bealios Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 At our lowest lowest ever point we were only threatened with relegation from the (now) Championship. Football has changed massively since then. If we ever went that low again we would be bought. We've got a hardcore fan base of about 30k. We would never drop lower for any length of time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I've decided that I would take relegation the following season if it meant winning a cup the season before. I'd have to be allowed to bask in it for a little bit first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Honestly don't know which one I'd pick. Winning a trophy is almost beyond my imagination. It would be amazing but relegation is hideous and every season of second-tier football is a complete waste of time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 At our lowest lowest ever point we were only threatened with relegation from the (now) Championship. Football has changed massively since then. If we ever went that low again we would be bought. We've got a hardcore fan base of about 30k. We would never drop lower for any length of time. DIRTY LEEDS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Honestly don't know which one I'd pick. Winning a trophy is almost beyond my imagination. It would be amazing but relegation is hideous and every season of second-tier football is a complete waste of time. This season was a waste of time, the Championship season was great and I got on about 25% better with my girlfriend during that time period. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 At our lowest lowest ever point we were only threatened with relegation from the (now) Championship. Football has changed massively since then. If we ever went that low again we would be bought. We've got a hardcore fan base of about 30k. We would never drop lower for any length of time. DIRTY LEEDS Dirty Leeds were absolutely fucked financially with players practically bought on HP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 At our lowest lowest ever point we were only threatened with relegation from the (now) Championship. Football has changed massively since then. If we ever went that low again we would be bought. We've got a hardcore fan base of about 30k. We would never drop lower for any length of time. DIRTY LEEDS Dirty Leeds were absolutely fucked financially with players practically bought on HP. Yep like we were ran under Big Fred Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 It would have been 'nice' for us to have won a cup in the season we were relegated just like Wigan and Birmingham did. They got a consolation. We got nothing. As of now, I'd take Premier League survival over the FA Cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 The same Leeds who have been further in the cup and had more Wembley appearances than we have since they went down. It's not all bad. If they hadn't been snapped up by succession of massive bellends they probably have done a fair bit better in the CCC too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Unless we are talking a relegation that spells financial disaster and the possible end of our club as we know it, then its a no brainier for me. To all the people who would rather see us stay up, for what end? We are never going to challenge for the league, the best thing our club can hope for is to be winning trophies every now and then. We have not won a trophy for 44 years. Another 20 or so and we will be talking about a whole generation of fans never seeing us do anything significant. Very surprised by the poll. http://i.imgur.com/0GQ1rjt.png I know I am obviously missing something, but wtf is that? Fook knows. I'm going for melted cheese. We dids melted cheese. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 :sweetjesus" Chicken with rib meat! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 My heart wants to say the FA Cup but my head is telling me PL survival. Winning a trophy would be a truly magnificent event to see in my lifetime but winning it at the expense of top flight football would seem to be a hollow victory... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bert Shaft Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Wigan fan on Sky tonight (that's the same Wigan Athletic that only entered the Football League in 1978) said she'd sacrifice the FA Cup win to have six points and guarantee Premier League survival. Batshit mental IMO. Complete f***ing no-brainer to me. I'd take relegation to see us win the Cup. Any day. Anyone disagree? Yeah, all the football club owners. The Premier League is king and all that! Fans want trophies, Owners want the lolly! Unfortunately these days, finishing 4th is a bigger honour to club owners (and managers such as Wenger) than winning a piddly little cup as we will all see on Sunday when the self created Sky footballing honour is fought for between the big 3 London clubs.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubblyDubblyDubbly Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 My heart wants to say the FA Cup but my head is telling me PL survival. Winning a trophy would be a truly magnificent event to see in my lifetime but winning it at the expense of top flight football would seem to be a hollow victory... If it means 7 more years of Pards and the sh*te we've been served up this season ?. Don't think I need to spell it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Cup, all day long. When will we ever win this joke of a league anyway? I know people would be wary about the consequences relegation brings, but since when have we ever been picky about winning cups at this club?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 My heart wants to say the FA Cup but my head is telling me PL survival. Winning a trophy would be a truly magnificent event to see in my lifetime but winning it at the expense of top flight football would seem to be a hollow victory... If it means 7 more years of Pards and the sh*te we've been served up this season ?. Don't think I need to spell it out. Well you've made up a whole new scenario there tbf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 My heart wants to say the FA Cup but my head is telling me PL survival. Winning a trophy would be a truly magnificent event to see in my lifetime but winning it at the expense of top flight football would seem to be a hollow victory... If it means 7 more years of Pards and the sh*te we've been served up this season ?. Don't think I need to spell it out. Well you've made up a whole new scenario there tbf Sneaky bastard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Survival every day of the week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Maybe it's because I'm not English and I "just don't get it", but I find the cup competitions to be rather pointless. Yeah they're cute n' all and get you into the Europa. But you can hardly argue the FA Cup is as important today as it was 50 years ago. Winning the league (and CL should it become relevant) should be the ultimate priority and nothing should compromise that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Maybe it's because I'm not English and I "just don't get it", but I find the cup competitions to be rather pointless. Yeah they're cute n' all and get you into the Europa. But you can hardly argue the FA Cup is as important today as it was 50 years ago. Winning the league (and CL should it become relevant) should be the ultimate priority and nothing should compromise that. Yes but the problem with the league is that only a 5th of the league have a chance of winning it unlike franchised sports leagues. Thats why cup competitions are vitally important still. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I'd take survival. Not only would winning the cup be somewhat dampened by the relegation, but what about long term when the joy wears off? What if we can't get out of the lower leagues for years like so many teams before us? Winning a cup would be absolutely amazing and a dream for all of us obviously, but I wouldn't take it over the potential future well being of the club. For me when you're in the Premier League you should have a much better advantage over teams in the football league and lower in terms of trying to win a cup, obviously for us we've had both bad luck and bad managers which have mean't we've gone without, but we got to finals since we last won it and our luck can change. Our chances of winning anything while in the lower leagues are much harder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Maybe it's because I'm not English and I "just don't get it", but I find the cup competitions to be rather pointless. Yeah they're cute n' all and get you into the Europa. But you can hardly argue the FA Cup is as important today as it was 50 years ago. Winning the league (and CL should it become relevant) should be the ultimate priority and nothing should compromise that. They're about as likely as me shagging Eva Mendes though. We either want to win something realistic or I don't really see the point. If our ultimate goal is just to qualify for Europe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Our chances of winning anything while in the lower leagues are much harder. They haven't improved much since being in the PL either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Another way to look at it: winning the FA Cup would not be enough to overcome the horrendous bitching and moaning that would occupy this forum upon relegation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Another way to look at it: winning the FA Cup would not be enough to overcome the horrendous bitching and moaning that would occupy this forum upon relegation. This place was great in Championship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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