I was looking at a board the other day and surprisingly it seemed a hell of a lot of people, given the choice of promotion vs. cup took the option of cup.
[cite]Posted By: WSS[/cite]I was looking at a board the other day and surprisingly it seemed a hell of a lot of people, given the choice of promotion vs. cup took the option of cup.
Nice to know there are still some decent people around. In the same posistion I'd say the same. Not very likely to have the choice though.....
They will never get a better chance to win the FA Cup - they should make it the absolute priority. Anyone who thinks getting promotion is better than winning the FA Cup is a loon.
I actually have a suspicion that WBA might fall out of the play offs, they have game sin hand but theres no guarantee they'll win them, and everyone else seems to be sneaking up on them.
[cite]Posted By: Salad[/cite]They will never get a better chance to win the FA Cup - they should make it the absolute priority.
Anyone who thinks getting promotion is better than winning the FA Cup is a loon.
Exactly. They'll probably never have a better chance to win the cup and get into Europe, whereas if they get promotion they'll be straight back down the year after anyway.
I have to wonder if playing two thirds of their games away will effect them positively or negatively. We forget that it is only our home support with massive expectations. This is their 2nd season in the Champs and they still haven't got it right despite 2 managers, a decent turnover of employees and good crowds.
If they miss out this year, the parachute money ends and they will be faced with selling their best players.
The Cup run has become a bit of a rope around their neck but it now appears to take all the focus, and the media will keep it that way at least until the semi's in a few weeks.
Perhaps playing away will help them but their record is no better than ours.
Its got to be the cup. That's an achievement that will stay on their honours record forever more. A promotion will only only really be remembered by the diehard fans, especially in a few years after successive relegations and promotions.
Depends on how their board view their money situation, surely?
If they fail to get promotion, their parachute money is used up before the start of next season and they could easily be financially forced into a player clearout like Palace & Ipswich in recent years.
Ideally for them, they'll be hoping for a famous Double of promotion & FA Cup win.
Let's play our part today in stopping them doing that !
Getting to the FA Cup Final and Europe next year will offset the parachute money they'll lose out on. They have a few injuries and suspensions kicking in that won't help, hopefully their minds will be elsewhere this afternoon.
I reckon a few more maybe not many more BUT we never really do compared to a lot of other teams so unfair to compare us with them I mean the lower had huge holes in it
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Nice to know there are still some decent people around. In the same posistion I'd say the same. Not very likely to have the choice though.....
Anyone who thinks getting promotion is better than winning the FA Cup is a loon.
For supporters FA Cup is better (just).
Exactly. They'll probably never have a better chance to win the cup and get into Europe, whereas if they get promotion they'll be straight back down the year after anyway.
Winning the FA Cup would be amazing.
If they miss out this year, the parachute money ends and they will be faced with selling their best players.
The Cup run has become a bit of a rope around their neck but it now appears to take all the focus, and the media will keep it that way at least until the semi's in a few weeks.
Perhaps playing away will help them but their record is no better than ours.
WBA's goal difference is worth another point. Nobody else comes close.
I don't think it's a problem for West Brom though. I think that they will go up automatically regardless of what they do in the cup.
If they fail to get promotion, their parachute money is used up before the start of next season and they could easily be financially forced into a player clearout like Palace & Ipswich in recent years.
Ideally for them, they'll be hoping for a famous Double of promotion & FA Cup win.
Let's play our part today in stopping them doing that !
Small turnout Bank Hol pushing for promotion thought you would have sold out the away end EASY
I mean the lower had huge holes in it
Yes thats why you cant compare as we are not normal LOL