do you enjoy the champions league?

I have never really taken to the league format of this competition so normally don't bother with it until the knockout stages start but last night having nothing to do I put on the citeh game and have to say I enjoyed the game a lot it was open in citehs case way way open at the back thank god hart was in form for them....but listening to the radio afterwards I had to chuckle when they were saying how important the two manc sides were in winning yesterday as our 4 places in the competition was coming under pressure because of results over the last few years...does this affect us? and I don't mean just west ham but other clubs around us who have never been in the competition because the pundits would have you believe so I on the other hand don't the top 4 suddenly becomes the top 3 and you can see the fear in the eyes of those who think its there divine right to be in the competition as to what happens to the one who misses out woe is them(arsenal most likely)....they claim it will affect our league our standing in Europe etc utter nonsense the only affect it will have on those who miss out will be the lucrative tv and sponsorship deals do they spread this money through the leagues? nope they buy foreign so no money goes back into our game...so the club that misses out will have to cut there cloth accordingly like the majority of clubs and they will no longer be able to cherry pick players with the temptation of champions league football.....as much as I would like to see west ham in the champs league being cannon fodder on a Wednesday night may not be good viewing lol but hey if we make it at the expense of arsenal/chelski then bring it on