Macca's f***fest 2017/18 - Guardian Predictions

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

How wrong can I get it, abetted by Dave G?

 

(last season's position in brackets)

 

1. City (3) - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/aug/07/premier-league-2017-18-preview-manchester-city

2. Chelsea (1) - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/aug/02/premier-league-2017-18-preview-chelsea

3. Mancs (6) - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/aug/07/premier-league-2017-18-preview-manchester-united

4. Spurs (2) - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/10/tottenham-hotspur-premier-league-2017-18-preview

5. Liverpool (4) - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/aug/04/premier-league-2017-18-preview-liverpool

6. Arsenal (5) - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/jul/31/premier-league-2017-18-preview-arsenal

7. Everton (7) - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/03/premier-league-2017-18-preview-everton

8. Leicester (12) - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/aug/04/premier-league-2017-18-preview-leicester-city

9. Southampton (8) - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/aug/08/premier-league-2017-18-preview-southampton

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11. Bournemouth (9) - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/jul/31/premier-league-2017-18-preview-bournemouth

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13. Newcastle (1, Championship) - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/08/premier-league-2017-18-preview-newcastle-united

14. Palace (14) - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/aug/02/premier-league-2017-18-previews-crystal-palace

15. Watford (17) - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/10/premier-league-2017-18-preview-no18-watford

16. Stoke (13) - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/09/premier-league-preview-2017-18-stoke-city

17. Swansea (15) - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/aug/09/premier-league-preview-2017-18-swansea-city

18. Burnley (16) - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/aug/01/premier-league-preview-2017-18-burnley

19. Huddersfield (5, Championship) - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/aug/03/premier-league-2017-18-preview-huddersfield

20. Brighton (2, Championship) - https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/aug/01/premier-league-2017-18-preview-brighton

Edited August 10, 2017 by Sir Tokyo Sexwale

[Nathan Explosion]

How wrong can I get it, abetted by Dave G?

 

You've managed to f*** it up without my help before, so work away.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

2 of the 3 promoted teams going straight back down? 

So guessing 1 is City, 3 is us & then 4 Spurs, 5 Man U?

 

Can't see us outside top 3, Spurs have finished 4, 3, 2 in the last 3 seasons so no reason - Wembley aside - for them not to be top 4. ManU however finished 4, 5, 6

[Cobs]

They'll have Utd 1st, City 3rd, Spurs 4th, us 5th

[Hassony]

Does anyone actually care about this apart from Macca?

[Gunga Din]

how accurate have these predictions been in previous years. I'm too lazy to look myself

[Stevie H]

Does anyone actually care about this apart from Macca?

 

don't think so. most guardian journos are pretty crap these days. they're usually way off.

Edited August 3, 2017 by Stevie H

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

I'll have a look one day

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

Here's last season - Guardian prediction, final pos'n in brackets and error +/- after that

 

Looking for previous years now

 

1 - ManU (6) -5

2 - City (3) -1

3 - Spurs (2) +1

4 - Chelsea (1) +3

5 - Arsenal (5) 0

6 - Liverpool (4) +2

7 - WHU (11) -4

8 - Everton (7) +1

9 - Leicester (12) -3

10 - Stoke (13) -3

11 - Southampton (8) +3

12 - Palace (14) -2

13 - Bournemouth (9) +4

14 - WBA (10) +4

15 - Swansea (15) 0

16 - Sunderland (20) -4

17 - Boro (19) -2

18 - Watford (17) +1

19 - Burnley (16) +3

20 - Hull (18) +2

 

 

So they overestimated ManU by 5 places, Sunderland & WU both by 4, they underestimated Bournemouth & WBA each by 4 places, mind 2 points separated 8th place Southampton & 13th place Stoke so the midtable was easy to get wrong without doing anything wrong

[Cam]

2 of the 3 promoted teams going straight back down? 

I have the same three to go down but with Bournemouth pushing hard to prove me wrong.

[Case]

Bournemouth will do ok. Their players wear orange coloured lenses before beddy byes. It's how they f***ed up our season or something.

 

Burnley, Brighton, Everton to go down.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

f*** off Guardian

[Cam]

Burnley, Brighton, Everton to go down.

My big worry is that all three of those clubs are currently ahead of us in the League table,

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

Spurs 4th then & the rest...

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

doesn't sound rosy at Newcastle

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

So there you go - last 2 places 10 & 12 go to West Ham & West Brom.

 

in which order? Only West Ham & West Brom fans will care

[Jarg Armani]

So there you go - last 2 places 10 & 12 go to West Ham & West Brom.

 

in which order? Only West Ham & West Brom fans will care

And you of course

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

Don't tell me you haven't been waking up at 5 every morning & running to your computer, like a kid at Christmas, to log onto this thread hoping for an update