Yeah, let's strive to finish 4th so we can enter a competition the following season that we'd have zero chance of winning, and would probably bad-mouth it as fixture congestion into the bargain.
Football is all about winning shiny silver pots. We have absolutely no chance of ever winning the CL, nor would I proffer that we should be xoectong to win the league title (Leicester were a one-off, let's be honest).
Finishing in a CL or EL qualifying spot doesn't appear on the Roll of Honours: a League Cup win does.
And anyone who was there in Rotterdam or at Wembley to see us lift silverware - and then go on a massive 48-hour bender to celebrate - wouldn't swap that for a 4th placed finish.
All really besides the point.
Koeman put out a side on Tuesday that was strong enough to beat Norwich.
Nobody played well and we got beat.
It happens. It doesn't have anything to do with weaker sides or disrespecting cup competitions. It's just football.
Main thing now is the reaction on Saturday.