To see Victory train today...

Schwab was announcing the PFA's team of the year in Melbourne, but took a swipe at the scheduling of both FFA and the AFC which he said had players concerned over excessive workload and travel.

He said the current situation, which has seen Melbourne Victory having to mix their A-League final commitments with those of the Champions League though 48 or 72-hour turnaround times between matches, is not sustainable.

"I think it's unacceptable," said Schwab. "The fact is that the players have been asked to travel on nine to 15-hour flights and play games with a 48-hour break.

"It's inevitable that a player will be seriously injured in those circumstances, and it's also inevitable that the quality of the competition will be compromised."

Melbourne have already had to back up within 48 hours in recent weeks, playing their major semi-final in Sydney just two days before they took on Korean side Seongnam in the ACL, although both of those matches were in Australia.

But Victory now face the having to fly out to Japan at 1:05am on Sunday morning, just hours after the Grand Final against Sydney.

Schwab said there were also several issues around scheduling of both domestic and international games that it was hoping to get resolved too that had been highlighted in the lead up to the World Cup.

Many A-league players had been trying to get loans with clubs overseas to take them through to May in the hope of nailing a place in Australia's World Cup squad.

Schwab said the PFA was adamant that the A-League season needed to finish in May.

"I think scheduling is one of the biggest issues that we face," he said. "I think there has to be respect for the international match calendar.

"We obviously have difficulty in terms of the AFC in achieving that, But the guiding principal has to be quality. I think the fans are entitled top see the best players playing in every game."

He added: "I think it's very unfortunate when they are unable to, because players have to make a choice between club and country. It's a choice players don't want to make.

"Players have to play for their club and they want to play for their country. They love both and I think it's something which we need to address as a sport. We've long advocated our season running through to May.

"We'll continue to advocate for that because we can then see players manage those transitions a lot more smoothly."

To see Victory train today...