Interesting listening to Carragher before on Chelsea on how everytime they try appoint a manager known to be more expansive/possession based (Sarri, AVB, Scolari) they struggle in comparison to managers who focus more on being aggressive and in your face (mourinho, conte)
Makes me think in regards to the crowd even though we were great under Martinez in that first season part of me thinks the fans/the club are more suited to that aggressive type football over tika taka/possession based.
Don't confuse that for hoofball/ultra defensive but I certainly think a Mancini/Conte/Van Gaal appointment who offers balanced but aggressive football will get the crowd going more than a possession based Eddie Howe/Cocu type appointment.