!["You want a strong comp; you don't want anyone dropping behind" ... Dean Hoy. Picture by Mark Bode "You want a strong comp; you don't want anyone dropping behind" ... Dean Hoy. Picture by Mark Bode](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/KUhQizDbwW8WqAyPP4x5yp/63963962-eccc-4352-bffd-67948bb51822.jpg/r0_0_3748_2932_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
He's one of Tamworth's most passionate sportspeople - a ferocious competitor driven by a desire to win. But it turns out that Dean Hoy is also magnanimous.
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Ahead of Moore Creek's clash against Tamworth FC at Riverside on Saturday, the Goats' co-coach said he wanted to see FC emerge from their funk.
Presumably, he does not want that to happen on Saturday.
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"I think they're improving each week," he said of FC. "It's good to see. "You want a strong comp; you don't want anyone dropping behind.
"So it will be good to see them continue to improve. The more tough games the better for everyone, I feel."
Heading into the round 10 clash, Moore Creek sit in third place - three points behind ladder-leaders OVA.
Tamworth FC are in last place, with their sole win coming against eighth-placed Hillvue last month.
Hoy said the Mountain Goats, who have six wins and a coming off a 6-0 thumping of Norths United, were improving.
"We're still growing into our structure, where we wanna be," he said. "But it's coming along quite nicely."
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