“I’ve never heard so many swear words in one sentence that made so much sense.”
So reckoned a Preston Grasshoppers player back in the day when asked what the great England and Lions lock Wade Dooley had said to inspire his team to turn a 13-0 interval deficit into a 16-13 victory.
Then there was the Welsh club captain from the amateur era who opted for a different approach to firing up a side, preferring to go in for a spot of Zen meditation himself in the minutes before a game and leaving his charges to their own devices.