To the bolded part... no.
Not me. I was very vocal on the fact I thought Telles was a level below Shaw.
Telles isn't a bad player but he's overrated going forward and not on Shaw's level defensively. Many told me I would see a huge difference in having an actual 'proper' attacking fullback on the pitch, I stood by my thoughts that Shaw would lock down the LB position as soon as we realised Telles wasn't on his level.
Shaw was criminally treated by Mourinho, properly disgraceful from Mourinho, so I'm glad he's making Mourinho look a right clueless cnut right now as he's the best fullback in the league. Mourinho showed his true ego and personality with Shaw. He likes to pick a player to bully at each of his clubs it seems.
@RUCK4444 ‘s post actually proves my point. Many people, except you two clearly, expected Telles to come in and be this Robertson-lite attacking LB, especially considering his stats at Porto last season. I know I did, and if you go back to the Telles transfer thread, many people did too. I knew Shaw was good and very consistent, but I did believe that Telles would give us more attacking impetus. Luke is doing that now, better than any other LB in the world. Massive props to him.
And yeah, I’m a big sceptic of Ole, but if he was hired sooner, Shaw would have reached this level much faster as well. Mourinho’s treatment of him was a disgrace, and we all knew so at the time, just that we didn’t want to batter him too much due to the forlorn hope that he’d win us titles.