West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic made an instant impact in the Premier League last season as he guided the Hammers to a seventh-placed finish.
However, the ride hasn't been so smooth this season, and after early-season struggles at their new London Stadium home, the Hammers have made their way back up to the ninth spot.
The Croatian manager admitted that his first season as a manager in Premier League was relatively easy and compared it to a big jumbo flying along without turbulence.
“Last season was easy," says Bilic in an interview with the Daily Mail.
“We were like a big jumbo jet that went up 12,000 metres and never went down. We never felt turbulence. This season we were fighting, and when you fight for something it makes you stronger.
“It can be very hard to go through it, the turbulence. But once you are, it can be worth it, because the experience we had this season is unbelievable.
“This can turn out to be a great season, better than last year. Not in terms of results but in terms of what us, individually, as a team, as a club has been through."