Monkey Tennis Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 There is a direct relevance though to how important the League points are. The Hamilton double header was in McIntyre's season and in the first week of November when many were concerned abut the possibility of relegation and looking of our shoulders. Some possibly even harboured ambitions of promotion in what was a fairly open division before the Rangers / Hearts / Hibs arrival and saw it as three crucial points. I doubt anyone is too concerned about the points right this second. We're not going down and whilst we may yet get 4th (whatever Northfield thinks) actually getting promotion this season is pretty unlikely as it will require us to win three playoff ties against bigger sides. With that in mind the distraction of a cup run appeals a lot more. We missed a great chance to get to Hampden last season, losing in the wind at home to Falkirk who went on to reach the final and nearly win it. It's not a massive pipe dream to suggest with a bit of luck we could get there again. Plus from my point of view the attraction of unbudgeted income is significant. It's entirely understandable that Dumbarton fans are more concerned at this point with keeping themselves away from the bottom spots and more of them would be attracted by the three points. All true and I'm sure it's had a bearing. For me, the Cup would always get the vote though, regardless of how things stood in the League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Well, the 6 that have expressed an opinion, anyway. Well yes, I sort of thought it went without saying that I was referring to the handful of responders on here, as opposed to the entire fan base. I find it a bit trickier to canvas their views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overthetop Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Cup win for a bit of excitement a run in the cup might bring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmy_cammy Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Cup win for all the reasons stated by SD. But it's Dumbarton away, we're going to win them both, it's what we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Queens fans want the cup game and we want the league game. Excellent. League points every single time given the position we are in. Queens to win both, seen as we never* score against them at home. Hopefully have a few new faces in for this one, and it'd be nice to actually compete. Queens think they'll bring many fans? *Good stat that, one of my absolute favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie Mills Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Queens think they'll bring many fans?I'd hope we'd bring at least 400 - we generally take a decent support for cup games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush-QoS Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Cup win for me.It,s all we,ve got to play for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 I'd hope we'd bring at least 400 - we generally take a decent support for cup games. Wouldn't be shocked if you outnumbered the home fans with that number to be honest, could be wrong, but non season ticket cup games against teams in the same league as us rarely draw impressive attendances. With it being so soon after Christmas as well I'd imagine a few people will try and save some £ by not bothering with it, not that the team did much yesterday to encourage anyone to come along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Parr Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 There's surely no way we'll play this and the league match without scoring. The dreadful Queens record must end. A league win would be far more useful for us but if we were to win in the cup we'd doubtless draw the winner of the Livvy v Morton match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doonhamer doon south Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Cup win just for the chance to draw different leagues oppisition. That and if my leave in work gets accepted I be up the road for the next round. League win would be good but not the end of the playoffs chance if we were to drop points. Cup win please queens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimistic Posted January 4, 2016 Author Share Posted January 4, 2016 Wouldn't be shocked if you outnumbered the home fans with that number to be honest, could be wrong, but non season ticket cup games against teams in the same league as us rarely draw impressive attendances. With it being so soon after Christmas as well I'd imagine a few people will try and save some £ by not bothering with it, not that the team did much yesterday to encourage anyone to come along even if my team, win, lose or draw, I may miss a few games, but Saturdays gubbin won't put me off, we're never going to win the cup, so definitely the points are more important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren1872 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I'll be there. #roadtohampden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkgatequeens Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 A cup win would be nice but the current team and manager's tactics are rotten to the core and I wouldn't Imagine Queens beating a top club in the next round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdrockfromtheSon Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Just to be a little bit different: I'd settle for a draw in the cup match, and a win in the league. A replay would be a pain being most likely midweek and possibly postponed due to bad weather, but I have my doubts that we have the squad to go on a decent cup run and stay in the league, so a draw, a replay and a league win for me please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Just to be a little bit different: I'd settle for a draw in the cup match, and a win in the league. A replay would be a pain being most likely midweek and possibly postponed due to bad weather, but I have my doubts that we have the squad to go on a decent cup run and stay in the league, so a draw, a replay and a league win for me please. No, not in the rules I'm afraid. I've checked and each match must feature a decisive result in ninety minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 A replay would be a pain being most likely midweek and possibly postponed due to bad weatherAny replay would absolutely be midweek. At this stage Saturday replays arent allowed.I think any replay would be very unlikely to be postponed. Since we moved to 3G we have had precisely no matches postponed (although we did have one abandoned two years ago for high wind). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumbartonTheSons Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 League points for me please. When comparing the importance of those against the cup, the latter pales into insignificance I'm afraid. The league is the 'bread and butter' after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Parr Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Any replay would absolutely be midweek. At this stage Saturday replays arent allowed. I think any replay would be very unlikely to be postponed. Since we moved to 3G we have had precisely no matches postponed (although we did have one abandoned two years ago for high wind). According to our OS, any replay would take place on Jan 19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Stop this replay talk forthwith. It's almost as if some of you are more interested in the actual outcomes on the pitch, than in my stupid game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the snudge Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Meh vs meh. Meh - meh draw. Meh wins the meh replay by meh-meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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