Barnet match thread
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Whilst I agree Redraine i have to give respect to Barnet they never gave up. we did at the last 15 Mins. we should have brought Buxton on to shore up the defence and played one up front. But I am not the gaffer, it is a shame as it is two point we needed, like we need every point we can get until the end of the season. a few clean sheets are needed desperately.
Threw 2 points away today, thought we would have had a right rollocking from Coley at half time, seemed to work for a few minutes, when were 2-0 up, I said it would be good to keep a clean sheet, & then we concede one!
If Coley was unhappy with Tuesday's performance, I look forward to his after match comments today!!'
Was never going to be an easy game,and defensively they were well drilled.
We showed patience and dealt with their direct approach reasonably well.
Their long throw specialist threw the ball into dangerous areas time and time again and we adapted to suit.
Eventually we got our rewards with two decent finishes.
They immediately made substitutions,removing the long throw guy and were a better team for it.
Our Achilles heel of being unable to keep clean sheets got us again.
Firstly,Matty unbelievably allowed himself to get the wrong side of his man ( had a great game tho) Then Halliday? gave away a cheap free kick and big centre forward powered home a header from it.
I still believe we should have brought on mccarten on,even before they went down to ten men as they were tiring at the back and it would have suited his direct running.
Two points lost,but I think we did enough to win the game,just individual errors cost us.
We showed patience and dealt with their direct approach reasonably well.
Their long throw specialist threw the ball into dangerous areas time and time again and we adapted to suit.
Eventually we got our rewards with two decent finishes.
They immediately made substitutions,removing the long throw guy and were a better team for it.
Our Achilles heel of being unable to keep clean sheets got us again.
Firstly,Matty unbelievably allowed himself to get the wrong side of his man ( had a great game tho) Then Halliday? gave away a cheap free kick and big centre forward powered home a header from it.
I still believe we should have brought on mccarten on,even before they went down to ten men as they were tiring at the back and it would have suited his direct running.
Two points lost,but I think we did enough to win the game,just individual errors cost us.
WE had a half time presentation to Shay at half time, presumably for L2 player of the month. To have him sitting on the bench throughout was at least negligent, at worst criminal when golden boy was giving one of his masterclasses of ineffectiveness.
I agree 100% with Cashman and Football19 that we THREW AWAY 2 POINTS today!!
The first half to me seemed somewhat lacklustre and Barnet were looking happy to keep the score at 0 - 0 which I think they would have been happy with at full time. We had more of the possession in the first half but I don't remember us actually making a real scoring chance before half time. The Assistant Referee on the Whinney Hill side was hardly ever up with play and Barnet got away with some decisions fully three yards offside!
The big lad Akinde up front was proving to be a handful and did more than his fair share of shoving but was rarely penalised!
The second half began with us providing a bit more 'Zip' and eventually our pressure told and we got the important first goal from Billy which was fully deserved.
I could see the Barnet players heads droop at this stage as they clearly expected us to go on and totally dominate and score more goals!
The same Assistant Referee was still behind play as we got away with a couple of offside decisions too....at least he was consistent....CONSISTENTLY BAD!! 
Barnet were clearly hanging on at this stage and I thought that, as we put them under increasing pressure, the Referee should have awarded us more free kicks than he actually did and he therefore he would have issued them with a couple of yellow cards for repeated fouls.
Most of our threats were coming down the right wing via Pierro and Halliday. We duly scored the second goal which was great for Crooksy after the criticism that he received following the previous match.
Barnet made all three substitutions early and then one of their lads went off with a knock which left them with ten men for the remainder of the match. Had we been ruthless at this stage we would/should have scored again and won easily! Barnet continued with their direct style and we allowed them to dominate some possession even though they only had ten players. For their two late goals it was difficult from the Clayton End to see what was going on, down t'other of t'ground, but we seemed to give Akinde and his mates far too much respect and time on the ball and they nicked a couple of goals!! Having just watched Coley's interview on the Fishy site he took issue with the Referee about a foul for the first goal and a ball possibly being out of play for the second goal! I couldn't tell from the other end!?
This probably goes down as one of Barnet's best results of the season but really we simply let them off the hook. Coley should have brought on Shay McCarten when they scored their first goal to freshen our hold on the game. My view is that the best form of defence is attack. There were times late on when we had such an overwhelming amount of time to build attacks, due to them packing all of their players in defence, that our players almost got in each other's way but really we showed a basic lack of guile of how to break down their defence.
LEAVING THE GROUND TODAY FELT MORE LIKE A DEFEAT THAN ONE MORE POINT GAINED!
We definitely need to develop a much more RUTHLESS STREAK and KILL THESE TEAMS LIKE BARNET OFF.
I think that Coley should be harsh on the team this week and get them to think a bit more NASTY and RUTHLESSLY when we are in front, but also look at his failure to make an effective substitution or two when it was clearly needed!
COME ON STANLEY
RUTHLESS AND RELENTLESS
TRAMPLE THE OPPOSITION INTO THE TURF
THREE POINTS EVERY MATCH
COME ON YOU REDS
The first half to me seemed somewhat lacklustre and Barnet were looking happy to keep the score at 0 - 0 which I think they would have been happy with at full time. We had more of the possession in the first half but I don't remember us actually making a real scoring chance before half time. The Assistant Referee on the Whinney Hill side was hardly ever up with play and Barnet got away with some decisions fully three yards offside!
The big lad Akinde up front was proving to be a handful and did more than his fair share of shoving but was rarely penalised!The second half began with us providing a bit more 'Zip' and eventually our pressure told and we got the important first goal from Billy which was fully deserved.
I could see the Barnet players heads droop at this stage as they clearly expected us to go on and totally dominate and score more goals!
The same Assistant Referee was still behind play as we got away with a couple of offside decisions too....at least he was consistent....CONSISTENTLY BAD!! Barnet were clearly hanging on at this stage and I thought that, as we put them under increasing pressure, the Referee should have awarded us more free kicks than he actually did and he therefore he would have issued them with a couple of yellow cards for repeated fouls.
Most of our threats were coming down the right wing via Pierro and Halliday. We duly scored the second goal which was great for Crooksy after the criticism that he received following the previous match.Barnet made all three substitutions early and then one of their lads went off with a knock which left them with ten men for the remainder of the match. Had we been ruthless at this stage we would/should have scored again and won easily! Barnet continued with their direct style and we allowed them to dominate some possession even though they only had ten players. For their two late goals it was difficult from the Clayton End to see what was going on, down t'other of t'ground, but we seemed to give Akinde and his mates far too much respect and time on the ball and they nicked a couple of goals!! Having just watched Coley's interview on the Fishy site he took issue with the Referee about a foul for the first goal and a ball possibly being out of play for the second goal! I couldn't tell from the other end!?
This probably goes down as one of Barnet's best results of the season but really we simply let them off the hook. Coley should have brought on Shay McCarten when they scored their first goal to freshen our hold on the game. My view is that the best form of defence is attack. There were times late on when we had such an overwhelming amount of time to build attacks, due to them packing all of their players in defence, that our players almost got in each other's way but really we showed a basic lack of guile of how to break down their defence.
LEAVING THE GROUND TODAY FELT MORE LIKE A DEFEAT THAN ONE MORE POINT GAINED!
We definitely need to develop a much more RUTHLESS STREAK and KILL THESE TEAMS LIKE BARNET OFF.
I think that Coley should be harsh on the team this week and get them to think a bit more NASTY and RUTHLESSLY when we are in front, but also look at his failure to make an effective substitution or two when it was clearly needed!
COME ON STANLEY
RUTHLESS AND RELENTLESS
TRAMPLE THE OPPOSITION INTO THE TURF
THREE POINTS EVERY MATCH
COME ON YOU REDS
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Another agonising experience following things remotely.
On Tuesday night, Professor Coleman made two subs when Stanley were 3-0 up, and was criticised for it by some, and today he's criticised for not making subs when 2-0 up. Who'd be a manager?
On Tuesday night, Professor Coleman made two subs when Stanley were 3-0 up, and was criticised for it by some, and today he's criticised for not making subs when 2-0 up. Who'd be a manager?
Aye but they were down to 10 men and virtually every week, we hear we try to win every game, well saying and doing were always 2 different things.
Of course it was Sean's fault - what isn't? This constant criticism of the lad, no matter what he does is wearing a bit thin - yes, we threw the 3 points away but by no means was it the fault of any one player - fgs give the lad a break!!
I've been one of Mr. McConville's critics but have also recognised when he's had a good game, and will accept he's earned his place this season. But where in this thread has anyone said otherwise?
How do you know who I was talking about, Accy Mad?
Anyway he was hopeless today and crying out to be subbed. Nothing was was working for him in contrast to our other attackers, we desperately needed an injection of quality which surely the L2 player of the month would have provided. So did you think Sean had a good game and shouldn't have been subbed? Anyway, my constant criticism" is mainly aimed at Coley and Jimmy who refuse to see our weakest link.The term 'golden boy' doesn't usually mean anyone else & as next post shows I was right in my assumption
I knew who you meant as your criticism is usually aimed at him! If the lad so much as misplaces a pass, I can guarantee it won't go unnoticed. And yes, as it happens I think Sean did ok in the main today - but that's football, it's all about opinionsHow do you know who I was talking about, Accy Mad?
Fair enough. We'll leave it at that then.