[Football] Would you take England winning the World Cup...But Brighton get relegated

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Seagull Mags

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Well...?

I think I would. To see England win a world cup in my lifetime would be unbelievable, plus an outside chance Brighton could bounce straight back!

 

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DTES

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• Jan 18, 2018

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No.

I would take Brighton surviving but England losing to Panama en route to another humiliating group stage exit.

 

Goldstone Rapper

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Yes. Relegations and promotions come and go.

 

Icy Gull

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Nope I’d take England not winning a game and Albion staying up though. Having said that I have seen England win the World Cup.

 

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BensGrandad

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No England are a 2nd concern of mine possibly even 3rd in football terms I am fortunate enough to have seen us win the World Cup I am not sure that we benefited by it long term.

 

Jack Daniels

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Seagull Mags said:

Well...?

I think I would. To see England win a world cup in my lifetime would be unbelievable, plus an outside chance Brighton could bounce straight back!

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No. England hasnt been viable entainment for many years now. Players dont want to risk club careers for international football.

Club football takes priority.

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Dorset Seagull

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• Jan 18, 2018

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Nope. Been there done that seen a World Cup final win

 

The Antikythera Mechanism

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No, the FA and the current England team are an irrelevance.

 

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Gazz15

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Yep, but I think England have a 5% chance, Albion have nearer a 70% chance the way things are!

 

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Richy_Seagull

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I wouldn't take a world cup win over 3 points for the Albion let-alone bloody relegation.

 

grubbyhands

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• Jan 18, 2018

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No,I saw them do it,albeit on TV, aged 8. Albion to stay up and that's it. I doubt we'll get beyond the group stages TBH. ( England that is )

 

LowKarate

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Pointless thread.
How old are you? No-one over the age of 10 has any interest / expectation for England to win (and I've spent good money following England abroad, so I am well-placed to comment).

This is an Albion site for Albion people. We'll have no England here

 

TSB

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• Jan 18, 2018

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Richy_Seagull said:

I wouldn't take a world cup win over 3 points for the Albion let-alone bloody relegation.

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Yep. This. Entirely this.

 

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Brovion

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Seagull Mags said:

Well...?

I think I would. To see England win a world cup in my lifetime would be unbelievable, plus an outside chance Brighton could bounce straight back!

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Yes. I saw the 1966 win (on TV, not live) and if someone had told me then that we'd never even get close to winning it again I wouldn't have believed them. Brighton have been up and down umpteen times in the same period - and we'll get relegated again at some point so we might as well swap it for an England win!


BTW it's a good and fair question, but be warned: as you've only been an NSC member for about 18 months and only have a hundred posts you will get some pig-shit thick people on this thread calling you a 'Palace Troll' for even daring to suggest it. (It's what happened to another newbie who asked an equally-valid question about TB selling to rich foreigners). Just ignore them.

 

Eeyore

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Yes.

 

Audax

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Nope. As much as I have English heritage, I'm too much an Aussie born and bred to be able to support England. Brighton is my adopted home (even if I live in Uckfield now), so comes before anything collectively "England" or "UK".

 

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BensGrandad

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I think that the vast majority who saw 1966 will vote no but I can understand younger people thinking differently as World Cup wins are few and far between promotion and relegation happens yearly.

 

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• Jan 18, 2018

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LowKarate said:

Pointless thread.
How old are you? No-one over the age of 10 has any interest / expectation for England to win (and I've spent good money following England abroad, so I am well-placed to comment).

This is an Albion site for Albion people. We'll have no England here

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BBassic

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Nope, I don't give a single shiny f**k about the national team.

 

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Farehamseagull

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• Jan 18, 2018

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No. Club first every time.

Being honest, I love my club but I'm just not that bothered about England anymore. I can't wait for the world cup but not particularly because I'm excited about England doing well, I just love the event and watching different nations and new players.

I would like England to win it but even the thought of that unlikely event doesn't get me that worked up compared to the thought of possibly beating Southampton in a couple of weeks. Honestly, I would happily take England never appearing in a world cup again if it meant we got the 3 points at St Mary's.