Martin Allen admits he should shoulder some of the blame for how open Barnet have been at times but says does not set his teams up to boring.

The Bees are currently enjoying a five-game unbeaten run which has seen them pick up four wins and a draw in league and cup.

But prior to that the newly-promoted side had struggled to adapt to life in League Two, losing their first six away fixtures.

Allen accept responsibility for that. Speaking after Saturday’s FA Cup win over Blackpool, he said: “Obviously supporters don’t come to watch paint dry.

“Some of the teams and games I go and watch, it’s the most boring football I’ve ever watched in my life with 4,000 passes and no shots. I don’t buy into that.

“I believe in getting the ball into the box as many times as possible, making it difficult for the opposition, nullifying their attacking threat.

“With our players we play every game to go out to win.

“Perhaps it’s my fault we’ve been too open and too attacking in some of our away games but we’ve all sharpened our game up – including myself – and I wouldn’t image there would be too many teams looking forward to drawing us or coming here to play us.”

And Allen now hopes to see more supporters come through the turnstiles at The Hive to back a side which boasts the second best home form in the entire of League Two.

“We’ve tried to increase our communication with our supporters. Now we need to try to get some more people to come and watch the club so we can hopefully fund what the chairman has built here and text the next step up.

“He has backed us financially with the players we’ve got here in the squad. Now we’ve got to try, if we can, to hopefully bring more people here.”