8th and a cup final with a weaker squad and many more matches vs. very possible relegation (and obviously no cup run) with a stronger squad and no extra matches.
I'm not gloating. I wish the Puel out mob had been correct, and we had replaced him with someone who could do even better.
Anyway, as many have said, Puel is irrelevant now. The main thing is to get the current clowns out asap (MoPe, Black and Watson).