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Man in the Middle Brett Huxtable is in charge of tomorrow’s Sky Bet League Two match at The Hive London between the Bees and Accrington Stanley.
Huxtable was last in charge of a Barnet match in November 2016, a 2-0 win away to Plymouth Argyle.
He has officiated 31 games this season, showing 116 yellow cards and 7 red.
His assistants will be Thomas Ramsey and Stephen Finch and the Fourth Official is Andrew Williams. Match Preview https://www.barnetfc.com/news/2018/f...ton-stanley-h/

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Can't recall yon mon? thats nowt though me memorys knackered, he dont seem frightened of getting a grip of things.

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:) Need a strong ref I recon cashy with Westley as manager they'll be a dirty lot :D

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Be better of with Cliff Huxtable ...

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With Luton not playing, big opportunity to get to 3 points behind and put some pressure on the leaders. Will be pleased with any scoreline as long as it's a win :D

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think we,ve had problems with huxtable before in an away game. with the westley about and our poor form at barnet i fear the worst. wonder if there is a meeting group for pessimists re united though.

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Barnet may be rock bottom, but I'm certain this will be one of the toughest games we'll face this season.
The Bee's stung Notts County on the bum last week.
Hope Billy Kee will swat them with an early goal.
Fingers crossed!

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For those going Canons Park is your nearest tube station where Moranos pub welcomes away fans (it is also the only pub in the area).

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Conneely in for Brown is the only change. I fail to understand why days before every match J.C. says he hopes Sean Mac will feature? that to me is trying to rush a player back before he regains fitness,NOT GOOD. The lad aint even on the bench.

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Cashy, I think that it is more like a bit of kidology to the opposition... ;)

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Wish that Macca was playing though Cashy....

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Yep but i dont think its a bit of kidology, look back what happened with dino?

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Agree about Deano!!

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Then dont make excuses for it mate.;)

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Exeter play Mansfield, notts Co have a tricky match, Luton not playing.

Can’t see us not winning this one.

Get the beer in the fridge ready for the now traditional 5pm winners hour. That league table is going to look soooo good.

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Different thing Cashy ;) We both know what happened with Deano and we both agree/feel it was wrong :)

But I do believe that the Club do this all the time and try not to give anything away to the opposition :)

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A little premature your Lordship.... ;)

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1-0 Barnet:eek:

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come on reds

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Using the ' let's go behind strategy ' again Cashy ?...it seems to work !

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It didn't for the away game, lets hope it does fer this un.:eek:

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Cheltenham 0 - 1 Wycombe that's them up to 2nd

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Guess who scored fer em.

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Half Time 1-0 dont look good so far imho. have to pick it up second 45

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Gone 2 up now

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Barnet are big, aggressive and set their stall out from the start. We've hardly had a sniff. Need a plan B here, one that doesn't involve lumping it up to Billy, who is being bossed by his marker.

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Sousa on for rodgers. Early change by colemans usual standards

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Judging by the foul stats it looks more like a kicking match

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Expect nothing else with a Westley team.

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????

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Suspect were missing S.M.s delivery?

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Did we not go 2 behind at Crawley.

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1-1 Billy Kee Penalty. cmon reds yeh can win this Glad Billy was stood there.lol

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Can't grumble oer an away point. that will do.

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Hmmmm...1-1...I kinda of want to curse and be ****ed off but......

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A point's better than nowt & after going behind to a Westley team who notoriously park the juggernaut never mind the bus once they're ahead I'll gratefully take it.
Unbeaten run carries on & the lads have a week's rest now to recharge - KTF!! :)

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Know what you mean Kiwi but I have an awful feeling that it will be like this to the end of the season.

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A point would have been ok had either Wycombe or Mansfield not won...but no disaster . Exeter and Lincoln fading from the promotion battle. Looking like four teams for two places. Or should I say the other three battling for third place.

Hope Billy can now recover after his six yard run up to take the penalty before the next match.

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:) Getting tight at the top :)
Luton 67pts
Wycombe 62pts
Accrington 62pts
Mansfield 59pts
Notts County 58pts
Swindon 57 pts
Lincoln City 53pts
Exeter 52pts 2games in hand thou
Crawley 51pts
Coventry 50pts
Colchester 50pts

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Had a bad feeling about this game,take a point and move on
KTF

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Poor first half compensated by a much better second. Sousa made a difference as with him we posed a threat down both flanks, which stretched their back line. But the improvement wasn’t just tactical, it was also about attitude and mentality, which just wasn’t there first half. Stanley pen given when the ref spotted a foul in the air on Jimmy Dunne, a definite pen, but not the sort always given. After that it became end to end, last 20 mins both sides could have won it, Akinde missed a sitter when he headed wide with Aaron stranded off his line. Jordan had a solid game down the right, but special mention to Jimmy Dunne, who fought all afternoon with Akinde and will have some bruises to show for it, but he never backed away from a challenge.

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The first 45 minutes were the worst advert for L2 football I've seen in some time. No wonder Barnet's gates are not much better than Stanley's. If I wanted to watch that every week I'd get a season ticket for rugby union. Exactly the attitude some of us have come to expect from a Westley squad. Pushing, barging, play acting come before trying to play football. Their groundsman must despair; all week cutting the grass and then the ball barely touches it.
Stanley improved in the second half but not as much as did the ref. He was close to losing control and, had he actually allowed for all the stoppages resulting from argy-bargy, we'd still be at the ground.
It really only became a football game after Stanley equalised and, tbh, Barnet had the better chances to win it. Thank heavens their shooting is as woeful as their league position suggests it must be most of the time.
Great little cameo from de Sousa who breifly helped re-energise Stanley's attacking threat. Weird decision to sub him. Bringing Brown on was the right move, but maybe he should have been on earlier as I thought the captain was struggling.
Barnet's primary tactic of sending howitzers over the heads of Stanley's central defenders was, I suspect, intended to exploit (a) the low sun, (b) a very bouncy pitch, and, more worryingly, (c) the relative slowness of Hughes to turn.
Despite Barnet's rightful position in the league, I somehow cannot imagine any away fans ever singing "can we play you every week".

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/779336...etaken-public/

Billy Kee's pen crosses the line

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Puts it into perspective when they said on league show we finished with 65 points last season, so to be on 62 in mid Feb . . . . . . . . . :)

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The first 45 minutes were the worst advert for L2 football I've seen in some time. No wonder Barnet's gates are not much better than Stanley's. If I wanted to watch that every week I'd get a season ticket for rugby union. Exactly the attitude some of us have come to expect from a Westley squad. Pushing, barging, play acting come before trying to play football. Their groundsman must despair; all week cutting the grass and then the ball barely touches it.

Agree 100% with these sentiments.
Harvey had a nightmare and for the lads sake I'm glad Coley got him off.
Looks nowhere near the player we had last season.
Even if it was tactical I feel for Sousa - nothing worse than being a subbed sub.
Point gained not two lost.
On to the next one.
Great to see Boco supporting the lads.

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agree, he, got more than a touch of matty pearson about him.