Bermuda Hogges' players who made a slippery start to the season by wearing the wrong type of boots for wet conditions will be fined for their "amateurism".

Only goalkeeper Timmy Figuerido and defender Darius Cox travelled to play Charlotte Eagles with a pair of studded football boots.

The rest of their team-mates were left having to negotiate the wet surface with moulds or blades on the bottom of their boots.

President Shaun Goater (pictured, right) said the guilty culprits would be fined and made to buy the appropriate footwear for future rain affected matches.

"We were punished on our lack of preparation," said Goater.

"Apart from two players who had studs (boots), everyone else had moulds on despite the rain.

"The first two goals were down to our players' slipping on the greasy, wet surface.

"Those two goals swung the game.

"I know it sounds feeble and pathetic. But I'm just so disappointed that we've been caught out because players did not have the right footwear.

"We looked like a bunch of ice skaters – it was embarrassing! We'll fine the players because it's just so amateurish not to have two pairs of boots when you travel.

"We've been caught out on a 'schoolboy' error. Up until the downpour we were looking good."

Goater fears Hogges' players will become viewed as a "soft touch" by the other USL-D2 teams if they don't develop a professional mentality and ruthless streak.

"Somehow it doesn't seem right to lose by six goals and only pick up one yellow card.

"Even that wasn't for physical play," he said. "I'm not saying we need to become dirty but we lost six-nil and only picked up one yellow card!

"Physically we made it so comfortable for them. Other teams will see us a soft touch. Our players lack that type of (aggressive) mentality.

"We lost six-nil and yet we were the team who had a player (Ralph Bean) taken off injured."

Although Goater admitted it was difficult to find positives he said he was impressed with new boy Kofi Dill at the centre of defence.

"I thought Kofi Dill played well. He was punished for one bad decision with a pass to Kwame Steede that led to their fourth goal.

"It was the sort of mistake that would not get punished in Bermuda nine times out of ten.

"But I thought he was consistent and he will improve because he is a quick learner.

"I felt Sammy DeGraff and Stevie Astwood added some bite and steel in midfield and up until their first goal they were winning a lot of first and second balls."