President Cellino, when he entrusted Cagliari in coach Bisoli's hands, hoped to obtain a better result than the one Allegri had achieved in the previous season. That is, something more than a mere safety, also considering that at some stage the team had stopped playing and winning. Bisoli's experience in charge, though, was a very short and not particularly brilliant one. Apart for a 5-1 home win against Roma. In fact, he ended up being sacked in mid-November and his place was taken by Donadoni. With the new coach, the play certainly improved and the positive results started arriving. This way, Cagliari always kept at some distance from the relegation zone and, at the very same time, they seemed to be capable of remaining in the top ten. However, from March on, the team started facing a crisis similar to the previous season's. Cagliari stopped winning and they started playing as if concentrated on the summer holidays, considering that there was nothing more at stake for them. Thus, they fell all the way down to the fourteenth standing, while they could have achieved something more. Cagliari certainly paid for the absence of Nene, who was a long-lasting injury, and for Matri's departure for Juventus after the re-opening of the transfer season. Their attack was weakened once Donadoni could only count on Acquafresca, they eventually scored only 44 goals, and the defence was a rather fragile one. Had there been some alternative for the attack, they could have obtained a better result indeed.
