What you are failing to appreciate Siorac is that of course when you have some of the best players in the world at your disposal as he has had at Chelsea, Inter and now Madrid, there is obviously going to be moments of real quality. My suggestion is any flair produced is merely a by product reflecting the quality of the players, rather than due to any specific instruction from Mourinho.
My argument is concerning the amount of emphasis he places upon flair and overall attacking play in general. You have selected only 2 flair players, but remember that Robben was a bench warmer for a lot of the time at Chelsea, and was used as mostly an impact player in the final 15mins of games, which eventually contributed to him moving away. Joe cole was another, as was Duff who suffered similarly, i would confidently predict Kaka will not be anything more than an impact player at Madrid too.
You cite that Madrid are more attacking than ourselves at present which may be true, but considering the differing financial circumstances and subsequent quality of players at Madrid, this is hardly surprising. Our lack of recent spending is the reason we are now short on flair, not because of any underlying aversion to flair, as i suggest is the case with Mourinho.
However you slice it Mourinho cannot reasonably be described as a proponent of attacking football. He is defensive first and foremost and the players he uses most regularly reflect that attitude, his sparing use of flair players who take risks, is also imo a good indication of his priorities.
Ask yourself what type of football Madrid would play if Fergie was managing them, as opposed to what Mourinho's method of coaching produces. do you really think Kaka would be only an occasional impact player under Fergie, i somehow doubt it.
