18-01-2016, 15:41
In regards to league against the cup, its always nice to beat the Villa, but I think their dead this year anyway! Only a recovery of epic proportions would see them safe and do the impossible. I don't want to chance fate, but I think that we will be safe this year and a good cup run is always nice. We'll never win the league, but Bristol away and Peterborough at home should have us licking our lips with a tilt at a cup run.
I remember last year before the Villa game, me and the old man went to Bombers dinner at the shrine, great occasion and an honour to meet the man whose picture is up in my office as we speak. That aside, I got embroiled with some older fans who were hell bent on premiership survival and the riches it brings, which I fully understand. Everyone of them was old enough to wax lyrical about the 68 cup win, unfortunately, I wasn't an itch in my daddies panties then and was too late to see arguably one of this clubs finest hours.
The point is I was wanting a good cup run and you never know, Wigan won it and look at them now! Last time I looked at our honours list it didn't mention surviving in the premiership in 15th last season or the season before. It clearly stated, FA Cup Winners 1968, call me sad and traditional, in my 30 years + of supporting this great club, my high points are Port Vale at Wembley in 1992/3 I think! The championship in 2009 was it at QPR? The Great Escape of all things. 1 Meagre trophy in that time, if you don't count the play off trophy!
I'm 40 this year and would love one day to go to Wembley with my young sons and say one day, " Aye up boys, remember the cup in 20??, what an amazing day, highlight of my footballing life?!?! I must be getting old writing this, I'm sounding like my old man now!
Breaking from this, we'll get beaten by Bristol tomorrow and my dreams will be over for another year! I'm not negative, just like a lot of you, long in the tooth with the Albion! World beaters one week and wife beaters the next
COYB!!
I remember last year before the Villa game, me and the old man went to Bombers dinner at the shrine, great occasion and an honour to meet the man whose picture is up in my office as we speak. That aside, I got embroiled with some older fans who were hell bent on premiership survival and the riches it brings, which I fully understand. Everyone of them was old enough to wax lyrical about the 68 cup win, unfortunately, I wasn't an itch in my daddies panties then and was too late to see arguably one of this clubs finest hours.
The point is I was wanting a good cup run and you never know, Wigan won it and look at them now! Last time I looked at our honours list it didn't mention surviving in the premiership in 15th last season or the season before. It clearly stated, FA Cup Winners 1968, call me sad and traditional, in my 30 years + of supporting this great club, my high points are Port Vale at Wembley in 1992/3 I think! The championship in 2009 was it at QPR? The Great Escape of all things. 1 Meagre trophy in that time, if you don't count the play off trophy!
I'm 40 this year and would love one day to go to Wembley with my young sons and say one day, " Aye up boys, remember the cup in 20??, what an amazing day, highlight of my footballing life?!?! I must be getting old writing this, I'm sounding like my old man now!
Breaking from this, we'll get beaten by Bristol tomorrow and my dreams will be over for another year! I'm not negative, just like a lot of you, long in the tooth with the Albion! World beaters one week and wife beaters the next
COYB!!