Horrible is the word both Swansea captain Leon Britton and goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski use to describe their season before the arrival of manager Paul Clement in January.
That they are celebrating Premier League survival owes everything to their ‘amazing’ boss, as Fabianski puts it.
Saturday’s 2-0 victory at relegated Sunderland followed by Hull’s 4-0 defeat at Crystal Palace on Sunday means they have renewed their top-flight status with one game to spare.
For Clement - Carlo Ancelotti’s trusted No 2 at Chelsea, PSG, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich - it is at last some hard evidence of his own managerial merits.