As mentioned in an earlier thread on this, getting 4th means CL revenue which a club could spend on a couple of players to make the difference, but since we would not spend the extra money, then 4th is not something I am so bothered about. Perhaps if we fail to make 4th, the board might realise that they have to speculate to accumulate. If missing on 4th makes them finally fork out for the players we need, then I'd rather we missed out this time round.