No one could have predicted this.

At the start of every season, the Fox Soccer Report has their on-air staff try to guess how the different clubs will finish in the Premier League table.  The clueless and Canadian group of TV talent never have any idea what is going on and always end up scratching their heads at the end of the season when Liverpool finishes outside the top two.   Still, even someone like the show’s analyst Bobby McMahon, who does know what he’s talking about most of the time, gets the end-of-season blushes when his predictions turn out to be wrong.  Can one really predict what will happen in such a crazy (see the chicken) and uncertain league like the EPL?   Maybe not, but that doesn’t mean the writers here at FourFiveTwo can’t give it a shot and try to look like we know what we’re talking about!

Will it be City or United finishing at the top?  Will newcomers Southampton and Reading be able to avoid the drop?  Will we ever uncover the secret to Scott Parker’s perfect head of hair??

Here are the predicted tables for the 2012/13 season:

BG:

How many draws this time around, Mark?

1. Man United
2. Man City
3. Chelsea
4. Arsenal
5. Liverpool
6. Spurs
7. Newcastle
8. Everton
9. Fulham
10. Stoke
11. Norwich
12. Aston Villa
13. QPR
14. Sunderland
15. West Brom
16. West Ham
17. Reading
18. Wigan
19. Swansea
20. Southampton

Brian:

1. Man United
2. Man City
3. Arsenal
4. Chelsea
5. Spurs
6. Everton
7. Liverpool
8. Newcastle
9. Fulham
10. Sunderland
11. Stoke
12. Norwich
13. Swansea
14.West Brom
15. Aston Villa
16. Southampton
17. Reading
18. West Ham
19. QPR
20. Wigan

The Lorber:

1. Man City
2. Man United
3. Spurs
4. Arsenal
5. Chelsea
6. Newcastle
7. Fulham
8. Liverpool
9. Everton
10. Sunderland
11. Stoke
12. Norwich
13. Aston Villa
14. Swansea
15. Reading
16. West Ham
17. Wigan
18. West Brom
19. QPR
20. Southampton

Keith:

1. Man U
2. Man City
3. Arsenal
4. Spurs
5. Chelsea
6. Liverpool
7. Newcastle
8. Aston Villa
9. Everton
10. Sunderland
11. Fulham
12. Norwich
13. Stoke
14. Swansea
15. Wigan
16. Southampton
17. Reading
18. West Ham
19. West Brom
20. QPR

The Soccer Apologist:

1. Arsenal
2. Chelsea
3. Man City
4. Newcastle
5. Man United
6. Spurs
7. Everton
8. Liverpool
9. Fulham
10. Norwich
11. Stoke
12. QPR
13. Wigan
14. West Brom
15. Swansea
16. West Ham
17. Sunderland
18. Aston Villa
19. Reading
20. Southampton

Blankzy:

Look at me now, Pompey!!!

1. Man United
2. Man City
3. Arsenal
4. Chelsea
5. Spurs
6. Liverpool
7. Everton
8. Newcastle
9. Aston Villa
10. Fulham
11. QPR
12. Stoke
13. Sunderland
14. Reading
15. West Ham
16. Norwich
17. Wigan
18. Swansea
19. West Brom
20. Southampton

Hopefully, the month of May will be kind to our picks and spare us the embarrassment…