It's not his biggest faux pas and I'm not outraged or anything, but he should have the ambition to try and win it all, reach for the stars etc.
He should be conveying belief in himself and his squad, this feels like Jose self preservation tactics 'my side is shit and I am working miracles with this shit'. He talks about how unstoppable Antony is and how great Rashford etc is, so what is it we need to be good enough in his opinion? I'd like to know. We went from 3rd to 6th - we spent a lot of money while Spurs lost possibly the best striker in the world but finish above us.
Ange said 5th is a fair reflection of Spurs season but pre season he wouldn't have taken 5th because he wanted to try and win the league, that is more of an inspiring and motivating conviction from your manager. Which would motivate you more - your coach telling you that he believes you're good enough to surprise people and challenge for the league or him publicly saying you're not good enough to fight for a title?
Leicester didn't win the league by believing they would only be good enough for 12th. Luton can't come up saying they're not good enough to stay up, they have to believe they can stay up or else the battle is lost before it has begun.
Having this mentality will not be beneficial to us achieving anything. At the top level you have to believe you can achieve what no one believes you can.