I am indeed, familiar with the scientific method.
However, as an engineer, I find it far easier, quicker and generally more expedient to take a quick stab at the right answer and then multiply it by 1.5.
To be clear, I'm not suggesting that managing a team by shouting random (and largely irrelevant) instructions at regular intervals is a good idea, I just found the Times column amusing when I came across it about a month ago.
But yes, I think most players (across all sports) do like to go...
I think most of the point is to try and make the game more fun for the players by shaking them out of their normal routine.
But to be honest, I don't think anybody needs to worry too much about the opinions of someone playing for an amateur team in the 9th tier of Italian football.
Based on when each thread was started, really it should be the other way around.
Anyway, the column in the Times explained this reasonably concisely, but unfortunately I don't think that link works unless you subscribe to it.
Happily the club tweeted it later:
Read about this in the Times earlier.
So, AS Velasca play in the Italian 9th tier. They're... well they're a bit odd.
They're not playing very well this season, so decided to play according to Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's Oblique Strategies.
These apparently include instructing the team to...