1st Game of Next Season

With the Premier League fixtures for 2008/09 being released tomorrow, who do you want in the fist game and why?

Personally I would love to see us get Spurs at home, as its the team my dad follows, and it would be a good game to get 3 points to get our season off to a flyer!

just hope we get a home game for a change.i cant remember the last time we started off at home.you watch well be away against a top 10 team when united & chelsea will be at home against teams like fulham ore wigan!

Chelski AWAY. You have to go to Stamford Bridge at some stage. No better time than the first day of the season when their new blood has yet to settle into the pace of the english game.

Everton Home 'cos it will be the best game that our team will be boost with confidence. Or Hull Away be a easy game.

I hope we draw Neverton at home just so we can start off with one of the smaller clubs first and also guarantee ourselves 3 points to start the season off with. 

Good point kopwiki, i agree with that. Also, could end their streak at home which would be great and a big boost early.

Yup, exactly my reasoning. Best time to play them there I reckon.

united away would be great

I'd like a big away game! Get it over with early, nice six pointer in the bag!

Or Hull at home? : I'm easy!

arsenal away, difficult game but winnable, show the premier league we really mean business and nothing better than to see wenger having a good old cry about it afterwards

We've only won our opener once in the last five years against relatively 'easy' competition, so lets have United away.

Does anyone have a list of Liverpools opening fixture and result from the last 8 or so seasons?

07/08 Villa away (won 2-1)
06/07 Sheff Utd away (1-1)
05/06 Middlesbrough away (0-0)
04/05 Tottenham away (1-1)
03/04 Chelsea home (lost 2-1)

1-2 win over villa in 2007/2008
1-1 with sheffield utd in 2006/2007
0-0 with boro 05/06
1-1 with spurs 04/05
1-2 lost with chelsea 03/04

EDIT: JD ya bugger ya beat me too it. Soccernet.com?

Looking at the stats we seem to draw a lot but given that Fernando is with us we have a more than better chance of starting with a win...

One of the top Three away, Get it over and done with and set the pace for the rest of the season !

When you consider we will have no Javi, Babel or Lucas I would ease up on playing ManU, Arsenal and Chelsea right away. Personally I want a home fixture first of all and give me Fulham. It would be nice to see us hit the ground running

Id like Newcastle at home get season of to a win with a few goals.

Hull
West Brom
Stoke
Sunderland
Fulham

15 points in the first 5 games. Off to a flier. Then get the other top 3 in a row... Manu home arsenal away and chelsea home

Hope its a home banker as we will be missing at least Mascherano!

I think I would prefer to have United, Arsenal and Chelsea within the 1st 5 or 6 games because it gets them out the way and if we get Villa then if his partnership with torres continues at euro's then they would'nt need time to gel. Also if we then beat them 3 then it would set us up nicely for number 19

I dont think we would miss Lucas because hopefully we would still have Xabi to partner Gerrard and we could even have Plessis for the game against Arsenal as he done very well against the last season. We can cover the loss of Babel because we have Benayoun and may still have pennant or have a new winger. The only player we would truly miss is Masch but then again it might be good it we dont have him against united because of what happened last time. Cant really see Arenal being to much trouble and i think chelsea would be a good team to play early on because of the new manager, unrest surrounding Carvalho, Lampard, Drogba etc. Even United might be a good side early on because if Ronaldo's heart is set on a move away then his head wont fully be on United and they struggle when he is not at his best

Hull - Home
Chelsea - away
Stoke - Away
Arsenal - Away
United - Home

I want Villa AGAIN so we can stuff them then i can laugh at Martin O'neill.

I want Villa AGAIN so we can stuff them then I can laugh at Martin O'neill.

Haha Brilliant! Especially when we have Barry and he scores a hat-trick

I want a decent game first up, someone mid table e.g Portsmouth,Newcastle,Tottenham.

Need a newly promoted side to batter to boost confidence early and then get some big games rolling.

Bring on the Prem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Any team will do as we have to play them all over the season,it would be nice to kick off at Anfield and get a good start with a win. ( hopefully Villa and Torres will a couple of goals each ) He is going to sign for us isn't he.ROLL ON THE NEW SEASON, it cannot come quick enough.

Suderland away not bad September13th Scum bags at Anfield Yahoo bring it on

Everton, Man Utd and Chelsea all within the first 10 rounds. Also Villa, Boro, Pompey, Tottenham and City all in the first 11 games. So a testing start, if we get through that then we can consider ourselves title contenders. (Getting through meaning 25+ points from a possible 33)

Everton, Man Utd and Chelsea all within the first 10 rounds. Also Villa, Boro, Pompey, Tottenham and City all in the first 11 games. So a testing start, if we get through that then we can consider ourselves title contenders. (Getting through meaning 25+ points from a possible 33)

Go for the top mate we do not want to drop any points if at all possible.We need to get off to a flyer and keep the momentum going.

Sunderland Away is our first game why do we never get a home game on the first day of the season how long for F**k sake.

Arse at home
SCUM @ home
chavs @ home

What a surprise !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :

Sunderland Away is our first game why do we never get a home game on the first day of the season how long for F**k sake.

Arse at home
SCUM @ home
chavs @ home

What a surprise !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :

How annoying eh !!

Don't you just feel like the odds are already stacked against you before the season has even started

Hopefully, no matter how difficult, it will be an even sweeter moment when we lift the Premiership on the last day of the season at home

Tommo.........no football tournaments, make sure your there for this one

With the Premier League fixtures for 2008/09 being released tomorrow, who do you want in the fist game and why?

Personally I would love to see us get Spurs at home, as its the team my dad follows, and it would be a good game to get 3 points to get our season off to a flyer!

Typical- the game I wanted first, ends up being the last game of the season!

Sunderland Away isnt to bad of a game to kick off with we should be able to get the 3 points off them.

Sunderland Away isnt to bad of a game to kick off with we should be able to get the 3 points off them.

Yes its true, it will be easy.

i wouldn't say it would be easy (well it should) just remember sheffield utd couple of seasons ago.. should've caned them and God saved us from embarrassment :S but they are generous fixtures to allow new members to gel even more in some fast paced physical games so I'm confident

I wouldn't say it would be easy (well it should) just remember sheffield utd couple of seasons ago.. should've caned them and God saved us from embarrassment :S but they are generous fixtures to allow new members to gel even more in some fast paced physical games so I'm confident

Playing newly promoted sides is always brutal, especially away from home because they are all high on life because they are in the Premiership.

I think thats its a good way to start as sunderland look like bringing in more players so the team may not yet have gelled and i think that kendwin jones is on the injury table atm so he may not be fit... its awful wishing that someones injured i no but he can play all he wants after

Not a bad start to next season. Didnt we play sunderland in the first 3 games last season? dissapointed we have to wait so long before we play arsenal though

Good point i hear kenwyne jones is out untill 2009, he seems he would be the main threat to us so we should open with a win again.

sunderlands a good team to play against first, beat them both times last season and i see that happening again this season