The Barnet Herald
The terraces15 Jul 2030
Supporters organise against the Barnet board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Market15 Jul 2030
Eyes on David Abimbola again
The phone has started ringing about David Abimbola again, and this time the name on the line is Southampton. Barnet are listening politely and promising nothing.
The dugout15 Jul 2030
Nikoli Degtiarev: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Barnet have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad15 Jul 2030
Words exchanged at Barnet
Josh Hamilton and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad15 Jul 2030
A row about effort at Barnet
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nnamdi Ofoborh was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets15 Jul 2030
Barnet rebuffed over Joe Taylor
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. West Bromwich Albion have kept their man, and Barnet go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets15 Jul 2030
Barnet try to borrow Lewis Miller
Sheffield United have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets15 Jul 2030
Barnet ask about Matthew Litherland
A loan enquiry to Sheffield United: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Squad15 Jul 2030
Ronald González is a square peg at Barnet
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Robert King
- Market The Nnamdi Ofoborh question follows Barnet around
- Squad Naïm Oubekhti still has not settled