The Bees impressive second-half performance meant that it was impossible to contemplate any other outcome than a home win and in fairness to Neil Young, the Chester manager, he didn’t try to, although he did point out that it wouldn’t have been beyond the realms of possibility had his team been one goal to the good at half-time.
He was also of the view that the Barnet players seemed to have a knowledge and understanding about where their team-mates were on the pitch and they could play balls into areas where they knew a team-mated would be.
He added that this could well be a consequence of Barnet players being full-time and although there might be something in this view Edgar Davids had previously stressed that a significant factor behind his pre-season planning was to get the players on the same wavelength as each other.
The finishing of Luke Gambin and Jake Hyde may have rightly garnered headlines but again the defence looked difficult to breach. David Stephens was his usual imperial self, Jack Saville looked composed and competitive alongside him and the full-backs were rarely troubled with Andy Yiadom, on this occasion, the more impressive of the pairing when going forward.
It was revealed post-match that Anthony Acheampong is unlikely to be able to be considered for Tuesday’s match at Tamworth, so the likelihood must be on an unchanged back four.
spot with Cambridge United scoring five past FC Halifax. How long it will last one can only hope but it was great to be concerned about the machinations of the TOP end of a table for a change.rd place behind big-scorers Forest Green Rovers, although within 24 hours Barnet were in 3ndThe league table made for pleasant reading on Saturday evening with the Bees assuming 2
