FA Cup vs Relegation

[Green]

Lower ticket prices too.

And what's the highest league where there's still terracing?

[Ian Royal]

As someone said, no one's going to say in 50 years "do you remember the year Reading didn't get relegated".

Who's going to remember the FA Cup losers in 50 years time? It wouldn't make my top four Reading achievements since I've been going now, let alone after another 50 seasons.

[Pepe the Horseman]

BUMP

[leon]

Lower ticket prices too.

And what's the highest league where there's still terracing?

Why would any of this be of interest to you green?

[windermere_royal]

Just noticed the last game of the season, Derby vs Reading, are we going to get relegated at their ground again? those bastards would love to send us down.

[SCIAG]

If we don't get to the FA Cup final, we only need to lose one match.

In order to get relegated, we would need to lose many matches.

Let us stay up please.

[bcubed]

Not much point anyone getting too upset over a hypothetical question.
Like a few others have said I just can't see decent form in the cup accompanying worsening form in the league.

So far I'm a bit meh about our cup run. We'll need a few PL scalps in order to achieve proper glory, and not too many scalps left to be had.

If we were to fluke our way to the FA Cup Final through only beating a few average Chump teams, before getting spanked in the Final, then really I wouldn't rank that higher than our glorious consecutive runs to the Qtrs in 09-10 and 10-11.

And yet that's exactly what seems to be happening!

[Big Foot]

Would take a place in the Semi finals now if it meant that every remaining league game is like last night

[Platypuss]

Not much point anyone getting too upset over a hypothetical question.

Looks like the players have the same attitude.

[PieEater]

The thing about relegation is that we'd have every team playing like Wigan against us, so home games would be utter crap all season.

[Still Hate Futcher!]

I voted no, but I'd take relegation in exchange for winning the cup.

[Jano]

The thing about relegation is that we'd have every team playing like Wigan against us, so home games would be utter crap all season.

Considering how well we play against teams playing like Wigan, we'd be nailed on for relegation again if we did go down.

[Snowball]

You can get 40-1 for Reading to be relegated, 38-1 to win the FA Cup

That's 1,598-1 for the double or 16 GRAND return for a tenner!

I doubt either will happen, but the Judas bet for RFC to go down seems good odds

[Readars]

in division 1 we would have to cut our cloth . . .

Where have I heard that before?

[Pepe the Horseman]

in division 1 we would have to cut our cloth . . .

Where have I heard that before?

In division 1, the cloth cuts you.

[Pepe the Horseman]

You can get 40-1 for Reading to be relegated, 38-1 to win the FA Cup

That's 1,598-1 for the double or 16 GRAND return for a tenner!

I doubt either will happen, but the Judas bet for RFC to go down seems good odds

40/1 is an insanely good price.

[Hampshire Royal]

Ian said above that in 50 years time no-one would remember that we were losing finalists in the FAC final. People still 'remember' our losing semi-final appearance in 1927, and the simod cup final. We won the Simod cup in the same year we got relegated, but people still rightly remember the pride we felt for winning it. The same will be true if we are losing FAC finalists. If we get there and win it, that would add an undefinable amount of pride to being a Reading fan.

[Aubery Boyce]

Those of you saying "no" - are you fackin serious?

Why yes????? So we get to a final and lose, and get relegated....what's the point apart from a little money.
Seriously people would rather we got relegated??? Madness......

For me it's win-win

Get the day out (x2) at Wembley, plus a chance of winning one of the world's most illustrious trophies

Would also give us a genuine shot at playing competitive European football, rather than some tinpot friendly against Feyenoord

Plus the added bonus of many, many gr8 days out in League 1

I literally can't understand why anyone would rather stay in the Chumpionship and get knocked out at the 5th Round?

100% agree with this BFer's

[Blackbag]

I take relegation for the cup ,how many teams of our size when relegated to league 1 then do two promotions back to back Southampton Norwich it could be win win cheap tickets and Swindon

[bobby1413]

Anyone saying League One is better - fair enough that's what you think.

However I can guarantee you that half these people would be the first to start moaning if we were relegated, and all we would hear about is shiiiiit football, how the Championship was better and in fact League One really isn't the golden league you all claim it to be.