Freiburg gave it their all and put in a performance that was excellent in all relevant criteria (tactics, spirit, work-rate) apart from scoring goals.
This does not mean that the relevant strategies, tactics, and techniques were all in use at any particular time but that a wide spectrum of sleeping technologies existed among those early populations.
As part of their background work, league officials intend to speak to the relevant clubs about the tactics employed and felt it important to do so on the basis that whatever they heard was not punishable unless there was an official complaint.
Brian Grimes, a member of the movement who has been spending his days at McPherson Square in Washington, where the police still allow sit-ins and tents, acknowledged that the group needed to adapt its tactics to remain relevant.
That Van Gaal spent £153m last summer to improve that record makes it an even more relevant question and the diversionary tactics are both wearisome and a reminder why the Dutch football writers' association once wrote to him pointing out "his aggressive approach perhaps guarantees success with young, docile players, but is inappropriate at a press conference at which adults are present".
As infinite distractions compete for our attention, companies are learning to master new tactics to stay relevant in users' minds and lives.
However, Pylyshyn is not saying that what might otherwise be meaningful experimental results are "contaminated" by the effects of demand characteristics, so such "decontamination" tactics are not very relevant.
But my feeling is that Mourinho's tactics will be less relevant this time because his line-up will not be strong enough to carry out his game-plan.
The two sides aren't going to reconcile that difference, so the relevant question is whether or not the tactics in and of themselves should be deemed off-limits.
Just as relevant as Sunderland's mentality were Allardyce's tactics.
