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Wrexham |
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Starting XI: |
|
13 |
Michael Jones |
|
02 |
Simon Spender
 |
|
24 |
Gareth Evans |
|
06 |
Richard Hope |
|
15 |
Mike Williams
67' |
|
25 |
Neil Taylor |
|
07 |
Mark Jones |
|
16 |
Silvio Spann |
|
11 |
Chris Llewellyn |
|
09 |
Neil Roberts
64' |
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10 |
Michael Proctor
46' |
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Substitutes: |
|
01 |
Anthony Williams |
|
05 |
Steve Evans |
|
14 |
Eifion Williams
46' |
|
20 |
Matty Done
67' |
|
21 |
Marc Williams
64' |
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Stats: |
|
7 |
Shots on Goal |
|
3 |
Shots on Target |
|
4 |
Shots off Target |
|
64% |
Possession |
|
17 |
Fouls Conceded |
|
3 |
Corners |
|
1 |
Yellow Cards |
|
0 |
Red Cards |
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Barnet |
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Starting XI: |
|
01 |
Lee Harrison |
|
02 |
Joe Devera |
|
19 |
Sagi Burton |
|
22 |
Joe O'Cearuill |
|
03 |
Nicky Niolau |
|
16 |
Ashley Carew |
|
04 |
Neal Bishop |
|
24 |
Josh Wright |
|
11 |
Jason Puncheon |
|
10 |
Adam Birchill
87' |
|
07 |
Liam Hatch
90' |
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Substitutes: |
|
09 |
Giuliano Grazioli
87' |
|
14 |
Max Porter |
|
15 |
Stephane Seanla
90' |
|
18 |
Rob Beckwith (GK) |
|
20 |
Ian Hendon |
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Stats: |
|
6 |
Shots on Goal |
|
4 |
Shots on Target |
|
2 |
Shots off Target |
|
34% |
Possession |
|
11 |
Fouls Conceded |
|
4 |
Corners |
|
0 |
Yellow Cards |
|
0 |
Red Cards |
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Match Notes |
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Venue: |
Racecourse Ground |
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Attendance: |
3,591 |
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Half Time: |
Wrexham 0 Barnet 0 |
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Referee: |
Ray Lee |
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Match Incidents |
|
59' |
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Liam Hatch (Barnet) |
|
69' |
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Liam Hatch (Barnet) |
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75' |
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Simon Spender (Wrexham) |
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Match Reports |
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WSA: Final Whistle
Podcast
Barnet FC: Hatch Brace Sinks Dragons
BBC:
Wrexham 0-2 Barnet
TEAMtalk: Dragons beaten by Hatch brace
Wales
on Sunday: Down the hatch for Dragons
Wrexham FC: Wrexham 0 Barnet 2
Wrexham MAD: Wrexham 0 Barnet 2 |
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League Two Results |
Accrington
3 Macclesfield 2 (Friday)
Bradford 0 Darlington 0
Bury 1 Shrewsbury 1
Chesterfield 1 Dag & Red 1
Hereford 0 Milton Keynes Dons 1
Lincoln City 1 Peterborough 1
Mansfield 2 Notts County 0
Rochdale 1 Brentford 1
Rotherham 3 Morecambe 1
Stockport 1 Chester 2
Wrexham 0 Barnet 2
Wycombe 3 Grimsby 0 |
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League Two Table |
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1 |
Milton Keynes Dons |
12 |
16 |
28 |
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2 |
Chester |
12 |
9 |
24 |
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3 |
Darlington |
12 |
15 |
23 |
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4 |
Chesterfield |
12 |
10 |
22 |
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5 |
Barnet |
12 |
7 |
22 |
|
6 |
Hereford |
12 |
8 |
21 |
|
7 |
Peterborough |
12 |
6 |
21 |
| 8 |
Wycombe |
12 |
4 |
20 |
| 9 |
Rotherham |
12 |
2 |
18 |
| 10 |
Accrington Stanley |
12 |
-1 |
18 |
| 11 |
Bury |
12 |
-1 |
16 |
| 12 |
Morecambe |
12 |
-1 |
16 |
| 13 |
Shrewsbury |
12 |
-1 |
15 |
| 14 |
Rochdale |
11 |
-2 |
14 |
| 15 |
Macclesfield |
12 |
-1 |
13 |
| 16 |
Brentford |
12 |
-5 |
13 |
| 17 |
Stockport |
12 |
-7 |
13 |
| 18 |
Dag & Red |
12 |
-8 |
13 |
| 19 |
Bradford |
12 |
-7 |
11 |
| 20 |
Notts County |
12 |
-8 |
11 |
| 21 |
Grimsby |
12 |
-8 |
10 |
| 22 |
Lincoln City |
12 |
-10 |
9 |
|
23 |
Wrexham |
11 |
-10 |
9 |
|
24 |
Mansfield |
12 |
-7 |
8 |
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Next Five Games |
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Sat 27 Oct: Notts County (a) 15:00
Sun 04 Nov: Shrewsbury (a) 12:00
Wed 07 Nov: Wycombe (h) 19:45
Sat 10 Nov: FA Cup First Round
Sat 17 Nov: Mansfield (a) 15:00 |
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Match Report |
Brian Carey’s position as manger hangs in the
balance after his side lost 2-0 to Barnet in a game that Carey described
as a must win.
The result means we drop into the bottom two but despite a host of
changes, we were unable to address our soft centre and the current slump
in form.
The first half was anything to write home about with both teams not
looking likely to break the deadlock but Barnet upped the ante following
the restart and Wrexham were unable to find a response to Liam Hatch’s
second half brace.
Hatch had already fired a warning shot with a disallowed goal following
the restart but Wrexham looked bereft of ideas after Barnet opened the
scoring.
This trend in play continued and you could count our number of shots on
goal in one hand by the end with Wrexham hardly looking like scoring
throughout the ninety minutes.
Goal scoring is proving difficult at the moment, especially at home, and
another blank today means we have only scored in two of our eight home
games so far this season.
The wing back system is not helping as we rarely got behind a Barnet
side that had a comfortable afternoon.
Brian Carey made drastic changes to his starting line up but stuck with
the same formation that capitulated at Macclesfield last weekend.
Out went Anthony Williams in goal but his replacement, Michael Jones,
did not take his chance to secure a permanent place in the starting
eleven with an absolute howler for the second goal.
The other victims of the soft centre clearout meant Shaun Pejic never
made the bench whilst Danny Williams was ruled out because of injury and
Silvio Spann took the suspended Robbie Garrett’s place in midfield.
Mike Williams replaced Danny Williams but there was a big surprise in
defence with Gareth Evans, who had been sent out on loan to Northwich
Victoria last month, was favoured ahead of Welsh international Steve
Evans who had to settle for a place on the bench.
Both teams struggled to exert any pressure in the opening stages and the
first half hour passed with hardly any threat on goal.
Chris Llewellyn had a shot charged down but Barnet went close at the
other end when a volley from Liam Hatch dipped onto the top of the bar
with Michael Jones just a spectator in the Wrexham goal.
Not for the first time in the game, Michael Proctor was flagged offside
as he fired past Harrison in the Barnet goal but his opposite number
then showed his inexperience in the Wrexham goal.
Jones had collected the ball comfortably from a Barnet attack but as he
was bouncing the ball, it struck one of the many divots on the
Racecourse pitch that had cut up badly in the first half and gathered
the ball for a second time.
The linesman spotted this infringement and flagged for a free kick that
Wrexham defended well as the ball rebounded clear off the wall.
Far too often we were by passing midfield with constant long balls from
the back and the net result was that we conceded possession.
The annoying part was when we did play the ball on the deck, we looked
if we could open up the Barnet defence and the best chance we had was
following a flowing move down the left but no one could get on the end
of Taylor’s low cross to the far post.
Silvio Spann fired in a rasping free kick as the first half went into
injury time that Harrison spilled in front of him but there was no one
in a red shirt on hand to convert the lose ball.
Michael Proctor made way for Eifion Williams at the start of the second
half and Wrexham made a positive start following the restart with Simon
Spender making good progress down the right.
The first move ended with a good cross from Spender but Roberts or
Williams were unable find that crucial touch as the chance went begging
and soon after Spender found himself in another good position but he
could not get any height on his attempted lob over Harrison who was too
far off his line.
Barnet then had a goal of their own disallowed when Hatch was penalised
for a foul on Evans when he headed in a right wing cross from six yards
out but the ball should have been claimed by Jones before it had reached
Hand.
Barnet only had to wait for a further five minutes to open the scoring
when Hatch was this time left unmarked at the back post to convert
Puncheon’s low cross after he had skinned Spender down the right.
It took eight minutes for our second substitution to take place but
rather surprisingly we stuck with the same formation that was clearly
not working with Marc Williams replacing Neil Roberts.
Within two minutes the formation was changed to 4-4-2 when Matty Done
replaced Mike Williams and Chris Llewellyn moved out to the right wing.
Disaster struck before the players had time to settle into the new
formation as Hatch had a simple task to score his second when Jones had
rushed off his line but his header struck Spender and his clearance
rebounded kindly for Hatch to score in the empty net.
We rarely threatened after the second goal with a long range Mark Jones
shot the best we could muster as a response.
A wayward pack pass gave us an opportunity from a corner but despite an
almighty scramble on the goal line we were unable to force the ball in
and you then sensed the game was up.
The expected boos at the final whistle did not materialise with many of
the Wrexham fans left in stunned silence following the demoralizing
defeat. |
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Match Reaction |
| Brian Carey: "That is another home defeat and
we just haven't performed at home this season. At home we have made
things really difficult for ourselves. There were one or two decent
performances but not too many can hold their heads up high. There were
too many who showed today that it doesn't matter what goes on between a
Monday and a Friday but it is what happens on a Saturday that counts. At
the moment we just looked a shadow of ourselves. We were slow to start
with and did okay during the first half without really busting a gut and
we got in there second-half but it was hard work all round. We had a
couple of chances but really need to get the first goal. That didn't
come, but once they got their first goal it was evident for everyone to
see that as a collective our heads went down. We needed our characters
to emerge and stand up strong, we had some but not too many. I didn't
get the response that I wanted. I brought lads on off the bench to try
and liven things up but we didn't get the response that we needed. Once
we conceded the first goal went in I was disappointed with the
reaction." [Source:
Wrexham FC] |
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