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Barnet
Aug 31, 2019 10:28:00 GMT
Post by goderz3 on Aug 31, 2019 10:28:00 GMT
A win today and Tuesday then we could be in the playoffs 😜⚽️
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Barnet
Aug 31, 2019 10:46:07 GMT
Post by hantslondoner on Aug 31, 2019 10:46:07 GMT
Indeed - great result at Solihull, but Barnet are a decent side and I think we'll do well to get a draw. But room for optimism....
Also good to see the much-criticised Hollands doing the business on Monday, I just hope he doesn't repeat his aberration of last season's home game v Barnet today.
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Post by davep on Aug 31, 2019 10:59:06 GMT
I was pretty critical of Payne/Hollands together in midfield but it worked well on Monday night, seems like Hollands is making an effort to get further forward. Good to see the management team clocking the issues and fixing them with the squad they have.
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Post by spitfiresteve on Aug 31, 2019 15:31:16 GMT
Would help if we weren't playing 12 and the way willow is playing it is 12 v 10
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Post by spitfiresteve on Aug 31, 2019 15:48:18 GMT
And that proves it. The worst decision I have seen in years.
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Post by taylov on Aug 31, 2019 17:03:46 GMT
That was one of the worst performances by the man in the middle that I have seen in the 60-odd seasons that I have watched football. Neither set of players had any confidence in the man and had realized by half-time that the only way to make progress was to claim GBH or worse at every opportunity. This view has nothing to do with the final result - the Barnet fans I spoke to in the car-park afterwards had exactly the same opinion.
A entertaining game of football ruined by the referee.
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Barnet
Aug 31, 2019 17:18:05 GMT
Post by hantslondoner on Aug 31, 2019 17:18:05 GMT
Actually, I thought the ref had quite a good game until Smart's second yellow, which unless I had missed something, was an absolutely diabolical decision. The linesman over that side was closer to the action but had been pretty poor all game, so probably wasn't any help. The ref seemed to have noticed Barnet's gamesmanship and diving in the second half when they were finally put under pressure, making sure he added time on,and making sure they went off the pitch - and he ignored their no 8 Adams pathetic attempt to persuade him to give Reda a second yellow for a shoulder-charge (thast's probably why the Barnet fans didn't like him). Not sure whether the Barnet man who pushed Reda in the melee should have been given a red, but again the linesman was very close to the action so should have seen it.
Other than that, similar to the Dag and Red game... poor first half (their goal was good, however the man should not have been allowed to turn) followed by a much better second half. Barnet were better than Dag and Red but our equaliser was well-worked and well-earned. Shame, then, about the late winner, which I'm afraid must go down to Max, who otherwise had a good game.
Otherwise the team worked hard but as usual we missed good players in the Yeates and McCallum positions. I thought McKnight and Hollands worked particularly hard, the former deserving his goal.
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Barnet
Aug 31, 2019 17:29:18 GMT
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Post by tottonspitfire on Aug 31, 2019 17:29:18 GMT
Actually, I thought the ref had quite a good game until Smart's second yellow, which unless I had missed something, was an absolutely diabolical decision. The linesman over that side was closer to the action but had been pretty poor all game, so probably wasn't any help. The ref seemed to have noticed Barnet's gamesmanship and diving in the second half when they were finally put under pressure, making sure he added time on,and making sure they went off the pitch - and he ignored their no 8 Adams pathetic attempt to persuade him to give Reda a second yellow for a shoulder-charge (thast's probably why the Barnet fans didn't like him). Not sure whether the Barnet man who pushed Reda in the melee should have been given a red, but again the linesman was very close to the action so should have seen it. Other than that, similar to the Dag and Red game... poor first half (their goal was good, however the man should not have been allowed to turn) followed by a much better second half. Barnet were better than Dag and Red but our equaliser was well-worked and well-earned. Shame, then, about the late winner, which I'm afraid must go down to Max, who otherwise had a good game. Otherwise the team worked hard but as usual we missed good players in the Yeates and McCallum positions. I thought McKnight and Hollands worked particularly hard, the former deserving his goal.
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Post by tottonspitfire on Aug 31, 2019 17:33:13 GMT
The ref had a good game !!!! FFS what game was i watching !! Dreadful from start to finish . He did not have a clue and his so called assistants were just puppets . An absolute farce .
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Barnet
Aug 31, 2019 18:41:56 GMT
Post by boyatthood on Aug 31, 2019 18:41:56 GMT
That was one of the worst performances by the man in the middle that I have seen in the 60-odd seasons that I have watched football. Neither set of players had any confidence in the man and had realized by half-time that the only way to make progress was to claim GBH or worse at every opportunity. This view has nothing to do with the final result - the Barnet fans I spoke to in the car-park afterwards had exactly the same opinion. A entertaining game of football ruined by the referee. How often have we said that about referees at this level though? Dreadful. That said we didn't start well today and didn't deserve to get much out of the game either. Unless something is sorted with the strike force we really are staring down the barrel of relegation this year.
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Barnet
Aug 31, 2019 19:01:19 GMT
Post by efc21 on Aug 31, 2019 19:01:19 GMT
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Barnet
Aug 31, 2019 20:12:30 GMT
Post by blueandwhite on Aug 31, 2019 20:12:30 GMT
A real kick in the teeth today. To walk off with a point would have been disappointing. Having said that we have to take our chances. 3 points tuesday would do nicely
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Barnet
Aug 31, 2019 20:30:14 GMT
Post by hantslondoner on Aug 31, 2019 20:30:14 GMT
The ref had a good game !!!! FFS what game was i watching !! Dreadful from start to finish . He did not have a clue and his so called assistants were just puppets . An absolute farce . It's all about opinions, isn't it? And I've stated mine. If you want to disagree with it then that's fine by me.
I thought he dealt with Barnet's gamesmanship in the second half quite well. He had no help from his assistants, who were poor. Otherwise I'm not sure he had much to do except for the handbags on the hour and the Smart decision, which we all agree with. Personally I think that decision has affected some of the other comments.
P.S. 'had quite a good game until...an absolutely diabolical decision' does not equal 'good game'.
The usual level of criticism of the ref heard from my seat in the stand was also milder than usual until Smart's dismissal, if that's any indication.
P.P.S. can we start playing for the full 90 minutes at home, please?
Here's a quote from the Barnet forum, which I found quite interesting: 'I also thought the referee had a pretty good game today taking a pretty consistent approach. I must admit I was concerned that he might give a penalty in the incident that led to their winger being sent off. I thought there was contact on their winger, but Smart could (i) easily have stayed on his feet (ii) tooks a couple of strides to make sure he reached the penalty area before falling. Therefore I think he got the decision spot on, although I doubt many Eastleigh fans would agree. Plenty of other referees would have given a free kick or pen in that situation'.
And apparently we're going mad on social media slagging off their keeper (he is supposed to have wound up some of our fans after the game?) and their team for diving all over the place!
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Barnet
Sept 1, 2019 9:24:59 GMT
Post by hantslondoner on Sept 1, 2019 9:24:59 GMT
Crowd figure announced as 1922 (100 Barnet).... IMO there was about the same number in as for the Dag and Red match (1631). And there was far more than 100 Barnet (they reckon 217, which didn't seem too high).
Barnet fans' main complaint about the ref was that he didn't book/send off Reda (several times, they said) - as I said, I thought the shoulder charge one was definitely not a booking, maybe not even a free-kick.
One other thing.... The Bursledon Youth Club lined out to welcome out the players - I like this initiative, good for everybody. BUT before the game they were milling around in a busy area of the car park for quite a while, standing in spaces and spilling out onto the roadways between rows of spaces. For their own safety, would it be good to point them at a specific place, away from traffic, to meet? Or are there already such instructions? The adults looking after them seemed to be doing nothing to round them up or keep control. This is not an idle gripe (I had already happily parked in a space when this was happening) but a concern for safety. I've not seen it happen before.
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Barnet
Sept 1, 2019 16:44:25 GMT
Post by back4more on Sept 1, 2019 16:44:25 GMT
I'd echo the positive comments re having local boys' and girls' football teams involved anyway possible, including when the teams run out. There is one thing though which has always concerned me. That is having very young children doing "ball boy" duties, as Eastleigh have always seemed to do. One of these days one of them is going to be hit on the head by a ball which has been hit or mis-hit with some power. That could easily result in serious injury. "Ball boys" at league games are often youth team players and are never usually younger than 14. At that age they are aware enough to look after themselves but sub teen boys and girls can very easily be caught out.
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