- May 17, 2018
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Highest win rate there and 3 trophies to show for it...
I'll agree with anyone that José's go-to philosophy was of a defensive mindset while he was there. However, I got the feeling that much of that came from an underdevelopment of what he was trying to do. He tried to rebuild the squad and their tactics from the ground up starting with their defense but he didn't receive the freedom and backing to see it through.
If I recall correctly, his best squads throughout his career all had very clinical attacks and the offense was usually developed later or was the last piece of his puzzle.
Didn't he say about Fred, not long after the beginning of that final season, that he couldn't play him because the defence was so cack he needed a different tactic or something?
He spent ages trying to get EW to buy Toby but they wouldn't.