Fixtures 2025 / 2026 announced today at 09:00

Expat_HammerExpat_Hammer
in West Ham Miscellaneous
Any rumours yet. Normally the place is alive with speculation about which of the sky six we get paired with away on opening day.
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  • CleverTrevorCleverTrevor
    This is from a mate of a mate who apparently works for Sky so I have absolutely no confidence in this at all!
    He says Sunderland away is first, then Chelsea home, Forest away, Spurs home, Palace home and Everton away. That’s all I’ve got so far.
    We shall see!
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    CleverTrevor said:

    This is from a mate of a mate who apparently works for Sky so I have absolutely no confidence in this at all!
    He says Sunderland away is first, then Chelsea home, Forest away, Spurs home, Palace home and Everton away. That’s all I’ve got so far.
    We shall see!

    Ex is saying the same.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    And they are right!
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cpd1ldzy6peo

    BBC link
  • stevesteve
    Great not like Sunderland won't be up for there first game
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Opta rate our first five games as the third easiest.
  • stevesteve
    I don't =)
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    All in all that looks to be a pretty balanced fixture list.

    As an attendee the long distance away games are evenly spread and four of our five midweek games are in London with Fulham and Man Utd being the only away games.

    I note that the EPL have warned of short notice date changes later in the season to accomodate this clubs in the knock out stages of the European competitions but hey, what's new?
  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    edited June 18
    The fixtures seem balanced I agree.

    I however look at them and see us as second favourites in most. This isn't me being pessimistic. I just think our current squad, and form just isn't good enough to think otherwise.
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    That looks a little easier than we have had in recent seasons. I don't think Sunderland will be complaining.

    Arsenal and Burnley seem to have drawn a bit of a short straw.
  • alderzalderz
    EXETERHAMMER said:

    The fixtures seem balanced I agree.

    I however look at them and see us as second favourites in most. This isn't me being pessimistic. I just think our current squad, and form just isn't good enough to think otherwise.

    I mean, that is you being pessimistic! Not saying it won’t be the case, but it is definitely pessimistic
  • SlackerSlacker
    alderz said:

    EXETERHAMMER said:

    The fixtures seem balanced I agree.

    I however look at them and see us as second favourites in most. This isn't me being pessimistic. I just think our current squad, and form just isn't good enough to think otherwise.

    I mean, that is you being pessimistic! Not saying it won’t be the case, but it is definitely pessimistic
    I reckon Sullivan should give the Premier League a ring and tell them to relegate us before the season starts. It’ll save nine months of gnashing of teeth and hand wringing on here.

  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    I don't see many points in any of the first 6 games, apart from Sunderland, who are going to be well up for it.
    In fact I could see us with just 5 points at the end of September.
    Definitely a half empty glass man atm. :(
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    @Slacker, I have to agree based on all the positive signs coming out of the club & with all the signings we have made in comparison to some of the clubs in the EPL 👍.
  • SlackerSlacker
    Fortuneseeker said:

    @Slacker, I have to agree based on all the positive signs coming out of the club & with all the signings we have made in comparison to some of the clubs in the EPL 👍.

    Mate we could sign Mbappé, Salah,Rodri, and half the PSG side and it still wouldn’t be enough for some ( most) on here.

  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    So who is more optimistic than me?

  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    edited June 18
    No we couldn’t Slacker because the owners wouldn’t fund any such deals & there is one of the major reasons why so many are really negative about the future 👍.
  • SlackerSlacker
    Fortuneseeker said:

    No we couldn’t Slacker because the owners wouldn’t fund any such deals & there is one of the major reasons why so many are really negative about the future 👍.

    Er, I wasn’t actually thinking that we could get those players.😂
    Btw how much did we spend last summer?🤷🏻‍♂️

  • IronHerbIronHerb
    EXETERHAMMER said:

    So who is more optimistic than me?

    🙋‍♂️
  • KuchinghammerKuchinghammer
    EXETERHAMMER said:

    So who is more optimistic than me?

    I'm neither optimistic nor pessimistic until I know the final squad. But they do say hope springs eternal 😉
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    Slacker said:

    Fortuneseeker said:

    No we couldn’t Slacker because the owners wouldn’t fund any such deals & there is one of the major reasons why so many are really negative about the future 👍.

    Er, I wasn’t actually thinking that we could get those players.😂
    Btw how much did we spend last summer?🤷🏻‍♂️

    Apologies you missed the point we should be trying to buy players of that quality, waits for someone to say how do I know we aren’t 🤦🏻‍♂️. We did spend some money last summer but didn’t we sell Declan Rice? The owners have the money to invest but choose not to which is disappointing as it means we will never really be able to be competitive until they sell up & go 👍.
  • alderzalderz
    Under these owners we’ve won a trophy, been in a europa league semi final and quarter final, been in with a decent shout for the top four at least twice, broken our transfer record multiple times. According to transfermarkt, Last summer we spent a net of €100m, the year before when we sold rice we made €30m, but the year before we spent a net of over €100m.

    What do you mean by “be competitive”?

    It’s fine to not like the owners but let’s not rewrite history and ignore facts.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    edited June 19
    Who is trying to rewrite history? Apologies if I have got the time frame wrong but what were we told when moving Champions League in seven years? You just need to look at the transfers already done by Liverpool & Manchester City to see why I am frustrated. We allegedly need to sell to buy, why?
  • WhitehorsehammerWhitehorsehammer
    Fortuneseeker said:

    Who is trying to rewrite history? Apologies if I have got the time frame wrong but what were we told when moving Champions League in seven years? You just need to look at the transfers already done by Liverpool & Manchester City to see why I am frustrated. We allegedly need to sell to buy, why?

    Champions League in seven years was an aspiration not a guarantee and the sell to buy issue probably has something to do with financial sustainability rules.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Fortuneseeker said:

    Who is trying to rewrite history? Apologies if I have got the time frame wrong but what were we told when moving Champions League in seven years? You just need to look at the transfers already done by Liverpool & Manchester City to see why I am frustrated. We allegedly need to sell to buy, why?

    Measuring what we're doing against Liverpool and Man City is baffling to me. They're on a different planet and likely always will be
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    edited June 19
    The comparison was more to do with clubs having already defined their targets & then getting on with completing their signings. Can I compare us with what Brighton have already done?
    So Jorderz “Then like like my dreams they fade & die”?
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    I’ll reserve my opinion till end of transfer window.

    We all can agree the Squad needs improvement, so let’s see…
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Fortuneseeker said:


    We allegedly need to sell to buy, why?

    Because generally we've been very poor in the transfer market. It's not necessarily that Sullivan won't ever spend, it's more that, over the years, he's spent very, very poorly.

  • alderzalderz
    edited June 19
    Fortuneseeker said:

    We allegedly need to sell to buy, why?

    We've made a huge loss in the last few windows due to over-investment, and there are PSR and FSP rules that stop us from being able to spend beyond our means.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Very happy with Sunderland. My stepdad is a Sunderland fan & it’s a game that is 1) winnable but 2) has interest with it being their first game back in the PL, so will be challenging too. Much better than being drawn to play at Anfield or The Etihad.
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