Not the worst start but that run in looks daunting.

First few games, should defo be hoping for maximum points. Brentford lost their manager and will most likely lose Mbuemo too. Palace will be a good game. They have a solid manager and so far don't seem to be in any danger of losing Eze and Guehi as it stands...

9 minutes ago, AlexTommo said:

Not the worst start but that run in looks daunting.

We can win the league beating Tottenham.

AFCON is 21st Dec - 18th Jan, Jackson, I believe is the only player we currently have that we'll be losing.

Oof, that's a rough start for us to the season.

I don't feel confident in any of those until Sunderland in October.

We "should" expect to win all of those first four games but 4 London derbies in a row to start the season is tough.

That’s actually the nicest fixture list we’ve had in a while. No month that we shouldn’t be picking points up in.

1 hour ago, Remodez said:

Oof, that's a rough start for us to the season.

I don't feel confident in any of those until Sunderland in October.

Opta's statisticians think differently !

6th easiest start according to them ...

5 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Opta's statisticians think differently !

6th easiest start according to them ...

Haven't really looked at others to be honest it could potentially be but four london derbies in a row to then end up at United we drew first game and scrapped a win second game last season when they were at their worse, then Brighton and Liverpool.

Not my ideal start but could be worse I suppose, at least the tough games are spread-out fairly decently.

Considering the world club cup. Starting with London derbies is good. Less travel.

Four London derbies has that ever happened before?

I suspect all 4 games will be televised live due to them being London derbies

4 hours ago, AlexTommo said:

AFCON is 21st Dec - 18th Jan, Jackson, I believe is the only player we currently have that we'll be losing.

Let's hope Senegal make the final

4 hours ago, AlexTommo said:

Not the worst start but that run in looks daunting.

As a matter of interest when is Easter next year?. No game from March 21 to April 11.

1 hour ago, WhiteWall said:

Let's hope Senegal make the final

They usually do to be honest so real possibility.

1 hour ago, WhiteWall said:

As a matter of interest when is Easter next year?. No game from March 21 to April 11.

Might be an FA Cup weekend leading into an international break?

Of the first 13 games we play 10 of them in London..

Lovely to see all those Saturday 3pm kick offs . wouldn't it be great if it stayed that way ! , ( why is Palace on Sunday ? )

Of the first 5, I reckon we won just one of them.last season? ( West ham away ?) Oh well, it doesn't matter what order the fixtures come in, don't forget we got a load of CL games too. Anyone know when those fixtures are announced? I assume it's the same format with one mega league again ??

2 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Of the first 13 games we play 10 of them in London..

Lovely to see all those Saturday 3pm kick offs . wouldn't it be great if it stayed that way ! , ( why is Palace on Sunday ? )

Of the first 5, I reckon we won just one of them.last season? ( West ham away ?) Oh well, it doesn't matter what order the fixtures come in, don't forget we got a load of CL games too. Anyone know when those fixtures are announced? I assume it's the same format with one mega league again ??

You say that, but next season the only games not available on TV will be 3pm Saturday kick offs

6 hours ago, AlexTommo said:

Not the worst start but that run in looks daunting.

Way wayy better start than some of the recent years. Need to beat Utd before they get any momentum behind them

22 minutes ago, AlexTommo said:

Might be an FA Cup weekend leading into an international break?

But don't we normally have a double fixture over Easter weekend or am I showing my age here?

16 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

But don't we normally have a double fixture over Easter weekend or am I showing my age here?

I think that's the EFL teams that play on Good Friday and Easter Monday. Premiership is normally Sat/Sun.

14 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

Of the first 13 games we play 10 of them in London..

Lovely to see all those Saturday 3pm kick offs . wouldn't it be great if it stayed that way ! , ( why is Palace on Sunday ? )

Of the first 5, I reckon we won just one of them.last season? ( West ham away ?) Oh well, it doesn't matter what order the fixtures come in, don't forget we got a load of CL games too. Anyone know when those fixtures are announced? I assume it's the same format with one mega league again ??

Most of our games following CL are at home. Think it's like 6 of 8.

18 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

But don't we normally have a double fixture over Easter weekend or am I showing my age here?

Not since 2012 apparently !

Good article about Easter football history here -> https://archive.is/yzYXE

And a club article from 2020 : https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/chelsea-memorable-easter-mondays

I don't like to make predictions about how we should start anymore. It's hard to say what condition teams will be in going into the new season. There are always surprises too. Forest were tipped to be in a relegation fight last season, but finished the season fighting for a Champions League spot. Wolves started the season horribly and were in a relegation fight when they were expected to be a mid table side at least.

Think we’ve been given a very lenient schedule with champions league thrown into the mix, but the end of the season is where I am wary as I can’t see anything other than another top 4/5 battle.

f**k sake.

Sky are showing 215 live games, up from 128 .

More Friday and Monday night games

f**k right off