Liverpool deserve top 4, we don't so it's not an issue for me.
What IS an issue is how we all obsess about 4th like Arsenal fans. I am gutted that we didn't even get near a title challenge. Feck 4th.
4th place is not the ideal but it would be a step up from where we have been placing lately.
For that reason I don't have a problem with seeing it as an achievable goal at this point of the season and something to aspire to this year.
I do agree that we should not see it as the height of our targets for upcoming seasons and would worry if we are still seeing it as an achievement in the next year or two.