But it isn't about projecting present form - the point was that from the point onwards, Postecoglou's results fall to pieces in both seasons, but were dire last season.
So it's strange for Frank to be only, what? 1 point worse off like-for-like (which would also put us in 11th this season), and for us to know that Ange's form went right down the toilet from this point onwards, and yet for the argument to be that he would be doing a better job.
That's without pointing out Ange was a season and a half deep into his 'coaching' by now.
At worst, we're exactly the same as we were last season, splitting hairs aside. The idea that we'd be playing some lovely football is also borrowed from distant memories, as we simply weren't doing that.