Final month I positioned all 38 Premier League Newcastle United fixtures so as.
From the primary hardest recreation, ranked all the way in which right down to the best.
It was an try to quantify simply how troublesome a begin to the season that Newcastle United had been handed.
One thing which I imagine now, within the aftermath of the fourth of 4 video games to begin the season at Brighton, is much more related. Judging by a few of the excessive response (in my view) from sure Newcastle United followers.
So anyway, that is how I ranked the 38 Newcastle United fixtures once I did the article final month.
All 38 Newcastle United Premier League matches, positioned so as, hardest to best:
Man Metropolis v Newcastle
Arsenal v Newcastle
Liverpool v Newcastle
Man U v Newcastle
Chelsea v Newcastle
Newcastle v Man Metropolis
Brighton v Newcastle
Tottenham v Newcastle
Aston Villa v Newcastle
Newcastle v Arsenal
Newcastle v Liverpool
Brentford v Newcastle
Newcastle v Man U
West Ham v Newcastle
Crystal Palace v Newcastle
Newcastle v Chelsea
Newcastle v Brighton
Newcastle v Tottenham
Fulham v Newcastle
Nottingham Forest v Newcastle
Bournemouth v Newcastle
Wolves v Newcastle
Everton v Newcastle
Newcastle v Aston Villa
Burnley v Newcastle
Newcastle v Brentford
Newcastle v Crystal Palace
Newcastle v Nottingham Forest
Newcastle v West Ham
Newcastle v Bournemouth
Newcastle v Fulham
Sheff Utd v Newcastle
Newcastle v Wolves
Newcastle v Everton
Luton v Newcastle
Newcastle v Burnley
Newcastle v Sheff Utd
Newcastle v Luton
So the primary 4 Newcastle United fixtures, as I noticed it, have been ranked as the next (no 1 hardest quantity 38 best):
twenty fourth Newcastle 5 Aston Villa 1
1st Man Metropolis 1 Newcastle 0
eleventh Newcastle 1 Liverpool 0
seventh Brighton 3 Newcastle 1
So for me, taken in isolation, yesterday’s defeat to Brighton was no large shock. Sure it was after all disappointing BUT it was (in my view) the seventh most troublesome recreation of the season for Eddie Howe’s staff. I’d guess that aside from possibly Man Metropolis, any membership can be glad to take some extent if provided it earlier than an away recreation at Brighton. Certainly, in all probability depend Man Metropolis in as effectively, as a result of on their final three visits to the Amex Stadium they’ve solely gained one in every of them, dropping one and drawing the opposite.
Anyway, for me NUFC have gotten three of their hardest 11 fixtures out of the way in which already and contemplating the hex Liverpool seem to have on us, possibly that ought to have been a very good few locations larger.
Anyway, shifting on, I feel it’s price contrasting the upcoming schedule in comparison with the opening 4 video games.
These are the following six Newcastle United fixtures within the Premier League and their place by way of the place they rank in my order of problem:
twenty sixth Newcastle v Brentford
thirty second Sheff Utd v Newcastle
thirty sixth Newcastle v Burnley
14th West Ham v Newcastle
twenty seventh Newcastle v Crystal Palace
twenty second Wolves v Newcastle
I don’t take something as a right BUT I do suppose there may be each purpose to imagine that with this set of fixtures, Eddie Howe and his gamers might effectively go on a run that would see them choose up 16 factors from a doable 18.
5 wins after which a draw within the West Ham away recreation is what I see as greater than doable, certainly possible.
If Newcastle can present the degrees they did in opposition to Villa and the primary half in opposition to Liverpool, particularly when it was 11 v 11, then NUFC are greater than able to happening this profitable restoration mission, after simply three factors from a doable twelve up to now.
Once we get to that ten match level, 19 factors from a doable 30 can be greater than an honest begin to the season.
For these wanting to evaluate Eddie Howe and his squad already, I feel once we get to the top of October after that Wolves away recreation, we’ll all be capable to make a extra rational judgement.
