54 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 (edited) As always, who do people think we'll get on: Opening Game Boxing Day Last Game Edited June 18 by 54 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSG Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Opening: Spurs (H) Boxing day: Man City (A) Last day: Chelsea (A) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Hopefully we get Everton home and away midweek to vary it up a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Based on last season, first 5 will be City away Arsenal away Liverpool away Chelsea away Real Madrid away in a special event fixture to promote the premier league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelinton7 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Opening: West Ham (H) Boxing: Man U (A) Last: Liverpool (A) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 10 minutes ago, Disco said: Hopefully we get Everton home and away midweek to vary it up a bit. Would be good to get to ‘Goodison under the lights’ before they move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Could do with an easier start than last time Wolves h Villa a Man u h Brentford a Ipswich a Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Opening: Liverpool (A) Boxing: Liverpool (A) Last: Liverpool (A) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 2 minutes ago, SteV said: Would be good to get to ‘Goodison under the lights’ before they move. 100% not going to get a midweek game there whilst they are in their first few years of getting a feel for their new stadium. Them away, and Palace away are my hopes for the first few fixtures, get them out of the way instead of playing them at the business end of the season again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 4 minutes ago, Dokko said: Opening: Liverpool (A) Boxing: Liverpool (A) Last: Liverpool (A) Not that anyone thinks the premier league is corrupt in any way… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
looneytoon Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Opening: Everton (A) Boxing: Liverpool (A) Last: Ipswich (H) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Excited to see this seasons premier league narrative, last season was aimed to upset our flow and get Eddie out asap. This season id imagine they want us on a “title charge” for the first 10 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 24 minutes ago, looneytoon said: Opening: Everton (A) Boxing: Liverpool (A) Last: Ipswich (H) Premier league rules are that we must play Everton away midweek. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Opening: Everton (H) Boxing Day: West Ham (A) Last: Leicester (H) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 First: West Ham home Boxing: Ipswich away Last premier league: Fulham away Last: Liverpool Wembley (FA cup final) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy84 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Boxing Day will be definitely be a Manchester or Liverpool away Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Can we please just not have Man City, Liverpool and Brighton in the first 5 games of the season for the third time in a row. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 (edited) 1 hour ago, Andy84 said: Boxing Day will be definitely be a Manchester or Liverpool away It will be Liverpool. It has to be a Northern team by the rules of the Premier League. I think it will be Man City, based on how we are paired with the North London derby for our derby which is replaced by a northern team who come up, last year it was Sheffield United. They won’t put the North London derby on the Boxing Day, so it rules that fixture out. With Sheffield United and Burnley down, it means that we will likely get paired with Man Utd on that fixture (outside chance either us or Man Utd gets paired with Leicester instead, but I doubt it, as they would likely get paired with Forest), which would rule that being a Boxing Day match. In the Manchester derby we were paired with Wolves, and Crystal Palace for the Merseyside derby last season, which we will likely retain. We know they won’t play a local derby on Boxing Day due to safety concerns, so that rules both Wolves, and Palace out, although Palace would be ruled out in anyway due to not being a Northern team, and I doubt Wolves would be considered a suitable fixture. This would mean that we are left with about 5 possible teams to play that weekend. Everton, Liverpool, Man City, and there is an outside chance that they would go with Forest (which is who we got last year), or Leicester. Villa (like Wolves) will likely be classed as too far away for a Boxing Day fixture. Now we know they like to give us Everton during midweek, so that likely rules them out. As mentioned, last year we got Forest, they could go for this again, but I doubt it. This leaves 3 likely possibilities, Liverpool, Man City, and Leicester. * Edited for further clarification. Edited June 14 by Stifler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 People will joke that it doesn’t matter, but it’d be really nice to have a friendly start to get our confidence up. And give us some CL teams at home in October / November. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgarve Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Wonder which teams we’ll be playing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 2 hours ago, timeEd32 said: People will joke that it doesn’t matter, but it’d be really nice to have a friendly start to get our confidence up. And give us some CL teams at home in October / November. No chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Remember that really nice home Boxing Day fixture last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Guarantee Ipswich away will be midweek Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigValley Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 (edited) Opening. Chelsea home Boxing. Spurs away Last game. West Ham home Edited June 15 by BigValley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Opening: Spurs (A) Boxing: Man Utd (A) Last: Palace (H) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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