Stoke game - play a full strength side?

[Brovion]

I can't disagree as I'm not a clairvoyant. Any other season since I started watching the Albion, I'd have been salivating at our current cup run, but I have never wanted a promotion as badly as I want this one. Not even when we went up to the 1st, promotion this year could see amazing things happening. I accept I could be wrong, in fact I hope I am,but I can see this cup running coming back to bite us. I'd rather we weren't still in it..there I've said it, bad fan

Fair enough, it's all about opinions. But just out of interest, why do you want promotion so badly this year? I would have said that that this is the only season in our history where it doesn't matter if we get promoted or relegated.

 

[Icy Gull]

Fair enough, it's all about opinions. But just out of interest, why do you want promotion so badly this year? I would have said that that this is the only season in our history where it doesn't matter if we get promoted or relegated.

Simple, miss promotion and Poyet and our best players will be off..again just imo. Poyet is MUCH too good to spend another season in League 1 regardless of whether we have the Amex.

 

[olliwarne]

Haha It's time to dream....

Simple, miss promotion and Poyet and our best players will be off..again just imo. Poyet is MUCH too good to spend another season in League 1 regardless of whether we have the Amex.

yes and if we go up we have the boost of the new stadium, which could help us become a strong or atleast mid table championship side. This could be vital to maintain our position in thr Championship and not go down again after 2-3 seasons.

 

[drew]

Did you never wonder if that Cup run cost us our place in the top division and how different our subsequent history might have been but for that very enjoyable few games and two trips to Wembley?

I really do believe that with our small squad a win against Stoke could cost us promotion, especially if we then drew one of the big boys and cup fever could affect the way players approach league matches on the run up to the game..

No. We were destined for relegation as we got rid of Mike Bailey, unpopular but effective, and we had Melia picking the team, allegedly. Who knows what would have happened had we kept Bailey or even if Bamber hadn't undermined Mullery causing him to rashley resign. Whatever happened, I would still take relegation and a cup final rather then perennially clinging on and never getting to Wembley.