Was thinking today, what I would rather? Get into europe through 3rd place or league cup? League cup for me.

Edited March 13, 201411 yr by Iain

League Cup all day long

There is only 1 answer. Winning a cup is what football is all about. Just wish it was the Scottish Cup.

 

Europe will come one day but many teams histories are defined by cup wins. St. Mirren 87, Motherwell '91, Hearts '98 '06, Killie '97 '12, Partick Thistle '71. These dates roll off the top of my head but who remembers when they finished third in the league and got one or two rounds in Europe?

 

A cup win will be somthing that is remembered and celebrated for decades to come. Many of these teams have special celebrations for the annaversary of their wins. We can join that. Some teams like St. Johnstone have never won a major trophy and other established clubs haven't won one in 30-40 years +

League Cup for sure

Head says Europe and heart says League Cup - and the heart wins!

If we win on Sunday and are then in the same position next year, the answer would be different.

I'd take a cup win even if it meant relegation.  My pre-ICT team was St Mirren.  They won the cup in 1987 and the team was:

Money; Wilson Cooper Winnie Hamilton; Lambert Abercromby Ferguson Hamilton; McDowall McGarvey, and managed by Alex Smith with Jimmy Bone.

 

Ian Cameron had a delayed arrival as he was sitting his finals for his degree, whilst Tony Fitzpatrick got on late - a true Buddies legend.  Big Peter Godfrey was our Bobby Mann but injury earlier on stopped him getting into the final team but he deserved it.

 

St Mirren then got relegated.  Can't exactly remember the year.  Can't remember the manager (might have been Fitz).  Can't pick out the team.

 

This will be the same for ICT.  A cup win for ICT will live in legend.  Way more bigger than either Europe or a league position.

League cup cause it's a trophy but also for financial reasons a club like ours needs to be a top 6 regular before europe so we don't make a loss from it with all the traveling and putting the players up in hotels or that. 

Europe will be a fun novelty for the club but it is unlikely to yield anything in terms of a return. It is very expensive will mean we will lose money as the preliminaries don't give much in prize money  and we are unlikely to get very far anyway. That said it would be wonderful for the club to represent Scotland on a European front but to before that we need build towards. Sunday is a massive day for the club and most people have eluded that it could be the makings of the next chapter for the club to go forward. Being a Man Utd fan i understand when people say the Scottish is more important and i would agree to wanting to win the FA Cup more than the league cup. But i don't understand this apathy towards the league cup in Scotland as it is a trophy and lets be honest there are only two trophies a club outside the old firm will ever win as the league will always be one of them two. If we win on Sunday it will be one of the greatest days i will ever have being at a sporting event and i am sure a lot of others feel the same. The league cup should be given the same amount of respect as the Scottish cup for a club our size as a trophy is a trophy and we have earned being in the final just to take the last hurdle.  

League Cup for all reasons people gave above but most of all because it's a lifelong memory to cherish. 1st Major Cup. To quote an ICT rocker "Write your names down as legends to be" :-D

Teams only really make a loss in terms of travel when it's to some far off corner off Europe with no planes that go there unless they're chartered. Avoid that and it's not so bad.

I'd still take the cup every time though. Europe would be nice but it's realistically not going to last long.

League Cup.  A trophy is better than two matches in Poland or Lithuania.

League Cup is the first available option - so take it if it comes.

 

Europe might still be available for fourth place if Aberdeen finished second but won the Scottish Cup.  It could still be fourth if Motherwell dropped away and Dundee United overtook ICT and won the Scottish Cup.

 

Only Sunday matters - we cannot get relegated this season so let's just do it!

I appear to be in a minority of one.

Well, the team will not be going to either Russia or Crimea or North Korea so.......

 

First let's win on Sunday.

The treble. And, of course, European football.

I'd take the silverware every time. League cup for sure.

Trophy every time.

 

Europe is what you aim for when you know you are not going to win something.

I appear to be in a minority of one.

 

Thank goodness for the company. I was getting lonely..

Kingsmills, you are not alone.

Why not both? 

Well, if we get beat in the final, there's always a European place to look forward to!

League cup then Europe, in the same season

Can i choose Europe now ??

Yeah, I've been thinking about this.  The cup is just a one-off.  Europe shows far more consistency.  Definitely the more prized*.

 

 

 

 

*I reserve my right to change that to 'top six is the most important', 'finishing above Butcher is the most important', 'beating Ross County is the most important' or 'avoiding relegation is the most important' according to seasonal factors, such as being rubbish.

I only chose the cup because I didn't want to jinx it.

Europe will come one day but many teams histories are defined by cup wins. .............. Motherwell '91, ................... 

 

You are spot on Joe. 18th May 1991, the best day of my life by a long-long shot. I've followed Motherwell to Greece, Spain, Denmark, Romania, France, Germany and Poland in the Champions League, Europa Cup, UEFA Cup and Cup Winners Cup and I'd swap them all for a domestic Cup Final Win.