It never ceases to amaze me that people are foolish enough to believe that a manager will set his team up in the exact same vein as he played the game himself.
What type of player was George Graham? Mowbray? Moyes? Alan Ball?
It's nonsense. I was a CB or CM I don't love watching stoke.
Foolish? Rather a sweeping statement and, as it never ceases to amaze you, then you must have heard it several times and there might be some truth in it.
Ok, Mowbray may be an exception but let's look at Everton in recent years and some of our managers:
Kendall: Attack minded, technically gifted midfielder. We all know what his 1980s Everton side were like.
Mike Walker: Former goalkeeper and Everton were absolute trash under him. Norwich were just fortunate to have a young Ruel Fox while Walker was managing them.
Walter Smith: Former defender and, again, we were just a little bit crap in the Smith years. Dull hoofball week in and week out.
David Moyes: Former defender. Under Moyes we have been overly defensive/negative for the best part of a decade including in "winner takes all" cup matches where we seem to try to play for a draw!
Phil Neville could end up being the greatest attack minded manager the game has ever seen but, personally, I think he will be more early Moyes than early Guardiola!
I also would like to think that there is a big difference between being a CB and a CM. Maybe you were a CB who wanted to get involved in more attack hence moving to CM? If you were a die hard CB who never wanted to venture out of his own half except for corners at the other end then your perspective on the game would be different.