mourinho was honest in front of the press with the bodö/glimt away match, covered his own ass, and they failed to win 4 of their next 5 matches. then they lost to bologna, and bent over at home vs inda too. this atalanta game was their first proper effort since mourinho made a honest point like you preferred, and that was almost 2 months ago.
you don't throw even your shittiest player under the bus, never ever. it never helps. allegri already singled out rabiot in front of the press in an attempt to shake adriboy up, and nothing happened, he's still the same disinterested, low effort player. he defended morata when he was at a very low point vs atalanta, and morata scored 3 in the last 4.5 matches. you can't say
this squad is full of overpaid passengers in front of the press when you know that you'll have to finish the season and get results with the same players.
realistic and honest, yeah right. the essence of pr lol
edit: look at tek's form at the beginning of the season. i also wanted him to be benched. allegri trusted the guy, and he didn't make a single mistake for months. imagine you, the honest and realistic thinker, sitting there after the empoli match, and blabbering about how
we missed out on donnarumma and here we are, 2 games into the season, stuck with the shitty polak for the whole season.