ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:00 am
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Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:01 am
Not sure what to make of them, don't particularly like the idea of kicking off with three of first four at home
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:03 am
We’ll be bottom of the league before anyone else kicks off.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:03 am
Who would have thought that would be our opening fixture, and on Sky as well 
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:04 am
Three of the first four at home is annoying - I will miss two home games now whilst abroad rather than just the one I was hoping for 
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:04 am
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:05 am
It's not good though having the home games like thatjedi_master wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:04 amThree of the first four at home is annoying - I will miss two home games now whilst abroad rather than just the one I was hoping for
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:05 am
We get one of the Man City games out of the way first - positive.
We also get a Spurs game out of the way early - positive.
We also get a Spurs game out of the way early - positive.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:05 am
Could be even worse if the Luton match gets shifted back due to their stadium not yet being ready...ClaretTony wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:01 amNot sure what to make of them, don't particularly like the idea of kicking off with three of first four at home
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:05 am
First day of the season is probably a good time to get Man City at home to be honest.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:06 am
Good time to play City , if there is ever a good time
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:06 am
Good point that. They'll be gutted it's Burnley as their first home game in the Prem to be fair.claretinkorea wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:05 amCould be even worse if the Luton match gets shifted back due to their stadium not yet being ready...
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:06 am
That would be a concern - last thing we want is to start with four home gamesclaretinkorea wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:05 amCould be even worse if the Luton match gets shifted back due to their stadium not yet being ready...
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:06 am
So Luton first game for us after the charity shield game v Man.City 
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:06 am
Really hope Newcastle away remains a Saturday - still never had the chance to go for various reasons.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:06 am
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:06 am
Early season at home....best time to play them.
Points on the board!
Points on the board!
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:07 am
I’ll be honest, I don’t understand by 3 of the first 4 being at home is a negative.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:08 am
Top of the league on 15 points by the time we go to Old Trafford...
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:08 am
Liverpool and Citeh over Christmas/New Year.
Deep joy!!!
Deep joy!!!
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:08 am
This is certainly going to divide the glass half full/empty folk.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:09 am
Shocked.
Never saw this coming!
Never saw this coming!
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:09 am
Overall OK but not an ideal first fixture. A heavy defeat isn’t great for confidence and doesn’t show where we are at at against normal PL teams. As for Luton if their stadium isn’t ready they should’ve be allowed to be promoted.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:10 am
Fixtures now added to the fixtures list and the league table is now in place
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:10 am
********. I’m on holiday.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:10 am
We have to play City sometime I suppose - we can't read anything into that game as we all know we're likely to lose before it kicks off. Hopefully we can show a bit of intent like we did in the first half hour at the Etihad.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:10 am
Me too, it’s a big positive for me, chance to get some early points on the board.arise_sir_charge wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:07 amI’ll be honest, I don’t understand by 3 of the first 4 being at home is a negative.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:10 am
at least if VK raids City for loans in transfer window then they will be able to play after first game of season
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:11 am
First goal and a win in our league last season... you never know 
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:11 am
Do we know the dates for tv yet? Wondering if the Man Utd will get shifted.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:11 am
Literally about to say the same, cant work that one out.arise_sir_charge wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:07 amI’ll be honest, I don’t understand by 3 of the first 4 being at home is a negative.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:12 am
It's Liverpool and VillaFunkydrummer wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:08 amLiverpool and Citeh over Christmas/New Year.
Deep joy!!!
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:13 am
What you do realise is that there are no easy games in this division. Our first 5 home games are against teams who finished in the top 8, a very tough start to the season.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:13 am
Hopefully they'll still be hungover
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:13 am
It was written in the stars-almost rigged VK against his old club is the media's dream first game
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:13 am
Only negative I can see is it gives 2 consecutive away games later on. Bournemouth and Brentford away on consecutive Saturdays is harsh.arise_sir_charge wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:07 amI’ll be honest, I don’t understand by 3 of the first 4 being at home is a negative.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:14 am
Need to have a good run after the Chelsea game early October until Liverpool at Crimbo or we could be on a sticky wicket. Looking at the first 9 fixtures there's a chance for about 9 points but cant see us getting any more than that 
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:14 am
Am I looking at the right fixtures??Funkydrummer wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:08 amLiverpool and Citeh over Christmas/New Year.
Deep joy!!!
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:14 am
Makes no difference, only thing to look for is getting Champions League teams on the weeks they have away matches, gives a slight advantage.
Noticeable how you don't play midweek in this league. One Tuesday night match at the Turf, maybe.
Noticeable how you don't play midweek in this league. One Tuesday night match at the Turf, maybe.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:14 am
Two ways of looking at this. If it's a heavy defeat in the opener it's a psychological downer. That said, the opening fixtures traditionally throw up some odd results as some players still have their heads on sunkissed beaches and they dance around the pitch like fairies.
VK has brought the squad back surprisingly early so let's hope we have some new exciting signings fully in place and all minds fully focussed.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:15 am
Without a doubt. Football at this level is a TV show.warksclaret wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:13 amIt was written in the stars-almost rigged VK against his old club is the media's dream first game
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:15 am
You are - funkydrummer isn't
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:15 am
We have a habit of facing 'elite' teams first at the Turf. That's United, Chelsea, Liverpool and now City.
We've won two of the other three and took the lead via worldies at the Cricket Field end in all three of them (Blake, Arfield and Vokes).
So no need to worry.
We've won two of the other three and took the lead via worldies at the Cricket Field end in all three of them (Blake, Arfield and Vokes).
So no need to worry.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:16 am
We lost one at home all last season, I'd much rather be playing at home than away early doors and build some momentum.
To be honest though, I've no concerns at all about next year, lets just enjoy it. I'll bet we have more good days than bad, I just have a feeling it will be a pretty solid season.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:16 am
Add me to thatarise_sir_charge wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:07 amI’ll be honest, I don’t understand by 3 of the first 4 being at home is a negative.
Great chance to get points on the board
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:17 am
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:18 am
Somewhere, on another thread, my predicted first fixture was Manchester City at Turf Moor.
It was just one of those that would create the big stories to launch the season. Pity it is Friday night and not Sat lunchtime.
So pleased we will be the first team to beat the Treble winners and be top of the league. That will set the season off well.
Up the Clarets.
It was just one of those that would create the big stories to launch the season. Pity it is Friday night and not Sat lunchtime.
So pleased we will be the first team to beat the Treble winners and be top of the league. That will set the season off well.
Up the Clarets.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:19 am
Shocking but by fortune I only miss one. Feel for others.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:19 am
Fretters wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:15 amWe have a habit of facing 'elite' teams first at the Turf. That's United, Chelsea, Liverpool and now City.
We've won two of the other three and took the lead via worldies at the Cricket Field end in all three of them (Blake, Arfield and Vokes).
So no need to worry.
Re: ARTICLE: Treble winners and Sky at Burnley on opening night
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:19 am
Yeah City on the 31st JANUARY caught me out too and I thought it was New Years eve. Due to lack of games in Jan it tricks the eyes.