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| Were your pre-season predictions accurate? No, they were rubbish | Were your pre-season predictions accurate? No, they were rubbish |
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| How much of your lives have you dedicated to studying football? How many hours have you whiled away reading about the sport, stacking up knowledge and expertise, observing the game's nuances and dissecting its complex ways? Not enough. | How much of your lives have you dedicated to studying football? How many hours have you whiled away reading about the sport, stacking up knowledge and expertise, observing the game's nuances and dissecting its complex ways? Not enough. |
| Evidently, you need to raise your game. When it comes to understanding the game well enough to predict the seemingly predictable Premier League, Guardian readers are abysmally underprepared. | Evidently, you need to raise your game. When it comes to understanding the game well enough to predict the seemingly predictable Premier League, Guardian readers are abysmally underprepared. |
| Did you foresee that Manchester City would win the Premier League? No. Did you anticipate the | Did you foresee that Manchester City would win the Premier League? No. Did you anticipate the |
| relegation battle? No. Did you predict that Paolo Di Canio would be the | relegation battle? No. Did you predict that Paolo Di Canio would be the |
| first manager sacked. Of course you didn't. | first manager sacked. Of course you didn't. |
| You thought Chelsea would win the Premier League. You were wrong. You thought Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur and would finish higher than Liverpool. You were wrong. You thought Crystal Palace, Hull City and Stoke City would go down. Wrong, wrong, wrong. | You thought Chelsea would win the Premier League. You were wrong. You thought Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur and would finish higher than Liverpool. You were wrong. You thought Crystal Palace, Hull City and Stoke City would go down. Wrong, wrong, wrong. |
| Were we to blame? Did we not inform you well enough? Did we mislead you with our own predictions? Probably. But still, not even our writers were this wrong. You thought Roberto Soldado would score more goals than Luis Suárez on his way to becoming the best signing of the season. | Were we to blame? Did we not inform you well enough? Did we mislead you with our own predictions? Probably. But still, not even our writers were this wrong. You thought Roberto Soldado would score more goals than Luis Suárez on his way to becoming the best signing of the season. |
| You thought Alan Pardew would be sacked, Robin van Persie would win the Golden Boot and that Ricky van Wolfswinkel would be in contention for signing of the summer. Ricky van Wolfswinkel! The man who scored with his first shot on target and never troubled a goalkeeper again. | You thought Alan Pardew would be sacked, Robin van Persie would win the Golden Boot and that Ricky van Wolfswinkel would be in contention for signing of the summer. Ricky van Wolfswinkel! The man who scored with his first shot on target and never troubled a goalkeeper again. |
| Could you have been more wrong? Expressions of guilt, regret, embarrassment and remorse are welcome in the comments section below. | Could you have been more wrong? Expressions of guilt, regret, embarrassment and remorse are welcome in the comments section below. |
| Guardian readers' predictions for the 2013-14 season | Guardian readers' predictions for the 2013-14 season |
| Who will win the Premier League in 2013-14? | Who will win the Premier League in 2013-14? |
| Chelsea 38% Manchester City 26%Manchester United 16%Tottenham Hotspur 4%Liverpool 4% | Chelsea 38% Manchester City 26%Manchester United 16%Tottenham Hotspur 4%Liverpool 4% |
| Which clubs will be relegated from the Premier League? | Which clubs will be relegated from the Premier League? |
| Crystal Palace 78%Hull City 77%Stoke City 48%Cardiff City 26%Sunderland 13% | Crystal Palace 78%Hull City 77%Stoke City 48%Cardiff City 26%Sunderland 13% |
| Who will be the first Premier League manager to be sacked? | Who will be the first Premier League manager to be sacked? |
| Alan Pardew 32%Mark Hughes 14%Paolo Di Canio 8%Steve Bruce 7% | Alan Pardew 32%Mark Hughes 14%Paolo Di Canio 8%Steve Bruce 7% |
| Who will be the top goalscorer in the Premier League? | Who will be the top goalscorer in the Premier League? |
| Robin van Persie 48%Sergio Agüero 11%Roberto Soldado 8%Luis Suárez 6% | Robin van Persie 48%Sergio Agüero 11%Roberto Soldado 8%Luis Suárez 6% |
| Who will be the best signing of the summer? | Who will be the best signing of the summer? |
| Roberto Soldado 17%Wilfried Bony 17%Paulinho 11%Jesús Navas 10%Ricky van Wolfswinkel 6% | Roberto Soldado 17%Wilfried Bony 17%Paulinho 11%Jesús Navas 10%Ricky van Wolfswinkel 6% |
| Better luck next year | Better luck next year |
| Guardian writers' predictions for the 2013-14 season | |
| In the interests of balance, not all of our writers' predictions came to pass. Here, as requested from our chastened readers, is a full naming and shaming of the "experts": | |
| Premier League winnersMichael Cox: Manchester CityDominic Fifield: Manchester CityAndy Hunter: Manchester CityDaniel Taylor: Manchester CityDavid Hytner Manchester UnitedJamie Jackson: ChelseaAmy Lawrence: ChelseaScott Murray: Manchester UnitedJacob Steinberg: ChelseaLouise Taylor: TottenhamPaul Wilson: Manchester City | |
| Player of the seasonMichael Cox: Sergio AgüeroDominic Fifield: Eden HazardAndy Hunter: Luis SuárezDavid Hytner: Robin van PersieJamie Jackson: Jack WilshereAmy Lawrence: Eden Hazard.Scott Murray: Robin van PersieJacob Steinberg: Eden HazardDaniel Taylor: Robin van PersieLouise Taylor: Hatem Ben ArfaPaul Wilson: Luis Suárez | |
| Signing of the summerMichael Cox: Leroy FerDominic Fifield: PaulinhoAndy Hunter: Roberto SoldadoDavid Hytner: Jesús NavasJamie Jackson: Jesús NavasAmy Lawrence: Stevan JoveticScott Murray: Wilfried BonyJacob Steinberg: Roberto SoldadoDaniel Taylor: Nicolas AnelkaLouise Taylor: PaulinhoPaul Wilson: Gerard Deulofeu | |
| Young player to watchMichael Cox: Ross BarkleyDominic Fifield: Jonathan WilliamsAndy Hunter: Philippe CoutinhoDavid Hytner: Gedion ZelalemJamie Jackson: Wilfried ZahaAmy Lawrence: Philippe CoutinhoScott Murray: Jordan IbeJacob Steinberg: Jonathan WilliamsDaniel Taylor: Ravel MorrisonLouise Taylor: Philippe CoutinhoPaul Wilson: Gerard Deulofeu | |
| Relegation candidatesMichael Cox: Crystal Palace, Hull City, SunderlandDominic Fifield: Sunderland, Norwich and Hull CityAndy Hunter: Crystal Palace, Sunderland and Stoke CityDavid Hytner: Crystal Palace, Hull City and Cardiff CityJamie Jackson: Hull City, West Brom and Stoke CityAmy Lawrence: Crystal Palace, Cardiff City and Stoke CityScott Murray: Cardiff CityJacob Steinberg: Crystal Palace, Hull City and Stoke CityDaniel Taylor: Crystal Palace, Sunderland and Hull CityLouise Taylor: Crystal Palace, Hull City and FulhamPaul Wilson: Fulham, Crystal Palace and Cardiff City | |
| Guardian writers' predicted table1) Chelsea2) Manchester City3) Manchester United4) Tottenham Hotspur5) Arsenal6) Liverpool7) Swansea City8) Everton9) West Bromwich Albion10) Aston Villa11) West Ham United12) Newcastle United13) Fulham14) Southampton15) Norwich City16) Sunderland17) Stoke City18) Cardiff City19) Crystal Palace20) Hull City |