Norfolk Dan 308 Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58148143 Good article on the BBC sport page. Actually I know the BBC but this time, it's facts and no underlying tones... So here is your list of our first 10 games... Can you find 12 points? I feel we will need a win in the first 4 games to get close to the 12. And I can see that starting Sat night! Game 1 Sat Aug 14 Liverpool (5.30pm) H Game 2 Sat Aug 21 Manchester City A Game 3 Sat Aug 28 Leicester City H Game 4 Sat Sep 11 Arsenal A Game 5 Sat Sep 18 Watford H Game 6 Sat Sep 25 Everton A Game 7 Sat Oct 2 Burnley A Game 8 Sat Oct 16 Brighton & Hove Albion H Game 9 Sat Oct 23 Chelsea (12.30pm) A Game 10 Sun Oct 31 Leeds United (2pm) H Edited August 10, 2021 by Norfolk Dan Edit title Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ward 3 372 Posted August 10, 2021 I can see us getting 9 points out of them 10 games. Draw arsenal away, need to beat Watford at home and I can see it, draw Everton, draw Burnley, beat Brighton. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Smith 2,322 Posted August 10, 2021 Any thing from the first 4 (and avoiding any hidings) will be a decent start. After that we have our kindest run of fixtures up until early December so need to cash in and get ahead of the game points wise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ROBFLECK 132 Posted August 10, 2021 Comparing the PL , "money money money" ERA , with the decades before that is just not right imho. Only Leicester City have stood up to the top six once and I reckon the league has become far too predictable at the top end. At the bottom end it's the same I am 99 % certain that one of the promoted clubs will go down , in 1990 that wouldn't have been 99 % ... at least I remember the league was much more competitive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crafty Canary 496 Posted August 10, 2021 We’ll do well to gain eight points from the opening 10 games. After that we’ll need to average a point a game for the rest of the season to have a good chance of staying up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Upo 91 Posted August 10, 2021 I expect us to struggle. It'll probably be a lot less like the prancing start to 2019/20 and more like the slog of early 2020/21. A lot of young talent and quality players from abroad who aren't used to PL. They need time to adjust. Aborted pre-season and covid breakout. Rashica's fitness is unknown. Teemu will likely take a while to shake off the rust and improve fitness like last season. That one pre-season goal is going to pay dividends in maintaining faith. Instead of 12 points I am looking for serious improvement in various areas and the team starting to show extended periods of purposeful and fluid football. A psychological collapse would be a terrible sign. If we lose every single of the 10 matches but fight through every minute, I expect us to stay up. My primary concern is that mental coaching is again ignored by the club and Farke loses control of the team's psychology. If the team turns bipolar fragile snowflakes like in fall 2019, we are done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sgncfc 1,228 Posted August 10, 2021 I'm quietly confident we'll get 12 points from the first 10 games. I genuinely think we are going to surprise a lot of people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HazzaJet 254 Posted August 10, 2021 The feel the league is very unpredictable at the start of the season but what we must remember is that every game is winnable, as we proved in our home fixture against Man City last time round. Here’s my views on some of the fixtures: - I think Liverpool only beat us 1-0 last time they visited, with Robertson a major injury doubt this time (although Cantwell’s a possible doubt for us). I’m convinced we’ll lose though - I think we drew with Leicester away and beat them at home last time. They’ve also lost a CB to a broken leg in pre-season. I think we stand a chance of at least a draw - I think we drew with Everton away last time. I think we stand a chance of doing it again - I think we stand a fairly decent chance of beating Watford, Burnley, and Brighton I do believe we will get at least 9 points from the first 10, possibly even 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raunds canary 217 Posted August 10, 2021 Anything less than 10 points from the first 4 games will be a disaster! Get your glasses half full chaps! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KiwiScot 1,450 Posted August 10, 2021 5 points from those games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Declan 24 Posted August 10, 2021 12 minutes ago, HazzaJet said: - I think we drew with Everton away last time. I think we stand a chance of doing it again - I think we stand a fairly decent chance of beating Watford, Burnley, and Brighton How can you forget Denis Srbeny’s magnificent finish in a 0-2 win at Goodison Park?! 😉 My biggest worry is our seeming inability to beat the teams around us -I haven’t crunched the numbers, but to stay up as a bottom six side I really do think you need 3, 4 or 6 points against almost all of the rest of the bottom six match-ups…to prevent them getting a positive points balance off you than anything else, and we’ve been poor at doing that under Farke. You can get away with it in the Championship as you can ‘flat track bully’ those below the top but hoovering up enough points from the top fourteen or so of the Premier League is nigh on impossible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ward 3 372 Posted August 28, 2021 On 10/08/2021 at 09:12, Ward 3 said: I can see us getting 9 points out of them 10 games. Draw arsenal away, need to beat Watford at home and I can see it, draw Everton, draw Burnley, beat Brighton. Hope I'm right for next few games. I'm not too disheartened as I expected us to be on 0 points sadly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham Paddons Beard 2,432 Posted August 28, 2021 Beating Watford is now a must win game . Already . In September . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
