I have to say that is a concerning start. We could be playing serious catch up after the early rounds of games. It will depend how we do but also how dented we are mentally. Tough start.
Often the big teams start off slow chaps.... it may work in our favour. I'd rather play them at the beginning than later on when they are in to their stride...
Conversely - if we do get off to a decent start and catch a few of the big teams cold at the start of the season, it could give them a massive confidence boost as we got after the Man Utd win last season....
The slimy git was singing at the opening ceremony in Moscow. Putin is now making a speech about how friendly his country is
Haha no I'm a way better manager than him, but the league table is a joke for the first few games. 7/8 games it starts shaping up. We were 9th last season after 10 games - then had a massive drop (9 games in a row with out a win...) and then finished very strongly to finsih 10th.
To be fair we have a higher proportion of tough games to a team like Man City. I think there are elements of it being fixed but not in a way that makes it unfair per se, I just suspect that they have certain weekends when they want big teams to be playing each other and to spread out some of the matches. All about the money.
This is interesting Difficulty rank Team Average position of first six opponents 1st Wolves 6.7 2nd Newcastle 7.5 3rd Cardiff 8.3 4th Fulham 8.5 5th West Ham 8.8 5th Huddersfield 8.8 7th Southampton 9.0 8th Arsenal 9.3 9th Watford 9.7 10th Brighton 10.0 11th Bournemouth 10.2 12th Tottenham 10.8 13th Man Utd 11.0 14th Liverpool 11.3 15th Leicester 11.5 16th Chelsea 12.7 17th Crystal Palace 13.5 18th Everton 13.7 19th Burnley 13.8 20th Man City 14.8
