Agree with this. Much like the nutcases that used to say "it's too early to get promoted this season, let's build for next year". The best time to do anything - get promoted, win a cup, qualify for Europe - is always this season. Worry about the implications later. It's academic this season because we're not going to make it but as you say it was fantastic when we qualified and we should be trying to do it again at the earliest possible opportunity.