Probably. We did beat Premier League Blackpool that season and they were probably better than we are now. They won away at Arsenal that season I think.
Amazingly the second Saints manager ever to start with a 1-0 defeat at Cardiff.
Has any other manager ever achieved an identical first result to another manager at the same club against the same team?!
Ah but to use the consensus opinion on this forum as logic...That 8th placed team finished closer to the relegation zone than 7th. If the manager can't claim it as an achievement then neither can the players.