I personally, believe points should be the priority over anything else. League success opens oppurtunities financially and in terms of status that the cup competitions simply cannot compete with.
However getting the tie against Derby has brought a great debate amongst supporters (within my school) on which is more important. Not only a bragging rights at stake now there is also a home tie to the "world champions" aswell. It has only infuriated the whole debate.
As I mentioned If we were to get 3 points on saturday against Cardiff but end up losing to Derby I would be more than satisfied. For me this FA cup run was a success before we had even played a game in the competition (we had automatically got further than round 2!!!) We then went on to beat the richest club in the world convincingly so I am proud of what we have acheieved this year.
It does concern me that an FA cup run could lead to a loss of league focus. I know someone like Billy Davies will always do his best to ensure the players full focus is on the league but that is a tad challenging when you have a squad like ours about to come against Man Utd should we get through. The last thing we need is another relegation to league one. It was not mentioned at the start of the season with our "promotion aspirations" but of late particularly after CC's sacking it was thoroughly reinforced that league one was a place where we were to keep well clear.
It would be great to say "we beat Man Utd and got through to the quarter finals of the cup" I doubt people would be too impressed enjoying those memories travelling to glamourous clubs such as Carlisle or Yeovil.
To conclude my views are simple. 3 points are far more essential than giant killings. Anything that occurs in the cup should be considered a bonus and no more. Prioritises need to be sorted in preparation for such a big tie and I think Davies is probably one of the better managers at getting his message across to players as he has demonstrated in the few weeks he has been here.
However getting the tie against Derby has brought a great debate amongst supporters (within my school) on which is more important. Not only a bragging rights at stake now there is also a home tie to the "world champions" aswell. It has only infuriated the whole debate.
As I mentioned If we were to get 3 points on saturday against Cardiff but end up losing to Derby I would be more than satisfied. For me this FA cup run was a success before we had even played a game in the competition (we had automatically got further than round 2!!!) We then went on to beat the richest club in the world convincingly so I am proud of what we have acheieved this year.
It does concern me that an FA cup run could lead to a loss of league focus. I know someone like Billy Davies will always do his best to ensure the players full focus is on the league but that is a tad challenging when you have a squad like ours about to come against Man Utd should we get through. The last thing we need is another relegation to league one. It was not mentioned at the start of the season with our "promotion aspirations" but of late particularly after CC's sacking it was thoroughly reinforced that league one was a place where we were to keep well clear.
It would be great to say "we beat Man Utd and got through to the quarter finals of the cup" I doubt people would be too impressed enjoying those memories travelling to glamourous clubs such as Carlisle or Yeovil.
To conclude my views are simple. 3 points are far more essential than giant killings. Anything that occurs in the cup should be considered a bonus and no more. Prioritises need to be sorted in preparation for such a big tie and I think Davies is probably one of the better managers at getting his message across to players as he has demonstrated in the few weeks he has been here.
