The trouble is how does he prove himself in nearly all the leagues outside the prem? Italian, French, Dutch, German don't prove your mettle much imo, unless you win the CL. He could win another couple of league titles in a weak German league and still not be tested enough for the prem.
Agree completely about your last bit, attacking football always

but I laugh at the hypocrisy of the pundits and media at the moment. Every club that's ever defended like Chelsea has ALWAYS been defended by the press/pundits with phrases like "you play to your strengths" and "manager X is there to look after the interests of his club" while I would cringe at such a horrid footballing philosophy.
But what's being said now isn't about Chelsea, IT'S ABOUT LIVERPOOL. Because those tactics were done against Liverpool, at a time when everyone expected/wanted Liverpool to win and were polishing the trophy and getting it ready to inscribe their name - that is why the media machine has gone into full swing to start blackening the same tactics they've defended in the past. That is what is so fickle sadly.