Your forgetting, Jose is not going to be measured by "nearly" Levy didn't hire this guy and back him for "top 4 +entertainment"
- Jose is going to be measured by what he wins and what he achieves (and that's what's different to the last managers back to Ramos who are looked on fondly for the odd good run and top 4/6)
Since he's been here, including that brickshow of injuries and resultant crash in form last season, we have consistently been in top 3
- To me, we can do top 4 minimum which is the "best" everyone else in the last 12 years has been able to manage
What we need to do is convert one or more of the cups and be opportunistic with the league (I still think that's a little out of reach)
So yes, I don't agree that our football is unattractive in the way some people believe (Son, Kane, Ndombele, Gio, Reguilon play some breathtaking stuff at times), if your opinion is possession = attractiveness, ok .. but .. the measurement for Jose is trophies .. nothing else ..
I think it's unfair to characterise the opinion as possession = attractiveness, it's about setup and intent. We weren't interested in doing anything other than defending our final third v Arsenal in the second half and it was a chore of a game to watch and whilst it's great that we can shut teams out like that, it's not something i want to watch on the regular.
I can see why we set up the way we did v City and Chelsea and am fully supportive of us taking the same approach v Liverpool - but it's not needed v the likes of Arsenal and i think the balance was wrong in the run of games post West Ham where we played 3 ordinary teams and celebrated because we managed to shut them out.
I just want us to find a better balance between defense and attack - i thought that's where we were heading but we've regressed in that regard lately.