I think more so, they're probably severely underestimating what a shambles our attack was for the most part! So there are some metrics that give the illusion that we were good in attack, we had lots of possession in "attacking" areas, lot's of touches in the opposition box, on the face of it we even scored lots of goals so yeah, lot's to look forward to right?Some of their fans are optimistic about this actually. It's not all doom and gloom over there.
They think they have enough squad depth to meet the demands of his high intensity football that ravaged us last season, and there is some attacking firepower in their squad waiting to be utilized by a more attacking minded manager. They actually don't mind the stark contrast in style between these two managers.
I think they underestimate how big of a shambles our defense was under him for the most part, and therefore simply assume that they'll be able to outscore teams on a semi-regular basis with him in charge. I really doubt it but we'll see.
Loads of goals scored in gluts, goals that didn't make any difference to the points haul, we'd almost always score one, but we'd concede two, and give away enough chances to have conceded four. We'd camp ourselves in the opposition half and pass the ball sideways and backwards in an "attacking area" creating next to nothing despite our dominance.
All of their wingers that shone in a counter attacking system that gave them acres of space to run into are going to be suffocated and expected to perform like Ginola or Figo. Their striker is going to get one or two chances per game and be crucified for not being prolific in such an attack minded outfit, their fullbakcs are going to spend 90 minutes either stood just outside the opposition D or haring back to help out the defence at 90 miles an hour.
It's going to be beautiful to watch as a neutral, and the only shame of it is that there's no chance he lasts the whole season.
