2022/23 Fixtures

sunderland at home is my bet as first game 
Dont want norwich away at any cost to start with 

At this stage of the year everyone has just about forgotten the way we played in the latter part of last season. Willock and co., will hopefully all be fit and there will be more positive thoughts than negative.

There is no good time to play a promotion contender but IMO in those early season matches most teams are still looking for full fitness as well as getting new players settled into their formation.For that reason I always prefer an away match against one of the teams regarded as favourites for promotion.

My logic is that if you lose the match nobody is surprised because that's what is expected but if you get something from the game it gives the players and fans a real confidence boost.

There are no really easy games but if we get a Rotherham or Hull at home and got beaten or scrape a draw then the atmosphere bombs and the players get put under unwanted pressure.

So, for me, it has to be an away game and preferably against a Norwich or Burnley.

Not long to wait now to find out for real.....

All the fixtures:

QPR's opening 10 fixtures based on where they finished last season:

8th
7th
Newly Promoted
16th
Newly Promoted
Newly Relegated
19th
15th
3rd
9th

Tough first 2, then 3 we need to really get points from.

As convenient as the first match is for me to attend it is a shocker. We haven't won at Blackburn since 1999. Awful on paper.

The last time QPR started the season away at Blackburn they were reigning Premier League Champions when we visited on the opening day of 1995/96

personally dont think thats a bad start to the season 
newly promoted teams take a little while to find their feet as do newly relegated 

Yes, I’m with Stoatey…let’s have a real tough opening day fixture and maybe we can get a surprise result

August will be very interesting as all the home games are pretty favourable and if we can successfully manage the Rotherham type banana skin then that will be encouraging