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[Paplane]

It's perspective isn't it? If we'd been mid-table all season and put on a storming finish to clinch seventh we'd all be hailing a brilliant campaign.

Sausage, I know we've had a joke of late about my insecurities,  but this constant churn of positivity at a hugely negative moment of our season seems just as ridiculous as you found my glass half empty commets.

:Funny:

I'm not just saying it for the sake of it, I genuinely think it's true. If we'd been 10th until May and won a few on the spin to finish in a European place we'd all be delighted. Of course because we're dropping into 7th place it feels worse.

Even I'll be a bit gutted if we only end up in the Conference League now but if Man City win the FA Cup or we manage to finish 6th (or higher of course) then I'll consider it an excellent season because my expectations were nowhere near that before the season started.

Thats a bit like saying you should be happy to be beaten in a play-off semi final. No, when you qualify for the play-offs, you're sole aim should be to win it.

Our players wont have been congratulating themsleves earlier, the dressing room will have been filled with disappointment and anger.

Not sure that's a valid analogy. We still have the tangible achievement of European qualification for next season. Losing in the playoffs means you have nothing. Of course it's not the competition we really want to qualify for but it is still an achievement. 

I wonder what Villa thought about making the Conference League the season after they only just stayed up?

Cant be bothered Sausage, I'm still pissed off here.