[Albion] Win the FA Cup or stay up this season?

[Giraffe]

If you can only have one which would you want?

I know the gut reaction is to say stay up for all the financial reasons, but how often will we win a major trophy?

I'd therefore vote FA Cup.

I understand all the financial issues but we are fans not owners. Surely that is all about the glory. I am pretty confident if we went down that we could get up in a season or two as well.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Do love a good POLL

Stay up, all day long.

 

[JC Footy Genius]

Stay up. We can win the FA Cup next season (or /and qualify for Europe).

 

[Exile]

(Cup final win)

 

[Albion_Dave]

The glory of the FA Cup.

 

[James Bond's body double]

Didn't do Wigan any favours, stay up all day long please.

 

[Seasidesage]

One of the things that holds us back from the next level is our lack of success. Winning a trophy would be more important in the long term than staying up. Oh and then there's europe...

 

[HalfaSeatOn]

Like comparing; blowing it on a massively one-off expensive memorable party or live well over longer term. Depends what you value. Latter for me.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

One million percent to win the FA Cup.

To win the FA CUP would mean our boys had pulled off one of the biggest shocks in football history. We should be 100/1 to win the FA Cup - we have no realistic chance of beating 3, or even 2, big clubs in a row and away from The Amex. If we did it then it would be immense. The only danger is I might not be there to see it as I don't like spending a lot of money going to games I expect us to lose (but that would only be my problem).

If we go down then we will be even money to be back up again in the PL within 3 years.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Didn't we do this last week?

 

[Is it PotG?]

Didn't we do this last week?

...and the week before that

 

[Giraffe]

Didn't we do this last week?

...and the week before that

I must have missed it!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Voted Stay Up.

Would also have happily voted Shut The F*ck Up About 1983. Seriously WELL past the Get Over It Date. By about a generation or two.

 

[Hamilton]

Tough one. Tempted to say stay up, but who wants survival as a perennial goal.

Cup Final win it is!

 

[Gabbafella]

I've seen us avoid relegation before.
I've never seen us lift the FA cup, therefore it's European football in the championship for me.

 

[Exile]

I've seen us avoid relegation before.
I've never seen us lift the FA cup, therefore it's European football in the championship for me.

Yep - this.

Apart from anything else, the thread on here about loyalty points and ticket unfairness for Rubin Kazan away, will pay for [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] 's next Disney holiday.

 

[BensGrandad]

Stay up. We can win the FA Cup next season (or /and qualify for Europe).

This is the correct answer. If we become established in the Premier a cup will follow at some time in the future. As regards European football is there not a directive that the competing teams must be in their national top league for qualification.

 

[studio150]

I would refer you to my answer given in the numerous previous threads asking exactly the same question

As a word of caution for all those getting carried away with winning the FA Cup, I would suggest you cast your minds back 1981/82 11 First Division teams had been knocked out in the 3rd Round (Manchester United, Arsenal, Swansea, Southampton, Everton, Nottingham Forest, Notts County, Birmingham City, Stoke City, Middlesborough, Wolves) with a further 3 guaranteed to go in Round 4 as playing each other. Therefore a path to the Cup Final was looking possible.

Result dumped out at home 0-3 by a team in the 3rd Division who failed to get promoted that season

 

[Magic Sponge]

Stay up.
If we got to the cup final we would only question where the money had gone :

 

[Is it PotG?]

Psssst....City, Utd, Spurs and Chelsea + others are still in. We are NOT going to win the FA Cup this season.

There, secret shared.