The cup was clearly not a priority and that’s fair enough.

[albion_pigeon]

Yawn get some new material.

Aren't you supposed to be a mod?

Well quite

And still a regular poster as I'll always be. 

Don't dish it if you can't take it 

Well quite

Rattled.

[KratosBaggie]

Yet another decent chance at a cup run ignored and  laughed at. Disappointed. I suppose we'll all be happy next year when we're in the Prem, struggling to compete and staring at another relegation.

What is the point in modern football when you don't aim to win trophies?

+1

What's makes me laugh is that when we were in the Prem the same people said our priority was to stay in the Prem so no.point going on a cup run. Now we're in the championship we don't want a cup run because we want to get into the Prem.

So what they really mean is when we are bought by a.trilllionaire and we've spent a billion on the squad the .we can go on a cup run unless we're fighting for a.champions league place and then we best not

FFS the extension of all this is that we can only goon a cup run when we are in the 5th tier and really shit 

Some.of these fans need to take a hard look in the mirror

When did we look like winning anything pre-Megson and the money of the Prem? One decent cup run in the late 80s? Frustrating as it is football isn’t a level playing field and we need the money the Prem offers us to carry on competing and moving forward. That’s just the way it is because our owner isn’t going to throw millions at us like Fosun for example.

What is your obsession with the Premier League? It is boring as fuck. You will never, ever see Albion win it. We will most likely never see Albion even compete regularly in it, other than the odd season where we finish 8th. Woppdie doooo!

Whether you like it or not, the FA Cup represents the best chance this club has of achieving anything noteworthy. 

I know it doesn't sit well with the general public and their love affair with the boring Premier League, but no one really cares about finishing 8th in a league you're not welcome in or can't win. People don't remember that. People remember days out at Wembley and lifting trophies.

Ask Lai if he wants to wing the cup, or be promoted? I reckon I know what the answer would be.

And that is what is wrong with football.

[Derek Hardballs]

Aren't you supposed to be a mod?

Well quite

And still a regular poster as I'll always be. 

Don't dish it if you can't take it 

Well quite

Rattled.

Well it is windy outside.

[The liquidator]

We clearly set out to win the game but one look at the team tells you that our priority is the league and so it should be. Without the Prem money we can say good bye to all our decent first teamers within the next three years. 

Also I’ve enjoyed watching the kids play they look good and it’ll be great experience for them.

Every fan I imagine wants to win the cup but realistically this isn’t the year to be taking the risk with our first team at this stage of the competition.

Bob on. I absolutely love the cup but this year we have more important issues.

If we go up, it won't be important next year either as the club will want to simply survive in the league. It's boring. It's relative and it's not what football is about.

We wouldnt have won it when we have been in the prem i always give the fa cup a go but getting to the prem is the most important thing this year ,not on watching prem football but as a club we need the money .

[albion_pigeon]

Well quite

And still a regular poster as I'll always be. 

Don't dish it if you can't take it 

Well quite

Rattled.

Well it is windy outside.

Good job I'm stocky.

[Derek Hardballs]

Sad that there is always some reason for cups not being a priority - it's not as if we are likely to win a league - so just where the money is I guess. Times change but I'd love us to buck the trend and go for it. I actually think a decent cup run helps league form anyway.

How many clubs outside the top six have won the cup in the last twenty years?

[KratosBaggie]

Sad that there is always some reason for cups not being a priority - it's not as if we are likely to win a league - so just where the money is I guess. Times change but I'd love us to buck the trend and go for it. I actually think a decent cup run helps league form anyway.

Winning games is a better tonic than rest. Any footballer worth playing wants to play, and not sit on his arse.

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Sad that there is always some reason for cups not being a priority - it's not as if we are likely to win a league - so just where the money is I guess. Times change but I'd love us to buck the trend and go for it. I actually think a decent cup run helps league form anyway.

How many clubs outside the top six have won the cup in the last twenty years?

How many Footballers sit at home thinking 'I want to finish 8th in the Prem'. 

I reckon it's more than the amount of Footballers that think 'I want to lift the FA Cup'...

[albion_pigeon]

Sad that there is always some reason for cups not being a priority - it's not as if we are likely to win a league - so just where the money is I guess. Times change but I'd love us to buck the trend and go for it. I actually think a decent cup run helps league form anyway.

How many clubs outside the top six have won the cup in the last twenty years?

So should we just stick the u16's out by your logic? Get back to the prem and still not win anything?

[KratosBaggie]

Sad that there is always some reason for cups not being a priority - it's not as if we are likely to win a league - so just where the money is I guess. Times change but I'd love us to buck the trend and go for it. I actually think a decent cup run helps league form anyway.

How many clubs outside the top six have won the cup in the last twenty years?

How many teams have won the Pwemier Weague in that time. It is not the be all and end all. Stop putting it on a pedalstal.

[Duffers]

Sad that there is always some reason for cups not being a priority - it's not as if we are likely to win a league - so just where the money is I guess. Times change but I'd love us to buck the trend and go for it. I actually think a decent cup run helps league form anyway.

Winning games is a better tonic than rest. Any footballer worth playing wants to play, and not sit on his arse.

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Sad that there is always some reason for cups not being a priority - it's not as if we are likely to win a league - so just where the money is I guess. Times change but I'd love us to buck the trend and go for it. I actually think a decent cup run helps league form anyway.

How many clubs outside the top six have won the cup in the last twenty years?

How many Footballers sit at home thinking 'I want to finish 8th in the Prem'. 

I reckon it's more than the amount of Footballers that think 'I want to lift the FA Cup'...

A much more accurate question is how many footballers sit at home thinking “I wish I earned £100k a week”?

Finishing 8th in the Prem will get them closer to that ambition than winning the Cup.