When a new manager takes charge of a struggling club, a standard move is to make a rabble-rousing speech to inspire a group of faltering players.
On his first day at Nottingham Forest, Steve Cooper opted for a different approach.
Cooper arrived at Forest in September with the club bottom of the Championship after their dreadful start to the campaign led to the sacking of Chris Hughton. Yet after saying a few words to his players and staff, Cooper simply listened.
We can be fairly sure that in those initial conversations no one was predicting that come May, Forest would be preparing to face Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium with automatic promotion to the Premier League up for grabs.