Would you take FA Cup Winners and Relegation?

[WalsallWolf]

Disclaimer;

This is a purely hypothetical question

Just listening to talksport. They are discussing how there are a "tier of clubs" in the top flight who would take the above scenario.

So I put it out there. Without going deeply into it or looking into the consequences, Wolves winning the FA Cup, lifting that famous old trophy at Wembley, at the expense of Premier League football. Would you take it?

I have to be honest, as an old codger with not many miles left on the clock. I wonder will I see my team lift a major trophy again. I am not sure I will. Right now I think I would take it.

To the younger breed on here it would be disastrous, I get that. But it is an interesting question for any club outside the top 4/6 IMO. That FA Cup still means so much to me. Even the League Cup does. I desperately want to see Wolves lift a trophy again.

 

[GeoffPalmersLeftBoot]

NO!!!!

 

[WickedWolfie]

Do a Wigan you mean? Look at what happened subsequently to them and you won't be surprised to know that my answer is hell no!

 

[Our Kid Wolf]

No

 

[Oh When the Wolves]

No

 

[Keyser Soze]

Imagine being in the Championship and in Europe and playing Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday... would ruin us and for that reason I'd like to stay in the top flight and live in eternal hope that we will one day lift a major trophy again

 

[Sketchead]

Not this season, no. We wouldn't even get the day out at Wembley.

 

[WeAreTheWolvesII]

Yes, without doubt (providing we could go)

 

[Golden Arrow]

No, absolutely not.
As much as I like the FA Cup and would love us to win it, it would be too high a price to pay.
The money unfortunately is in the greed league and we need to be in it to win it.

 

[Sheriff Woody]

I would take us winning the FA Cup and Albion being relegated.

 

[Daveyboy]

Pre fosun - yes. Now - no

 

[greco wolf]

silly Q - of course not - ruin us for years

 

[CrazyCrane]

Nah.

 

[Saltyjim]

A big No. Can you imagine what sort of team we would end up with if we got relegated?

 

[WickedWolfie]

Pre fosun - yes. Now - no

Pre-Fosun we would have been even more likely to end up like Wigan

 

[Vicious Sid]

no way on earth !!!

cups are just froth, the prem is the real deal

 

[berwickwolf]

Definitely not! However, I'd like to win and go top 6! As we all would, I know.

 

[Nige100]

Not a ****ing chance. See Wigan.

 

[SquaddieWolf]

HELL NO!!!!!

 

[JR WAS KING]

No, No, and thrice No

 

[WickedWolfie]

Not a ****ing chance. See Wigan.

I said exactly that.

 

[Hoganstolemywife]

Good question. Growing up I would have, when the cup was the big draw. Now....nah. I'd take 17th and a cup final.though.

 

[Scallywolf]

Absolutely, totally, utterly, unreservedly no!

We would lose some fantastic players, probably the best manager we have had in over 40 years and our owners would have a massive rethink.

I have had quite enough if being a yo yo club in my 50 odd years of support. If we got knocked out of the Cup tonight I would not shed too many tears.

We are going to be an established Premier League club and long may it continue. Winning Cups will be part of the journey.

 

[cannockwolves]

No, that would be insane

The loss of income, players, Nuno etc would be devastating

 

[SteveBullsKnee]

20 years ago, definitely. 10 years ago, perhaps. Now, not a chance.

Truth is no one cares about the cups now, its just a distraction to the top 4 who invariably win it any way.

 

[topcat99]

No

 

[Boon2]

Not even if you threw in photos of your missus nude.

 

[Deleted member 5910]

Can see this thread being 99.99% "no".

Besides losing all our best players and in all likelihood Nuno and his staff, we'd face a minimum 54 game season.

 

[WolfInSheep'sClothing]

No

 

[jrpb-3]

fa cup win relegation no

fa cup win relegation followed immediately by promotion and no more relegations maybe.

 

[WeAreTheWolvesII]

Will be interesting to revisit this in 3-4 years.

 

[North Bank]

Pre fosun - yes. Now - no

This ^

Seeing whats happened to Wigan and Birmingham after winning the league cup, Swansea as well but the drop wasn't as sudden after their cup win if I remember right.

 

[North Bank]

We are going to be an established Premier League club and long may it continue. Winning Cups will be part of the journey.

Spurs, Everton, West Ham, Southampton, Villa and Newcastle fans would argue that one doesn't equal the other...

 

[Jonzy54]

Nooooooooo!!!!!!!

 

[The Wolf In The North]

Not as things stand. If we were to regress, and become a club for whom every season was a Crystal Palace / Brighton / Newcastle type "finishing 15th would be amazing!" affair... then probably, yes. Because there's nothing glamorous about being a perennial struggler and winning six or seven games a year at best.

 

[Leigh72]

Never in a million years

 

[AndyY]

Absolutely not. The financial consequences and the difficulty of getting out of the Championship again do not bear thinking about.

 

[Ercall Wolves]

Not a chance

 

[Rednal Wolf]

You can't beat a slow news day re Wolves.
No, any one saying yes knows nothing about football IMHO.

 

[Justawolf]

The thought of relegation makes me sick