What's Pedro like? I suppose we won't really know what he's genuinely like until we're in the cut and thrust of the A-League proper, but surely there's a difference in pre-season, right, from coach to coach?

Yeah, there is, and I could sit here for half an hour and go with the differences, how he's implemented his own philosophies, but I'll keep it brief.

Pedro is a little bit more unassuming.

Obviously, he speaks really good English, but the communication isn't quite there the way that Steve was.

But we've had a top two or three months with him.

he's obviously as I said he's implemented his own ideas of what he wants in a team which is always going to be different that changes from manager to manager but as footballers you need to be we're used to that you know you have turnover of managers every year back home every couple of months potentially so He's just trying to kind of capture everything that we did well last year and then build on it in the way that he thinks is necessary.

So it'll be interesting.

Is there a visible investment into that next generation?

But what about this season? Because I know it hasn't been a straight line for you or for Auckland FC, but this must make it worth it, does it?

100%.

As, as you said, it's been, it's been a rollercoaster.

You know, we started off strong, had a wee dip.

Looked as if we were, we were cruising in the league, and then hit a bit of a wall and, you know, it was, it was tough hearing the outside noise.

But that confidence in the squad, the confidence from the manager and everyone, it never, it never died.

We always had that belief in, in ourselves and between us.

What drove that inside you?

What were the keys? What were the main messages during the week from Steve Corica, the coaching staff, the senior players? What sort of, you know, what was the key to being so good last night?

It just seemed as if everything clicked last night.

The kind of the messages that the manager has been giving us all season is that if we stay compact, resolute and don't concede, we're going to score goals and That was the case yesterday.

As I said, it was a perfect job done.

I don't think he could have written the script any better himself, the manager, if he could.

But I think the boys at the back were absolutely tremendous.

The back three worked very well.

Is that a conscious decision to keep on staying on the front foot and defending in their half, if you like? I

What were the keys? What were the main messages during the week from Steve Corica, the coaching staff, the senior players? What was the key to being so good last night?

It just seemed as if everything clicked last night.

The messages that the manager has been giving us all season is that if we stay compact, resolute and don't concede, we're going to score goals.

And that was the case yesterday.

As I said, it was a perfect job done.

I don't think he could have written the script any better himself, the manager, if he could.

But I think the boys at the back were absolutely tremendous.

Is that a conscious decision to keep on staying on the front foot and defending in their half, if you like?