Opening set
I think Preston at home looks promising they are middle of the road and we'll be coming up with momentum to hopefully get off the an important good start.
Norwich away looks hard but coming down from the Prem, the expectation is going to be huge and they will see us as easy opposition, maybe with a bit of luck we'll catch them cold in a relegation hang over.
Bristol had a disapointing season last year, they are a team that could struggle. I think they are going to look to try and rebuild a bit so I wanted to get them quite early when they may not have gelled.
Coventry away will be tough as they wont take us for granted and are decent in their own right.
Birmingham are another side i fancy to struggle this year. Another one i wanted early.
Festival Fixtures
2 home games in 4 days on 29th December and 1st January with Sunderland and Hull is very good as prep, rest and recovery is so much easier when you don't have to worry about travelling.
Final Run
Blackpool, Stoke, Millwall, Reading and Rotherham is a very decent run if we need points to stay up.
None of those teams you expect to be in the automatic push, Millwall outsiders for play offs maybe. But the rest you fancy are more likely to be mid table on the beach by then or in the relegation mix and 6 pointers.
Rotherham at home last day is the game i'd have hand picked as if we need 3 points to stay up that is the easiest possible game in theory.
You could always get better or worse, but overall I'm happy enough with those fixtures. I feel like we've got winnable fixtures to have a good start and end which are always super important if you want to survive or succeed.