Would you Swap?

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Is it bigger and shinier? I dunno. It's a European Trophy, but it's been massively devalued by the rise of the Champions League. The FA Cup has too but at least if you win that you have all the clubs in the England leagues playing. Palace had to beat Man City in the final and as poor as the latter's season has been this year, it was still and impressive backs to the wall performance and win. The Europa League - so many clubs now qualify for the CL that the quality is pretty poor in that competition. MO has listed some of the teams they played. It's hardly the cream of Europe is it? History may not remember that, but in there here and now, obviously for a club at that level it's a good win. But any of the CL semi-finalists would have won it easily.

The Carabao Cup I honestly couldn't give a shit about. The FA Cup has been devalued but it's still something I'd like us to win. The Europa League is honestly beneath us and that's why I wouldn't swap if it came with finishing 17th. That implies a complete mess of a club and if they want to mix it with Europe's elite next season they have a lot of work to do.

Fair enough.

All I can say is that I definitely expect us to have a league season just as bad (and maybe worse) than Spurs in our lifetime. If that season occurs and their is a UEFA cup (or whatever it may be called then) that ensures I am back in the summit with the big boys and end up with silverware, I'm pretty sure I will look back at it fondly ....and thats more than I can say for the past three seasons where we've won nothing.

Also, didn't we have a recent season where we were all hoping we'd win this same trophy so we could get back into the CL? And yes Letters, I get your point that there were more big boys in it then ( before you repeat it as some sort of comeback for the 18th time ).