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England or Burnley

Post by Spijed » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:11 pm

For me, England winning the World cup would come nowhere near Burnley winning the Premier league!

Just wouldn't be as good, nor live in the memory the same.

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by MACCA » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:14 pm

England win the World cup, but when they have lifted it, let everyone know I had my fingers crossed, so it doesn't count and Burnley can then still win the league.

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by South West Claret. » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:14 pm

Neither going to happen any time soon..so you can relax for a bit at least :D

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by Dyched » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:14 pm

Id say Burnley over England every time. Easily. But to homest England winning the world cup would be absolutely incredible. For us all who weren't around in 66 Im not sure we can contemplate how incredible it would be.

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by chekhov » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:16 pm

Personally I'd take getting to the Europa league group stage over an England World Cup win.
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Re: England or Burnley

Post by taio » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:18 pm

Me neither. But winning the world cup would be immense and one of the highlights of my life. It's not too long ago some people were saying stuff like they'd rather Burnley win a corner than England win the WC and they've no interest in watching England.

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by IanMcL » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:30 pm

England winning would be huge.
Burnley winning is life and death.

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by agreenwood » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:31 pm

Both.
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Re: England or Burnley

Post by ElectroClaret » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:32 pm

Burnley.

Not even close.
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Re: England or Burnley

Post by conyoviejo » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:34 pm

England winning the World Cup would come nowhere near Burnley avoiding relegation..
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Re: England or Burnley

Post by Masham Ale » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:38 pm

England winning the WC isn't even as good as BFC finishing 17th!

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by DCWat » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:42 pm

England winning the World Cup and Burnley playing in Europe, in the same year. It’s dream time!

Generally, I’d always opt for Burnley over England. But unless you’re throwing a Premier League Title or Europa League winners title into the equation, I’d opt for England winning the World Cup.

The whole country celebrating together would be huge!

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:44 pm

Burnley will always come before England.

But when you're football mad, we can be greedy and go with both.
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Re: England or Burnley

Post by Paul Waine » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:59 pm

I'd take England winning the World Cup with 3 (or more) current Burnley players leading the national team to victory..... at the end of the season in which Burnley had been crowned champions of the Premier League.... that's if the first time we win the Prem League is a World Cup year.

Yes, they've both happened before in my lifetime (though I don't have many football memories before 1962 FA cup final).

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by boatshed bill » Mon Jul 02, 2018 10:06 pm

It's hard to work out which is the more unlikely. but Burnley over England success every time.

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by cutsy123 » Mon Jul 02, 2018 10:14 pm

Burnley

Couldnt give a **** about england
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Re: England or Burnley

Post by tiger76 » Mon Jul 02, 2018 11:28 pm

i'd say Burnley but the reality is we'll never compete for the title without major investment,England with the rub of the green and a couple of decent performances have a chance of lifting the World Cup.

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by FactualFrank » Mon Jul 02, 2018 11:33 pm

tiger76 wrote:i'd say Burnley but the reality is we'll never compete for the title without major investment,England with the rub of the green and a couple of decent performances have a chance of lifting the World Cup.
I think it's more about the big prize. Not about what it would take to get there.

Burnley winning the Prem would sort the club out for probs 40 years. England winning the World Cup? Roll on 12 months and we'll be complaining about something else.

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by Goobs » Mon Jul 02, 2018 11:52 pm

Either would be incredible.

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by tybfc » Tue Jul 03, 2018 12:10 am

Burnley Burnley Burnley Burnley
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Re: England or Burnley

Post by Imploding Turtle » Tue Jul 03, 2018 3:44 am

For me England winning the World Cup would be on a par with Scotland finally winning a qualification group. Burnley winning the PL would be somewhat higher.

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by JPS71 » Tue Jul 03, 2018 5:12 am

Burnley winning any day of the week over England

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by claretinkorea » Tue Jul 03, 2018 6:28 am

I always find this question difficult to answer because the two really aren't comparable. England plays in a cup tournament and for Burnley we invariably talk about winning the league. Two totally different competitions.

To me, England winning the world cup would be way more 'exciting' following that event unfold than Burnley winning the league. Maybe because for England it would be done in 7 matches over a month (rather than 38 over 9 months) and the fact that you then have to wait another 4 years (so long as Burnley stay in the prem, we get a chance every year - albeit a small one).

Put it this way - in my life Burnley probably have about 40 more shots at being Champions (as long as they don't get relegated) England will have 10 more chances at being World Champions, although I do agree that the chance of England winning the world cup, however small, is bigger than Burnley being champions. I think it is the relative infrequency of the event that makes it more exciting for me.

Maybe if Burnley won the Europa League I'd look at it differently (ask me at the end of next season ;))

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by Tall Paul » Tue Jul 03, 2018 7:15 am

Why not both?
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Re: England or Burnley

Post by JohnMac » Tue Jul 03, 2018 7:29 am

The best thing to come out of England winning the World Cup would be the realisation amongst the media and pundits that you don't need a 'Golden Generation' of perpetual underachieving bottlers led by an underachieving celebrity manager.

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by Tribesmen » Tue Jul 03, 2018 7:33 am

One hopes England lose tonight is all I can say .

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by claretinkorea » Tue Jul 03, 2018 7:33 am

Tall Paul wrote:Why not both?
Just imagine how staggeringly awesome that would be!!! I think I need to go lie down...

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by joey13 » Tue Jul 03, 2018 7:50 am

Why do you have to chose ?

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by Corky » Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:13 am

I know it is all hypothetical and a bit of fun but the feelings do exist.

The emotions that I display when Burnley win or lose just aren't there in the same intensity when I am watching England.
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Re: England or Burnley

Post by Braindead » Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:15 am

Burnley take priority for me.

However as a staunch England supporter a World Cup win would be absolutely fantastic for this country and finally getting the second star on the badge would be a dream.

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by claretinkorea » Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:22 am

Corky wrote:I know it is all hypothetical and a bit of fun but the feelings do exist.

The emotions that I display when Burnley win or lose just aren't there in the same intensity when I am watching England.
Nailed it! Exactly what I tried to say, but much more succint (never was my strong point) :lol:

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by Woodleyclaret » Tue Jul 03, 2018 8:49 am

Burnley successes always mean more to me than England.Too many poor managers picking media darling flops for me to get excited about the national team
It would be nice for England to win but my own priorities are looking forward to new recuits and anothe successful season

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by BurnleyFC » Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:07 am

I’d take a Burnley pre season victory against Preston over an England World Cup win.

I just can’t bring myself to cheer odious turds like Dele Alli.

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Re: England or Burnley

Post by happyclaret17 » Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:56 am

complete no brainer...Burnley.

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