And Levy actually makes any intended purchases in good time, far to often he hamstrings managers by bringing players on the last day of the window, that might work for the bank balance but doesn't work for the squad dynamic and ultimately we are a football club and what happens on the pitch should be the most important thing.
No I don't think he doesn't care, it's clear he does. I just think sometimes he needs to make things a happen bit quicker and while we don't know what happens behind the scenes there is a certain pattern that is clear at Spurs under Levy which is not the case with other clubs. It's really as simple as saying a player only joining on the last day of the window doesn't help us, they've missed pre season they've usually missed the first 3 or 4 games as well.
Mourinho isn't as defensive minded as many people think he is. Defense is certainly important to him because he is of the thinking that if you do not concede you can not lose but I wouldn't define him as a boring defensive coach. In Mourinho's ideal world he will have world class attackers as well as world class defenders. He knows he can coach a defense and sometimes will just leave the attackers to do it themselves without putting them in too much of a straightjacket. He's very much a game by game coach, so the approach for one match hasn't necessarily been his approach for every game.
His Real side were fairly compact when on defence but compacted into an Incredibly tight spring, their counter attacks were breathtaking sweeping from one side of the pitch to the other in seconds. He even had Ozil in his side and arguably got the best out of him along with his time at Schalke.
As I said in other threads its mainly because opposition fans for the most part only see Mourinho teams when they either play their own side or the big title deciding matches. Those are the games Mourinho refuses to lose and so will be very pragmatic, cynical and maybe even kills the spectacle of the match but that's against an Arsenal, a Manchester United, Liverpool, Emirates Marketing Project or Spurs. He has never approached matches against the rest of the league with that attitude, his side's don't turtle up against a West Ham or Burnley and their equivalents.
