Villa's biggest game in...

[Dante Lavelli]

Thankfully it's a hypothetical question, but had Wigan won versus Arsenal tonight, Sunday's match v Wigan would have been Villa's biggest match in how many years?

 

[Dave]

*shrugs*

Four?

[not3bad]

Will they be issuing more tickets for the away support now I wonder.

[Dante Lavelli]

Fair one Dave.  I guess no one will care right now. 

We've had some "big" matches in the last two years, yet none were winner takes all.
Ditto, when we were pushing for Chumps League (stoke comes to mind).
Similarly we've played in some cup finals but they, to me, are not likely to change the club quite so significantly as a loss of X million.

[MonsXI]

Will they be issuing more tickets for the away support now I wonder.

hopefully!!!!!

[flybo]

Will they be issuing more tickets for the away support now I wonder.

think we have had extra tickrets could not get one when they went on sale but had a phone call from villa today reg a disabled place

[somersetlion]

was the cup final against Man U a couple of years back not a winner takes all game?  Far bigger in my mind - heres another one for you - would you rather have won the cup and got relegated like Wigan or just stayed up like us.  I guess I'll be in the minority but I'd take the cup win and relegation any day.  For those that say we have to stay up for the money I would ask where has all the money of the last 20 odd years of PL got us?  Almost relegated this year

[lovejoy]

Relegation means losing £50 million. You'd then struggle to come back up any time soon. getting relegated is a long term issue, winning the cup is a short term boost.
Are you happy for Villa to be in the wilderness for 5 years for a cup win?

[Phil from the upper holte]

I can't see more tickets being issued on the basis that Wigan are down, another 2000 Villa fans taking the piss?

[Astral Weeks]

Relegation means losing £50 million. You'd then struggle to come back up any time soon. getting relegated is a long term issue, winning the cup is a short term boost.
Are you happy for Villa to be in the wilderness for 5 years for a cup win?

I agree with this.

Sky were interviewing some Wigan fans before the game last night, and most of the ones they spoke to were thinking along the lines of "I'd rather have the cup win. If we get relegated, we'll come back up one day, but our name's on the cup forever". Which is fine, but I'd respectfully suggest Villa's agenda is slightly different from Wigan's.
A club of our stature needs to be in the Premier League, whereas for Wigan, who have spent the majority of their history outside the top flight, and a good chunk of it outside the league altogether, being in the PL at all on their resources is almost a bonus, a dream come true. They must have known in their hearts it would come to an end one day.

[ACVilla]

Relegation means losing £50 million. You'd then struggle to come back up any time soon.

Why? We'd be in a better situation than most (all?) of our rivals in the Championship.

I'd take a cup win.

[lovejoy]

Relegation means losing £50 million. You'd then struggle to come back up any time soon.

Why? We'd be in a better situation than most (all?) of our rivals in the Championship.

I'd take a cup win.

You can't say that conclusively without knowing who we'd lose/shed in the process of relegation. Every PL team relegated get their best players cherry picked and to assume we'd be any different is naive, in my opinion. CB is likely to leave even after we've stayed up. Plus we'd have a season of playing teams, who would see Villa as their cup final.

[john e]

Relegation means losing £50 million. You'd then struggle to come back up any time soon. getting relegated is a long term issue, winning the cup is a short term boost.
Are you happy for Villa to be in the wilderness for 5 years for a cup win?

your absolutely correct in everthing you say, cant argue against it

but i would still take the FA cup in the twinkling of an eye

[not3bad]

Villa have never been relegated from the premier league.  I'd rather we kept that record in tact personally.

As for a cup win, Villa have won cups before - and we will again. 

[PaulWinch again]

The money involved this season meant it was crucial to stay up, so it would have been a massive game. Fortunately it's not now.