His philosophy will come under scrutiny against Auckland City tomorrow before Bay United reload the following Sunday against Team Wellington who will have "changed their playing persona because they are in the O-League".
"They [Wellington] believe they have a stronger team on paper than previously.
"At the end of the day we have to play each other twice."
No doubt Bay United will respect the O-League campaigners for their achievements but they won't be trembling at the knees come kick off.
Bay United went down 1-0 to the Ramon Tribulietx-coached Auckland City in a preseason game a month ago and Angell feels his men acquitted themselves well.
"I feel what they've shown against Auckland - yes, it's a preseason game, yes we were always using triallists - was promising but the experimentation is over and it's game on."
He has appointed defender Ross Haviland captain first up.
"They're all captains so it's not a question of pointing a finger at one and thinking that person's going to be the be-all and end-all."
No matter how young the players, Angell expects everyone to share the load of responsibility on the park.
Aucklanders Sean Lovemore and Haviland are the only players returning from last summer.
Bluewater Napier City Rovers 19-year-olds Harry Morton, of Tikokino, and Bayley Chadderton, of Napier, as well as Fane Morgan, 18, of Hastings, are among familiar faces with no premiership experience.
"We've managed to bring in players who have no national league experience in certain cases because they've not been in the country or they've not managed to identify through the franchise groups in previous years with the opportunity to play."
Englishman Josh Hill, 19, of Oxford, and national under-20 player Adam McDonald, 19, of Auckland, are the two goalkeepers.
The Central League pair of Wade Randle, of Palmerston North Marist, and William "Billy" Scott, of Western Suburbs, are fighting for the rightback position.
Vying for centreback berths are Haviland, Fin Milne, of PN Marist, and the Rovers import midfielder Ryan Tinsley.
Morton is at leftback.
Island Bays Mario Alberto Barcia, of Argentina, doesn't have Central League experience.
"He has the makings of a national league player and only time will tell whether he and all the other names will be better known in six months' time than they are currently."
On the wings and stoking the engine room are Barcia's club mate and ambidextrous compatriot, Facundo Barbero, 18, Alex Palezevic, 15, of Western Suburbs, left winger Viktor Lekaj, 21, of Croatia, Onehunga Sports' Kosuke Mimaki, 24, of Japan, and Troy Penny-Cooke Morgan, 22, of Canada, who did play for Sheffield United as apprentice and professional for a year before a couple of years in the Swedish league.
Englishman Saul Halpin, 23, who's signed a three-year professional contract with Torquay United and also played in the FA Cup, is bracketed as a midfielder/striker after a stint with Team Taranaki.
"He's been struggling to build in England in that sort of football league structures so we're fortunate to have him add some value here."
Ex-Auckland City and Waitakere United striker Lovemore brings experience and could share captaincy with club mate Haviland, also 22.
Morgan, 18, has had a taste of premiership with Bay United off the bench and scored two goals against Waitakere United to salvage a 2-2 draw.
Chadderton, 19, is an apprentice defender but his slight stature will be tested against the big boys of summer.
Joe Sowden, 24, of England, was at Wanganui Athletic in the Federation League but has no premiership experience.
"Whether they go any further is up to them. We're here to give them opportunities."
"They won't be household names but I believe by the end of the season they'll be better recognised for their football ability rather than what they are potentially right now," Angell says.
Playoffs and making the cut to the O-League is the goal.
"That's where the previous groups have been fortunate to be around but this is a different group," he says.
Despite their youthful demeanour, he expects them to push their expectations as high as they possibly can.
"We want to make the top four and then from there who knows."
While they had not camouflaged their talent pool in the preseason, Angell feels their composition has changed during the transitional phase.
"The group will become stronger as the season goes on but there's no hiding place because we have to go to Auckland and then we've got Wellington so we've got to hit the ground running.
"I'm fairly comfortable the group is aware of what expectations are and what they place on themselves so I'm pretty sure they'll mirror what has been achieved in relation to actually competing."
With a gut feeling they'll have some points on the board, the following Sunday Angell expects fans in the Bay to come out in droves to be entertained.
"There'll be a slightly different style of play to previous years because they are obviously a different playing group. These boys will represent the region as well as they possibly can and also see a different way of playing."
Excitement prevails among players but his task is to mould them and time is of essence in the transitional phase.
