Sorry I can't read my posts for you , I'm afraid it's just you and your struggle with a fairly straight forward concept
You with nothing to back your opinion other than you love hagdorn - who has got it right maybe three times in ten years?
"We haven't improved much we've probably just gone backwards a bit less than some other teams"
We haven't improved much = small or incremental improvement. Clear?
We have just gone backwards a bit less than others = not improved but gone backwards. Clear?
Genius.. Opinion man.