Europe v a domestic Cup

[LawSteelman]

For the last five years I've always been baffled by the argument from some 'Well fans that qualifying for the Europa League (qualifiers) is just as good if not better than doing well in the domestic Cups. You know, the tournaments that give us our best chance of winning silverware.

Well I ask now, after last night's humping of a strong Aberdeen and on the whole, a solid League Cup performance against lower league opposition, and Ross County, which has given us a trip to Hampden and presented us with a great chance of beating Rangers and reaching a Cup Final...can any Motherwell fan out there still say that they believe European qualification and a couple of matches at the start I'd a season which we always fail to make a scratch in, are a better occasion and achievement for our club than what happened last night and what we have potentially set ourselves up for???

I'm not fishing or goading here, I am genuinely interested in the views of those who value European qualification so highly that they would put it on the same level as, or above, a domestic Cup run.