4th or Cup

[Munchies]

Dont really care about 4th or Champions league, if all we are going to do is qualify for the second round and get knocked out the moment we play a team with 11 football players. We have got 4th every season for almost a decade (peppered with 3rd) and it has provided me ZERO happiness.

I think winning a trophy will be a great springboard for us to go onto better things. FA Cup any day for me. In fact, I'd prefer the Carling cup over 4th place trophy.

Exactly, what's the point of getting into CL if we won't ever do anything ? I don't want Europa football, but is it really that bad? Still a trophy, and for next season, the winner gets a CL spot so there won't be a need to finish 4th again.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I think realistically 4th place is more important than the fa cup in that if Wenger goes at the end of the season i think we are going to be less of an attractive prospect to a decent manager if we finish outside of the champions league. But from my own perspective i will be heartbroken if we don't win the cup, i couldn't tell you how i felt i felt between the time they scored and Mert's equaliser....not that disimilar from the inner anguish those who throw themselves in front of trains feel, and i can't imagine i'd feel anything more than disappointed if we didn't finish 4th. And actually i could see a silver lining, that for me finishing 4th is all about the money and prestige as i've never realistically felt we had a chance to win the thing (not since we were last in the final anyway), where as i think we could win the Europa League and yes it's not a great trophy but if it's good enough for the likes of Porto,Sevilla and Atletico Madrid it's good enough for us...and would be a welcome addition to our rather dusty trophy cabinet.

On the flip side, i don't think Wenger will stay beyond this season without us acheiving both, it's just conceivable that he might decide to stay if we win the fa cup, because the ill feeling against him will be softened even for finishing outside the top four but winning a trophy. The pressure is on, and it's not from the board....but i think he genuinely meant it when he said him signing a new contract was determined on how he felt we acheived this season. Finishing 4th place again after being top in February and then failing to win anything, i think he knows the feeling will be too too much against him. Finishing 5th and winning the fa cup, it's anyones guess what he do. Finish top four and win the fa and he signs a contract extension.

[Letters]

Need an option for both, why should it be a choice?

Because the whole point of this poll is to ask which people value more.

[Gooner23]

Depends if Wenger is here next season.

If he is then I'd take the cup, if its a new manager I think Champs league is more important if we want to make the top signings this squad needs.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Depends if Wenger is here next season.

If he is then I'd take the cup, if its a new manager I think Champs league is more important if we want to make the top signings this squad needs.

I agree (looking at it objectively anyway)

If we don't win the cup though, I think I'd be more devestated than when my last dog had to be put to sleep....unbearable sense of loss.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I agree (looking at it objectively anyway)

If we don't win the cup though, I think I'd be more devestated than when my last dog had to be put to sleep....unbearable sense of loss.

Then again you can only imagine what Liverpool fans will be feeling if they don't go on and win the title.

They will be fishing people out of the Mersey for weeks

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Cup.

Missing out on champions league money means fuck all as we don't spend it, plus we hardly need more money at the moment.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I don't know we haven't turned a profit without player sales for years, and losing all that tv money and the 30million will be a big blow.
Whatever cash reserves we have will be be needed to guarantee the wage bill so can't imagine will be anything left for transfer fees.
We can survive without champions league football, but survive and spend...certainly not we can barely afford that even with champions league money.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I don't know we haven't turned a profit without player sales for years, and losing all that tv money and the 30million will be a big blow.
Whatever cash reserves we have will be be needed to guarantee the wage bill so can't imagine will be anything left for transfer fees.
We can survive without champions league football, but survive and spend...certainly not we can barely afford that even with champions league money.

I think the only thing we could do is borrow the money and make a loss, which when your competing with sides that can run at huge losses is unwise.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I think you'd have to reconcile yourself to the fact that if we miss out this season itd be a hell of a long time before we get it again.