The baffling thing I'm afraid that I find from this conversation is that you seem to make decently thought out points to suggest intelligence, but seem to often misinterpret my points altogether. I'm not really sure what can be done about this, as you're clearly not stupid but conversely I'm finding myself becoming more and more frustrated with each post because your counters consist of entirely misdirected rhetoric. This in conjunction with our likely rooted footholds in each of our own opinions looks to cause us to continue in circles to no end.
But I will mention just a couple things on points that you didn't misinterpret, but rather just need clarification because I'm not sure why you are still opposed to these points. First, while I cannot tell you bonafide what precisely the managers are saying to the players, but that is no basis to discredit the higher likelihood that no manager would ever prescribe to such detrimental tactics and that the the problem is with tactics elsewhere/a problem with the players themselves. You don't even have to make it past the American middle school level to know that no coach would ever tell their players to do such a thing. You possess the astuteness to note the problem (and for that I sincerely applaud you because there are still some on here you fail to see it), but chalk it up to the most unlikely of causes.
Second, Paulinho was never intended to be a "destroyer." As I mentioned before, he was bought to be a volante, an influential BTB style central midfielder. If he wants to be a defensive style of player, then he's done nothing particular to set him as any different from Sandro, Capoue, or Dembele. He has not fulfilled his intended role for us, and not has not displayed any attributes that set him apart from any other central midfielder we have. This alone does not cause me to resent the player as you may believe, but I do think that if we even re-compensate close to what we paid for him, we could buy a more suitable option with cash left over for other areas.
Uh oh! You mentioned the no-no dreaded "American" word!! You've discredited yourself entirely!!