Well, the games come thick and fast this time of year, at least they do for us - although Tuesday’s opponents, Barnet, haven’t played for 10 days due to a COVID postponement.
Finally a game against a team that we have a bit of history against. Our record against the north Londoners stretches back to December 1946 when we beat them 9-2 at their place in the FA Cup, and overall we’ve a record of 9 wins, 6 defeats and 2 draws against them. The most interesting time between the two clubs was when we poached their manager, Barry Fry, and he went back to nab most of their best players which led to a fair bit of animosity at the time.
So onto Tuesday’s game at Roots Hall, which hopefully will go ahead. The Bees, now under the management of Dean Brennan, have had a bit of an up and down season. They have lost their last two games, but before that they won 5 out of 6 to lift themselves up to 16th place, 9 points above the blues.
Having not played since 18th December, Barnet should be fresher than Blues who will have 2 games in less than 48 hours. So what can Kev do to freshen things up?
Presumably Fergy still has the lurgy, White and Dunne both went off injured against Bromley and so must be doubtful and we don’t know if Kacper is ready to play again yet.
Murphy looked lively when he came on, but Dennis has 2 goals in consecutive games so it seems harsh to drop him. Coulson looked like he hasn’t held back on the mince pies during the festive period, so I’m not sure he’d get through 90 minutes. So, who would you choose and what do you predict the result to be?
Finally a game against a team that we have a bit of history against. Our record against the north Londoners stretches back to December 1946 when we beat them 9-2 at their place in the FA Cup, and overall we’ve a record of 9 wins, 6 defeats and 2 draws against them. The most interesting time between the two clubs was when we poached their manager, Barry Fry, and he went back to nab most of their best players which led to a fair bit of animosity at the time.
So onto Tuesday’s game at Roots Hall, which hopefully will go ahead. The Bees, now under the management of Dean Brennan, have had a bit of an up and down season. They have lost their last two games, but before that they won 5 out of 6 to lift themselves up to 16th place, 9 points above the blues.
Having not played since 18th December, Barnet should be fresher than Blues who will have 2 games in less than 48 hours. So what can Kev do to freshen things up?
Presumably Fergy still has the lurgy, White and Dunne both went off injured against Bromley and so must be doubtful and we don’t know if Kacper is ready to play again yet.
Murphy looked lively when he came on, but Dennis has 2 goals in consecutive games so it seems harsh to drop him. Coulson looked like he hasn’t held back on the mince pies during the festive period, so I’m not sure he’d get through 90 minutes. So, who would you choose and what do you predict the result to be?
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