I don't disagree with a lot of that. However, our "up and at em" and "gung ho" scatter gun approach as you describe it, was working. It was delivering results, goals and points. So why change it? Particularly against the lesser teams. I agree a more cautious approach may be necessary against our top four rivals, especially away from home, as by and large they have better players and it would not be wise to go toe to toe with them.
For me, Sherwood started with a simplicity of approach which suited our players. He then seemed to opt to change it to somehow "prove" that he was a sophisticated, tactically astute coach. The performances and results suffered. I think he should go back to basics. Get passers in the team such as Eriksen and Bentelab. Play a single holding midfielder, remove passengers such as Invisiblinho, play with genuine width, move the ball faster and forward not sideways or backwards, start games at a higher tempo and try and go for goals rather than rest on our laurels.
This approach would distinguish him as his own man and , if it works as it was doing in the early days, bring us both success and entertainment at the same time. Balance of course is important, but we don't have that at the moment.
