They would and do - just ask a few! To win something like the FA Cup in your lifetime is far greater achievement than just 'staying in the league', which amounts to nothing. Teams write their place in history by getting their names etched in silverware.

Wigan fans I would guess

Of course it is ... where have you been in the last 20 years?

As much as we'd all love to see Palace win a big competition it is unlikely to happen if we don't have quality players.

There isn't any need for Palace to be relegated THIS season and certainly not for the sake of pursuing the FA Cup.

We're in the last sixteen and if we go all the way then so be it ... but if we don't there's always next year.

There won't be a realistic follow up attempt for many years if we're relegated. 1990 to 2016 was a long time to wait for a second unsuccessful Wembley FA Cup Final appearance!

Edited by Henry of Peckham (28 Jan 2019 1.01am)

Denial is not just a river in Egypt

Weakened or not the top 6 or 7 have won 17 of the last 20 fa cups i think.
Clearly still taking it seriously methinks.
I can still remember beating the bin dippers 4-3 in the semi final.
In top 5 palace football days.
Tbh winning the zenith was a great moment so an fa or league cup would complete me for ever.
Weve been up and down like a whores drawers so thats like groundhog day.
It will hapoen again so lets do something different like win a bloody cup.

I don’t care about top players plying their trade if you compare it to winning a cup. If that excites you buy a season ticket at Chelsea or Arsenal like so many others.

I love being a premier league team but winning the cup would be one of the greatest days of my life! Telling me that no one remembers Wigan winning the FA cup? I remember the irony of Ben Watson scoring the Winner as the first man the ball hit from a corner (I have this image of him repeatedly hitting the first defender when taking corners for us).

Barring a miracle or surprise investment we will never be a top six team, which I don’t think I’d enjoy anyway, Years from now no one will remember our few years run in the premier league, much like Bolton, Wigan, Charlton, Ipswich etc. etc. etc. An FA cup win would stay with me, and be remembered, for a very long time!!

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Palace don’t need to etch their place in history as far as I am concerned, they are already there. Never a dull moment, never has been, wouldn’t swap it.