Great story. I saw Singh first at Petone Memorial about 3 years ago for Wellington United v Petone in a Central League game. It was clear to anyone watching that he had a gifted talent. I then saw him play in a Phoenix pre season warm up game at Faser Park and he was the best player on the pitch. In fact Guy Smith commented the same on one of these forums.
The only thing that surprised me was that they took so long to play him and then when he was given 20 minutes against Sydney last year he made an immediate impact with Piney saying that he was pulling all the strings after 5 minutes on the park. The next week the clown coach we had dropped him from the squad.