Yet again Brown underrated took ages for us to replace him after he retired like others that have played for us he was for some reason never given the credit due apart from a few. Two very different teams and I would suggest some in todays team would really struggle to handle the physical nature of the 2010 team. That 2010 team was more than capable of playing some nice football and yes Hearfield didn't turn out to be the footballer many thought he would but it cant be denied that he turned in some good performances. If Devlin and Steinman can deliver the same level of performance for as long as Muscat gave us I will be happy to agree.
Given we started this season as we did its only a very short period of time this years team has shown us what they can do. Even then read the match day threads many of those performances were being criticized for not being as complete as some wanted. Yes potential wise this years team is ahead of others and has sadly been cut short.
Surprises me how quickly some seem prepared to under value previous teams also not convinced the overall quality in todays league is so much better than in some previous years.
The 2010 Nix side also beat Boca Juniors in a friendly in Wellington, played early in their pre-season in July 2010.
It was a pretty strong Boca side containing several past and future internationals.
Durante scored for both sides, McCallister getting the Nix's second in a 2-1 win.
At their best, that Nix side could play some darn good football.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/3953303/Wellington-Phoenix-defeat-Boca-Juniors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_9dBLZdT6I