Carl Sagan Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 If it came down to one or the other, which would you prefer? Anyone who says "both" is a red! Edit: What happened to my poll? Mods! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 If it came down to one or the other, which would you prefer? Anyone who says "both" is a red! seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireRam Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Promotion absolutely no doubt there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Promotion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 FA Cup. Anyone who says anything else is short-sighted. We won the FA Cup in 1946 but can anyone tell me about any of our promotions into the first division before 1968-69? History doesn't remember them. And aside from that, I wouldn't want to give Sky the satisfaction of saying "promotion" either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 FA Cup We've been promoted to the top flight three times in my time of following the Rams. We've never won the Cup in all that time. How could anyone turn down winning something that we've only ever won once before in our 125+ year existence?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 FA cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 How could anyone turn down winning something that we've only ever won once before in our 125+ year existence?! I don't know, I really, really don't know. This one completely stumps me if I'm honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 FA Cup .....and promotion next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Capital One Cup is better than both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derby_Dave Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Tough one but winning the FA cup would be truly epic. Got to look at it realistic, promotion is a distinct possibility this season. Is winning the cup? I would take the cup all day and have another go at promotion next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 As a club it has to be promotion. Good players will come to a PL side, not a side who won the FA Cup in the previous year. We'd most likely lose McClaren and possibly some key players. Failing to go up and just winning an FA Cup would almost certainly see him poached, and it would be a good way for him to leave too. Although an FA Cup win would be fantastic I'm looking at the hypothetical question in a way that benefits us as a club long term instead of me personally at a single moment. Look at Stoke, promotion then FA Cup final. Okay they lost it but as a club they're in a stable position and them reaching another cup final wouldn't be a massive shock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derby_Dave Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 That is a far too sensible answer which has no place here thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Obviously for the benefit and growth of the club, promotion. But for the fans, clearly an FA Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 I'm torn. And I wrote out the two poll options but they didn't appear? Grrrr. If we win the FA Cup and qualify for Europe, might we not keep McClaren and the key players? Despite a decent historic FA Cup record, in my lifetime there's only been the one semifinal, when we were favourites for the double and defeat pretty much destroyed the club. Let's go down in history and put something in the trophy cabinet for the first time in four decades! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 FA Cup. Its winning something ffs. The accounts dept would prefer promotion. Sky would. But it'd never b forgot if we won it. Would Wigan fans really swap for one more season of being mince in the pl before going down anyway? They won it. Its like arsenal final shnh 4th for however many years...woop wooop.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombo Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 For the long term prestige of the club, FA Cup. Has to be. Something we'd see once and probably never see again in our lifetime. The Cup might have diminished in worth a bit over the years but it's still the FA Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanRam Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 FA Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 For the long term prestige of the club, FA Cup. Has to be. Something we'd see once and probably never see again in our lifetime. The Cup might have diminished in worth a bit over the years but it's still the FA Cup. But that's the problem. Everyone is talking long term legacy. But all history will say is that we were the little championship team who could. 'Remember when Derby won the cup, whatever happened to them anyway'? If we don't get promoted this season, I really fear for us maintaining our momentum next year. Whereas if we get promoted this year, I think we really have it in us to become an established premier league team, for who regular cup runs and maybe a win or two would not be out if the question. Not mention, a European campaign next season might screw us like it has done for Wigan. I'd take glorious defeat in the final. Promotion. Establish ourselves in the premier league next season. And then go for the lot the season after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 To put it another way, it would be an amazing day out if we won the cup. But it was an amazing day out when we beat WBA at wembley. Was the long term legacy of that day really worth that one good day though? Whereas losing at Wembley in summer was a crushing disappointment, but providing we get promoted this season, the ultimate legacy of that loss could be much more positive than the one we won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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