WELLINGTON Phoenix boss Ricki Herbert will watch his team from the stands in the pre-season friendly with Brisbane Roar to let his assistants to take the reins.
First thing that popped into my head when I read that was that Herbert was training up his assistants to take over from him when he takes over at some no-hope club in Europe.
I hope I'm very much wrong and suspect I will be, but that's just what immediately came into mind.