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BarnetJimbo · 11-02-2007, 17:31

I'm a Barnet fan and while I'm obviously not happy with the result yesterday, I thought that I must comment not only on the never say die attitude of your team, but on the sheer noise and persistence of the few of you that made the trip.

(This was the closest I could find to a drumming nana

). Your team looked pretty 1 dimensional if I'm honest. You try to hit your big bald skipper and look for Feetwood or Bocu to pick of the pieces. Fleetwood never seems to score against us, but often scores in the following game, (I think he bagged a hat-trick after the last time he played us, so you should have some fun come next weekend).

So anyway, your big bald skipper basically jumped into our defenders all game and the ref just seemed to let him away with it. Saying that, it's not a foul unless the ref blows his whistle so good on him. The ref was absolurely diabolical, but not just to us. He seemed to get just about everything wrong. The foul for your penalty was absolutely 100% a penalty. It wasn't for a hand-ball as one of the recent posters mentioned, it was for a big old push in the back at the back post. My only complaint is that the original pass to the crosser was when he was offside and only a a blindman could not have spotted it if he was in line. (Yeah I know you lot were at the other end of the pitch, I'm not having a go out you, just the idiot running the line and the ref

.

So anyway, the penalty was given and slotted away nicely and you have the lead, probably against the run of play, but we weren't dominating either. I thought we stood off you far too much and if we had thrown more players further forward we would have opened you up. Maybe the lads were worried about the pace of Fleetwood and Bocu on the break. (By the way, I know your skipper has scored loads of goals for you over the years and is probably a bit of a cult hero, but I thought he was woeful). Just my opinion mind.

Anyway, we managed to get back on level terms just before HT and it wa sone of the few times that we committed men forward. I think it was instigated my our centre-nack Yakubu bringing the ball forward and over half-way and taking people on. While Yakubu looked to be the best Barnet player on show, (I honestly think he is capable of playing at a considerably higher level), he wasn't even close to getting my MOM vote. That is reserved for your young Polish keeper. I thought our keeper was pretty good, but your keeper was absolutely fantastic and saved 3 goal-bound shots in the 2nd half. He was simply brilliant.

I suppose a draw at HT was fair, but I'm sure your guys were upset at conceding so close to the break.

The 2nd half was simply shambolic. The ref seemed to completely lose the plot. Barnet had 3 penalty claims. The first was absolutely blatant. Cogan was brought down on the right of the penalty area and the ref then booked him either for diving or for complaining. Immediately after the same player seemed to go down very easily this time, (not even close to a pen in my opinion) yet the ref didn't book him this time! Then we had another on the left of the penalty area, (this again was blatant), and the ref again waived play on. So just when I though that the ref was plain cheating, he showed me how wrong I was by ignoring a blatant handball by our left back in our area and giving you nothing than a shake of the head. He wasn't biased. He was just plain useless.

To seal my poor opinion of him, he then sent of our stroker Hatchy for use of the elbow, while lying on the ground after one of your guys had gone right through him wuite late too. Now I'm not saying that Hatchy didn't move his elbow, I'm just saying that it was a load of nothing, as the lack of a reaction of your players confirms. The tackle was late and poor, but no more than a yellw, but a red for Hatchy???? I really don't think so, neither did your players.

It was now end to end stuff. I was surprised (and a little releived), when you took Bocu off, because he looked decent, but it seemed to work out for you as ou made your extra man count and Proctor finished really well. AT the time your keeper had just made 2 great saves and If I'm honest, I thought we were more likely to win. It wasn't to be though and it was all done and dusted right then. Your players were delighted and rightly so. It was a big 3 points for you.

The ref though wasn't finished though and decided to show Cogan a 2nd yellow, (he of the 1st yellow for getting hacked in the area). The 2nd yellow was fair I suppose, (I think it was just out of frustration). If I remember correctly he slid from a long way away and was never going to get the ball and took the trailing leg away from your guy. It wasn't dangerous or nasty. Just a foul. He could easily have let it ride, but seemed to want to be centre of attention again, so he showed him a 2nd yellow.

So anyway lads. Congrats on the 3 points. The performance of your drummer and your keeper alone probably deserved that at least. I think you are going to continue to struggle with that old warhorse up front, but good luck to you anyway. Was also quite impressed with your big baldy centre-half who was booked early doors and I had money on not lasting the game. He did well under the circumstances not to be caught out of positon again.

Final words. Top Polish Keeper and top top drummer and away support.

ps. What was your coach driver throwing a wobbly about outside the ground?

11-02-2007, 17:31	#109
BarnetJimbo Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: The official Barnet match thread I'm a Barnet fan and while I'm obviously not happy with the result yesterday, I thought that I must comment not only on the never say die attitude of your team, but on the sheer noise and persistence of the few of you that made the trip. (This was the closest I could find to a drumming nana ). Your team looked pretty 1 dimensional if I'm honest. You try to hit your big bald skipper and look for Feetwood or Bocu to pick of the pieces. Fleetwood never seems to score against us, but often scores in the following game, (I think he bagged a hat-trick after the last time he played us, so you should have some fun come next weekend). So anyway, your big bald skipper basically jumped into our defenders all game and the ref just seemed to let him away with it. Saying that, it's not a foul unless the ref blows his whistle so good on him. The ref was absolurely diabolical, but not just to us. He seemed to get just about everything wrong. The foul for your penalty was absolutely 100% a penalty. It wasn't for a hand-ball as one of the recent posters mentioned, it was for a big old push in the back at the back post. My only complaint is that the original pass to the crosser was when he was offside and only a a blindman could not have spotted it if he was in line. (Yeah I know you lot were at the other end of the pitch, I'm not having a go out you, just the idiot running the line and the ref . So anyway, the penalty was given and slotted away nicely and you have the lead, probably against the run of play, but we weren't dominating either. I thought we stood off you far too much and if we had thrown more players further forward we would have opened you up. Maybe the lads were worried about the pace of Fleetwood and Bocu on the break. (By the way, I know your skipper has scored loads of goals for you over the years and is probably a bit of a cult hero, but I thought he was woeful). Just my opinion mind. Anyway, we managed to get back on level terms just before HT and it wa sone of the few times that we committed men forward. I think it was instigated my our centre-nack Yakubu bringing the ball forward and over half-way and taking people on. While Yakubu looked to be the best Barnet player on show, (I honestly think he is capable of playing at a considerably higher level), he wasn't even close to getting my MOM vote. That is reserved for your young Polish keeper. I thought our keeper was pretty good, but your keeper was absolutely fantastic and saved 3 goal-bound shots in the 2nd half. He was simply brilliant. I suppose a draw at HT was fair, but I'm sure your guys were upset at conceding so close to the break. The 2nd half was simply shambolic. The ref seemed to completely lose the plot. Barnet had 3 penalty claims. The first was absolutely blatant. Cogan was brought down on the right of the penalty area and the ref then booked him either for diving or for complaining. Immediately after the same player seemed to go down very easily this time, (not even close to a pen in my opinion) yet the ref didn't book him this time! Then we had another on the left of the penalty area, (this again was blatant), and the ref again waived play on. So just when I though that the ref was plain cheating, he showed me how wrong I was by ignoring a blatant handball by our left back in our area and giving you nothing than a shake of the head. He wasn't biased. He was just plain useless. To seal my poor opinion of him, he then sent of our stroker Hatchy for use of the elbow, while lying on the ground after one of your guys had gone right through him wuite late too. Now I'm not saying that Hatchy didn't move his elbow, I'm just saying that it was a load of nothing, as the lack of a reaction of your players confirms. The tackle was late and poor, but no more than a yellw, but a red for Hatchy???? I really don't think so, neither did your players. It was now end to end stuff. I was surprised (and a little releived), when you took Bocu off, because he looked decent, but it seemed to work out for you as ou made your extra man count and Proctor finished really well. AT the time your keeper had just made 2 great saves and If I'm honest, I thought we were more likely to win. It wasn't to be though and it was all done and dusted right then. Your players were delighted and rightly so. It was a big 3 points for you. The ref though wasn't finished though and decided to show Cogan a 2nd yellow, (he of the 1st yellow for getting hacked in the area). The 2nd yellow was fair I suppose, (I think it was just out of frustration). If I remember correctly he slid from a long way away and was never going to get the ball and took the trailing leg away from your guy. It wasn't dangerous or nasty. Just a foul. He could easily have let it ride, but seemed to want to be centre of attention again, so he showed him a 2nd yellow. So anyway lads. Congrats on the 3 points. The performance of your drummer and your keeper alone probably deserved that at least. I think you are going to continue to struggle with that old warhorse up front, but good luck to you anyway. Was also quite impressed with your big baldy centre-half who was booked early doors and I had money on not lasting the game. He did well under the circumstances not to be caught out of positon again. Final words. Top Polish Keeper and top top drummer and away support. ps. What was your coach driver throwing a wobbly about outside the ground?