BEES HAVE GOT THEIR BUZZ BACK
BARNET are climbing the shoots of recovery following a third straight win, this time at struggling Dover, a team rooted firmly in the bottom four and on a run of four straight defeats.
“That’s a typical week in football,” Barnet assistant Darren Currie said. “Today was a blend of both of our previous games. The first half we made good use of the ball and were rightly in front, but the second half was a bit like the Chesterfield performance where we were on the back foot.”
“The boys are young and need to learn how to change the speed of the game and not encourage our opponents back in.” the top corner after just three
And on his side’s recent good minutes. form, Currie added: “It’s a Harrison and Barham conjured cliche, but it’s all based on hard up a second after home work and that quality mixed in keeper Mitch Walker saved the with very good players means latter’s initial shot, but striker we have an excellent chance Harrison was of winning.” on hand to
Those ingredients, head home the put together resultant cross by John Still following to double the his visitor’s lead. appointment to The away the Bees hotseat side continued this summer, to apply the blended instantly pressure and when star man Charlee Jack Barham fired Adams tested Byron Harrison’s Walker with a knock-down into stinging volley.
However the game turned midway through the second half when Mitch Brundle nodded in Josh Passley’s cross for his third of the season. And Athletic’s skipper almost completed the comeback, but visiting stopper Mark Cousins had other ideas, diving down low to save Brundle’s accurate free-kick.
Cheye Alexander almost made the game safe late on, but saw his shot strike the foot of the post before sub Josh Walker scuffed the rebound wide.
The away side held on, leaving Dover still searching for the three points that may well kick start their season.
Boss Chris Kinnear said: “It’s the individual mistakes we are making game after game that is hurting us and we have to work at them in training to cut them out.
“But ranting and raving is no good, and bad runs happen in football. When you make an error, they seem to go against you. However I’ve been in this game long enough to know it can all change around.
“I really believe we are not far away and had we scored to make it 2-2, we could have pushed on from there.”