He had an unusual aura of tranquillity about him on the sidelines but Bay United coach Brett Angell released the pressure valve in his post-match interview after the televised match in Napier yesterday.
Agreeing with Hawke's Bay Today that his team had started slow in the first 10 minutes but had got into the act later, Angell lost his composure when asked how he saw the end of this ASB Premiership campaign.
"It is the best season the Bay have had — in the highest position — so I can't see why the negative connotations," he said, adding they wanted to be in the grand final.
"Probably some people didn't want us to be in the final," he said, feeling HB Today didn't want the franchise to achieve anything.
" ... do you do that to the Magpies, slag off their f ... ing players?