Lost the plot?
<p><span word="Reader">Reader</span> <span word="question">question</span>: <span word="What">What</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="headline">headline</span> – <span word="Rafa">Rafa</span> <span word="Benitez">Benitez</span> (<span word="the">the</span> <span word="Liverpool">Liverpool</span> <span word="football">football</span> <span word="club">club</span> <span word="manager">manager</span>) <span word="has">has</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plot">plot</span> – <span word="mean">mean</span>? <span word="What">What</span> <span word="plot">plot</span>? <span word="Football">Football</span> <span word="strategies">strategies</span>?</p><p><span word="My">My</span> <span word="comments">comments</span>: <span word="Football">Football</span> <span word="strategies">strategies</span>, <span word="yes">yes</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span> <span word="more">more</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="rotations">rotations</span> (<span word="who">who</span> <span word="plays">plays</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="long">long</span>), <span word="and">and</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="management">management</span> (<span word="keeping">keeping</span> <span word="players">players</span> <span word="happy">happy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="motivated">motivated</span>), <span word="and">and</span> <span word="perhaps">perhaps</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="suggesting">suggesting</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Benitez">Benitez</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="mad">mad</span> (<span word="metaphorically">metaphorically</span> <span word="speaking">speaking</span>) – <span word="because">because</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Liverpool">Liverpool</span> <span word="manager">manager</span> <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="unprovoked">unprovoked</span> <span word="attack">attack</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Alex">Alex</span> <span word="Ferguson">Ferguson</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Manchester">Manchester</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="helmsman">helmsman</span>, <span word="accusing">accusing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latter">latter</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="influencing">influencing</span> <span word="referees">referees</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="talking">talking</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="halftime">halftime</span> <span word="breaks">breaks</span>.</p><p><span word="I">I</span> <span word="believe">believe</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="headline">headline</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="this">this</span>. <span word="Anyways">Anyways</span>, <span word="accusations">accusations</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="deemed">deemed</span> <span word="wild">wild</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mark">mark</span>, <span word="far">far</span>-<span word="fetched">fetched</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="unfounded">unfounded</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="appeared">appeared</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="suggest">suggest</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Liverpool">Liverpool</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="coach">coach</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="cool">cool</span> (<span word="composure">composure</span>). <span word="Perhaps">Perhaps</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="winning">winning</span> (<span word="or">or</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="winning">winning</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="exact">exact</span> - <span word="Liverpool">Liverpool</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="won">won</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="league">league</span> <span word="title">title</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="decades">decades</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="it">it</span>) <span word="has">has</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="sense">sense</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="talking">talking</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="matches">matches</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="titles">titles</span>.</p><p><span word="Ah">Ah</span> <span word="well">well</span>, “<span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plot">plot</span>” <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="idiom">idiom</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="question">question</span> <span word="here">here</span>, <span word="lest">lest</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="forget">forget</span>. “<span word="Plot">Plot</span>” <span word="refers">refers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="connections">connections</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="events">events</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="story">story</span>, <span word="play">play</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="movie">movie</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="novelist">novelist</span> <span word="loses">loses</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plot">plot</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="writing">writing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="novel">novel</span>, <span word="you">you</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="imagine">imagine</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="happen">happen</span> – <span word="the">the</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="cease">cease</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hold">hold</span> <span word="water">water</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="saying">saying</span> <span word="someone">someone</span> <span word="has">has</span> “<span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="script">script</span>”. <span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="imagine">imagine</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="actor">actor</span> <span word="losing">losing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="script">script</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="stage">stage</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="play">play</span>. <span word="Not">Not</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="lose">lose</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="sheets">sheets</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span> (<span word="though">though</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="that">that</span>), <span word="but">but</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span>’<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="forgotten">forgotten</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lines">lines</span> – <span word="they">they</span> <span word="won">won</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="what">what</span>. <span word="Disaster">Disaster</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="sure">sure</span>.</p>
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