A second half header from Jamie Reckord was not enough as Yeovil Town went down to a 2-1 defeat at play-off chasing Barnet on Tuesday night.
As ever, we want to know what you thought of the performance of the Glovers……
Mark Cooper has said he expects midfielder Jordan Stevens to be missing for up to four weeks after picking up a hamstring injury in the 2-1 defeat at Barnet.
The recent signing went off two minutes before half-time, replaced by Charlie Cooper, and the manager admitted the physical data on his squad showed a number of players were at risk of picking up an injury.
He was without striker Jordan Young through injury with striker Malachi Linton, who has not featured in the previous two matchday squads, getting a rare 90 minutes.
Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins after the game, the manager said: “We had too many not at it in the first half which is probably down to the amount of games we have had, we are trying to rest some players that are key and we’ve lost Jordan Stevens tonight who we needed to rest.
“We’ve got players who we cannot play at the minute so it is a tough one because we have lost another really good player (in Stevens).”
The boss confirmed that Bristol City youngsters midfielder Josh Owers and striker Seb Palmer-Houlden had both been recalled by their parent club with only five of the nine (now seven) players on loan at Huish Park able to feature.
Against Barnet, defenders Owen Bevan and Edwin Agbaje, Plymouth Argyle man Ryan Law, and forwards Reo Griffiths and Andrew Oluwabori were the chosen five, with goalkeeper Will Buse not involved and Jack Clarke still at Chesterfield recovering from injury.
Cooper said that midfielder Charlie Cooper “got through it” in the second half despite starting on the bench hoping for a rest, whilst striker Alex Fisher was recovered enough from illness to come on in the 74th minute. Matt Worthington, who missed last weekend’s 1-1 draw at Chesterfield through illness, returned and played the full 90 minutes at The Hive.
The manager added: “With the amount of players I needed to rest with the data showing they were at risk physically and it’s been proven right with Jordan Stevens, so we have to recover a few and make sure we are fresh for (the trip to FC Halifax Town on) Saturday.”
On his side’s performance, he admitted: “We got what we deserved today which was nothing.
“We started the game really well, the first couple of minutes we had a couple of chances, and other than that I think we conceded about 150 corners in ten minutes which we defended really well. You have to do that when you come to Barnet and the bonus was getting to half-time at 0-0.”
In the second half, Finley Potter headed his second in as many matches to give the Bees a 70th minute lead before a mistake by Bevan allowed Nicke Kabamba to break through and double the advantage. Jamie Reckord pulled a goal back on 76 minutes with a header, but it proved to be a consolation.
Cooper said: “We huffed and puffed in the second half, but the two goals we conceded were really soft. The first one was a free header and the second one Bevs makes a schoolboy error, but he’s been brilliant.
“Then we get back in to it with Recks (Jamie Reckord) and we have a chance at the end which I think was a good chance, it’s not to be but I thought Barnet deserved to win.“
Venue: The Hive
Tuesday, 14th March, 7.45pm kick-off
Pitch:
Conditions:
Attendance: 1,704 (211 away supporters)
Scorers: Finley Potter 70 (0-1), Nicke Kabamba 73 (0-2), Jamie Reckord (1-2)
Bookings:
Yeovil Town: Jordan Maguire-Drew 23, Chiori Johnson 45+2, Jamie Reckord 83
Barnet: Finley Potter 61
Referee: Lloyd Wood
Yeovil Town (4-3-3)
Substitutes:
Mark Cooper confirmed following Tuesday’s game against Barnet that on loan duo Josh Owers and Seb Palmer-Houlden had been recalled by parent club Bristol City.
The pair joined on loan, initially on a deal until the end of the season, just before the Glovers trip to York, but, with playing minutes at a premium duo to the number of loanees allowed in a match day squad, they have returned to Ashton Gate.
At the time of their signing Cooper noted that Bristol City were helping out financially with the arrangement.
Owers made two appearances for the Glovers, Palmer-Houlden three.
It brings the number of loanees at the club down to just (!) seven.
Another positive result for the Glovers and more representation for Yeovil in the Team of the Week.
In the Non-League Paper, Grant “Best keeper in the league” Smith was rewarded for his performance against Chesterfield, but it was the goal scorer on the day, Ryan Law who made the official Vanarama version.
Good work, lads.
Dave and Sheridan talk Ian through their afternoon in snowy Chesterfield where Yeovil earned an important point. We look ahead to Barnet and take your GCQs.
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A goal late in the first half from on loan Ryan Law earned Yeovil Town a hard-earned 1-1 draw at Chesterfield and, as ever, we want to know your thoughts on who impressed you in the draw in Derbyshire.
Yeovil Town defender Jamie Reckord said his team-mates will go in to Tuesday night’s trip to Barnet full of confidence after taking four points from two teams in the National League play-off places.
The 31-year-old said the team’s attitude going in to yesterday’s match at fourth-placed Chesterfield, which they drew 1-1, was buoyed by a 1-0 home win over Eastleigh four days earlier.
Barnet sit in sixth place, below the Glovers’ previous two opponents albeit with games in hand, having booked their place in the FA Trophy semi-finals with a penalty shoot-out win over Maidstone United at the weekend.
Asked about the spirit in the camp by BBC Somerset’s Sheridan Robins after the draw at Chesterfield, Reckord said: “To go in to a game thinking more positively because we have not come off a loss is massive for the lads.
You always think about your last game whether you win, lose or draw, so to (have won on Tuesday) and drawing today is going to help.
It is a tough schedule, but if we go out there (at Barnet) and play like we did against Chesterfield today there is no reason we can’t go and get a result and win at Barnet and then at Halifax next Saturday.
The point lifted Yeovil four points clear of the relegation places with Gateshead in Trophy action and Dorking Wanderers losing at Notts County, but Reckord says the side cannot afford to focus on the scrap at the bottom.
He said: “We just worry about ourselves and that is all you can worry about, the teams around us are out of our control, all we can do is worry about what is in front of us and that is Barnet on Tuesday.”
It was Reckord who conceded a 33rd minute penalty, scored by Chesterfield striker Paul MacCallum to give the home side the lead on Saturday. The defender was adjudged to have handled a cross from Liam Mandeville which manager Mark Cooper believed was harsh.
Asked about the decision, the player said: “It was quite harsh and obviously I am going to say that I didn’t think it was a pen. It happens, sometimes referees give decisions (against you), but as a group we reacted really well, came back and we showed we have got a bit about us coming to a ground like this and getting back in to the game.”
In the second half, he had the best chance to nick a winner: “I thought I was going to nick it before the keeper got there. But we created some patterns of play, go down the sides well and worked it in to the box well. Overall we will take a point from a ground like this, it is (a massive point) for us.”
Another Saturday that was threatened by snow and cancellations, but actually, quite a few Glovers got some game time out on loan.
Scunthorpe United didn’t play, so Ben Richards-Everton wasn’t involved, but here’s how the rest got on.
Starting in Oxford, Will Dawes was credited with an assist and nominated for their social media man of the match as his Oxford City sidd thrashed Hemel Hempstead 3-0.
Down at Truro, the result didn’t go the White Tigers way as they lost away at Merthyr Town. Ollie Haste played nearly 80 minutes.
The other Ollie, Ollie Hulbert started for Leamington as they drew 0-0 with Chester to continue their recent upturn of results.
The YTFC academy was also well represented in the area, goalkeeper Rob Hollard and Sam Hodges were on the wrong end of a 4-1 defeat as part of the Gillingham Town squad.
At Sherborne, Benjani started and Jake Graziano was used from bench as they overcame Cadbury Heath 2-1.
And finally, as the headline suggests, our main point is a debut goal for Charlie Bateson at Tiverton Town.
He was introduced from the bench with ten minutes remaining, got a couple of shots off and was credited with the equaliser in a 2-2 against Hendon.
Great work, Charlie.
Another valuable point pulled Yeovil Town four points clear of the National League relegation zone with a draw at a Chesterfield side with promotion ambitions.
An equaliser from on-loan Plymouth Argyle man Ryan Law was enough to cancel out a penalty scored by Paul MacCallum, one of a number of big name players in the opposition side.
Dave was in the away end in Derbyshire and here are his conclusions.
I wonder if the Chesterfield fans who cleared the snow wonder if it was worth it. Kudos to Chesterfield for getting the match on and those supporters who were out at 7am shovelling snow off the pitch at the Technique Stadium. The snow on the roads around the stadium, not to mention the heavy falls on the hills around Chesterfield were testament to exactly what a job they did to get it on. Not to take anything away from the performance the Yeovil team put in, but the performance of a team packed with the kind of quality in that squad was sadly lacking.
I fought Ryan Law, and Ryan Law won. Despite having seen him perform there in the win over Eastleigh, I was a little perplexed to see Ryan Law playing in such an advanced position. About ten minutes before he nodded the equaliser, I did remark to a fellow supporter about why we were playing a defender there when we had attacking players on the bench. But, I was wrong. Especially in the second half, I thought Law showed what a good technical player he is and coupled with his effort, carry on doing what you’re doing, Ryan.
We had to grind this one out. It wasn’t pretty to watch, but it definitely was not a Notts County-style shut out. It was back to the playing for one half routine with a the first half being largely playing ‘direct’ football up to our frontline which is not really designed for it. When we got the goal back it was undoubtedly against the run of play, but after that we showed real determination. Yes, we relied on Grant Smith on a couple of occasions but (as I have said before) we were more than a match for a very good Chesterfield side.
Four points from two play-off sides. We have often said this season that we play much better against the division’s higher ranked sides and the past four days has backed up that theory. After an impressive home win over an decent Eastleigh side (they won again this weekend, by the way), a point at a Chesterfield team which had picked up six points in their previous two matches, let’s not underestimate the significance of these results. Win your home games and pick up points away from home is what the experts say is the sign of a good side – and we’ve done exactly that.
We’ve dragged Dorking in to the mire now. This point and Dorking Wanderers’ defeat against Notts County in the late match pulls them below us with us holding a game in hand. We know the upcoming run of games where we play Dorking, Gateshead and Aldershot is going to be crucial, but the self-confessed “boring manager” that is Mark Cooper will be looking no further than Tuesday night at Barnet. Get a decent performance (and even better a decent result) and we can go in to next weekend at Halifax with a real spring in our step.
