From Leicester finishing bottom, to Chelsea not only making the top four but actually winning the league, there were all sorts of crazy predictions in the newspapers before the season started.
Alright, most of us probably thought the same but it’s quite sobering to actually have these things in print and see just how wrong we usually are.
The Sunday editions put their necks on the line a week out from the 2015/16 Premier League back in August and, in hindsight, it’s fascinating.
Almost everyone had Chelsea winning the league, almost every had a Nigel Pearson-less Leicester for the drop. No-one even mentioned Aston Villa.
Hindsight is beautiful.
Sunday World
Ken Lawrence
Top four – Chelsea, Man City, Man United, Arsenal
Relegation – Bournemouth, Norwich, Newcastle
Kevin Moran
Top four – Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United, Man City
Relegation – Leicester, Watford, Norwich
John Brennan
Top four – Man City, Chelsea, Man United, Arsenal
Relegation – Leicester, Watford, West Ham
Paul McGrath
Top four – Chelsea, Man United, Arsenal, Man City
Relegation – Bournemouth, Watford, Norwich
John Aldridge
Top four – Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United, Man City
Relegation – Bournemouth, Norwich, Watford
Kevin Palmer
Top four – Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City, Man United
Relegation – Bournemouth, Norwich, Leicester
Roy Curtis
Top four – Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United, Man City
Relegation – Watford, Leicester, Bournemouth
Irish Mail
Top four – Chelsea, Man United, Arsenal, Man City
Relegation – Leicester, Watford, Nowich
The Sunday Times
Top four – Chelsea, Arsenal, Man United, Man City
Relegation – Nowrich, Watford, Leicester
Sunday Independent
Dion Fanning
Top four – Chelsea, Man United, Man City, Arsenal
Relegation – Norwich, Sunderland, Leicester
Eamon Sweeney
Top four – Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool
Relegation – Watford, Bournemouth, Newcastle
Richard Sadlier
Top four – Chelsea, Man United, Man City, Arsenal
Relegation – Watford, Sunderland, Leicester
Stephen Hunt
Top four – Chelsea, Man City, Man United, Arsenal
Relegation – Sunderland/Everton, Norwich, Watford
