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Every Thursday "regular as clockwork" a Land Rover and a crew of three soldiers would make the trip to the bank in nearby Penicuik.

Whichever team he was coaching, however well it was performing, Mourinho was a sure thing: Before a game, after a game, regular as clockwork, he would deliver 30 minutes or so of one-liners and aphorisms and mind games and clapbacks.

Also regular as clockwork on the anniversary come the reports about the state of German unity.

And afterwards, as regular as clockwork, the claim and counter-claim begins.

And he started to have strange shaking chills each afternoon and evening, followed by a fever — regular as clockwork.