If We Could Only Beat The Baggies Once This Week...

[ozzjim]

Relegation would massively taint a cup win imo.

No problem 17th and cup win.

Don't see us winning either game tbh.

We will win 1 draw 1. No idea which, but I think we will win Tuesday, as they will have the cup game in their mind.

[pauliewalnuts]

I'd definitely take the league win, I'm afraid.

It is just too important not to get relegated.

If the question were about "a season in the championship" then the answer might be different. It isn't, though, there's no guarantee we'd come straight back.

[Damo70]

I am a pessimistic optimist who worries. I am concerned about how we will cope with 46 Championship games and a run to the Europa League final.

[Drummond]

Why the league? So many people are saying it. There's no glory in a few quid.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

When you add in the equation of new owners if we stay up it's a no brainer. Being relegated and knowing the board will give Sherwood time to get us out of there is a very frightening thought.

[KRS]

A win in either game would be more than welcome at this stage.

Would an appearance at Wembley be good for our players given the state of things in the league? I suppose it would depend on which way the result went of that game if there was any positive or negative impact on league form.

The flipside to losing the cup game is that we'd never hear the end of it in the history of Midlands football...it would be in the record books and would be pulled out by the gloating inbreds at every opportunity until they crawl back into their holes when the natural balance of football is restored. Do we really want to hand Baggies an appearance at Wembley in an FA Cup Semi Final?

We need to win both, but if we can avoid relegation regardless of the result on Tuesday, then the Cup game has more significance in the grand scheme of things and history of the clubs.

[Steve67]

Even if we beat them to claim three points, we have to sustain the momentum and win a few more games. Win both, fuck it!!

[Louzie0]

Even if we beat them to claim three points, we have to sustain the momentum and win a few more games. Win both, fuck it!!

That's the spirit!

[Damo70]

A win in either game would be more than welcome at this stage.

Would an appearance at Wembley be good for our players given the state of things in the league? I suppose it would depend on which way the result went of that game if there was any positive or negative impact on league form.

The flipside to losing the cup game is that we'd never hear the end of it in the history of Midlands football...it would be in the record books and would be pulled out by the gloating inbreds at every opportunity until they crawl back into their holes when the natural balance of football is restored. Do we really want to hand Baggies an appearance at Wembley in an FA Cup Semi Final?

We need to win both, but if we can avoid relegation regardless of the result on Tuesday, then the Cup game has more significance in the grand scheme of things and history of the clubs.

I'm not sure a cup defeat matters any more than a league defeat unless they go on to win the trophy. Especially in our current situation.

[amfy]

I'd take the cup match if it came first, but I am worried that losing the league game would send morale so far through the floor that we'd have no chance of winning the cup game anyway (if it isn't there already). So if this is a grounded in reality question, I have to take the league game.

However, on the other hand, If it wasn't for the order we play the games in, I would take the cup every time. Partially because there's still 10 other games to pull the league round, partially because I don't think we'll pull it round in the league anyway, and partially because once I get over the initial shock, I don't really care whether we're in The Premier League or not, or whether we 'come straight back'. I will still be watching Aston Villa play someone else each week, I'm not that bothered whether the other team are Man United or Macclesfield, I'm there to watch my team - and I'd be watching us with a great memory of us winning the FA Cup.

[Ian.]

I'll take the FA Cup game if I had to choose.

[Damo70]

I'd take the cup match if it came first, but I am worried that losing the league game would send morale so far through the floor that we'd have no chance of winning the cup game anyway (if it isn't there already). So if this is a grounded in reality question, I have to take the league game.

However, on the other hand, If it wasn't for the order we play the games in, I would take the cup every time. Partially because there's still 10 other games to pull the league round, partially because I don't think we'll pull it round in the league anyway, and partially because once I get over the initial shock, I don't really care whether we're in The Premier League or not, or whether we 'come straight back'. I will still be watching Aston Villa play someone else each week, I'm not that bothered whether the other team are Man United or Macclesfield, I'm there to watch my team - and I'd be watching us with a great memory of us winning the FA Cup.

I like your spirit but you made a big jump there from winning a quarter final to winning the cup. My logic is based on really, really not wanting to go down and also thinking we won't win the cup even if we beat Albion.

[olaftab]

If it's once than cup game definitely for me.

[amfy]

We're definitely not going to win it if we don't win the quarter final!

This team have turned out some surprising performances against 'big' clubs over the past few years, even when all around it has been shite. (Although less so recently - but it's the same players, and they are showing the odd sign of 'playing' recently)

Our cup performances this season have also been far better than the surrounding shite. (Mostly against worse opposition, but at least we remembered where the goal was)

Teams who are relegation fodder have beaten better teams to win trophies before, which is why we end up having this conversation about winning the cup coming at the cost of relegation, because we think it was somehow that that sent teams like Blues and Wigan down. It wasn't - they went down because they were shite, they stayed down because they were shite, but they still won a cup.

I want to win a cup!

[Nastylee]

League. Getting to the semi or even the final will only end in disappointment when we're drawn against a proper team and all we'll have is the consolation of a doomed relegation battle to fall back on.