by Doeboy » Sat May 12, 2018 3:01 pm
If we were to lose the final and finish 4th, it's an interesting once when it comes to measuring success. When it comes to CL, apart from the City tie, we've had pretty favourable draws. Let's be honest, the likes of Sevilla, Spartak, Maribor, Porto and Roma are not in the top elite bracket of European teams. Sevilla and Roma are good euro teams but nothing to fear and the others in that group are pretty meh in all honesty. The City tie was a massive achievement and the way we done it was highly impressive however i'm not ignorant enough not to accept that we have had the luck of the draw during our CL campaign this season so personally speaking I would be taking into account that to gauge just how successful this season is if we were to lose the final and come 4th. Other factors such as struggling against the other top 5 sides in the league this season (10 points of a possible 30) etc would also come into my thinking.
In my eyes, the season would be a success if we qualify for the CL but just how successful would need to be weighed up a bit more imo.