EXACTLY!
THIS is the perfect debate to prove once and for all the argument of 'Trophies' over finishing 4th... now I KNOW the 'Trophy' we're talking about IS the Champiholygrailionsleague itself, but the point is, Chelsea losing it (and thus in this hypothetical argument) ArseAnal qualifying by virtue of finishing 4th, is pretty much what would've happened the last time Chelsea lost the CL final, and not finished in the Top 4... and we're all still here ain't we? ArseAnal qualifying for the CL is nothing new, and would be the same old painful toss-fest through the group stages, until they finally come up against someone with the gonads to fudging beat them...
HOWEVER, cast your mind back to when ArseAnal played Barca in the Final... just remember that feeling, with 10 minutes to go, and they were STILL fudging winning... now I realise it's THEM, not Chelsea, and realistically, it's more likely to be OUR CL place at stake than ArseAnals... (well actually, it's more likely to be Chelsea's, but that's another debate) ...but point is, IF Chelsea win the CL, they have WON it... no one can take it away from them, and we'd have a fudging hard job convicing them (or ourselves for that matter) that we STILL have a prouder history... the longer time goes on, the harder that's getting to prove as it is!!!
BAYERN ALL THE WAY FOR ME... it's up to US to make sure we're even in a position TO BE NEEDING THE RESULT TO HAPPEN... so one thing at a time, eh?