If you’re a football player and your immediate plan it to play for APR, first take time out and look into your disciplinary record—if you find it wanting, sorry Rene Feller is not the coach for you.

According to one of the two most senior players in the APR dressing room, the Dutchman takes no prisoners of war when it comes to maintaining a clean disciplinary record.

Feller, 65 takes no nonsense from his players—he expects them to know why they are wearing the club shirt and they should wear it with pride, and also that they are paid to perform and not to cause destruction either on or off the field.

Having worked with or under about ten coaches since joining the military side in 1999, Aime Ndizeye ‘Ndanda’ is best-placed to give his verdict on who among the ten has had a more positive influence on the players.

In a recent interview with this paper, the ex-Burundi international goalkeeper said, "Feller has introduced professionalism at the club. He is a disciplinarian coach.”

"With his team, each player must work for his number. Unlike in the past when some players used to play because of names and their personal relationship with the coach, with Feller, there is no personal friendship with the players,” Ndanda revealed.

He added, "He doesn’t take any nonsense of players training only when they feel like—with him, you don’t train, you don’t play and you must come with valid reason for skipping training or else you’ll find yourself in trouble with him.”

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