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Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 9:28 am

Only a couple of weeks till fixtures due.

Would you prefer a top team home or away or a bottom half side at home with a better chance of getting off to a good start in the prem?

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 9:50 am

Bay Blue wrote:Only a couple of weeks till fixtures due.

Would you prefer a top team home or away or a bottom half side at home with a better chance of getting off to a good start in the prem?

Arsenal at home. All pressure on them and they won’t have had time to gel. They’ve always had a soft underbelly too. Imho it would be the best time to play them

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 9:55 am

bluebirdoct1962 wrote:
Bay Blue wrote:Only a couple of weeks till fixtures due.

Would you prefer a top team home or away or a bottom half side at home with a better chance of getting off to a good start in the prem?

Arsenal at home. All pressure on them and they won’t have had time to gel. They’ve always had a soft underbelly too. Imho it would be the best time to play them


If it had to be a top side, Arsenal at home as you say wouldn’t be bad, rough em up a bit :ayatollah:

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 9:58 am

chelsea home for me

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 10:03 am

Swansea at home... oh wait :laughing6:

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 10:10 am

Any of the teams we are likely to be competing with down the bottom. The sooner we get our first 3 points the better, otherwise the pressure keeps building.

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 10:18 am

One of the big teams at home

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 10:23 am

Home to Huddersfield.

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 10:27 am

Man city. Get it out the way haha

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 10:33 am

piledriver64 wrote:Any of the teams we are likely to be competing with down the bottom. The sooner we get our first 3 points the better, otherwise the pressure keeps building.


Totally agree, the sooner we get some points on the board the better, a good start for me could prove massive.

You look at last season and Huddersfield had Palace, Newcastle and Southampton first 3 games and took 7 points, great start that was invaluable in the end, something like that would be ideal.

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 10:36 am

bluebird7291 wrote:Man city. Get it out the way haha


As above, Arsenal would be good.

There will be a fantastic buzz about the city no matter who we get.

Home game first would be great.

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 10:51 am

Prefer to see us play a few of the sides we are really competing with early on in the season. I think it is important to get points on the board asap. If we are struggling at the bottom from day 1, the pressure will quickly mount, and players will struggle with confidence. I think a nice home win on the opening day will be a good confidence booster.

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 11:00 am

RV Casual wrote:
piledriver64 wrote:Any of the teams we are likely to be competing with down the bottom. The sooner we get our first 3 points the better, otherwise the pressure keeps building.


Totally agree, the sooner we get some points on the board the better, a good start for me could prove massive.

You look at last season and Huddersfield had Palace, Newcastle and Southampton first 3 games and took 7 points, great start that was invaluable in the end, something like that would be ideal.



Spot on that would be best for us to catch them cold. We were flying at the start of last season Warnock knows how to prepare a team.

They are fixed though, they seem to deliberately give some teams a tough start to pin them at the bottom early on, hopefully we are not one of the teams given a really tough first five.

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 11:53 am

Bluebina wrote:
RV Casual wrote:
piledriver64 wrote:Any of the teams we are likely to be competing with down the bottom. The sooner we get our first 3 points the better, otherwise the pressure keeps building.


Totally agree, the sooner we get some points on the board the better, a good start for me could prove massive.

You look at last season and Huddersfield had Palace, Newcastle and Southampton first 3 games and took 7 points, great start that was invaluable in the end, something like that would be ideal.



Spot on that would be best for us to catch them cold. We were flying at the start of last season Warnock knows how to prepare a team.

They are fixed though, they seem to deliberately give some teams a tough start to pin them at the bottom early on, hopefully we are not one of the teams given a really tough first five.


Got a feeling it will be either West Ham or Southampton away first. Just a gut feeling. :bluescarf:

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 12:37 pm

It will be probably away to a mid table team to start and then a home game against one of the top 4 in the first few games.

At the end of the season we will have a run of games against top 6 teams who rarely seem to play each other in the last two games - when was the last time that Man United v Liverpool, Arsenal v Spurs or Chelsea v Arsenal on the final weekend?

It's because they want the big teams to play the cannon fodder at the end of the season. Not sure why because that Arsenal v Liverpool game when Michael Thomas scored the winner was so memorable - not sure that was the last game of the season though?

I bet that one of our last two games is against one of the big teams.

The fixture computer is far from random I'm afraid.

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 12:40 pm

liverpool and chelsea played week 37 last season i think

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 12:51 pm

Off on holiday the 13th. So away Vs a team in the North West so I don't have to travel far.

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 12:55 pm

Slightly off topic; anyone know when the Tottenham Stadium will be ready because I hope we get to play them there rather than Wembley.

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 12:58 pm

City Slicker wrote:Slightly off topic; anyone know when the Tottenham Stadium will be ready because I hope we get to play them there rather than Wembley.


Not sure. But didn't they ask for their first few games to be away as theyre a bit over schedule?

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 12:59 pm

jimmy_rat wrote:
City Slicker wrote:Slightly off topic; anyone know when the Tottenham Stadium will be ready because I hope we get to play them there rather than Wembley.


Not sure. But didn't they ask for their first few games to be away as theyre a bit over schedule?


Here ya go...

Tottenham Hotspur could still play at Wembley next stadium as fears grow over their ability to finish their new arena in north east London, according to the Daily Mail.

Spurs were meant to let the Football Association know if they needed to use the 90,000 seat national stadium on Thursday but have been allowed an extra two weeks to make a decision as they attempt to get their new home ready in time for the 2018/19 Premier League season.

It’s been reported the FA declined to comment on the matter, while the Lilywhites were reluctant to rule out renewing the Wembley agreement.

Work is going on around the clock in N17 but it appears there are fears from some the finishing touches will not be done in time, despite Tottenham testing out their pitch trays recently, and making good progress on the roofing to the structure.

It had already been expected the club would play some early fixtures away from home to give them extra time on completing the ground, but Football.London have revealed Spurs sources are calm on the matter, insisting the timeline hasn’t changed and plans are still in place for it to open for testing in August.

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 1:05 pm

West Ham home.

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 1:25 pm

One of the top 6 at home to try and catch them cold followed by 3/4 ‘easier’ games to get a few points under our belt & build confidence.

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 2:34 pm

Fooolham clappers, wind them up staying above them.

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 2:44 pm

davids wrote:It will be probably away to a mid table team to start and then a home game against one of the top 4 in the first few games.

At the end of the season we will have a run of games against top 6 teams who rarely seem to play each other in the last two games - when was the last time that Man United v Liverpool, Arsenal v Spurs or Chelsea v Arsenal on the final weekend?

It's because they want the big teams to play the cannon fodder at the end of the season. Not sure why because that Arsenal v Liverpool game when Michael Thomas scored the winner was so memorable - not sure that was the last game of the season though?

I bet that one of our last two games is against one of the big teams.

The fixture computer is far from random I'm afraid.



Definitely, they pick the games to suit the top teams most of the time, and hammer some of the bottom teams with terrible runs of games !!!

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 2:45 pm

DandoCCFC wrote:West Ham home.



With Swansea at home to Millwall it will be a lively old train down from the smoke !!!

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 2:47 pm

jimmy_rat wrote:
jimmy_rat wrote:
City Slicker wrote:Slightly off topic; anyone know when the Tottenham Stadium will be ready because I hope we get to play them there rather than Wembley.


Not sure. But didn't they ask for their first few games to be away as theyre a bit over schedule?


Here ya go...

Tottenham Hotspur could still play at Wembley next stadium as fears grow over their ability to finish their new arena in north east London, according to the Daily Mail.

Spurs were meant to let the Football Association know if they needed to use the 90,000 seat national stadium on Thursday but have been allowed an extra two weeks to make a decision as they attempt to get their new home ready in time for the 2018/19 Premier League season.

It’s been reported the FA declined to comment on the matter, while the Lilywhites were reluctant to rule out renewing the Wembley agreement.

Work is going on around the clock in N17 but it appears there are fears from some the finishing touches will not be done in time, despite Tottenham testing out their pitch trays recently, and making good progress on the roofing to the structure.

It had already been expected the club would play some early fixtures away from home to give them extra time on completing the ground, but Football.London have revealed Spurs sources are calm on the matter, insisting the timeline hasn’t changed and plans are still in place for it to open for testing in August.


Cheers Jimmy :thumbup:

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 5:23 pm

The top six don't play each other on the first weekend so could well be one of them.
Hopefully Brighton Huddersfield or Newcastle at home :bluescarf:

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 6:10 pm

piledriver64 wrote:Any of the teams we are likely to be competing with down the bottom. The sooner we get our first 3 points the better, otherwise the pressure keeps building.


Our first 3 points in the Prem last time around was against Man City.

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 6:54 pm

huddersfield home for me :bluescarf: :bluescarf: :bluescarf: :bluescarf: :bluescarf: :bluescarf: :bluescarf: :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Re: Who would you prefer first game

Thu May 31, 2018 7:46 pm

I don't really mind as long it's at home