View Full Version : Wigan - what would you have preferred
Eric the Half a Bee
29-04-15, 08:17
Back in 2013 when Wigan won the FA cup, commentator Clive Tyldesley summised that winning the trophy was more important than Premier league survival as they'd surely be back soon.
I disagreed at the time, simply due to the low success rate of teams going down and managing to go straight back up. It was a question not too dissimilar to ours in 2008 when we debated whether we would rather promotion or win the FA cup. From what I remember there was a slight preference for promotion.
2 years on for Wigan, if you asked their fans would they have preferred to have stayed up in 2013 instead of winning the cup, would it be safe to assume the majority would now have happily given up the cup?
FA cup all day long for me, even the league cup
no one cares if you were in the prem for a season, but recent cup winners http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/thumbup.gif
Don Corleone
29-04-15, 08:29
FA cup all day long for me, even the league cup I'm pretty sure we would all swap our one season of premier league football for the FA cup win over Portsmouth in 2008
Optimistic Nick
29-04-15, 08:32
Cup win. I don't want to just survive, I want to win things. The Premier League is a closed shop and will be for the next decade or so - I'd rather win a competition than prove that I could survive as a small fish in a boring division.
FA cup for me. Losing to pompey still haunts me, being a shit championship club doesn't
FA cup all day long for me, even the league cup
no one cares if you were in the prem for a season, but recent cup winners http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/thumbup.gif Agree http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/thumbup.gif http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/thumbup.gif http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/thumbup.gif http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/thumbup.gif
Wigan have only had one disaster of a season, we've had two or three.
Wigan have only had one disaster of a season, we've had two or three. Really?
FA cup for me. Losing to pompey still haunts me, being a shit championship club doesn't The high of winning the FA Cup (or even winning the pelanties against Liverpool) would be a far bigger feeling than the low of getting relegated. Relegation really wasn't that bad - maybe as it was pretty much guaranteed in February.
i would have prefered to have won the league cup against Liverpool if i am honest
Wigan have only had one disaster of a season, we've had two or three.
Really?Off the pitch: Wigan 2-0 City
Wigan have only had one disaster of a season, we've had two or three.
Really?
Wigan relegated but won the cup, Wigan make the play-offs, Wigan relegated with lots of stories about off the pitch affairs.So our promotion season was a disaster of a season??
Des Parrot
29-04-15, 09:18
The Villa fans I work with are crapping it. There is no choice for them, they'll forfeit the cup to retain their Premier league place.
Ironically a guy that I work with who is a Watford fan, is not renewing because they have been promoted as he doesn't like the Premiership and it falsehoods.
The Villa fans I work with are crapping it. There is no choice for them, they'll forfeit the cup to retain their Premier league place.There's probably a dozen clubs max for whom staying in the top division is more important than winning a cup. I'd say Villa are on one side of that and someone like Newcastle is just on the other. Having been relegated recently and seeing it wasn't so bad, I reckon lots of their fans would take finally winning a trophy.
anyone who says they would rather win the cup is selfish.
hypocrites mun, the money in the premier league is bonkers,
and it is the survival of the club that should come first.
noooo
not Cardiff fans, "we`d rather be blue and go back to league 1 than be red in the premier league",
that's what you were all saying at the time.
now Tans given you what you all want and hardly anyone wants to renew.
im off to support Barry town united next season,
Cardiff city... joke of a club, joking supporters
anyone who says they would rather win the cup is selfish.How many football league clubs have gone bust in the last 20 years?
anyone who says they would rather win the cup is selfish. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/malky.gif
For the fans it has to be a cup win, for the owners and board members who are just passing through it would be the riches of the premier league.
anyone who says they would rather win the cup is selfish.
hypocrites mun, the money in the premier league is bonkers,Abertawe Town, twice. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif
Bobby_The_Bhoy
29-04-15, 09:51
anyone who says they would rather win the cup is selfish.
hypocrites mun, the money in the premier league is bonkers,
and it is the survival of the club that should come first.R 2 B http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/ayatollah.gif http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/ayatollah.gif
anyone who says they would rather win the cup is selfish.
hypocrites mun, the money in the premier league is bonkers,Ok. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/shrug.gif
FA Cup win every time. People remember Cup winners but not Premier League winners. Even winning the League Cup would have been more important to me than that season we had in the Premier which was a barrel load of shit.
Optimistic Nick
29-04-15, 10:28
Ironically a guy that I work with who is a Watford fan, is not renewing because they have been promoted as he doesn't like the Premiership and it falsehoods.This is more common than some people realise.
Riled Taff
29-04-15, 11:00
The Villa fans I work with are crapping it. There is no choice for them, they'll forfeit the cup to retain their Premier league place.
Ironically a guy that I work with who is a Watford fan, is not renewing because they have been promoted as he doesn't like the Premiership and it falsehoods.Villa last got relegated in the late eighties.
The Villa fans I work with are crapping it. There is no choice for them, they'll forfeit the cup to retain their Premier league place.
Ironically a guy that I work with who is a Watford fan, is not renewing because they have been promoted as he doesn't like the Premiership and it falsehoods.
I guess it's probably different for Villa. Their fans will remember winning cups (even though it's only the league cup in the 90s if they're under 40) and their long record in the top division is better than anyone other than Everton. Villa were around before those whippersnappers from the Woolwich arsenal came along
The Villa fans I work with are crapping it. There is no choice for them, they'll forfeit the cup to retain their Premier league place.
Ironically a guy that I work with who is a Watford fan, is not renewing because they have been promoted as he doesn't like the Premiership and it falsehoods.
I guess it's probably different for Villa. Their fans will remember winning cups (even though it's only the league cup in the 90s if they're under 40) and their long record in the top division is better than anyone other than Everton. Apology accepted. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/Dsmile.gif
anyone who says they would rather win the cup is selfish.Typical Man Utd supporter response. Money is all that matters.
anyone who says they would rather win the cup is selfish.Will you have time to watch Barry town what with Man U being on the tele so often http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/sherlock.gif
tigerbaybluebird
29-04-15, 11:29
It's all about the money so it's premier league for me http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/thumbup.gif
I had no problems finding a stream once I sold my ticket for good money against top teams I.e Liverpool, man Utd etc etc
Bobby_The_Bhoy
29-04-15, 12:48
It's all about the money so it's premier league for me http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/thumbup.gif at least you could still see the stadium from your window http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/thumbup.gif
Jimmy the Jock
29-04-15, 12:53
It's all about the money so it's premier league for me http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/thumbup.gif
I had no problems finding a stream once I sold my ticket for good money against top teams I.e Liverpool, man Utd etc etc And feel the same atmosphere.
Bobby_The_Bhoy
29-04-15, 12:56
It's all about the money so it's premier league for me http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/thumbup.gif
I had no problems finding a stream once I sold my ticket for good money against top teams I.e Liverpool, man Utd etc etc
at least you could still see the stadium from your window http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/thumbup.gif http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif
Jimmy the Jock
29-04-15, 12:58
anyone who says they would rather win the cup is selfish.You said yourself you were struggling to press the button on the remote they were so shit.
Cup win all day long, said so at the time of each final and nothing has changed. It was nice to do it, i.e. finally make the premier league but it will always be a cup, particularly the way we lost both finals. I feel Portsmouth were there for the taking but we weren't brave enough and the Liverpool final we just simply should have won, not for the balance of play but Liverpool were poor, we played above ourselves and that Miller chance and the two liverpool missed penalties in the shootout and not taking advantage leave a strong sense of missing something.
The Bob Banker Spanker
29-04-15, 17:21
Cup win all day long, said so at the time of each final and nothing has changed. It was nice to do it, i.e. finally make the premier league but it will always be a cup, particularly the way we lost both finals. I feel Portsmouth were there for the taking but we weren't brave enough and the Liverpool final we just simply should have won, not for the balance of play but Liverpool were poor, we played above ourselves and that Miller chance and the two liverpool missed penalties in the shootout and not taking advantage leave a strong sense of missing something.I genuinely thought we were going to beat Liverpool as the 90 went on, they wee poor that day.
Cup win all day long, said so at the time of each final and nothing has changed. It was nice to do it, i.e. finally make the premier league but it will always be a cup, particularly the way we lost both finals. I feel Portsmouth were there for the taking but we weren't brave enough and the Liverpool final we just simply should have won, not for the balance of play but Liverpool were poor, we played above ourselves and that Miller chance and the two liverpool missed penalties in the shootout and not taking advantage leave a strong sense of missing something.
Spot on.I was weeing strong that day. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif
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