Clearly the point of all these European competitions, always swiftly rebranded as 'leagues', is to blur the lines between domestic and European football. It's only going to get more blurred, to the point of a manager not qualifying for Europa Conference League Two South becomes a sackable offence
Like it or loathe it, West Ham are our new role models. Their strength in depth is no greater than ours (cue some weirdo - and there's always one - who is happy to argue otherwise) and they've been quietly grinding out euro-results most thursday nights for the best part of a year now.
The...