Rant’s premier predictions 2009/10 revistited
In August Rant put its metaphorical neck on the line and predicted the season ahead for Manchester United, the major domestic prizes and European honours too. They say that today’s newspaper it tomorrow’s chip wrapping but on the internet opinion lives forever. There’s no satisfaction in some of our predictions coming true.
Judge for yourself, how did we do? Our original predictions are below. Correct in green, incorrect in red.
United’s Season
- Premier League: runners-up – CORRECT
- Champions League: semi-final – QUARTER FINAL
- Carling Cup: semi-final – WINNERS
- FA Cup: winners – THIRD ROUND
- Player of the Year: Wayne Rooney – CORRECT
- Young Player of the Year: Federico Macheda – RITCHIE DE LAET
Premier League Top Ten
- Chelsea – CORRECT
- Manchester United – CORRECT
- Liverpool – SEVENTH
- Arsenal – THIRD
- Manchester City – CORRECT
- Everton – EIGHTH
- Aston Villa – SIXTH
- Tottenham Hotspur – FOURTH
- Sunderland – 13TH
- West Ham – 17TH
Relegated
- Portsmouth – CORRECT
- Burnley – CORRECT
- Hull City – CORRECT
Champions League
- Barcelona – SEMI-FINAL
Europa League
- Valencia – QUARTER-FINAL
FA Cup
- Manchester United – THIRD ROUND
Carling Cup
- Arsenal – QUARTER-FINAL
World Cup
- Spain – TBD
Player of the Season
- Wayne Rooney, Manchester United – CORRECT
Young Player of the Season
- Jack Rodwell, Everton – JAMES MILNER
Sack Race
- Paul Hart, Portsmouth – SACKED
- Gary Megson, Bolton Wanderers – SACKED
- Phil Brown, Hull City – SACKED
Number of facts uttered by Benitez, incidents seen by Wenger, trophies won by Manchester City, and respect earned by John Terry
- Zero – CORRECT, CORRECT, CORRECT & VERY CORRECT
Also worth reading:
- Rant’s premier predictions 2010/11 revistited
- Rant’s premier predictions 2009/10
- Rant’s Premier Predictions 2012/13
- Rant’s Premier Predictions 2011/12 revisited
- Rant’s premier predictions 2011/12
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how did villa and liverpool manage to finish seventh?
cant say that predicting a one two of chelsea and utd is a prediction to boast about, and i think most people in the country thought city would just miss out too!
rooney as our player of the year. who,d have guessed that one eh? lol
anyway, well done for predicting the relegated three. forgot the other 16 you got wrong.
keep blowing the trumpet!
Where’s a trumpet being blown? It was laid out in August, repeated here with no analysis. I count 12 correct, 16 wrong not including the final fun question.
You’ve been offered the opportunity to offer more than criticism elsewhere on this blog. You’re not big enough to take it. I’ll do this again in August. Here’s a challenge for you, take part if you big enough to open up your views to peer criticism.
Why dont you put your cock in the block and quote your predictions next season – then at least you would have a level of credibility rather than coming across like a begrudging dick. The results are alot better than alot of so called experts and journos….
nice job with the prediction Ed. I said earlier in the season, here or somewhere else i cant remember, but i dont mind us losing the title this year if we can get Rooney to learn to step up. And he just did.
Number of facts uttered by Benitez, incidents seen by Wenger, trophies won by Manchester City, and respect earned by John Terry
◦Zero – CORRECT, CORRECT, CORRECT & VERY CORRECT
BRILLIANT!! lol
Hi Ed, thank you for the blog.
No matter the outcome of predictions, looking forward to reading the United Rant next season.
Thanks. Will be around all summer covering the transfer market (let’s face it, it’ll be more speculation than actual transfers), the Red Knights bid, the World Cup and then pre-season in North America.
Maybe realist ought to change his/her username to pessimist. Either that or WUM.
Good. I look forward to reading your coverage on the American tour. It’s actually America+Mexico because we will play a game in Mexico, part of the Javier Hernandez deal..