When Monaghan were dumped out of the Championship last August by Dublin, the consensus was that their counterattacking strategy was old hat.
Poyet is very keen to turn his team into a possession-hogging, controlled passing outfit and, under his tutelage, they have made big strides away from the deep defending, counterattacking strategy that was their hallmark under Martin O'Neill.
But the right opened an increasingly effective counterattack, with a strategy that included using racially charged symbolism to get Southern whites to vote against their own economic interests.
Piłsudski devised a strategy of counterattack, and in mid-August the Poles forced the Russians to retreat.
Despite Real Madrid's scoring 38 goals and conceding only four in its 10 straight victories before it faced Valencia, Mourinho paid Valencia the compliment of changing his strategy to counterattack.
This phenomenon is clearly reminiscent of the recently described T6SS-dueling behavior (Basler and Mekalanos, 2012), with P. aeruginosa using a "tit-for-tat" strategy to counterattack threatening cells such as Vibrio cholerae or Acinetobacter baylyi (Basler et al., 2013).
Employing an often-used strategy, ISIS launched a counterattack in the north to draw government fighters away from the air base and gained some territory in the process.
It is entirely possible, however, that the administration in its zeal will commit enough legal mistakes to make a counterattack in the courts not only a plausible strategy but a successful one.
The 25-page military report, which was unveiled at a rare press conference, detailed China's new strategy to advance its ability to counterattack and execute joint-operations at sea.
While Mr. Topalov followed his plan, Mr. Kramnik counterattacked in the center with 10... e5, the usual strategy in the Slav for Black.
