I'm in the 'somewhat disappointed' camp at the moment, not just because we might not qualify for Europe but because, if we don't, I expect it to be harder to attract our preferred transfer targets, which will be a setback to building on what has been achieved so far. If Chelsea win on Saturday, I'll be moving to the 'not very disappointed at all' camp.
It's only natural to feel disappointed when a target that was (or at least appeared to be) achievable without too much difficulty isn't met, but 'success' and 'failure' are always relative to context. It's why Leicester fans in fifthwill be feeling worse than us if we both qualify, why Villa are ecstatic at finishing 10 places below us and why the PL runners-up probably feel they've had a poor season. We base our expectations on what we have now, not what we would have been happy to have two or three seasons ago. We didn't cut our wrists on here when we were in L1, we just considered each game as it came and supported the team as best we could while we were in it. That's what will happen next season too, with or without European football, but for now I don't see why we can't vent a bit for missing out on QR2 qualification and putting our European fate in Chelsea's hands. If nothing else, it will pass the time until Saturday.
