Brighton, Liverpool and Jack Grealish were bang to rights as early as August but there were some miscalculations of Paul Pogba and others.
Here’s the original list of kneejerk reactions after that opening weekend and why we went there…
10) Trevoh Chalobah will be England’s next debutant (he started and scored in Chelsea’s win over Aston Villa)
He was not. Seven players made their England debuts this season and Trevoh Chalobah is irrefutably not one of Patrick Bamford, Emile Smith Rowe, Conor Gallagher, Aaron Ramsdale, Kyle Walker-Peters, Tyrick Mitchell or Marc Guehi. Imminent caps are being considered for Jarrod Bowen and Eberechi Eze. But even with Chelsea’s entire central defence seemingly operating on a freelance basis, Thomas Tuchel has resisted the temptation to place his absolute faith in Chalobah. The 22-year-old has started 24 games for Chelsea this season, in which the Blues’ record is W19 D3 L2 F50 A11, with 14 clean sheets. Those two losses were in cup finals on penalty shootouts after 0-0 draws. It has been a quietly excellent if frustrating campaign for a player who did at least make his England ladder debut and yes we are absolutely claiming that as a win.
9) Brighton will finish in the top half (they beat Burnley 2-1)
They literally did. Ninth. Top half, that. By a whole two positions and points. For the first time in the entire club’s top-flight history. Brighton were as high as fourth in mid-October and as low as 13th in late April but the Seagulls flew over the last couple of months of an excellent season.
8) Burnley and Southampton will be relegated (they lost to Brighton and Everton respectively)
One out of two ain’t bad, especially considering Southampton’s slump to a closing run of one win in 12 games only gave them a five-point cushion to doomed Burnley. But Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side were never in realistic danger of dropping to the Championship as it required too many teams to buck up some more consistent ideas….
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