Martin Allen has told his Barnet players to put their feet up after their dramatic victory over Luton Town on Monday.
John Akinde held his nerve to seal a 2-1 victory by slamming home an injury-time penalty and dent the Hatters’ hopes of reaching the play-offs.
It has been a punishing Easter schedule for the Bees and Allen made six changes to freshen things up at the Hive.
The much-changed side got the job done and manager Allen is now giving his boys a couple of days off ahead of Saturday’s long trip to Morecambe.
He said: “We won’t be preparing any differently for the game against Morecambe – all the plans for next week were made a couple of weeks ago, because we plan well ahead.
“All the staff and players will now be off for two days; they all deserve to have a rest and to chill out.
“Then we’ll all come back on Thursday morning to see who is fit, who’s not fit, and we’ll work out who deserves another game.”
One of the six changes to the line-up on Monday saw former Arsenal goalkeeper return to the XI for the first time in seven months after injury.
Allen added: “We made a lot of changes today – bringing in Graham Stack and Michael Gash. Both of them were superb.
“It just shows that we do have a good squad, but there have been so many injuries over the last few months – that’s been costly.
“We all have to remember what a special role Graham Stack played in our team last season.
“He was the Conference ‘Goalkeeper of the Year’ and he’s been brilliant for me off the field.
“He’s coached and trained the goalkeepers and given opinions – he’s certainly not a ‘yes man’.
“He asks questions, pushes his opinions forward, and he doesn’t always agree with me! But he was priceless on the field and off the field last season.
“We’ve had to be patient with him, to get him through his injury this year. He’s worked really hard in the gym to get fit.
“There have been some dark days, but I’m absolutely thrilled for him that he is fit again.
“I’m sure our supporters would agree that it’s important that I’m loyal to these people, who have done such a great job for our club.”
