Hull/norwhich/palace/cardiff. Any 3 of those 4

Thought fulham would do alot better then they did. When Pulis came in I expected palace to stay up. Hull have really surprised me

Norwich, Palace and Hull.

I knew Everton would do well. Martinez is one of the best managers in Europe far as I am concerned. Wish we had him rather than the Specious One.

As for teams I thought to go down. I knew Fulham would after 5 games or so....but at the very start of season....

I guessed Stoke (silly me), Hughes proved me wrong, Sunderland (Di Canio Joke) and Palace.

I thought Cardiff would just stay up, ditto Villa.

How wrong i was.

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My prediction was totally weird.

I thought Swansea would go down.

But then i did think every season for about 5 years Wigan would go down and they kept proving me wrong.

Man U, Man C and Chelsea.......was close with Man U though.........

It's always the same for me. Whoever goes up, drops down. Palace and Hull were favourites for me.

I would be surprised if anyone thought Palace would survive pre-season, more so a few games in.

Brilliant decision to bring in Pulis. There must be a few teams kicking themselves they didn't act as quick as Palace on Pulis.

West Brom always looked in trouble once they got rid of Steve Clarke, that was a stupid decision, although I didn't have them as candidates for relegation this season, they might be gone next year.

Unfortunately for Cardiff they're owned by an idiot, ousting Mackay was dumb and they deserve to go down. I do feel sorry for their fans though.

Norwich shouldn't have sacked Hughton, they went all in hoping for a couple of wins on the back of a manager change and it's failed spectacularly.

I'd probably have picked Hull for relegation, although I like Bruce he's not a world-beating manager and who wants to live in Hull?

Otherwise Swansea sacking Laudrup was plain crazy, they might well be in trouble next year.

I knew Everton would do well. Martinez is one of the best managers in Europe far as I am concerned. Wish we had him rather than the Specious One

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I like Martinez but he'll need to do much more before he convinces me that he's anywhere near one of the best managers in Europe.

Everton could have got top 4 this season but they bottled it at the business end of the season.

Also the Everton job is quite a cushdy little number. Very little pressure and a very patient chairman in Bill Kenright.

The jury is still out on Martinez and if you would prefer him to Jose then I'm glad you're not in charge at Chelsea.

Norwich shouldn't have sacked Hughton, they went all in hoping for a couple of wins on the back of a manager change and it's failed spectacularly.
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I really like Hughton but I think Norwich went down by hanging on to him for too long, they sacked him too late when the games left were pretty much un-winnable. Sacking him a few weeks earlier would have given a new manager some potential games to pick up points and make them safe.

Norwich looked quite safe up until the last couple of months of the season.

I agree that they sacked Hughton too late if anything.

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Norwich looked quite safe up until the last couple of months of the season.

I agree that they sacked Hughton too late if anything.
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thing is..way hughton plays....they did well vs big teams and crap against those around them...

I posted this as my predictions in my fantasy league comments section 9 months ago.

I think Chelsea will win the Premiership this year. Man City 2nd, Spurs 3rd, & Liverpool 4th. I think Arsenal's transfer policy will hurt them this year and with all of the uncertainty around David Moyes being able to handle the pressure of managing such a big team will see them suffer this year (well I can hope can't I)

Norwich shouldn't have sacked Hughton, they went all in hoping for a couple of wins on the back of a manager change and it's failed spectacularly.
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I really like Hughton but I think Norwich went down by hanging on to him for too long, they sacked him too late when the games left were pretty much un-winnable. Sacking him a few weeks earlier would have given a new manager some potential games to pick up points and make them safe.
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Yeah that's perhaps true I guess we'll not know if he could have kept them up, maybe he had his chance though. He'll probably pick up a Championship team and yoyo around the EPL with Holloway, Warnock and Bruce.

I had Sunderland, Palace and Cardiff to go down.

Didn't give Palace a hope as I've never really rated Holloway at this level.

Sunderland for the sheer ludicrousness of Di Canio.

Cardiff I didn't know much about, was shooting in the dark with that, but it was between them and Hull, but I reckoned Bruce would keep them up.

It's funny really, I'm pretty sure Fulham would have been comfortable if they'd kept Jol.

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tony pulis made me £400

Had Palace 100%

Can't really remember my thoughts at start of the season but probably thought Cardiff and Sunderlamd/Villa

Never bet on play off winners to go down...they tend to stay up.....usually winners of the championship that struggle...

Palace-thought they'd be the Prem whipping boys similar to Holloway's Blackpool side. was quite surprised at Holloway's sacking if i'm being honest, didn't really see who could keep them up with that squad
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Ollie wasn't sacked bud, he held his hands up and said he wasn't up to the task. Fairplay to the man

That aside, i had Fulham and Norwich to go down along with us at Palace. I figured we'd get absolutely 'tonked week in/out' and was fully expecting to be down by Feb! But hey.............

Thought the three promoted teams would go straight back down, their squads looked very weak. Hull quickly disproved that theory. Was hoping Stoke would finally fook off but that never looked too likely. Thought Pulis would improve Palace when he came in, but still wasn't sure if they'd survive.

Didn't really consider Norwich, but I'm not surprised they're down there. Didn't expect Fulham to go down at all, thought they had enough experience.

Stoke, Palace and Hull.

well cheers for keeping the responses sensible guys

did anyone actually think Fulham would be this bad? i thought Jol was a good appointment for them, he would probably would have taken them down too though

and as a Chelsea fan it still makes me to think they jettisoned Schwrzer for Stekelenberg