And to his marvellously bright and industrious players.
This was Christian Eriksen's first start for six weeks, and he provided an intelligence to complement Spurs' more industrious players.
Leon Osman, one of the reliable, typically industrious players that Moyes depends upon, surprised the Spurs' defender Younès Kaboul with a turn of pace into the penalty box.
He has also been in form this year, and is an honest and industrious player.
There is a frustration among some close to Balotelli that a potentially dangerous medical condition is being used to denigrate him again and City certainly feel that if a more obviously industrious player were to experience such problems then it would pass without comment.
"Hatch-Waxman," Judge Urbina wrote, "intended to provide an incentive for drug companies to explore new drugs, not a market 'windfall' for crafty, albeit industrious market players".
If there was a distinct improvement in the amount of possession taken by the Scots in the second half, there remained the difficulty of creating authentic opportunities, the Macedonians' nominal three-man defence complemented by industrious midfield players, ever willing to cover the ground that would help them close the space around the visitors.
An industrious, dynamic player, described by his goalkeeper Gil Merrick as "a good player and a bloody good captain", Boyd led the team to the championship of the Second Division in the 1954 55 season and to the FA Cup Final and sixth place in the league, still,, Birmingham's record league placing, the following year.
The industrious premiership player hobbled from the field in an enormous amount of pain, with coach John Longmire later assessing it as a two to three week injury, which may see him back for a grand final should the Swans make it.
He was afforded even less game time at Villa Park than he was in his second coming at West Ham, although Tim Sherwood did find time to praise him for the positive influence he had on Jack Grealish, a player who could easily fall into the same trap that Cole did – having his inherent creativity coached out of him to produce a more industrious type of player.
The home players were industrious, in particular the hard running of the two strikers, Miller and Clark, but also the midfield scurrying of Andy Murdoch, a teenager of growing aplomb.
