I take your point, and you are right to a large degree, though I don't think KLP will see it as a waste of time.
He's had a 46 game season, and he's got a big move likely this summer. I don't think it makes sense to drag him around Europe when he could be on the beach.
Because they're all competitive games too and we need to win 2 out of 3 to qualify along with him clearly being at the bottom of the pecking order he probably won't get a chance until the last game as long as it's a dead rubber.