League position will be irrelevant ultimately for players coming - Newcastle (and previously City) will be proof of that. Besides, we aren't finishing 14th lol, we are in touching distance of the top 4 despite how shocking we've been. You really need to destress and stop being dramatic.
Winning the Conference gets you Europa next year, which is no different to finishing 5th or 6th.
It's moot anyway, because we are highly likely to get kicked out unless the extend the window to play.
We've been awful, but a win against Rennes sees us finish second, ahead of Vitese. Finishing ahead of Vitese in the group isn't worthy of going out if you ask me.
We qualify second but didn't deserve it? Said no-one ever.
Did we deserve to lose the champions league final? Did we deserve to finish 5th that season because of Lasagne?
Why are our supporters revelling in negative scenarios for the club.
Being out of the Europa is better for our preparations for the remainder of the season in terms of fitness, preparation and so on. But it's a competition we should be aiming to win. And a trophy. A completion we should never intend on being in again, but come on. If we get a reprieve we should be winning the prick.
We're only close to top 4 because we used the 2nd string in the intertoto cup mostly.
If we want to win the intertoto Cup we'll need to go stronger. The 2nd strong won't even beat Rennes IMO. They got beat by Mura. And Vitesse. And Paccos.