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I've spoken about this many times, we (English clubs and their fans) value the prestige of the champions league and belittle everything else. No other European clubs in the Europa league would even dream of not taking it seriously. Thurs Sun is no harder than wed sat, and if your team doesn't have the strength in depth to cope with midweek football in the Europa how is it going to cope with midweek games in the champions league when you've got to win them otherwise what was all the huffing and puffing about to get there in the first place!
You've got to have two players for every position and no huge drop off between them to do well in Europe or at least a lot of injury prevention to keep your big players fit. The Europa just exposes how thin most squads outside the top four are, which then affects how you perform in the league.
Think of the Europa as a proving ground for how competitive a team can be in the champions league see atletico Madrid as an example. Won Europa league, won domestic league, made champions league final.