Depends on your club. A team like Liverpool would much rather win the EPL because they've never won it, while a club like City would rather win the Champions League for the exact same reason. For myself, I would rather win the EPL right now because if you win the league there can be no debate over who is the best, while winning the Champions League can come with a bit of luck as anything can happen in a knock out competition...
Would you rather win the Premier League or the Champions League?
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The PL. If we are good enough to win it it means we are good enough to compete in Europe. On the other hand, any cup competition can be won by a fluke.
This. The CL is like an exotic beauty who its nice to be with every once in a while but who's charm would fade away if you had it all the time. The PL is like your spouse, you don't want to see it with anybody else.Premier League.
The CL is bigger and carry more prestige, but the PL is more important. You got to be the best in your own backyard.
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I suspect the fact we're in the last 16 of the CL but not really in the title race has influenced this vote somewhat.
On day 1 of season in August it's the title that's the biggest priority. Always. End of story.
On day 1 of season in August it's the title that's the biggest priority. Always. End of story.
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It depends on the situation.
Liverpool - Def the league
Spurs - Debatable but I say the league. League win will bring far more legitimacy of them being a European powerhouse as opposed to 1 off CL win
Chelsea - Cl definitely. We have won the league twice recently. CL win would mean much more than another league win.
Arsenal - CL win since they have been elite but havent won CL yet.
Man Utd - Again debatable but from Utd perspective I think CL win will do the same for the club what it has done to Real recently. Cement their place as one of the very best in Europe over the years.
Liverpool - Def the league
Spurs - Debatable but I say the league. League win will bring far more legitimacy of them being a European powerhouse as opposed to 1 off CL win
Chelsea - Cl definitely. We have won the league twice recently. CL win would mean much more than another league win.
Arsenal - CL win since they have been elite but havent won CL yet.
Man Utd - Again debatable but from Utd perspective I think CL win will do the same for the club what it has done to Real recently. Cement their place as one of the very best in Europe over the years.
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If you'd have asked me in the 90's it would have been the CL. Now it's the PL.
If you're not in contention for the PL, you're still likely an outsider for the CL anyway, so there's a certain resetting of priorities/expectations.
If you're not in contention for the PL, you're still likely an outsider for the CL anyway, so there's a certain resetting of priorities/expectations.
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Premier League, for the forseeable future.
Nothing beats a last minute winner in a UCL final.CL is a glorified cup competition with music and over the top hype. Don't believe the hype or casuals.
Rather win PL. Nothing beats a proper title race.
Solve this debate by kicking out teams that didn't win their league the previous season. Then you won't have entitled fans of teams that are perennial 4th place finishers saying CL > PL. The discussion would be moot because you'd need the PL to even start that conversation.
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CL obviously. We would have had to go through the likes of Bayern, Barca, PSG, Real Madrid, Juventus etc. It makes for a much more satisfying win when your opposition is of such high quality.
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Has to be the CL for me.
Yes there's fewer games compared to the PL but to be crowned "the best in Europe" means you've potentially beaten the best team(s) in Europe.
Yes there's fewer games compared to the PL but to be crowned "the best in Europe" means you've potentially beaten the best team(s) in Europe.
We haven't won the league for nearly 30 years. So we haven't been the best team in England that long. I want to claim that again, be the best team in England again. I want that more than anything else.
I wouldn't trade any of our Big Ears for it, as they're all special, but the league means a lot more to me than a CL.
I wouldn't trade any of our Big Ears for it, as they're all special, but the league means a lot more to me than a CL.
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really? what happened to leicester?The PL. If we are good enough to win it it means we are good enough to compete in Europe. On the other hand, any cup competition can be won by a fluke.
winning the PL usually just means you were more consistent in beating the weaker teams in the league than the other top 3.
winning the CL means you consistently beat or drew games to top competition from all around europe.... or tied all knockout games and the final and went to penalties every game.. but when has that ever happened?
hmm.... i'd say winning the champions league is more telling of how good a team is than winning their own league. One requires consistency over a longer period of time but against various levels of competition. the other requires extreme consistency in getting positive results against usually very good teams over a much shorter span of games.
walkinhop
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I just thing one requires a better platform than the other. One from which you can build to eventually win the other. It's obviously debatable.really? what happened to leicester?
winning the PL usually just means you were more consistent in beating the weaker teams in the league than the other top 3.
winning the CL means you consistently beat or drew games to top competition from all around europe.... or tied all knockout games and the final and went to penalties every game.. but when has that ever happened?
hmm.... i'd say winning the champions league is more telling of how good a team is than winning their own league. One requires consistency over a longer period of time but against various levels of competition. the other requires extreme consistency in getting positive results against usually very good teams over a much shorter span of games.
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I should have put "IMO" at the end of that.Nothing beats a last minute winner in a UCL final.
The best thing about winning the CL in 2008 for me was that it completed the double with the league, and we could legitimately deem ourselves the best team in Europe. If we didn't win the league my enjoyment would have been less.