The main fans who could answer this from the exact situation they're in now would be Sporting Fingal or Shamrock Rovers fans, but Bohs, Dundalk, and anyone else obviously have their own view:
Given the choice between your team winning the Premier Division title and your team being the first to break into a Europa League / Champions League Group Stage, which would you choose?
Can't imagine anyone would choose the league first...
Champions League group stage, or Europa League, or just not losing 6-0 in Bulgaria!
Winning the cup
Here on a technicality.
group stages of course. the biggest reason you'd want to win the league is to be in europe and on a wider scale getting to the group stages will do a lot more for a club and the league than winning the league. plus you'd get a way more money & general interest from getting to the group stages.
If you've nothing good to say, say it.
Surely breaking into the Champions League groups would require winning the league...
Personally I think it depends on the club.
Our club needs as much exposure as possible so I would take the group stages of Europe and finishing 3rd so we can play in europe again next year.
If you want to prove who is the best team in Ireland then winning the league is what its all about and hopefully someday we will, but thats not really our aim this season.
The group stages of the Europa would bring us more exposure than winning the league unfortunately and this would be the best thing for the club from a financial and promotional point of view
Dont get me wrong, Iv always thought (like most) winning a league is a true definition of the best team, and cup competitions are not always the case, but its more important for our club to make headlines and create as much interest as possible in order to create a decent fan base. Which has to be the priority
Other clubs and fans may/will have other opinions on what they want their club to priorities.
Last edited by Lamper.sffc; 22/07/2010 at 12:22 AM.
i'd like to win 2 games in a row
League
The Model Club
Tell all the Bohs you know
that we've gone and won two-in-a-row
and it's not gonna be three
and it's not gonna be four
it's more likely to be 5-1.
Not getting relegated.
You'll be fine.... just wait for Bohs to go pop. It worked last year. Twice!Originally Posted by SupaJon
Not getting relegated.
Group stages. No question. I find it slightly odd that a Rovers fan would choose winning the league (again) seeing as they've won it so many times in the past.
Group stages without a doubt, as there would be a high probability that you would get drawn with some of the giants of the European game, even in the Europa, although Rovers will get that anyway please god if they get a result in Israel
For me as a United fan, has to be winning the League. We've never done it, and don't look like doing it any time soon, but I live for the day we can fly the League Champions flag over Terryland (or even better, over a ground we own). We have won just one FAI Cup and 2 League Cups in 34 seasons, so for me, it has to be the league title
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They've won it once in the last 23 years, and its the only thing they've won at the top level in that time. Very understandable that they'd want to win something.
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It's a bit of an strange question. To qualify for the CL group stage you need to win the league first. The easiest way to get the to the group stage of either comp is via the back door to the Europa League which Bohs were eyeing this season. To do that you need to win the league first, too. The only other route to the EL groups involves beating 2 or 3 good Euro teams.... and any Irish club that can do that should with the league easily. So give me a Dundalk team that's good enough to qualify for the group stage- they'll inevitably win the league... best of both worlds! (Please note, we're concentrating on the League Cup this season)
No brainer really, from a club perspective - Europe every time (money, prestige, money). Think many fans though might prefer to win the League - chance to be called "champions" etc etc especialy for clubs (how to put it
) unfamiliar with success.
Europe any day of the week, any hour of the day, any minute of the hour. You get my drift.
I'd much rather the league. Any time.
Maybe it should be a "brainer" from now on after the debacle the last night?No brainer really, from a club perspective - Europe every time (money, prestige, money
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