LGTL Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 21 minutes ago, Kenilworthy said: why are all the games on the second to last day of the season on a Sunday? FA Cup Final on the 17th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Scott Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 (edited) Happy with that, no blocks of difficult games except May. Hopefully we will be safe by then. Ipswich and Leicester have a difficult Christmas and January fixture list: Ipswich 14/12 Wolves (A) 21/12 Newcastle (H) 26/12 Arsenal (A) 29/12 Chelsea (H) 04/01 Fulham (A) 14/01 Brighton (H) 18/01 Man City (H) 25/01 Liverpool (A) Leicester 14/12 Newcastle (A) 21/12 Wolves (H) 26/12 Liverpool (A) 29/12 Man City (H) 04/01 Aston Villa (A) 14/01 Crystal Palace (H) 18/01 Fulham (H) 25/01 Spurs (A) Edited June 18 by Saint Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 3 hours ago, FarehamSaintJames said: First game of the season: Villa away Forest home game of the season: Forest at home Boxing Day: away to Palace New Years Day: away to Fulham Final game of the season: Arsenal at home (The DT disclosure - this is a prediction, not a fact you weasel). 👍🏻 Yay I got two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 1 hour ago, LGTL said: FA Cup Final on the 17th. I’ve booked the coach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 (edited) Duplicate post. Edited June 18 by Saint86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Ending the season with Arsenal (h), Man City (h), and Everton (a) means we essentially need to be safe by the end of April or we're relegated. Grim. In fact, if you look at our last batch of fixtures its a load of bogey games or title chasing sides... We don't traditionally get man points at Spurs, Everton, or west ham. Leicester away is also a pretty shit game for us broadly (albeit this year i think they're a cert for relegation). And then City and Arsenal, whilst at home, will be fighting for the title/CL. God knows what Villa will be like by April, but probably out of europe and having a late season charge to catch up points on the European spots. Its a very very tough run into May and April. August and September aren't bad, but when do saints ever start a season well? Could be the case that we drop points in our most critical games before we ever get going - clearly a good start will be required. Because Forest, Ipswich and Leicester at home in 3 of our first 4 home matches is our main relegation rivals out the way by November. 3 must win games. Everton as well on the 2nd November. The Christmas break looks kind, not an awful lot of travelling, and broadly speaking some easier games during the peak congestion period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Saint86 said: Ending the season with Arsenal (h), Man City (h), and Everton (a) means we essentially need to be safe by the end of April or we're relegated. Grim. In fact, if you look at our last batch of fixtures its a load of bogey games or title chasing sides... We don't traditionally get man points at Spurs, Everton, or west ham. Leicester away is also a pretty shit game for us broadly (albeit this year i think they're a cert for relegation). And then City and Arsenal, whilst at home, will be fighting for the title/CL. God knows what Villa will be like by April, but probably out of europe and having a late season charge to catch up points on the European spots. Its a very very tough run into May and April. August and September aren't bad, but when do saints ever start a season well? Could be the case that we drop points in our most critical games before we ever get going - clearly a good start will be required. Because Forest, Ipswich and Leicester at home in 3 of our first 4 home matches is our main relegation rivals out the way by November. 3 must win games. Everton as well on the 2nd November. The Christmas break looks kind, not an awful lot of travelling, and broadly speaking some easier games during the peak congestion period. The opposite often happens - we'll drop points against the teams we shouldn't, yet pickup the odd surprise result against the 'tough' games. Those end of season games are potentially a nightmare for those 'bigger' sides, especially if we're fighting for everything. If i was in their shoe I'd prefer not to be facing a 'relegation' side at the end of the season. Look at us in our last season, we were pathetically bad - one of the worst ever PL teams, but still drew at Arsenal, beat Chelsea and drew against Utd. Be interesting to see how we shape up next season, all a bit unknown at the moment. The other 2 promoted sides will be saying the same. Edited June 18 by S-Clarke 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 It seems Everton specifically requested for their last game at Goodison to not also be the last game of the season... Premier League fixtures 2024/25: Everton's final game at Goodison Park vs Southampton - BBC Sport Imagine if a win for us there sends them down. Now that would be a proper storyline. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 1 hour ago, Sheaf Saint said: It seems Everton specifically requested for their last game at Goodison to not also be the last game of the season... Premier League fixtures 2024/25: Everton's final game at Goodison Park vs Southampton - BBC Sport Imagine if a win for us there sends them down. Now that would be a proper storyline. Nonsense, the PL shouldn't have given two shits to that. Just let them deal with whatever the draw handed them. ''Oh, i didn't fancy playing Arsenal on the final day - can we move that?'' 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 1 hour ago, S-Clarke said: Nonsense, the PL shouldn't have given two shits to that. Just let them deal with whatever the draw handed them. ''Oh, i didn't fancy playing Arsenal on the final day - can we move that?'' Been happening for years. All fixtures are manipulated to a degree. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefizzy14 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Pretty happy with our fixture list. Hoping we can get off to a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 2 hours ago, Sheaf Saint said: It seems Everton specifically requested for their last game at Goodison to not also be the last game of the season... Premier League fixtures 2024/25: Everton's final game at Goodison Park vs Southampton - BBC Sport Imagine if a win for us there sends them down. Now that would be a proper storyline. And the Premier league obliged giving them the most winnable fixture as a send off. Everton probably actually requested us. (Although we did win there with Nathan Jones as manager) 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyinthesky Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Unlikely I know but we could go to Goodison and win and relegate Everton. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 3 hours ago, S-Clarke said: Nonsense, the PL shouldn't have given two shits to that. Just let them deal with whatever the draw handed them. ''Oh, i didn't fancy playing Arsenal on the final day - can we move that?'' Well it's not actually a "draw" because there are loads of considerations in play. The random element is quite a small part once all the conditions go into the fixture computer. Making their last game an "uncontroversial" opponent is not unreasonable request. Exactly the same thing happened 20 years ago at Man City when we did them one nil in their final match at Maine Road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW5 SAINT Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 10 hours ago, moorw003 said: Last ever competitive game at Goodison Park is against us!!! We were the last visitors to Main Road as well, and came away with a 1-0 win courtesy of Michael Svennson…. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee On Solent Saint Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 1 hour ago, CB Fry said: Well it's not actually a "draw" because there are loads of considerations in play. The random element is quite a small part once all the conditions go into the fixture computer. Making their last game an "uncontroversial" opponent is not unreasonable request. Exactly the same thing happened 20 years ago at Man City when we did them one nil in their final match at Maine Road. Must only favour the bigger clubs, as we had Arsenal in our last league game at The Dell. Unless of course we asked for a "glamour game". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint NL Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 The most surprising thing for me is the number of games. September and October have three games each. We were doing that per week in the championship 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsaint1 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 21 hours ago, sandwichsaint said: Ipswich will get Man City or Liverpool Man U will be home We will get Wolves (or Newcastle) Good shout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Seen a few Everton fans on Twitter moaning that they haven't got a bigger team for their last game and that a small team such as us shouldn't get the 'honour' of playing in the last game at Goodison. Forgot how deluded some of their fans are. Would love to send them down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 41 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said: Must only favour the bigger clubs, as we had Arsenal in our last league game at The Dell. Unless of course we asked for a "glamour game". Well exactly, we don't know what we asked for - we might not have asked for anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsaint1 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Might be the last competitive game at Goodison but you'd imagine they'll arrange some send off game or a testamonial against a top European team. Be good to relegate them for good measure though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Quite interesting that West Ham don't have a single match outside London until November. https://x.com/WHUFCallum_/status/1802975956623093896?t=VvZFJf14tJwIbX9JKwHjUA&s=19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 Think by November we will be reflecting on how cruel the gap in quality at PL level is, regardless of the order of games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulwantsapint81 Posted June 19 Author Share Posted June 19 Lalanna & Ings to relegate Everton & place us in lower mid table obscurity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabrone Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 As others have said its a balanced set of fixtures, tough teams are usually followed by beatable ones. The only tougher spots that stick out are the start of Dec (Chelsea(h)\Villa(a)\Spurs (h)) and May (Leicester(a)\Man City(h)\Everton(a)\Arse(h)). Home points are key and Jan-Apr looks to have quite a lot of winnable home fixtures. If we can keep up with the pace till Jan then we've given ourselves a decent shot of getting over the line. Must be clear of danger by May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 4 hours ago, Paulwantsapint81 said: Lalanna & Ings to relegate Everton & place us in lower mid table obscurity They will probably sign-off with a Seamus Coleman wonder-goal, or bring on Adrian Heath to take a 94th minute penalty badly awarded by VAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey McStripe Shirt Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 On 18/06/2024 at 13:59, Saint86 said: Ending the season with Arsenal (h), Man City (h), and Everton (a) means we essentially need to be safe by the end of April or we're relegated. Grim. In fact, if you look at our last batch of fixtures its a load of bogey games or title chasing sides... We don't traditionally get man points at Spurs, Everton, or west ham. Leicester away is also a pretty shit game for us broadly (albeit this year i think they're a cert for relegation). And then City and Arsenal, whilst at home, will be fighting for the title/CL. God knows what Villa will be like by April, but probably out of europe and having a late season charge to catch up points on the European spots. Its a very very tough run into May and April. August and September aren't bad, but when do saints ever start a season well? Could be the case that we drop points in our most critical games before we ever get going - clearly a good start will be required. Because Forest, Ipswich and Leicester at home in 3 of our first 4 home matches is our main relegation rivals out the way by November. 3 must win games. Everton as well on the 2nd November. The Christmas break looks kind, not an awful lot of travelling, and broadly speaking some easier games during the peak congestion period. Don't be a fanny. We've beaten Everton, Spurs and West Ham away in relatively recent seasons. And haven't done too badly against Arsenal either. If we're still in the mix in late April/May, there's nothing to say we won't pick up a few points with a bit of belief (though obviously it'll be tough...). Anyway, it's all moot. We will be on the beach having qualified for the Champions League by May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 1 hour ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said: Anyway, it's all moot. We will be on the beach having qualified for the Champions League by May. As opposed to last time when we were on the beach having qualified for the Championship in May ( possibly by April even). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 As for the Newcastle away game. What’s the betting it’s moved to 12.30 or 5pm on the Saturday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 12 minutes ago, Badger said: As for the Newcastle away game. What’s the betting it’s moved to 12.30 or 5pm on the Saturday? It can’t be. They’ve already picked tv games. Confirmed as 3om Saturday, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 8 hours ago, Saint Garrett said: It can’t be. They’ve already picked tv games. Confirmed as 3om Saturday, Anyone got a link(s) to where the tv games are listed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 1 hour ago, Saint Fan CaM said: Anyone got a link(s) to where the tv games are listed? It's just the first weekend https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/scores-fixtures/2024-08 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted June 20 Share Posted June 20 Tv games should be updated around these dates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsarum Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 On 20/06/2024 at 08:44, Saint Fan CaM said: Anyone got a link(s) to where the tv games are listed? This is a reliable website for live Tv games https://www.live-footballontv.com/live-premier-league-football-on-tv.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 4 minutes ago, oldsarum said: This is a reliable website for live Tv games https://www.live-footballontv.com/live-premier-league-football-on-tv.html Thanks that’s useful, however I reckon that’s going to change over the course of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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