York City (Hive) The Top of the Hill Match Thread

[TorME]

I didn't listen to DB's interview which seems to have just diverted everybody's attention away from...

THE TEAM WERE F**KING BRILLIANT LAST NIGHT!!

Couldn't agree more!

[Uniman61]

DB was probably still wired after the game so hopefully things will have calmed down. He got his tactics spot on. We played differently to how we normally do - a lot more direct - and York could not cope. It was fast and furious and we looked a little nervy but York were bullied and went to pieces
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Even York supporters are saying Brennan out thought there manager, but would Dean of used these tactics and formation which many inc myself feel was our best performance for many years, not in one aspect but all over the pitch, but it does sound as if Dean in away stumbled into this or at least forced into the changes through injuries, suspenions, if Danny Collinge, Shelton were fit know way would we of set up as we did, but by fate, accident or forced it bloody worked and worked very well.

[BeeArmy22]

Has he not backed DB though? I mean we've signed a whole new squad hand selected by DB in recent times and risen from relegation spots to favourites. Is it not unreasonable to keep asking for the chequebook when any player is injured/gap in the team. Isn't that the reality of dealing with a squad week to week?

I’d imagine the frustration is more on the GK situation, and in frustration has also mentioned Hobson. With Evans injured any decent owner would get the chequebook out instantly, especially before such a big game, to bring in a keeper as quick as possible. It appears TK made that process more difficult than it should’ve.

I wouldn't expect TK to have been the one scrambling around on Sunday trying to find a goalkeeper. Surely that's the job of Director of Football or Manager and isn't DB both of those?
Isn't finding a goalkeeper out of nowhere on a Sunday when many people would have turned off their phones clearly going to be tricky?
Also had TK found us a goalkeeper and he'd been a flop, I'm sure Deano would have been quick to tell us.

NO-ONE on this thread suggested that TK would be the one responsible for signing a keeper. What was suggested is that he did not give DB the financial backing to make signing a keeper easy and so instead Brennan had to spend time he could have spent debriefing and preparing for our York game in scrabbling around for a keeper and using unusual methods to get one. This together with the Hobson situation has got Brennan riled. He sees himself in 14 cup finals and he was almost left high and dry in arguably the biggest of them.

Exactly this

[Mem Beespod]

DB was probably still wired after the game so hopefully things will have calmed down. He got his tactics spot on. We played differently to how we normally do - a lot more direct - and York could not cope. It was fast and furious and we looked a little nervy but York were bullied and went to pieces
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Even York supporters are saying Brennan out thought there manager, but would Dean of used these tactics and formation which many inc myself feel was our best performance for many years, not in one aspect but all over the pitch, but it does sound as if Dean in away stumbled into this or at least forced into the changes through injuries, suspenions, if Danny Collinge, Shelton were fit know way would we of set up as we did, but by fate, accident or forced it bloody worked and worked very well.

Danny Collinge confirmed in the post match podcast that it was always the plan to play the way we played. He said that DB studied the way Forest Green beat York and used it as inspiration

[Ajtheone04]

I didn't listen to DB's interview which seems to have just diverted everybody's attention away from...

THE TEAM WERE F**KING BRILLIANT LAST NIGHT!!

Is that like button coming any time soon?

[Uniman61]

DB was probably still wired after the game so hopefully things will have calmed down. He got his tactics spot on. We played differently to how we normally do - a lot more direct - and York could not cope. It was fast and furious and we looked a little nervy but York were bullied and went to pieces
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Even York supporters are saying Brennan out thought there manager, but would Dean of used these tactics and formation which many inc myself feel was our best performance for many years, not in one aspect but all over the pitch, but it does sound as if Dean in away stumbled into this or at least forced into the changes through injuries, suspenions, if Danny Collinge, Shelton were fit know way would we of set up as we did, but by fate, accident or forced it bloody worked and worked very well.

Danny Collinge confirmed in the post match podcast that it was always the plan to play the way we played. He said that DB studied the way Forest Green beat York and used it as inspiration

Not sure if setting up was always planned, as DB did not seem happy being forced to play a wide player in midfield just for his legs, and he said similar about one of two others, as not having Hobson in the club was forcing him to play and use players because of this.

[TottenhamBee]

As has been said. We won. We were brilliant. We’re 7 points clear. That’s enough. Forget DB’s psycho babble rant. Top of the league and pure class.
COYB’s!

[jdmckbee]

It was a brilliant performance, brilliant result and brilliant evening. Hugely enjoyable throughout. Proud to be a Bee.

We have known for years about the turnstile, food, beer, etc issues at the Hive, especially for big games, so there's no need to keep going on about those. We also know what Deano is like in his post match interviews. He knows what he is doing, so let's not analyse every word he says.

The near and far future is bright (Amber), so let's enjoy the next few months and years. There is a lot to look forward to.

[letchbee94]

I don't get to games as much as I can anymore, but always watch us on TV or the highlights as well as any interviews and always read up about the games coming up and gone. Watching DB interview, why is he kicking off about having to work for him money? You manage a non league side not a premiership side. Welcome to the real world about football at this level. We don't have an abundance of staff, get this man to listen to the interview MA did with Beespod. Where he was having to go out and watch games working hard to build a Title winning side. Martin knew what he was working with and just got on with it and ending up winning the league. So coming from a man who banged on about the fans always moaning. Sounds very ironic that Dean is moaning himself. Get on with the job you are paid to do. As it stands, you've bottled it twice when it came to promotion. Focus on what you can do and get this over the line at the third time of asking. That is all.

Dean is normally pro TK in interviews

[DerekRocholl]

This is right up there amongst the best performances I’ve seen from a Barnet team. It smashed the notion that we can’t beat the top teams when we need to in an emphatic way. Every one of our players wanted it more than their opposing number and the intensity for the first 80 minutes was almost exhausting to watch.

Difficult to single out players from such a great all round performance but Ndlovu, Stead, Oluwo and Tavares were phenomenal.

Also loved the fact that we had enough people turn up to generate queues stretching half way along the car park, and a full house in the local restaurant we go to such that we had to go somewhere else.

[let_it_bee]

Not much more that can be said about the performance. I thought it was an inspired team selection by DB, albeit partly dictated by player absences. The rock solid back 4 gave the platform for the likes of Glover and Kanu to really dominate the game, more than I've ever seen them do before. And what more can you say about the front 3? For me it was almost reminiscent of the Fry era, where 3 up front was the norm and opposition defences were constantly being stretched and pulled around.
Especially satisfying to see Ndlovu doing so well and clearly enjoying being here - again, brings back memories of the Fry era, when we used to poach top players from our bitterest rivals (Enfield in those days of course).
The post match interview did take a bit of the gloss off it for me, purely because we're already vulnerable to losing Brennan in light of the success he's achieved. More than likely he'll be getting approaches from one or more bigger clubs in the close season and if he's disgruntled with the set-up and his relationship with the chairman has soured then obviously all the more likely that he'll jump ship. Can't help being a bit fearful of that, given what happened the last time we got promoted and simultaneously lost our manager, and the cycle of decline that followed. Good managers are very hard to come by and TK's overall track record in choosing them clearly isn't great.

[EastBarnetFan]

If you look closely, it appears that Oluwo got a slight touch of the ball from Hartigan's free kick. He also started to celebrate it as well.

If you watch the 'Beehind the scenes' video on Youtube you'll see a great slow motion angle of it all.

[timbee]

If you look closely, it appears that Oluwo got a slight touch of the ball from Hartigan's free kick. He also started to celebrate it as well.

If you watch the 'Beehind the scenes' video on Youtube you'll see a great slow motion angle of it all.

That’s a good spot. It certainly looks like it. Presumably you don’t try and take it away from the skipper!

[rudebwoyben]

If you look closely, it appears that Oluwo got a slight touch of the ball from Hartigan's free kick. He also started to celebrate it as well.

If you watch the 'Beehind the scenes' video on Youtube you'll see a great slow motion angle of it all.

That’s what I thought as well.
People were a bit uneasy about Oluwo starting Tuesday’s match but in the end he did excellently in his defensive work and he probably scored twice for us.

[djhdjh]

If you look closely, it appears that Oluwo got a slight touch of the ball from Hartigan's free kick. He also started to celebrate it as well.

If you watch the 'Beehind the scenes' video on Youtube you'll see a great slow motion angle of it all.

That’s what I thought as well.
People were a bit uneasy about Oluwo starting Tuesday’s match but in the end he did excellently in his defensive work and he probably scored twice for us.

Gameplan was tailormade for Oluwo. He can and does do the things he needs to do in our normal system and style - make short passes, make overlapping runs, decide whether to press or sit off. But his best quality is mark his opposite number and take them out of the game. That was what was asked of him and he did that magnificently against a really good opponent. Because he's one of the very best at this level at it.