Keeping us in the top 4 from 06-12 was more impressive than the 2 cup wins, though as a supporter I value the latter more of course. Best players leaving every year, average replacements and spending bugger all, some years we were actually in profit. If we had fallen out of the top 4 in this period with the stadium still to pay off, without the aid of bumper sponsorship and TV deals, I'd wager we'd have been floating around insignificantly like Liverpool are now.
Sadly though, his inability to elevate us again had been long suspected during the barren years and that's finally been ratified this season.