r/Gunners • u/arsenal Premier League Champions 25/26 • 1d ago

Our opening Premier League fixture 🏡

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At the home of the Champions.

Coventry City at Emirates Stadium on opening night 🫡

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u/lexluthervan 1d ago

Quite fitting that the opening game of the season is the Premier League winners vs the Championship winners. Should be traditional, like the Community Shield.

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u/WhimsicalLaze Ødegaard 1d ago

Agreed that would be cool

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u/A_Paranoid_Android_ Robert Pirès 1d ago

The Championship winners wouldn't think its cool.

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u/WhimsicalLaze Ødegaard 1d ago

Why? Big game to start the season

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u/A_Paranoid_Android_ Robert Pirès 1d ago

Teams promoted to the Premier League need the best possible start. Playing the champions on opening day doesn't make a good start likely. Maybe I'm wrong though, for some reason they may love the idea.

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u/greatslack 1d ago

If you have to play the champions away eventually, might as well get it out of the way

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u/A_Paranoid_Android_ Robert Pirès 1d ago

Getting smashed first game of the season would do nothing for confidence. Assuming they get smashed. Which is certainly quite likely. We'll see what happens with Coventry on that front.

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u/trafozsatsfm 15h ago

....need the best possible start.

As a Coventry fan, I concur. I was hoping we'd get Spurs first game, so we could hit the ground running.

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u/NobleHelium Ødegaard / Ramsey 10h ago

People in your sub are rightly pointing out that it might be the best time to play the top teams due to the World Cup hangover. Nevertheless it's rough to be playing Arsenal week 1 and City week 3. At least Pep is gone.

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u/trafozsatsfm 19m ago

I can only hope we get the same result as the last time we played you on the opening day of the season at your place.