Crystal Palace were well beaten on Sunday afternoon by a Bournemouth side flying towards European football. But it was the team selection made by Oliver Glasner that suggested that even he is all in on the Conference League now.
It has been a season full of ups and downs for Palace.
Starting off with yet more Wembley success in the Community Shield and then flying high in the Premier League, notably beating Aston Villa 3-0 away from home.
Then there was a blip in their form and Marc Guehi departed to join Manchester City.
Oliver Glasner announced he was off and there has been speculation about both Adam Wharton and Maxence Lacroix departing this summer too.
But then came the resurgence, a bit of form either side of the international break in the league to remove any real fears of relegation and of course, dispatching Fiorentina 3-0 in the first leg of the Conference League quarter-final.
A 2-1 defeat in Florence saw them through 4-2 on aggregate, and then they went to Krakow and put on a real show when defeating Shakhtar Donetsk 3-1.
So when returning to the Premier League and facing a Bournemouth side in title winning form (they have not lost since January 3), it was perhaps understandable that Glasner opted to rest some of his key performers.
It is safe to say that those who stepped up in place of the likes of Tyrick Mitchell, Wharton, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Ismaila Sarr did not cover themselves in glory.
Palace found themselves a goal down after just 10 minutes when Jefferson Lerma scored an own goal and Junior Kroupi’s penalty in the 32nd minute effectively put an end to proceedings.
There was still time for Rayan to score a brilliant goal 13 minutes from time but from a Palace point of view, the game was almost up before it had even begun.
What that told me at least was that Glasner is all-in on the Conference League, which of course Palace are just two games away from lifting.
They hold a significant advantage over Shakhtar for the home leg on Thursday night and should they get through that challenge unscathed, will find themselves on the way to Leipzig at the end of the month for the Conference League final.
Do they need to worry at all about the Premier League now?
It is highly unlikely they do to be honest, West Ham are now in 18th spot, seven points behind Palace, who also have a game in hand.
Their goal difference is hugely superior to West Ham’s two and with the Hammers having just three remaining matches for the rest of the season, they will have to win all three of them for Palace to worry.
Considering they face Arsenal next, it seems almost impossible that it will be the case.
Nottingham Forest’s form could see them finish above Palace, but a six-point cushion over Spurs I think, will be enough.
At this stage, I see Palace finishing 16th, and if they go and win the Conference League, nobody will ever look at where they finished again.