Which would you choose?

[MadAmster]

DCFCs fairy godmother visits you and gives you a choice of guaranteed promotion or guaranteed to win the FA Cup.....

1. Guaranteed promotion

2. Guaranteed FA Cup win

.... which?

[Ramshank72]

FA Cup.
We've multiple promotion seasons behind us, but only 1 FA Cup. I expect us to get promoted (at some point), but there's no cup expectation, so it will be much more special.
Swap that out for winning the Premier League, and I'd opt to win the League.
How about you 'Amster? Would you rather see us clinch 2nd spot on the final day at Hillsborough, or lift the FA Cup at Wembley?

[MadAmster]

I've seen us win the top 3 Leagues although I was only 3 when we won Division 3 North. I do remember me Dad and older brother being very happy but, at that age, it didn't really register. I wasn't born when we won the Cup in '46 so, for purely personal and selfish reasons, I'd take the Cup win.

Having said that, winning the Cup is nigh on impossible for us so promotion would be more than acceptable.

[SithHappens]

FA Cup for me.

We will get promoted at some point, but the cup is a trophy and the feel good factor would be amazing.

[swaledale]

FA Cup win every time, a wonderful day out and a moment in history that one would savour and remember for the rest of ones life! I'll take promotion another year thanks!

[Andy_Faber]

Promotion

The cup would be lovely but I want to be playing Man U and Liverpool in two years time not Cheltenham and Accrington

[swaledale]

Promotion

The cup would be lovely but I want to be playing Man U and Liverpool in two years time not Cheltenham and Accrington

So you would trade winning the FA Cup for the remote possibility of being beaten soundly by the rich teams in the prem? On a rational basis, the latter could happen anyway in 3 years, so your only delaying the experience playing in the prem by 12 months in return for an experience of actually winning a trophy!

[Andy_Faber]

So you would trade winning the FA Cup for the remote possibility of being beaten soundly by the rich teams in the prem? On a rational basis, the latter could happen anyway in 3 years, so you’re only delaying the experience playing in the prem by 12 months in return for an experience of actually winning a trophy!

On that same rational basis the former (FA cup win) could happen next year so it’s a nil outcome

[swaledale]

On that same rational basis the former (FA cup win) could happen next year so it’s a nil outcome

Ah but for the fact that guaranteed promotion gets us in the championship and I've watched Derby for years there, we might get promoted within a year again but its a probable. Plus we are more than likely to achieve that anyway within a short timescale.

A guaranteed FA Cup win is an actual trophy to saviour, which is very unlikely to happen in reality. So its hardly a nil outcome, as promotion is a definite possibility within the next couple of years, FA Cup win extremely unlikely.

[swaledale]

On that same rational basis the former (FA cup win) could happen next year so it’s a nil outcome

One can agree to disagree about what you would prefer, fair enough, but your statement here is still not true!