The most interesting note to date has been his revitalising effect on some of the attackers at his disposal, with the banned Sergio Agüero already in mid-season bloom, and Raheem Sterling showing the benefits of the kind of tight, detailed, no quarter coaching that seems to bring the best out of him.
This, like postcolonialism, has had a revitalising effect on the study and writing of colonial and imperial history and literature.
Last year's new appointments have already had a revitalising effect on theatre: leaders such as Vicky Featherstone (at the National Theatre of Scotland) are already proving they have that rare thing, the talent to handle talent.
Joel Compass, Sampha, Dornik, Kyan, Kwabs … the leftfield Brit-R&B genre is hardly under-subscribed, and the signs are that the work across the Atlantic of the Weeknd, Drake, Frank Ocean and Miguel have had a revitalising effect on homegrown soul.
Bedford raves about Lumley's revitalising effect on the show once the cast got over their initial awe.
Both claimed their success was due to the revitalising effects of Cordyceps sinensis Demand for it leapt, creating a caterpillar rush in the process.
Alejandro Vanoli, head of the financial services regulator, declared that the certificates will have a "revitalising" effect and "bring an interesting level of liquidity to the economy".Economists are less sure.
The startling thing was the revitalising effect it had on Bolton.
Lead guide Carlos Mose (who also doubles as a drummer in a metal band – "We sing about Native issues, broken treaties, things like that," he tells me) explains the revitalising effects of a night in a hogan: "Each morning, it's like being reborn out of your mother's belly – a fresh start, a new beginning".
Scholes's move backwards was a more gradual process and happened 10 years later in his career, but had the same effect of revitalising his game.
