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I was wondering, not sure if anyone else has come to the conclusion, that we were running out of steam towards the end of the season. A commentator compared our games played to Aston Villa where we eventually drew 2-2. He said AV played 42 games and we played around 53. Now we both, Everton and AV, looked up for the fight, though we should have won it, I reckon maybe the fatigue of so many games more played nearly cost us 5th place. Prior to this, we were ahead of challenging for 4th place. We played well in Cup but one slip-up ie the shoot out and we did not get anything for our hard work of getting so far. But if this was to happen in the league as in going on a winning run and perhaps losing a game, then the points would really be helpful. Now, I was thinking if we um, 'gave up' this season's UEFA cup, don't get me wrong we did brilliant in it, then maybe we can secure 4th place next time round in the premiership. It would give us a taste at Champions league and inevitably we will head to Uefa cup.( Not sure how Champ teams end up in cup) Maybe it was not that we were tired, maybe it was the injuries of our regular players, maybe we need a 'star' player to break into, and contend with the top four teams i.e. man u got ron, chel drogba, arse fabre, liv torr. Your ideas?