The accolade follows what was a month of great success for the Reds. Speaking in an interview after receiving the trophy, and in his press conference on Friday morning, Ole was full of praise for the backroom staff that he has around him at the Aon Training Complex.

“Honestly, I’m a little bit against individual team awards for a team sport,” he said, “but it means we’ve been the team of the month, so this is both for the staff and the players.

”We complement each other really well, “ he added. ” The hours and hours that Kieran and Michael spend on planning the sessions, doing the sessions, working with individuals. We're a good group. We bounce off each other. Opinions are being thrown about in that office and in the end I'm the “lucky one” that has to make a decision on who to leave out or to play.