Reverting to type.
Of course, he's played direct football all the while, but they're only just picking up on it now they've lost a couple. Whilst winning there seemed to be some crazy cloaking device that made people completely miss the punt it at the big man approach and somehow convince people it was "front foot attacking football"
He tells things a lot so people believe him; I play on the front foot,hba is fat and lazy, we lost our best player from under me. He's a master at it.