Central Coast thought they had taken the lead 10 minutes in, when Travis played a neat one-two with Matt Simon before coolly finishing past Paston, only for the assistant referee to rule Simon had wandered into an offside position.
 
"We couldn't see it because there is no replay, but we've just phoned back to Australia and they've told us it was offside," said McKinna.
 
"It was a great goal, it deserved to be a goal. From where we were sitting we thought Matty Simon had a man up his backside, but the report is that he was off. You are going to get breaks over the season, and they balance off.

"The Phoenix copped a goal in the 94th minute last week, so it balances off and we've got no complaints about that.

"Over the balance of the game, they had parts of the first half, they had a long stretch of the first half, I thought we had the bulk of the second half with a couple of half chances, without really creating, the same as Phoenix. In hard conditions, I think probably both defences were on top at the finish."

McKinna felt his team should be heading home with all three points but he was trying to look at the positives.
 
"Overall, I'm disappointed we didn't win, but coming here is so many times, we could have copped a goal there, we've had another clean sheet, defensively we were sound, there was more keeping the ball going forward, and the conditions have a bit to do with that but we probably rushed things a wee bit going forward," he said.
 
"It's very hard for defenders to defend when it is swirling and sometimes the ball carries, some times it drops short. They have to be on their toes, so I think credit goes to them for nullifying the strikers.
 
"I still think we could have done a bit better with the ball, even though the conditions were hard, and we were away from home, at times we just rushed it.
 
"Even in the 93rd minute we still thought we could nick something. It wouldn't have been good for Ricky, but we would have been pretty happy with it!"
 
Skipper Alex Wilkinson added: "It wasn't a pretty game, and probably wouldn't have been too good to watch at home, but the conditions were pretty tough, they made it hard to keep the ball down and play a lot of times. The times we did it we looked OK, but we just didn't do it enough.
 
"All in all, a 0-0 draw is probably a fair result, and from a defensive point of view I'm just happy we haven't conceded another goal. Defensively in the last couple of games we've looked pretty strong, so pretty happy there."