why would Hay be awful?
Did well with age group teams and ES this year. Honest and upfront character, who is passionate about the jersey.
His age group sides played awful football. He was literally handed the best young team in the country at Eastern Suburbs by Declan, and fair play, they won the title. At the same time, despite having the overall best young talent in the league, they still lost 4 of the 5 games against Auckland City and Team Wellington.
As for honesty and character...well. Let's just say there are a number of people in the game who would strenuously disagree with that.