The one silver lining to the (if you believe the British football press) "DOOM AND GLOOM CLOUD OF HAVING TO STOOP SO LOW AND SETTLE FOR EUROPA LEAGUE OBLIVION" is that there will be a fair few early group games that will be RIPE for the '1882' picking... much as this morning hurts... the Champions League is NOT the be-all and end all of football... there are 81 OTHER English clubs who have NEVER once set foot in that bastardisation of a money-printing competition... and yet they're all just fine (apart from the ones about to go bust!)
....also, at least WHL will have that many fewer bandwagon jumping, autograph hunting, camera clicking, Champions League glory chasing, half-and-half scarf wearing 'newbie' fan to clog up the ground with!
BACK TO THE OLD DAYS*, WHEN FOOTBALL WAS HONEST, AND GOOD!
(*ahem, apart from the mindless violence, and lack of skill level bit! ...that wasn't so good!)