"We've struggled to hold on to leads. That's the third time, I think, we've gone ahead and not won. This is the first time we've got a point out of it," Angell lamented after the game, adding it was disconcerting as the game ended in a 2-2 draw.
The Wanderers had gone up 2-1 in the 64th minute from Pasagic after striker Tommy Semmy had worked the ball up to give the winger ample time to drill the ball past goalkeeper Ruben Parker Hanks.
Midfielder Alex Palezevic had saved blushes in the 83rd minute to avert a disastrous loss after some deft passes from McHenery down the left flank to work the ball into the 18m box for a 10m pile driver.
"I just didn't think we performed today, to be totally honest," Angell said.
"Our performance in relation to where we were at prior to Christmas was not anywhere near the same standard."
The Bill Robertson-captained Bay United were coming off a 3-0 defeat away to Canterbury United Dragons and have yet to win a game on their home turf this summer as they sit above last-placed, winless Wanderers.
To some extent, Angell felt the lethargic performance yesterday was pertaining to the physical state of some of his players, especially those who had returned from long distances after the break and those overcoming illness, thus they were conspicuous in their absence during training.
On the flip side, he was happy for the youth players - Ben Lack, Joshua Murphy and Jorge Akers - who got on the park.
Akers, a striker/midfielder, played leftback yesterday in the starting XI in the absence of Japan import Kohei Matsumoto while Lack made his debut off the bench in the midfield.
However, it was a baptism of fire for Akers in the 89th minute when he passed the ball back to goalkeeper Ruben Parker Hanks inside the 18m box which the latter scooped up with his hands.
But the teenager fronted up in the defensive wall for the ensuing freekick, keeling over from the ensuing shot as the ball caught him flush in the bread basket.
"Yes, I think Jorge will learn quite a lot about that because obviously I think he had an aberration and panicked a little around the goal," he said, mindful Akers was offered a new portfolio but felt if he had shown a little more composure he would never have made that decision.
"He's probably going to learn from it but it obviously cost us a little bit in regards to momentum."
It pleased Angell that Bay United showed some character to worm their way back into the game in the face of defeat as the clock wound down.
"The game was far too open towards the end but that's two teams trying to win the game."
Although his men came away with a point from the stalemate, he believed they had performed well enough to win against Wellington Phoenix Reserves and Tasman United but not yesterday.
"It's been very stop-start and that's the fourth draw from 10 games, we're just not winning enough games to make that difference," he said, after forecasting in Saturday's preview in HB Today that Bay United needed to win seven out of the remaining nine matches to keep the franchise tradition alive in making the past five playoffs - the last three ones with Angell at the helm.
Bay striker Bjorn Christensen struck first, 1-0, in the 39th minute yesterday when he finished off a chain reaction of several failed attempts at scoring after promising moves, mostly between midfielder Karan Mandair and debutant striker Samuel Adjei before that.
Wanderers captain Samuel O'Reagan said with or without coach Ricki Herbert the team knew what they were doing as brother Kale Herbert called shots on the sideline.
"We were told not to give up and stop trying.," O'Reagan said, feeling they could have gone into halftime scoreless.
"There was no shouting, there was no ranting or raving and there was no atmoshpere of 'here we go again, same as last year' so we just told to carry on and keep fighting."
Asked if the howls of protest for a penalty kick from Bay United when the ball came into contact with his outstretched hand in the 73rd minute from an Adjei shot, the centreback said the ball hit his chest before hitting his arm.
"We had two calls 10 minutes before that could have gone our way so, to be honest, it was even Stevens and worked out in its own way," he said after it appeared referee Peter Linney had consistently stuck to the ball to hand ruling throughout the game.
O'Reagan said it was hard for them without a win but there was ability and camaradie in the collective to soldier on.
"There's no falling out, big egos or personalities dominating in the changing rooms so we're just trying to get ourselves out of a rut."
The Wanderers had quality and were dangerous going forward but did need to eliminate mistakes through a concerted performance to eke out victories, he said.
