[Football] A Rugby World Cup final win or a Brighton victory?

[Questions]

If it was Cricket world cup or Brighton win I’d go for the Albion win every time because I find cricket boring. So I get non rugby fans dismissing it.

Rugby World Champions edges it for me if I had to make a choice, but then I find International rugby way more exciting than International football. I know plenty of football fans who think I am a dick for thinking that too

Winning the World Cup is a massive achievement. There is no big deal in beating a team like Norwich, although the points would be nice.

Every now and again you get a decent post on here.

 

[dazzer6666]

https://youtu.be/fxEweP2TiMk

 

[BN41Albion]

Anyone else remember when we last won the world cup and then we played at Notts County? Won 2-1 I think. Great day - remember the whole ground singing Swing Low Sweet Chariot

 

[LamieRobertson]

RWC win....be great to have won that and the cricket fifty over WC in the same year

 

[knocky1]

I’m going to drink 2 bottles of wine Friday night, win Hove Prom Parkrun Saturday morning, watch us win the rugby World Cup with 20” delay first half and then after a few pints at lunchtime get the three points against Norwich.
I’ll cancel and tell the Swedish volleyball team that they’ll have to come and stay when we’re playing Man City away.

 

[H P 66]

You can’t have both Mayo..... that’s the whole point of the thread man.

What would you prefer ?

For 1 game England 16 years

To stay up BHA - IF THE 3 POINTS Matter that much ?

BOTH

 

[Diablo]

Brighton to win one league game out of 38 or England to win Rugby World Cup. No brainer for me. Rugby 100%.

 

[Lindfield by the Pond]

Thought about an acca last week - England, Brighton and Lewis. Should have. Will do this weekend.

 

[Reddleman]

If England win the Rugby World Cup I will remember where I was and what I was doing for the rest of my life. Unless something absolutely insane happens I am sure I won’t be saying the same about a league game against Norwich.

So for that reason rugby for me.

 

[OzMike]

I can see both coming off so will bet accordingly.

 

[maffew]

WC rugby for me on this one.

 

[Nixonator]

Albion win, country mile.

 

[Eeyore]

I'd be happy to see Albion stuffed if I could trade it for a World Cup win. To be ODI champions and RWC champions at the same time is quite something. The Aussies have managed it a couple of times. Our turn.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Fair enough but I’d be interested to know which team stumbled itself to a World Cup win ( except maybe England with home advantage in the days before real (Sky) Football )

Well, England stumbled to a World Cup semi-final in 2018 so it's not inconceivable. Italy in 1982 were dismal in the group stages but a lucky win against a Brazil defence that shot itself in the foot gave them sudden momentum and they were lucky that Germany beat a superior France team in the semi-final. Then Italy again in 2006, winning the Zidane final on penalties? Italy just about got past Australia and Ukraine while France had to play Spain and Brazil

 

[Nobby Horton's Knob]

Can't stand rugby. Albion victory all day long

 

[Iggle Piggle]

Fair enough but I’d be interested to know which team stumbled itself to a World Cup win ( except maybe England with home advantage in the days before real (Sky) Football )

Not a world cup but the likes of Vasilis Tsiartas (nope, me neither) have a Euro 2004 winners medal around thier necks. A team that never did anything before or since. Even Hal Robson Kanu made a semi final.

In the world cup, the Germany team who made the 2002 final were bang average. They had been beaten 1-5 at home by England the previous year. Argentina in 90 weren't much better.

Cup competitions can throw up strange results but I'd argue the league does as well. If we restart the 2015/16 PL from scratch with the same teams, players and fixtures, would you back Leicester to win it at say 4-1?I wouldn't.

 

[melias shoes]

I'm greedy. I want Both.

 

[Whitechapel]

Brighton win by a country mile.

I genuinely wouldn’t care a jolt if England lost the final. The guttural braying of anti-football rugby fans is bad enough as it is without them winning another World Cup. Can’t wait for it to be over so the obnoxious bellends in stonewashed jeans & FatFace cardigans who spend the entire time rugby is on loudly claiming it’s a “proper sport, not like that wendyball rubbish. Bunch of wimps them. Wouldn’t last a minute playing rugby with real men” can f*ck off out of my local and go back to whatever rugby fans normally do (drink each other’s piss?) for another 4 years. Tiresome morons who think watching Top Gear & drinking Guinness constitutes a personality.

 

[blue'n'white]

Albion win as I don't follow minority sports

 

[Bozza]

There will be other Rugby World Cups. They may not be other chances to get one over on Delia Smith.