Manchester City have now changed the PL and basically left it that 4 or 5 teams will be fighting it out for that last CL spot from now on, Arsenal,Spurs,Liverpool and anyone else who fancies pushing for it. So basically 7th place is not a bad position when you look at that competition, if we are around that pack every season I really don't mind, not long ago we were looking at possible relegation, we need a manager to keep us in the top 7 to begin with and maybe push for higher.
Moyes or Hughes would be that man.