Fixtures Calendar - 2022/23

[domalino]

Having a tough first away game, especially after a WC or Euros, is potentially a major disadvantage. We’ve had Arsenal, Wolves, Spurs and now West Ham

We've lost at West Ham once in 9 years, and they finished 7th in the table, how is that a tough game?

What you mean is we haven't had an easy game, that's not the same thing.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

What’s our third kit this year? Can’t see us wearing home or away at West Ham.

 

[danielwood5]

Nothing too remarkable in there but it's a shame we're away first and last game of the season.

 

[Cricket Blue]

6th consecutive time we have been away 1st.
Last time we had a home game first was vs Sunderland in 2016.
It's almost as if they want to make life as awkward as possible for us.

 

[malg]

Just seen Bournemouth's start:

Villa home
City away
Arsenal home
Liverpool away

Welcome to the Prem.........

 

[Pollocksheader]

Only by the people that are as stupid as our fans that believe it's rigged!
If some believe if it's rigged for us and some believe it's rigged against us, perhaps it isn't actually rigged at all!

Don’t believe it’s rigged. Liverpool getting a newly promoted team first game, for the 4th season running is some going. Extremely high odds for that to have happened.

 

[Eccles Blue]

No idea why people even think they’re random. It’s not a cup competition and there’s huge amounts of other ‘stuff’ to take into consideration, which dictates certain dates/fixtures and certainly disallows others. Also, I bet it’s a bloody nightmare to organise.

I think the compiler or whatever they are called needs a bonus for arranging them all. :-)

 

[HelloCity]

Spurs last season is the only time it's really impacted us though, and we always lose there anyway. Besides, the stronger the opposition the more likely they are to also be impacted by any summer tournaments surely?

Maybe. I guess at the very least it levels the playing field for the opposition. Still, with Haaland joining the ranks and no summer comp we should be flying high early on.

 

[Bluemoon dan]

Just seen Bournemouth's start:

Villa home
City away
Arsenal home
Liverpool away

Welcome to the Prem.........

Brentford have something similar but at the end. Their last 4 are Liverpool away, West Ham home, Spurs away and us at home!

 

[blueste41]

The thing is, at this stage nobody really knows what a tough or easy fixture is going to be. I'm sure Everton at home would have been picked out as a tricky one last year because its Everton and it fell straight after an international break and before a champions league game in midweek. As it was, by the time they came to us they were in the process of imploding under Benitez and we cruised to a 3-0. Conversely, Brentford as a newly promoted side would have fallen into the easy camp but they really weren't!

Exactly this. I don't expect people thought that Palace away 3 days after a carabao cup game and 4 days before a champions league game last season would prove to be a challenge........