I don’t think it’s that. Pep has a very clear philosophy and he builds his teams to play that way. He eschewed dribblers previously because he only wanted passers. He eschewed traditional centre forwards because he wanted more players in midfield and between the lines. Now he’s changing his philosophy again and having success and people are talking about it.

You joke but tifo did a video a year or two ago about how pep was playing a revolutionary new formation, the 4-4-2. Of course pep’s 4-4-2 was different to a classic 4-4-2 but then again very few teams ever played a classic 4-4-2 anyway.