Time for a quick reflection on this post from back in August, when Jake and I made our predictions for the 2019/20 Premier League season. We took stock at the end of the year, which was approximately half way through the season (and before the games on New Year's Day) to see how we were doing, and it's fair to say that results were mixed!
Overall Jake was winning at that point, with a cumulative error of 72 league places across all teams (or an average of about 3.5 places per team), whereas my cumulative error was 81 places, or 4 per team.
The most obvious surprise is Sheffield Utd - both of us have predicted them to go straight back down, and they are currently doing pretty well in the top half. Then the main reason for the difference between our standings is my dislike of Newcastle causing me to stubbornly predict them in last place, whereas Jake has them in what may turn out to be a more realistic 11th.
We will see ...