Agree to an extent but also think you're being a tad verbose about our attacking play this season, it's been good, but it hasn't yielded the goals or points. When people tak about pragmatism, it's so you nullify your opposition. Playing midfield three of Silva, Dinho and KDB v Monaco who have scored for fun is negligent. Playing a high line with Kolarov, Zaba and Syones in v Leicester is shambolic.
I also don't believe that as a team, we've actually improved that much. The defence is a shambles, and if anything it's worse than under Pellegrini. The midfield is still massively disjointed and offers no cover, and the goalkeeping situation has reached farcical levels.
It's useless posters saying, "oh we've got a better defensive record these last nine games than Chelsea". What relevance is is that? The fact is we've conceded ten more than Chelsea, who have also scored five more.