No attack of your good self. You just happened to outline how Conte liked things. Two ironies: he didn’t like to play Bissouma. And I think we saw why yesterday afternoon. He’s a fuking liability! 1 game in 10 he’s outstanding and puts in a match winning performance. But the converse is also true. 1 game out of 10 he’s appalling. The loss of the ball out wide, then his head and then the pen was total implosion.
The second irony is fans wanted Conte gone (too early, he should have been replaced at the end of the season) and were clambering for more enjoyable attacking football. Now the appetite has changed and as you summed up: they want a bit more defensive now!
I think there is also a bit of a misunderstanding of Ange. That his approach is just cavilear and flawed. But such an analysis is really missing a lot imo. There is much much more to his vision and way of playing than say an Ozzy Ardiles. Ange system is pushing us to the limits: but that is the point. We commit everything to attack that we can. There isn’t much margin. It is right on the limit. Yet it works. In Postecoglous system working well we will outscore other sides include the top teams. We will play in a way others do not. And that will be our advantage. That it’s harder to achieve is a given. Otherwise everyone would be doing it.