Devine Derby - Barnet v Exeter

[Moomin]

Will we score? Possibly but I think we will struggle here. Barnet seem to be good at home and while our away record is decent I just get the feeling we will not turn up.

2-1 Barnet. Alex Nicholls bound to score. Wheeler for us and 489 travelling Grecians.

 

[George Reilly's Hairpiece]

Our home record isn't as strong as last year. Just one win so far this season and that was the opening game.

We're so inconsistent, even from half to half. If we play like we did second half against Morecambe we'd have a lot more wins on the board, but we're as likely to play like the first half when we could have shipped 4 in the first 20 minutes. Selection inconsistency hasn't helped, but with a few injuries now, ironically, it might help us to field a settle side for a while.

We need to start winning games, so whilst a draw isn't a terrible result, it puts pressure on the next two away games to pick up a win then.

 

[Urban]

We're shit and not going to win.

 

[Grecian O'Grecian]

Was going to go to this but due to the fact Barnet want to charge away fans £25 to spend 90 minutes at their leisure centre type stadium I'm probably going to swerve it and go to the Taunton FA Cup game instead.

Wasn't at the Grimsby home game but it sounded like we played a bit better than in previous weeks so hopefully we'll continue that into this Saturday.

 

[Vanni]

Well, to be fair, you do get to see Edgar Davids in action for 25 smackers

 

[Trapdoor]

Barnet are exactly the kind of side who will dick us 2-0 without even playing particularly well. We cannot play from behind and we can't hold a lead, that in my books equals nil pointe.

 

[Urban]

Fuck off Martin Allen, your time is done.

Shit football and he's too fucking stubborn to change anything. He's abysmal.

 

[Urban]

We are going down this season unless Allen goes soon. Showing all the signs of a team in disarray.

We've actually got individuals who can play. But the style and tactics we use just don't work and he never fucking changes things! Times up.

 

[Moomin]

Wow, what a win!

Didn't see that coming at 1-0 and I think Taylor's goal swung the momentum our way and after that we bossed it. So good to see Holmes and Wheeler back fit and firing, we missed them so badly during the first few weeks of the season. And it's great for Reid to get off the mark today. Hopefully that's his first of many this season.

What the hell is going on with Barnet's home support? I know they haven't the biggest fan base but 1300 home fans is worrying.

Onwards and upwards. We have to win next week at home to Cambridge to build on this.

 

[Grecian O'Grecian]

Great win, really good to have Wheeler and Holmes back fit and amongst the goals. Like Moomin says, we really missed them both early in the season. Confident we'll begin to climb the league.

 

[mowgli]

Please Barnet don't sack Allen before next Saturday when you visit Adams Park.

 

[George Reilly's Hairpiece]

What the hell is going on with Barnet's home support? I know they haven't the biggest fan base but 1300 home fans is worrying.

Price increases over the summer coupled with an awful brand of football.

Ben Watt (he of Evertything But The Girl) sums it up for me:

Ben Watt ‏@ben_watt 2h2 hours ago
#BarnetFC Match Report: Barrel-scraping nadir for Allen’s archaic long-ball tactics. Academy talent wasted. Crowds dwindling. Sack him. 1-4L

 

[rudebwoyben]

Because he's been promoting his new album for the past year, that was the first game he'd been to for a while. Bet he was pleased..
I went to the Orient match, which was terrible and this sounded even worse.
Can MA pull himself out of this hole?

 

[Trapdoor]

Barnet didnt look all that bad i thought. Just quite 1 dimensional and low on confidence. We seemed to slowly adapt to Barnets tactics during the first half and as soon as we got our second goal we started running riot.

I think Barnet would be a decent side if they were just able to retain possession a bit better. Long ball often works well but aimlessly lumping it up in the same way repeatedly allows the opposition to adapt to it.