Jarvis wants to exit league unbeaten

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Luton's goalscorer Rossi Jarvis says the plan for the remaining three league games is to go unbeaten and begin life in the Conference on the right foot.

The midfielder, whose 49th minute lob, made it honours even at Underhill said: “Just because we've gone down doesn't mean we're going to stop winning games. We want to get on a run then start next season and push for promotion.

“A week before we go and win the Johnstone's Paint Trophy then we get relegated. So it's hard to go from such a big high to such a low.

"I think the players have got in their minds what they've got to do between now and next season and that's keep the unbeaten run going.”

Jarvis was operating on the right wing of Mick Harford's experimental 4-5-1 formation and admitted the new tactics caught them cold at Barnet's infamous sloping pitch.

“We didn't get off to the best of starts and I definitely think the hill makes a difference,” he said. “We struggled in the first half, we didn't play to our strengths in the new formation. We did things differently in the second half and got what we deserved.

“Micky Spillane showed great vision to put the ball over for my goal and all I needed to do was get another touch on it to beat the keeper.”

Referee Dean Whitestone didn't endear himself to either clubs with a woeful performance that resulted in a red card for captain Kevin Nicholls that Jarvis disputed.

“I think it was petty from the referee,” he said. “I didn't really see what happened from where I was on the pitch. Referees make good decisions and they make bad decisions... in most people's eyes that was a bad decision.”

Ten man Luton held on for a point courtesy of Dean Brill's penalty save from former teammate Paul Furlong but the Hatters' shot stopper insisted there was no memories he could call upon to make the vital block.

“It's a guessing game,” said Brill. “I got a bit lucky, it was a nice height. Before he (Furlong) took it I thought 'where did he used to put it?'. I couldn't for the life of me remember as he ran up.”

Brill questioned the spot kick decision after Sol Davis was adjudged to have bought down Barnet's Albert Adomah.

“It was soft,” Brill stated. “You always look to the linesman as it was on his side and he just let the ball run out of play as if he was going to give a goalkick.”

He also added to the complaints about Nicholls' red card which means the influential skipper will miss Tuesday night's Beds/Bucks derby with Wycombe.

“I couldn't see anything apart from them both on the floor,” Brill said. “I spoke to Nico and the lads afterwards and they couldn't tell me what the sending off was for.

"It was just a 'coming together' and Nico's been given another yellow card. I don't know if Nico's name precedes him but he's not like that at all.

“Nobody knew what was going on and if you looked at the players around them they were all shocked he was sent off.”