Friday’s visitors to Underhill were Northampton, and in
this instalment, Cobblers fan Damien gives his views.
Pre-match
Had you been to Underhill before?
No, I
hadn't been before, but I'd heard
some stories that I can certainly see now, such as the odd slope you have
there.
How did you get to the game?
Got there by coach, which was a nightmare seeing as the traffic was diabolical and ended up
missing 20 minutes of the first
half. Who'd have thought that it would take three hours to get to somewhere that on a good day,
takes an hour?
The match
Whereabouts in the ground did you sit/stand?
Stood in the away terrace, halfway between the corner flag and the
halfway line. Let's just say the view wasn't
superb seeing as we got there late.
What did you make of the game?
My honest truthful
answer? The worst away game I've ever been to, from the Cobblers side of
things. Everyone was a little surprised that Edgar Davids was starting, and we
knew regarding his age, he'd still have something in him that
shows the quality that he had/has.
It wasn't the Davids show by a long shot, which everyone probably
expects after the result. We were
shocking in the first
half, and made you guys look like a team at the top of the table, rather a team
who hadn't won a game in 14 games. I wasn't happy on the way home.
Who (from either side) do you think deserved
to be man of the match?
Well, I can only choose a
Barnet player really because there was certainly no Man of the Match from our
side. Probably John Oster - thought he did well and deserved his goal at the end.
Post-match
Was the score line a fair reflection on the
game?
At the end, I'd say so
because we didn't play at all. In fact, I'm surprised it wasn't more.
Who do you play next, and how do you think
you’ll get on?
Well, we played Bradford
last night (23rd) and lost 1-0. We have Port Vale next at home. A
game I'm worried about as it'll no doubt be three losses in a row. Having lost to you guys,
Bradford and Port Vale are the teams we really didn't want to face next seeing
as they are two of the
in-form teams at the moment. We just need to start playing well and
get our players back from injury.
Ratings
Cost of match day ticket
£16 is about the average
for a ticket these days. On that basis, it's just standard. Based on the game
and we arrived late, it's the worst £16 I've ever spent, but had the game been
decent, and got there on time, it'd been worth it ––– 7/10
Purchases made at ground
Bought a programme, as I
always do for away games. Most of them are all £3 anyway, so that's
normal ––– 9/10
View
The view was okay, but
didn't get the best of views because we arrived late. Had it been normal, then
I'd have picked a good spot, but the view would have been good. Not restricted
(unless you have someone with a big head) ––– 8/10
Quality of football
As I said earlier, I
thought it was one of the worst away games I've been to.
We didn't play, and had we have done,
the score line wouldn't
have been as big – and Barnet would
have been an average team ––– 4/10
Overall experience
Horrid, if I'm honest.
Diabolical traffic which made us get there 20 minutes after the traffic. Horrid
performance and a horrid result which I'm going to be honest and say that I
expected to win, because if we're to challenge in the top half, like some of us
predicted, we have to beat teams who are on a poor run of
form. Having said that, we always seem to struggle
against Barnet, so the result probably isn't too surprising, just maybe the
score
line ––– 5/10
Total
–––
33/50
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