) the relative slowness of Hughes to turn.
Despite Barnet's rightful position in the league, I somehow cannot imagine any away fans ever singing "can we play you every week".