1) A top four finish and FA Cup success would still represent a great season
Despite the defeat to Besiktas, it’s worth putting our recent success into perspective. Our latest run of results have taken us to within two points of the top four and into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. Arguably, both those competitions are more important to us. Were we going to win the Europa League? At full strength, we had a chance, but it would have been a tougher task than any of our other remaining ambitions. Not playing on a Thursday evening could eventually prove to be a blessing in disguise.
