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Originally Posted by Bentley5
I am sick to death of them thinking that we pay our money to watch them...the indication for the retake of the penalty was that Bavs came off his line too soon. Well, in that case I expect to see every penalty in every game of every league retaken.
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Nail on the head. The other thing to mention is that the same linesman who ordered the retake also gave the pen in the first place after an incident that no-one saw and no one appealed for. A mystery penalty award followed by another superb Bavs save, followed by another ridiculous decision. No wonder the Barnet fans were singing "We love you lino, we do." Poor Bavs kept his composure well but went ballistic after the game, and for good reason.
An away point is not to be sniffed at, but all three were there for the taking. Gray headed a great chance over the bar and Atkinson was very close with a first-half header. Although we can get away with it at places like Barnet and Wimbledon, a worrying question mark that looms over the coming winter months is whether we can compete against the better sides with no specialist full-backs and with a left-midfield berth filled each week by whichever striker is second in the pecking order to Podge. If we have to rationalise the squad a little in order to make a couple of judicious loan signings in these areas, then I'd say it was a risk worth taking.