I’m not here to argue against anyone dissatisfied with style of play etc The only reason Im personally willing to give it another season is because he needs longer to recruit fully the personnel he wants (coaches often say they need a few windows,this isn’t a Mourinho specific thing). Secondly I’ve seen Mourinho teams a play a lot mainly Madrid and Chelsea ones and they don’t just park the bus, they offered plenty going forward. Of course he had stellar players to work with, but he didn’t instruct them to just defend when going a goal down and only in specific big games was there a very defensive approach. The vast majority who were here under Poch are still here, so it’s a big change in style and mixing with the new players i personally want to see how it’s panning out in a years time when he has had further time to work on his methods with a squad (hopefully a proper pre season) understanding what he is asking. I just have a feeling we will become better balanced at some point in the not too distant future. And we are still in the mix in all competitions. But I do completely agree we need to do more going forward, judging by Mourinhos comments so does he - and it’s on him to sort out....
Chelsea fans 2nd time around were heavily critical of his overly defensive tactics, even though it did gain results and we all saw the ever increasingly defensive setups he played as United manager. His two previous jobs were a sign of where he was heading as a manager.
Do you honestly think buying new players will allow him to get his ideas across better if that is what the issue is? Why can the new signings from last summer/Jan plus Lo Celso and Ndombele (who were never intrenched in the old way of playing) not take on board his instructions?