Would you Swap?

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

It's clear you are pretty convinced on your position, so I won't belabour this much. But I'll try and point out a few things .

First of all, this is not the first season clubs that participate in the CL proper won't be in the UEFA cup. Teams dropping from the CL group stages into the UEFA cup I believe only started in the first season we got to the final, year 2000 against Galatasaray.

Even before then , the UEFA cup was still seen as prestigious....so I think it would be unfair to say that its totally gone to crap when it's just reverted to the way it was before till everyone got CL fever.

Also, lets not over flog this league position, as whether you like it or not it is just one of the competitions we compete in and we did not even win it. Now IIRC you were one of the many who stated it wasn't important where at the top we ended if there was a chance we could win the CL when you guys were ok with "sacrificing" our games in the league if it meant we'd be fresh enough to get to the CL final.

It now looks like you are trying to have it both ways by repeatedly pointing out how far better we did than them in the league, when all that matters is we didn't win it but we still managed to qualify for the CL.... which surprise surprise, is exactly what the Spuds have achieved too. They also achieved this while equalling and bettering our record in all other competitions we were both in.

Now, I've never hidden my main priority and dream is the league. I rate winning the league over everything which includes the CL, and it's not going to change till we win it again. The main reason I wanted to finish 2nd was to ensure that we've got a springboard to actually win it, despite the fact this is the 2nd time in a row we are failing to build on that supposed springboard.

However, as bad as 17th might sound, Spurs are still in the race for the title next season, whether anyone likes it or not. Statistically they won't even be the first team to almost get relegated one season and win the league the next, as Leicester only finished 6 points ahead of the relegation places before winning the league the next season. Also the same year Leicester won, Chelsea finished 10th in the table (worst league position as at then under Abramovich) and went on to win the league the very next season.

So one poor league season is not enough to say unequivocally that Tottenham won't be finishing higher than us next season, no matter how badly we want to believe this is true. (BTW, I personally don't believe so, but I also thought we'd win something this season so WTF do I know)

So once again, I say to you, insisting our season was better than theirs is not a straightforward yes or no question and IMO it best we don't debate it, at least for our sanity.