Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: AV84 on April 02, 2025, 09:55:48 PM
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What do you think?
As things stand right now, we can win the FA Cup and qualify for Europa League, but we finish outside European spots in the league.
Or...
We lose the SF and QF, but finish 5th in the league?
What are you taking?
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FA Cup trumps everything for me.
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Obviously, a trophy. No?
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FA Cup trumps everything for me.
Same.
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My order of preference;
1. Win the Champions League
2. Win the FA Cup
3. Qualify for the Champions League via the league
4. Qualify for the Europa League via the league
5. Qualify for the Conference League via the league
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If I could choose between the trophies I'd choose the European Cup, but we have to win a trophy so clearly winning the FA Cup is better than finishing fifth and winning sod all.
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My order of preference;
1. Win the Champions League
2. Win the FA Cup
3. Qualify for the Champions League via the league
4. Qualify for the Europa League via the league
5. Qualify for the Conference League via the league
Surely 1. should be win both? 🙂
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Finishing 4th, winning the FAC and CL. Time to take everything and stop thinking that at best it's either or.
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I want a trophy.
BUT we need the income that further Champions League qualification brings, this helps with PSR and probably means that we don’t have to sell players to comply.
Such is modern football
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Finishing 4th, winning the FAC and CL. Time to take everything and stop thinking that at best it's either or.
Yep.
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FA Cup option 1000000000%.
Let's have a massive trophy winning parade and then on the booze for all of May bank holiday week.
You don't get that for finishing 5th.
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Irrelevant cos we're winning the CL.
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FA Cup option 1000000000%.
Let's have a massive trophy winning parade and then on the booze for all of May bank holiday week.
You don't get that for finishing 5th.
May Bank Holiday weekend is CL Final!
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FA Cup trumps everything for me.
This.
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I want to see us win the cup while I walk this earth. Now, not next year.
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Whilst I can't see the gods doing any meaningful smiting as a result of this thread, I have a horrible fear that it's making them twitch a bit.
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We have threads like this every year and we always win fuck all. Maybe we should start a thread on how would we like to be disappointed?
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I think that would be for the best.
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I wouldn't like to find out that SE is a Mormon. That would be crushing.
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These questions are pointless.
Why does it have to be either / or?
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Another vote the closing the thread here. I'm tired of these kinds of choices.
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Lighten up, it's just a hypothetical to generate a bit of conversation. Ignore the thread if you don't want to be involved in it. It's not like I'm asking you to choose a real outcome.
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Lighten up, it's just a hypothetical to generate a bit of conversation. Ignore the thread if you don't want to be involved in it. It's not like I'm asking you to choose a real outcome.
You're not?
But since I cast my vote, I've already had someone start work on my 'Aston Villa - FA Cup winners 2025' tattoo.
If we don't win now, you're paying to have that removed.
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Lighten up, it's just a hypothetical to generate a bit of conversation. Ignore the thread if you don't want to be involved in it. It's not like I'm asking you to choose a real outcome.
You're not?
But since I cast my vote, I've already had someone start work on my 'Aston Villa - FA Cup winners 2025' tattoo.
If we don't win now, you're paying to have that removed.
I sent a screen shot of the poll to the admin at Football God HQ, so it's definitely happening, don't worry.
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Lighten up, it's just a hypothetical to generate a bit of conversation. Ignore the thread if you don't want to be involved in it. It's not like I'm asking you to choose a real outcome.
Just ignore that bolt of lightning that's destroyed your house because someone started a "how rubbish is lightning" poll on Heroes and Villains. 🙁
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Lighten up, it's just a hypothetical to generate a bit of conversation. Ignore the thread if you don't want to be involved in it. It's not like I'm asking you to choose a real outcome.
You're not?
But since I cast my vote, I've already had someone start work on my 'Aston Villa - FA Cup winners 2025' tattoo.
If we don't win now, you're paying to have that removed.
I sent a screen shot of the poll to the admin at Football God HQ, so it's definitely happening, don't worry.
Phew!
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I want it all (give it to me)
And I want it right now, right now*
*And there was Eamonn thinking he had an exclusivity on posting shit lyrics.
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This is the problem when finishing fifth in the league brings a greater reward than winning the country's premier domestic knockout trophy. It seems absurd at first glance to prefer the former, but it does have a higher yield
Platini said yonks back that a country's FA knockout cup should yield a PL place and I've always agreed
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FA Cup option 1000000000%.
Let's have a massive trophy winning parade and then on the booze for all of May bank holiday week.
You don't get that for finishing 5th.
May Bank Holiday weekend is CL Final!
No it isn't, it's the weekend of the last day of the PL. CL is the weekend after
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Lighten up, it's just a hypothetical to generate a bit of conversation. Ignore the thread if you don't want to be involved in it. It's not like I'm asking you to choose a real outcome.
I'll never understand why people have to explain the old 'it isn't either or' on an hypothetical question, like people aren't aware that we can actually do it all. Mad bastards that aren't choosing FA Cup and Europa League, though.
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Let’s just hope we continue our fine form for the remainder of the season, and why shouldn’t we with the squad looking fit and fresh and players coming into form at the perfect time.
If that happens, this will potentially be the best season we’ve had in 40 odd years.
Massively exciting times.
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The fact these two things are genuine possibilities at the moment too is very exciting. It's a hypothetical question, but both options are genuinely on the table for us.
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If I could choose between the trophies I'd choose the European Cup, but we have to win a trophy so clearly winning the FA Cup is better than finishing fifth and winning sod all.
Agreed.
I think I might die of happiness if we won the European Cup again. Imagine beating RM and Barcelona on the way. Even beating Arse in the semi-final would be tremendous fun (while nowhere near as epic).
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If I could choose between the trophies I'd choose the European Cup, but we have to win a trophy so clearly winning the FA Cup is better than finishing fifth and winning sod all.
Agreed.
I think I might die of happiness if we won the European Cup again. Imagine beating RM and Barcelona on the way. Even beating Arse in the semi-final would be tremendous fun (while nowhere near as epic).
Whilst I'm loathe to agree, I do. The European Cup is just the best trophy there is to win.
The FA Cup is the one I've always wanted though, and if we won it, I'm sure I'd die and contented man. Full house in my lifetime thank you very much.
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FA Cup for me I would rather have silverware than finishing in the CL places.
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FA Cup, all day every day. To complete the set for me.
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Well, I think that is fairly conclusive.
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FA Cup, I am running out of time, seen us win everything except this, born 3 years too late for the last one.
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I'm going with europe now. Cup would have been nice but can live without it.
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I'm going with europe now. Cup would have been nice but can live without it.
That seems a little odd, given the fuss you've been making about getting tickets for the cup games.
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I am literally obsessed with winning the FA Cup, but I wouldn't mind the CL to be honest! Although in all honesty I want to win them both and finish fourth. Greedy I know, but we've been on starvation rations for 40 years!
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FA Cup trumps everything for me.
No need to mention Trump, please.
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I'm going with europe now. Cup would have been nice but can live without it.
That seems a little odd, given the fuss you've been making about getting tickets for the cup games.
He’s only 18 so both things are understandable.
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FA Cup please and a European place. oh and a new North stand.
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Wow! This Champions League malarkey really does bring new challenges, doesn't it? I had no idea we had to choose.
I think I have to go for the round badge.
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I'm going with europe now. Cup would have been nice but can live without it.
What's the point in playing football?
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I want it all (give it to me)
And I want it right now, right now*
*And there was Eamonn thinking he had an exclusivity on posting shit lyrics.
Hey!
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Don't want to unnerve anyone but we win the FA Cup with that second half display replicated in the SF and potential final.
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We have shown that rather than wilting we are flourishing playing on multiple fronts. Use tonight's performance as a spring board to first smash Newcastle then dispatch Crystal Palace.
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Hopefully Palace can do us a favour and dispatch Newcastle first.
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Top 5 is a must, we have to get back on this stage. Win the cup as well.
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Top 5 is a must, we have to get back on this stage. Win the cup as well.
This