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FA cup or 4th place?

  • 10-05-2004 11:29pm
    #1
    eirebhoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,013 ✭✭✭✭


    We all know that the FA cup isn't what its used to be but teams are still remembered for winning trophies. Even so, I'd say most people (with the exception of the current top 3 teams' supporters) would prefer their team to come 4th and qualify for the CL.

    What would you prefer?

    FA cup or 4th place? 15 votes

    FA Cup
    0% 0 votes
    4th Spot
    60% 9 votes
    Arsenal, Chelsea, ManU fans - Click me!
    40% 6 votes


Comments

  • #2
    NightStrike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 505 ✭✭✭NightStrike


    It's a tricky one really. I mean ask someone like Wayne Rooney or Alan Smith and they'd prob say fourth place cause of the whole Champions League thing and the excitement etc of playing in that competition. Then there's all the cash that goes along with it. But when you look back on your career you don't want to be bringing out old tables and saying look I was on a side that finished fourth, you want to be able to whip out old medals of wins.

    Bet Shearer is a bit gutted he never went to Utd that time. He only has a single medal to show for his whole glorious career, even if it is the Premiership


  • #3
    Dustaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,046 ✭✭✭Dustaz


    FA Cup every time.


    Its far better to have a winners medal than qualify for a group stage of a competition that you dont have a hope of winning.

    Obviously the aim for the club is to qualify for the CL but as a supporter theres something much nicer about Winning the fa cup when nothing else has gone right...

    .....As United fans are discovering this season


  • #4
    DMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    Shearer is the best example.

    Winners medals are what you remember your career for, and what the fans remember you for. One lone Premiership medal is not a lot to him. He is one that would take an FA Cup medal more than 4th.

    "Oh I was 4th in the Premiership a few times" ain't exactly something to revel in. It is for the short-term; 4th means a chance of milking the cash cow that is the Champions League, but its not that great an accomplishment long-term (unless you can build on that and get to 1st or 2nd in a few years)

    Trophies are remembered, 4th place is not.


  • #5
    bucks73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,905 ✭✭✭bucks73


    No-one remembers who came fourth in a certain year but FA cup winners will go down in history.


  • #6
    kida
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,456 ✭✭✭kida


    Short Term - CL place means more.
    The FA cup is more prestigous and will be remembered for a long time(especially if its a cracker or an upset)

    How many years back can you remember the top 3/4?


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