Would You Rather...

Discussion in 'The Hornets' Nest - Watford Chat' started by WatfordÉire, Sep 25, 2020.

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Well?

Poll closed Sep 28, 2020.
  1. Lose home and away + HMS

    55 vote(s)
    85.9%
  2. Win home and away + midtable

    9 vote(s)
    14.1%
  1. WatfordÉire

    WatfordÉire Squad Player

    Lose 5-0 to Luton home and away this season, but win the league? (HMS wee wee)

    or,

    Beat Luton 5-0 home and away but finish 16th?
     
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  2. Eastcoastorn

    Eastcoastorn First Year Pro

    Not sure what HMS is but voted not to finish 16th please
     
  3. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    This season specifically (the one with no fans): the former.
     
  4. Knight GT

    Knight GT Predictor extraordinaire 2013/14

  5. RMT79

    RMT79 First Year Pro

    Win the league
     
  6. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

    I have an unfashionable view on Luton. Really couldn't care less about them.
     
  7. hornetboy1

    hornetboy1 First Team Captain

    Win the league obviously. Most Champions lose the odd game and have a couple of bad results. I hate losing to all teams, but losing 5-0 to Luton would not annoy me anymore than losing 5-0 to Barnsley or Coventry. It makes me laugh that people are building up Luton as if it means something. It's a dead rivalry as far as I'm concerned. I'd much rather we beat Bournemouth than Luton given the choice.
     
  8. sydney_horn

    sydney_horn Squad Player

    Losing to the scum would hurt but going out of business will hurt more.

    Failure to get promoted this year could leave us in real financial trouble (if we're not already), especially if we are still carrying the high waged dead weight we currently have on our books.
     
  9. simpleMASH

    simpleMASH Reservist

    I don’t remember the game 14 years ago. I can’t have my only memories of a derby game being humiliating defeats.

    The Championship’s better anyway. Stay down, hammer the scum.
     
  10. ITK platypus

    ITK platypus Squad Player

    Irrelevant as we are going to beat them 5-0 home and away AND win the league.
     
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  11. Knight GT

    Knight GT Predictor extraordinaire 2013/14

    Makes me laugh that Bournemouth are considered a rival. I understand if people are blasé about the scum but then try and invent a different rivalry seems odd
     
  12. Leighton Buzzer

    Leighton Buzzer Reservist

    Who gives a t**s about b*****y L***n!?
    Far more important for us to win the league.
     
  13. Hogg-DEENEY!!!

    Hogg-DEENEY!!! Squad Player

    I feel sorry for Bournemouth, as the only team in Dorset, and with Southampton historically being so much bigger than them, they have no natural rivals, it appears their biggest game of the season will be us. It could be a huge couple of games for us this season if we're both up there, but if not, the L*ton game is far bigger, no doubt
     
  14. Hogg-DEENEY!!!

    Hogg-DEENEY!!! Squad Player

    Definitely the league, not only does it win you promotion, but it's also something we've not done before. If it were a choice between 2nd place/play-off winners and beating L*ton home and away, it's something I'd have to think about a bit more
     
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  15. Hogg-DEENEY!!!

    Hogg-DEENEY!!! Squad Player

    The Premier League isn't as exciting a prize as it was before, although with our financial state as perilous as it is, it is important
     
  16. Supertommymooney

    Supertommymooney Squad Player

    'Who are ya?'
     
  17. Carpster

    Carpster Squad Player

    It's far from dead imo, the first fixtures I looked for along with many others I'd imagine. To me Bournemouth or any of these other fake rivalries mean absolutely nothing. A scrappy win tomorrow will make the world a better place.
     
  18. Pob

    Pob Reservist

    Normally I would opt to lose on Saturday and win the league. But if we lose on Saturday and don’t field key players wfcmoog will change his name to just moog, so to protect time honoured tradition and our forum‘s integrity we have to beat them.
     
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  19. BW Horn

    BW Horn Academy Graduate

    It depends. Finishing 16th would be a little more palatable if part of the deal was they finished 22nd, 23rd or 24th and disappeared back towards where they belong!
     
  20. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    We all have our own view, but no-one who endured that string of 1-0 defeats at the start of the 80s would ever think like this. The 5-2 win that ended that sequence was glorious.
     
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  21. hornetboy1

    hornetboy1 First Team Captain

    You're wrong (about the bit in bold).

    14 years is a long time. An entire generation has grown up without knowing anything about the fixture.

    Most kids get into football at around 13, so you could be 27 now and still know nothing about Watford v Luton.

    For me it's a nostalgic nod to the past, but certainly a bit tinpot these days. This could be a passing event. If we go up and stay up, we probably won't play them again for another 14 years.

    It will only become a rivalry once more, if we play each other many times. If we both stay in the Championship for a few years, then yes, it could be reignited, but I really hope that doesn't happen. Watford v Luton belongs to the past. They need us more than we need them...IMO.
     
    Last edited: Sep 25, 2020
  22. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    Ok, but it was glorious wasn’t it?
     
  23. hornetboy1

    hornetboy1 First Team Captain

    No..I hated it. I remember during that time, we played at Dog Road and were losing 1-0 (as always). Malcolm Poskett equalised and I thought finally the run is over, only for the referee to disallow the goal and give Watford a free kick for an earlier infringement. We lost 1-0!!. That summed it up to me. They always had the edge over us in those times, but now they seem irrelevant to me. It's a bygone past.
     
  24. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    The real choice is:

    Would you rather lose to Luton and finish 16th and be mad about

    Or

    Would you prefer to lose to Luton and finish 16th and pretend that was a decent outcome all round.
     
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  25. Carpster

    Carpster Squad Player

    To you it is. But I'd say the majority believe it is the only rivals and these games mean more to me than any other.
     
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  26. ITK platypus

    ITK platypus Squad Player

    That would be a decent outcome if it means we kept hold of players like Pussetto and Murray.
     
  27. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    And Paul Siememsen
     
  28. lutonh8a

    lutonh8a Squad Player

    I am looking forward to tomorows game but I dont know if I have the same level of dislike for them anymore they have become a bit of a nothing club in recent years.
     
  29. SkylaRose

    SkylaRose Administrator Staff Member

    I'd just like the club to be around in three years time. If we go down to even league two, but we still have a club to support with a stable financial base, that to me means more than beating those things up the road.

    Right now, we are in such a tough transition period, don't know who is staying, don't know who is leaving. Relegation has hurt us, and right now we need to look to the future and hope we can build one.
     
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  30. Arakel

    Arakel First Team

    Has to be Champions and lose twice. With Covid being what it is, turning down the TV money and guaranteed financial survival would be stupid.
     
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  31. folkestone orn

    folkestone orn Squad Player

    Promotion is the most important thing
     
  32. Forzainglese

    Forzainglese Reservist

    Promotion, all day long. It does, incidentally, mean we finish above them.
     
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  33. EB Hornet

    EB Hornet Reservist

    Might be time to change your name then? Lutonnottobothereda?
     
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  34. lutonh8a

    lutonh8a Squad Player

    Yeah I was thinking that I set this as my name years ago. To be fair they will probably remind me why I dislike them so much tomorrow.
     
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  35. Forzainglese

    Forzainglese Reservist

    I shall be crossing my fingers tomorrow, hoping that we beat Loon of course, but mostly hoping that Watford FC is still a thing in 12 month's time.
     
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