Would You Rather: Club Win the League? Or Country Win the World Cup?

By: Daryl | October 12th, 2009

would you rather club vs country2 Two new things on The Offside. First of all, Daily Dose will no longer be the last post of the day. We’ll still do the Daily Dose obviously, because it’s an Offside institution. But we’ll also be adding an extra post afterwards to finish the day and take us through the night. Hopefully a post like this one, which isn’t particularly newsy but has the potential to start a bit of discussion.

Second of all, allow me to introduce a new feature. It’s called Would You Rather? It’s a bit like Soundoff, where we want your opinion. Except there are only two options and we’re asking you to choose.

For the inaugural Would you Rather?, a classic problem faced by players and managers everywhere, but very rarely by fans: Club vs Country.

Here’s the question. If only one of the following could happen – you can’t have both – then which would you prefer:

a) Your club team wins the league title? or
b) Your national team wins the World Cup?

You can have one or the other. You can’t have both. Which would you prefer?

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soccerroo

I would say country. But I would think someone from Brazil, Italy, Argentina or Germany might say differently based on their club allegience. THose countries have won several WC's so if their club has never won then they might have a different opinion.
Nazim Guendil

Definitely, the national team comes first...then the club!

A;geria in the WC and United winning the premiership AGAIN baby :)
bayrak

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9 champions leagues

1-WC Spain
2- Champions league Real Madrid
3-league
4-intercontinental
5-Copa del rey...nobody cares for it in spain unlike the carling cup.
Mauricio Franco

with no doubt win the world cup!!!! theres always good chances to win a league cup,every 6 months or at least every year you have the oportunity but conquest the world cup is only every 4 years..plus if u are champion of the league the prestige of the club remain while you are champion,perhaps those 6 to 12 months,as a champion of the world not only u have prestige for 4 years but for the rest of history...last but no least lets just SUPOSE there are 100,000 football players around the world in 20 years probably at least 20 to 30 thousand of them have been league champs...probably more...in 20 years i can count only 138 players as champion of the world...so what do u think now??
footielover

ajax or netherlands? go holland!!
Mike

Country hands down. The world cup only comes around every 4 years.. the club can rack up championships during the 3 year wc break.
Lola

Definitely country win the World Cup. The club can win the league any year.
yanix

country! of course
Hideo

World Cup for me too.
But then we are asking this question on a forum for a website about the World Cup, and international football in general so it's hardly surprising that most of us choose the World Cup. Ask the same thing on a Serie A forum, or a Premier League forum and the response would be rather different.
For me, (Newcastle United fan by the way) I have always loved international football - even my subbuteo was the World Cup edition! - and no matter how big a domestic league the Champions League gets, and no matter how much higher in quality it is than international football, nothing for me can match the excitement, drama, passion and that sickness in the stomach feeling that a World Cup provides.
Fernando

The World Cup... but since it won't happen in my lifetime, I'll settle for being able to watch a Futsal match.

By the way... Brazil vs Hungary (Futsal Friendly) on PFC this Monday.
cici

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World Cup of course!!!
Diab

I am from Egypt and I say country.
Henry

World Cup!World Cup!World Cup!
Nothing compares to it. Black Stars of Ghana for 2010!
From: South African
el_horse

World cup world cup world cup

Its simple insane

Poland were hosts to 2 major european tournaments recently (mens bball and womens volleyball) and won the mens european championship on top of that only this year and the feeling cannot be compared to anything

That's why champions league means much less than world cup I think

I'm a pretty huge club fan but only poland games make me feel special, make my skin shiver, etc. Only singing the national anthem with 20-50 thousand other fans makes me feel invincible
Ebrahim

I've always maintained that country comes first. I think its the ultimate dream for anyone involved in football to be in a World Cup and better to win it. So its obvious to me that I'd love England to win the world cup over Liverpool winning the league - yes, Liverpool, even though they havent won it in 20 years now! I mean, at least LFC have a chance every year, whereas England only get a go every four years.

Can't wait for the World Cup!
Marshall

I gotta shake my head anytime I see a club vs country debate... How can some stupid club possibly come over your own country?!?

I would much rather see Korea win the WC, or just see Canada even MAKE the WC...... than see Valencia win the treble 10 years in a row AND Daejeon Citizen becoming the new Real Madrid AND Toronto FC becoming the greatest team the friggin world has ever seen
lilrashio

hmmm. Iran win WC or newcastle win championship. I think newcastle have a chance of winning, if it were the prem it would be different. I have to go with Iran and the wc. maybe 2014
Musab

Galatasaray wins the league every year anyway. Country.
Juan

World Cup. No question.
elle

the US to win the world cup, definately. because I might actually drop dead if that happened.

and Manchester United win the league all the time.
Finnegan

This for me, is not a tough question. As an American, it'd be great to see the USA win the world cup because it'd legitimize us as a footballing nation. And my club, Chelsea, has already won two titles recently. Now...if it were the Champions League, then it'd be a different story. That trophy has eluded us twice in a row when we should have won it.
Ant

No question that in my lifetime, I'd love to see Spain win the WC.
Oli

Hmmm...that's really tough.

As a Barnsley fan, that would mean promotion, but the effedt og England winning the world cup on the entire country would be incredible.
Theo

Club i dont car about england
Al

Atletico winning La Liga vs. Mexico winning the WC.

Mexico all the way.
Diane

You should have exempted all Liverpool fans from having to consider that question this season!
Francesco

Seeing how I already got to experience Italy winning the World Cup in 2006 and how Milan hasn't won the Scudetto since 2004, I'll say I'd want to see Milan win the Scudetto.
richard

i'd definitely go for a USA World Cup win first and foremost, especially if we can beat Italy and Mexico along the way and England in the final. can you imagine the English press if that happened?
g?

Country, but not yet.
I hope the US makes the quarters or semis this time around, to get fans interested, but not make them overconfident, that we're "that good" regardless.
Tom

I'd rather see either of my countries (Canada and Argentina) win the World Cup than Arsenal win the league.

Although Canada even qualifying one of these times would be just peachy as well.
Andre

My club has won the League in Norway 16 out of the last 20 years.

To see Norway win the World Cup would be the most insane thing ever.
Jack

Juve are gonna have truckloads of Scudetto while New Zealand are barely able to qualify, so NZ to win WC
Bruno Romani

Winning the World Cup is cool, and being Brazilian gives me the chance to say: I'd rather have my club winning everything possible.
Mustafa

If I had to make a ranking of teams I love winning the title, it would have to go

1) Sudan wins the World Cup
2) Tottenham wins the Premier League
3) USA wins the World Cup

I really don't know how I'd be able to handle all of the new, bandwagoning, American soccer fans, if the Stars $ Stripes win the World Cup... I'd probably just go to Canada or something
Giuseppe

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alessio tu sei dal Juventus, vero? Riconosco il tuo nome perche sono un tifoso Rosanero e tu sei un uomo vero non come le gente e tifosi di Inter o Milan...
Giuseppe

Alessio, io penso che possiamo fare un grande cosa con questo ".com"...Lo so che possiamo, e potremo...penso che "The Offside" e "The World Cup Blog" hanno abbastanza soldi insieme per promouvere quest website, voglio incontrare e parlare con Daryl perche noi siamo forte qua e abbiamo tifosi dal tutto il mondo che voulanno uno migliore website...

Con Giusto,
Giuseppe
Patterson

Seeing as my club team is Fulham and my country is Canada, neither is likely any time soon. That being said, in the unlikely event it does, I'd go with Canada; it would just be a bit more special, but then again, my club team isn't my hometown team.
tim

united > england
Andres

You gents are right , world cup vs Champions league would have been a better thing to discusse
But since we're going with league vs world cup
I'd say la roja > real madrid
mark

world cup!!
Andrew

As much as I'd love to see Spurs win the league, I think I'd prefer my nation, Barbados, to even QUALIFY for a World Cup
Giuseppe

and Daryl, as far as I know you are the "Head" of the WC Blog and The Offside correct? If so i think that you (and the "Board Of Directors" should start advertising on FSC, Setanta, etc. because after all more people viewing the website is = to more people seeing the Ads which is = to more money...but what I would really love to see a 100% "Blog Employment Rate"...meaning that every blog has an active blogger to account for it...Let me know what you think.

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Giuseppe
jots

Country winning the World Cup
Giuseppe

as a DIEHARD Palermo team and an Italian "Nationalist" its a toss-up mostly because all my friends are always shitting on me because Palermo barely scratches 8th place in Serie A almost every year...But they also shit on me because "Italy is a washed up B-Squad" but Italian Pride over powers Sicilian Flair soo Italy > Palermo
Thomas

If the Champions League counts it might be close--between PSG winning that and France winning the word cup, but if it's just Ligue 1, World Cup all the way.
Mike Diamente

I think I speak for most Americans by saying that the United States winning the world cup would be the biggest thing to happen for American soccer fans ever.
Jacob

although i love manchester united to death seeing the USA win the world cup would make my life complete.
Flippy

Unless your favorite club is a second tier team or pretty bad, it is not fair to compare a league title which is possible every year with a world cup which is every 4 years and is harder to win. Maybe the Champions League would be better. Or in America, Concacaf and South America Copa America. If it's league vs World Cup, I would definitely have World Cup for any club, but if its CL, I would be torn between Ajax winning the CL or Netherlands winning the World Cup...
Ryan

Much much much rather see the USA win the World Cup than Man City win the league.
Tommy Wong

World Cup by a long shot.
Jose

World Cup, obviously. Although I do know of the "I'd rather Arsenal win a throw-in than England win the World Cup" crowd.
Matilda

Pretty easy on this, I'm a Bolton and England fan. Being a fan of a club like Bolton means I have completely no expectation of winning the league. It's not even in the realm of possibility, while England winning the World Cup is possible (if highly unlikely). Most definitely England winning the World Cup
George

Not difficult--
USA winning the World Cup > Galaxy winning MLS Cup
Daryl

I figure it's unfair to ask this question without also answering it, so here goes. I'm a Wolves and England fan, and I'd rather see England win the World Cup.

Mostly because I've been promised a World Cup win by the English media (and players and managers) for so long now that I'm absolutely desperate to see it happen. Would also be nice to win it without hosting it. Makes it more of an achievement.