One way to look at it is like Rugby. If you are not scoring tries then it is more than likely not the flair players at the back fault, but the forwards. The forwards give a team the basis to play fluid free flowing rugby, scoring lots of tries.
We don't know for certain the exact balance he will adopt straight up but with the games coming up we have to look at a solid foundation first. We cannot go gung ho, otherwise it will be a case of great, we scored 2 but we conceded 4.
If we can just get the confidence in the back line right, the pressure is relieved, hopefully enough that the midfielders can express themselves more, further up the pitch.