We know that different people respond to different management techniques, some need a stick to do their best and some flourish with an arm around the shoulder and a few encouraging words in the ear occasionally.
What do we think Farke is trying to achieve?
1) Farke's principled tough love trying to force Todd back into the system by talking negatively about him in the media.
Doesn't appear to be working, we've seen from experience the likely outcome is that the player leaves the club after running his contract down whilst not playing.
No value to the club there.
2) Farke's wants rid of Todd? Doesn't appear to be working, Todd's value surely is plummeting whilst this current impasse continues. Surely it's better to have Todd playing, then achieve maximum selling price to use on a different player or two?
What's Todd hoping to achieve?
It's been reported that he wanted a move away in the summer which was refused by the club.
Todd knows, quite clearly, that he only has to miss a training session or say 'ooh my back' and he's not in the first team squad, thus fuelling rumours and having Farke answering the questions each presser.
So maybe Todd's trying to force a move.
All I know is that the current situation is not helping the club, it doesn't increase the value of the asset, it creates negative vibes around the players, it means we're not playing our best players and it unsettles the supporters (who the Webber & Farke keep asking to be positive)