LOL we played our best starting 11 and got cream pied! by a NPL team. Says a lot for the rest of the season.
I think that often, in these types of closed door friendlies, the team that plays at a higher level has been instructed to either try out a new tactic, or to focus significantly on a single aspect of the prevailing tactic (such as sitting deep and defending for as long as possible). Based on what I've seen so far from the Nix, in a fair fight, a 4-0 loss to an NPL team is out of the question. For all we know the entire starting 11 was changed at half time and the 4 goals were scored against the juniors.