What intrigues me is the players take on this total football implemented by the owner. It just strikes me of a right wing factory owner stating this is the way you will work, these are your targets, work like a dog or piss off. Whilst this may work in an electronic component factory in Manila, it doesn't work in Wellington in a football team whom many simply don't possess that skill set and have contracts for next year.
So, let me get this right, the Phoenix is now some kind of footballing sweatshop?
Pretty silly, although frankly I'm surprised no one's gone for the full Hitler's Nazi Germany comparison yet.