WAHOOOOOOOOOOO!

Tough start. Time for us to show our balls, if we have any...

Here, Happy Birthday Mum, sorry gotta go, i'm off to Norwich! i can see how that conversation will go down already!!!

This is going to be a tough start to the season. If we start well and get some good results against these teams, then I feel we're in for a good season. If we stutter and start similar to last season, then it's gonna be another long season...

Tough start but in some ways its better to get some harder games in early before teams get into their stride too much. I'm also pleased that Palace away is on a Saturday for a change!

Norwich, Leeds, Millwall and Portsmouth Away On A Weekend Wooo

I thought if your first game was away your last game was at home?

wishwestillhadbeatti we had home last and home first last year

What a tough couple of months, could of been a little more gentle on us! Everthing is set up now, But we need new players but im struggling to see where they are going to come from. Roll on derby day lets beat them b@$t@rd$!

Redmond...We had Cov away 1st last year

redmond - we played coventry last year away first game and sheff utd home last game, but leicester is a good place to go to, something to play for hopefully

'Boro, Exeter, Portsmouth Away in the first few Weeks -- Ouch! Some miles there [unless you live in the SW like myself !] The 'Boro game will be a non starter for me but I'm sure the faithful will be there! Get a good start and we will be in with a very good chance. . . Keano, get the right players in, Please!

COYB . . .

Hope Town will be well prepared this time. That couldnt really be a tougher start. Think the Boro game is a crucial one and could have large bearing on how the next 7 games go.
Come on you blue boys!

To do list:
January 13th - Buy stabproof vest
January 14th - Buy bulletproof vest
January 15th - Wear purchased items

SitfcB true and im sorry lol

The away games at the start AND end may be mitigated by a home match on Boxing Day - I think they take that into account when the fixtures are drawn up. May be wrong though, lol.

Yeah great,but when are we gonna start buying some new players to replace the one's Roy doesn't like?

I don't see Keano working any more of his magic than he did last season. It's gonna be a long one lads until our messiah finally gets the boot. Probably after our defeat at Norwich !!!

everyone saying its tough start , what would have been an easy start ? after last season its hard to look at the fixtures and be confident of winning.I just pray we get off to a better start than last year .Its no good saying this or that team are good or have been in prem ,we need to be better ,if we are going to go up . C O Y B

Dirtydingus - I think the one thing that last season showed us was that (West Brom, Newcastle, and Forest apart), everyone could beat everyone else, and that resulted in some odd positions for some teams. Who'd have predicted Blackpool going up, or Middlesbrough finishing midtable, or Palace only surviving on the last day? Apart from the top 3, I think it was a pretty flat Champo last season, with not that many points separating the middle 18 or so teams! I think it could be much the same this year - I really don't think any of the relegated 3 will do much, so it could be any of 20 teams fighting FOR promotion, but equally fighting AGAINST relegation. Could be a squeaky bum season for a lot of teams, for all sorts of reasons.

But you are right - we need to be better, we need to hit the ground running. Its gonna be a long tough season, and if we are going to challege at the top, we need to be able to beat anyone and everyone, or at the very least not lose!

COYB!!!

looks like a tough start,looks like a tough finish,this league has tough written all over it .