How did he change it? He finished 6th and then got sacked when we were in 7th, our 2 worst league placings in 10 years.
He left it even worse and totally disjointed.
We were 14th when Poch left. Based on the results and diminishing performances that season, there was nothing at all to make me believe we would have improved on that if he stayed for the season.
Not least because he was no longer motivated and the snidey cunt players were doing the dirty on him.
We ultimately finished 7 points off the top 4 and 16 points off 14th - so we improved where our projected finish would have been. Last season we ultimately finished 5 points off the top 4.
In his almost 2 full seasons, despite a shit squad and little backing, we finished 7 and 5 points off the top 4. What undid us, in both seasons, was horrendous bottle jobs in 6 pointer games we could and probably should have won.
The football was often horrible, no one will deny it. But you always felt that there were 2 or 3 games per season where the entire game was a write off and you knew it in the first few minutes. Chelsea, United, Woolwich and even some games against lesser clubs where we just failed to arrive in time for kick off.
Those players did it for Poch, Mourinho and now Nono.
Could anyone here put their hand on their heart and say they believe Nono will get anywhere near that close to a top 4 finish? No chance. He/we will be nowhere near it. It'll be 10-20 points off by May.