One of the true beauties of football is that everyone sees the game and its participants in a different way.
One coach's fringe player is another's rusted-on starter and someone who is largely ignored by one manager can be warmly appreciated by another.
There's no better demonstration of this adage than the current make-up of the All Whites. With UK-based striker Monty Patterson ruled out of the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Fiji with a hamstring injury, coach Anthony Hudson has called up Wellington Phoenix midfielder Alex Rufer, despite a severe lack of recent game time.
Rufer has made three A-League appearances for the Phoenix this season, playing a combined total of just 49 minutes. His last top-flight appearance (for four minutes off the bench) was over four months ago. In recent weeks, he's also been starved of reserve team action, with rumours swirling around the club that he has fallen out of favour and is free to leave with a year still left on his contract.
By contrast, Kosta Barbarouses has played all but two of the Phoenix's 23 games this season, but has been overlooked for this All Whites squad, despite also being a fixture in the New Zealand side since Hudson took over in mid-2014 and well before that.