blood-and-thunder

Minow declaimed against what he called the “vast wasteland”: “a procession of game shows, formula comedies about totally unbelievable families, blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism, murder, Western bad men, Western good men, private eyes, gangsters, more violence, and cartoons.”

Watching parts of Spence's chat with Ferdinand, you can perhaps make easy assumptions about why a blood and thunder coach like Conte may not immediately take to Spence's more laidback demeanour off the pitch.

Morgan says his team will bring "heart, soul, blood and thunder".

Mainoo, meanwhile, rose above the blood and thunder with rare composure for one so young.

There isn't the blood and thunder of South Africa, the champagne and swagger of France or the intricacies of Ireland.