“The people who ran it in my day were Andy Roxburgh and Craig Brown,” says Alex McLeish, another Largs graduate. “They were meticulous in their preparation, and these are traits that Davey has got in abundance.” Indeed, Phil Neville has claimed that at Everton, every morning before training, Moyes personally checks every single football to make sure it is the correct pressure. But while Moyes may be painstakingly meticulous in his own work, he likes to communicate ideas as simply as possible.