First game away then?

[Bushwacka]

Fword begin away to Arsenal on 12th August, so that almost certainly means we'd be at home that weekend. EFL usually had us consistently reversed from Fword home and away with very rare exceptions, seemed to be a lot more clashes in the NL.

So the poetic Swindon away opener is still a possibility.

Forest have a stinker of an opening 6 games, with 4 of them away at Arsenal, ManU, Chelsea and Man City.
Great time of year for away days there, mind.

[Notts78]

Forest have a stinker of an opening 6 games, with 4 of them away at Arsenal, ManU, Chelsea and Man City.
Great time of year for away days there, mind.

I think they have landed on their feet with the fixtures. 4 of the 6/7 hardest away games done nice n early.

Away day first up seems likely for us.

[upthemaggies]

Forest have a stinker of an opening 6 games, with 4 of them away at Arsenal, ManU, Chelsea and Man City.
Great time of year for away days there, mind.

Yep, an absolute stinker of an opening for them. Never good to play teams that have just come up near the start of the season either, and they've got Sheff Utd as their first home game. Hopefully they'll be rock bottom or there abouts from day 1.

I never buy into the "Everybody has to play everybody twice so it makes no difference" argument. If you have a tough set of opening fixtures it's going to make things much harder than having a relatively easy August/September where you can get a foothold and build belief and confidence rather than playing catch-up. You can also get lucky playing a bunch of teams that are about to sack managers as opposed to playing teams who've just replaced, or teams on a bad run of form or vice versa. The way the fixtures come out has a very big say in how you fair.
Luton couldn't have asked for better really. Definitely an opportunity for them to get points on the board before October.