The Worst Premier League Predictions 

Cut Zealand some slack he has the "American" debuff, that's at least minus 12 ball knowledge. Truly playing from behind. :(

0:26 “Didn’t miss it horribly” if 7 places off isn’t horrible then I can’t wait to see how bad the rest of the predictions were

As a Norwich fan, I was nice and optimistic before a ball was kicked this season... Then we played ten seconds of Premier League football and all the trauma came rushing back to me.

Maguire in world class😂😂 the only world class he can be part of is a geography lesson

Chelsea actually carried loads of momentum, were top until November then got James and Chilwell injured within a space of 3 games, as well as Lukaku at the same time too, who was never the same after coming back from that injury (and the interview he decided to give while off with that injury) and lost most of their attacking thrust.

On Manchester United - "Going to struggle to find a better defence than that in world football..." A better...defence... than that...in world football. Finished with 57 goals conceded, the highest ever in their premier league history. I can forgive bad predictions but my god!

As a Middlesbrough fan "Middlesbrough qualified for the playoff" did psychic damage

Zealand overrating United only slightly less than Football Manager does

As a villa fan buendia was decent. Bailey has been a fragile flop , ings didn't start well but got slightly better We should have been higher than 14th but all the teams around there were close

1:04 as an Ipswich fan, the only fun we have in our sad existence is laughing at Norwich's 20th place

Can you imagine how off Zealand's United pick would be if it was filmed right after the Ronaldo transfer.

The Villa-Leeds back-to-back prediction flameout was perfect

Honestly don’t feel too bad. Spencer from Hashtag United does a yearly prediction and keeps a point tally based on how far off you were for each team. Based off that tally I think you got 68 points Zealand which isn’t great but definitely isn’t awful. I’d love to see you make this a yearly thing and keep track of the points you get each year.

The Utd review had me in tears 😭 Win league? World class defence? Ohhh. So good. 👍

You weren't that far off on Southampton the positions look miles apart but they were only 2 points above Leeds who only stayed up in the last day.

Awesome video Z, too funny. Cant wait until the 22/23 predictions!

Always love these prediction review videos, fun to see you have a laugh at yourself

Your ability to own your predictions good and bad makes you a better content creator! 👍🏻

That KV Mechelen kit 😍 love me some Belgian representation on the Zealand channel

That Man U prediction was the best thing on RU-vid that I have ever seen, even better then the Cat playing the piano!!

The KV Mechelen shirt is just amazing. Love from Belgium!

Can’t wait for next season’s predictions

I enjoy predictions videos. Think about making predictions for every league from top 5

Pavel Kubicek 9 months ago in comments Regardless of yesterday's result of the match, I am sure that Brentford will hold on and will be at worst 14. That team works great. It has style, atmosphere. Super coach. When they avoid injuries because he doesn't have a very wide team. Better than Watford, Burnley, Brighton, Newcastle, Crystal Palace or Norwich. Trust them I was also not right with CP and Brighton.... i did not also predict Leeds and Everton bee so bad.

"Harry Maguire is a world class center back" Zealand 2021 Love your content Z!

Oh no Z... Just got to the bit of the video where you claim Maguire as a worldclass CB.... I don't know how you come back from that shocker

Zealand was Right about Southampton, just a year off

The logic behind the Leeds call wasn't terrible, if it hadn't been an absolute bin fire at board level, that team could've kicked on and it was unreasonable to expect Bielsa to turn water into wine with the same players 4 years in a row. Early impressions of the summer are that mistakes are being learned from and Jesse Marsch will benefit from much better recruitment. I don't think we'll pull up trees like we did in the first year but I certainly don't expect another disaster class like this year. You were right about the home atmosphere btw, I got to 12/19 games at ER this season and it's been absolutely rocking all year 👌

I think it's a decent prediction, i mean the manager turmoil this season is crazy, who would have thought Coutinho would end up at Aston Villa, or Conte would manage Spurs. But Liverpool ? Come on dude, you should know the reason they end up 4th last season was because Van Dijk injured, with full force these guys are winners

Zealand love the mechelen top

Your predictions were better than a lot of YTers I've seen... apart from Leeds and Norwich. lol.

Great video. Will you ever do a prediction for other leagues?

Rocking our epic away shirt, greetings from the city of Mechelen!

Thanks Zealand for both a great video and stroking my national-pride-bone by wearing a KV Mechelen jersey.

Honestly, your Smith Rowe take wasn’t that far off. He started off extremely hot but cooled off to the point where he wasn’t selected a lot towards the end of the season. Definitely one for the future but not a world breaker this season so I don’t think you were completely wrong there. Can’t defend your Maggie take though, I agree his confidence is absolutely shot and the pressure from captaining United is too strong for him but he’s just such a bonehead there’s just no defending him anymore tbh

Brentford has been one of the best managed clubs in the world for a while, I predicted they'd avoid the drop by 10 points. And as a Southampton supporter, literally everyone predicts us to go down year after year and we never really get that close to the bottom 3. People underestimate Ralph as a coach, even despite our limited finances

They didn’t Even qualify lmao

This was hilarious!! I had to pause to laugh at united, and then 5 seconds later I had to pause again at Maguire

Need this for all the top 5 leagues

This is how Reese feels editing every Zealand video

we missed you yesterday ❤

The general consensus back in August mirrors quite a lot of these predictions

KV MECHELENNNNNNNNNNNNN love to see you in our shirt again haha

Never doubt the bees🔥

A youtuber wearing my clubs shirt, was not expecting that to see today :D

To be fair, a lot of those position predictions are off by like 3/4 points. Being off on a league position based on 1 win is not bad by any stretch. But aston villa and leeds lol.

Forest are coming for all of em next season.

I don't think you've done too badly - as Utd fan, I kinda hoped we'd be more competitive to the point of a title challenge after signing Varane & Sancho... I also had Brentford to go down as they just screamed 'reach exceeds their grasp' after coming up through the playoffs, having not been in the PL since I can remember etc. Mind you, I had Leicester to be relegated the year they ended up winning the title so I clearly know nothing.

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17:00 Just let that one sink in for a moment.

The only trail that Zach Steffan blazes is the one from the fridge to the bench.

Tbf on the Brentford one. While they were no where near 20th potential. They did seem to be in the relegation contention until Eriksen sparked new life (heh) in them

Many had Brentford to go straight back down. Maybe I was clouded by my history with them as they were the first team I saw live and have done school projects at Griffin Park, but always said they were better than atleast 4 other teams in the league. Even now, many aren't giving them their flowers. They got more points than Watford and Norwich combined and could have finished top 10 with a win on the final day.

I may have mocked your Watford prediction on the original video after we beat Aston Villa. Oops. We were SO bad, possibly our worst Prem campaign ever (yes, even worse than the Boothroyd one). I can't even remember what Ashley Fletcher looks like, are you sure that's him in the video?

Norwich always do well in FM though

I was at the Emirates for Arsenal-Chelsea early this season. Lukaku was -amazing-, I remember thinking he'd walk on the PL. His first touch was spot on, his movement off the ball was deadly and obviously he was physically dominant, over both White and Gabriel. No idea what happened to him. This lad is definitely PL top material.

Excited to see where you place Forest for next season, please don't be harsh on us :(

First person who gets maguire . He carried that defence for so long. Second best interceptions, tackles and clearances. 3 years

By the way...you have to do this again for next season. I'm going to get mine in early... 1. Man City - Can only see Haaland improving them (if it doesn't mess up Pep's strikerless tactics) 2. Liverpool - Everyone stays fit and a bit of investment up top with Mane & Origi leaving, they will challenge, but Haaland will keep City in front. 3. Chelsea - New owners, apparently are more like Henry at Liverpool and won't spend as freely as Abramovic. 4. Newcastle - These owners however, will spend freely. I can see a bonkers summer, ala City's first big money-spending summer. 5. Spurs - Unlikely Kane is going to go now, he's turning 29 pre-season and nobody is going to pay Levy's valuation of £150mil for an injury prone 29 year old. 6. Arsenal - Arteta is building something, but currently lack the real quality of some other squads in the PL. Young prospects are exciting. 7. West Ham - Moyes is a solid manager, if he stays and they have a bit of investment on a pretty exciting season then they will be around European spots again. 8. Man United - Who knows? Could finish 2nd; equally could be 10th. Truly terrible this season, a lot of dead wood needs to go, it'll be interesting to see what ETH does. 9. Brighton - Potter is always improving, better and more investment in the squad could really see them do something. 10. Leicester - Really underperformed this season, Vardy has had a lot of injuries and they definitely miss him. He'll be drawing his pension soon so they need to invest. 11. Aston Villa - Another unknown entity, Gerrard is definitely doing something. The capture of Coutinho is a coup and if the rumours are to be believed; he's trying to get in Luis Suarez. 12. Crystal Palace - Could easily be higher, Vieira is doing a great job, the only worry is outside of the core they really lack talent. Need to get Eze back fit - he only managed 13 games this season. 13. Wolves - Never know what to expect from Wolves. On paper an excellent side but never make many ripples. Fabio Silva still looks raw, getting him honed in will really improve them. 14. Everton - They will definitely improve but I'm struggling to put them higher...injuries massively hindered them last season though. 15. Brentford - Performed way above everyone's expectations last year. I suspect largely due to Thomas Frank; keep him and they'll be alright again next season. 16. Leeds - Another side that were absolutely beset by injuries. Now murderball has gone hopefully this will improve. Need way more strength in depth. Need to stop getting players sent off. 17. Southampton - Drew way too many games last season, a couple of those into wins and they would have been comfortably mid-table. 18. Fulham - Fulham score, a lot. But my worry is they also lose a lot; 10 games last season, that's a lot for winning the league - the most since Reading 2012. The step up will be too much. 19. Bournemouth - Dom Solanke has been tried in the PL on a few occasions and can never step up... a worrying sign given he was their leading goal scorer last season. 20. Nottingham Forest - Since PL formation those that have been promoted via the playoffs survive 43% of the time. Take that as you wish...I love Forest for the nostalgia though.

My Toffees were so poor this season man 😭😭 but I have faith in Lampard and Thelwell to get us on track to be at least a decent team for the next couple years like maybe Leicester or Wolves

You might be correct with southampton 19th next season saying how poor they ended the season

Kinda says it all when you call Uniteds defence one of the best in the world. Made me laugh way to much xD

"Sean Dyke" 🤣🤣🤣

To be fair it says so much about United that most of us were putting them in contention to rival Liverpool yet they absolutely crumbled. With the squad they had would you argue that they weren't the biggest underachievers of the season?

i wish you were right about leicester!

Wolves had a weird season, they had one of the worst attacks in the league and only scored more goals than the three relegated teams. However, their defense was very solid, and specifically Jose Sa in goal was the best keeper in the league in terms of goals prevented (9.2 prevented over the season), which meant they conceded fewer goals than Arsenal, Man United, West Ham, or Leceister above them in the table. Basically they had a relegation attack, but a Europa League level defense because they had the best shot-stopping keeper in the league. Don't think your statement that they could finish below 13th sounds that crazy in that context. Had Sa not had such a good season they would have been lower mid table or possibly even in the relegation battle.

Looking at other predictions the Everton prediction is pretty damn good.

How about each season, you try to predict a different league? Start with the top 5, then try out some 'almost there' leagues ^^

How do you own a KV Mechelen shirt?

at 15:29 I saw Liverpool in 4th, with united ahead and I was just disappointed, so disappointed

Nobody saw the Everton tire fire. Not to that extent

I too thought Norwich would stay up and Brentford would finish bottom. Though I thought Southampton would have a good season- guess we were both wrong.

My beloved Boro got a mention = :) It was to remind of our failure of a final day = :(

Tottenham were tricky to predict. Add Conte since the very beginning and they might have finished third, stick with Nuno and they'd probably have finished in the second half of the table...

Tbf Man utd did finish 2nd and Liverpool did finish 4nd the previous season, Chelsea where champions League winners and did buy Lukaku who had just had a phenomenal season, I don't think your predictions were that unjustified, hindsight is a skill we humans will never master, but that's a good thing, makes life more unpredictable and that's half the fun

Did I miss something? Why does he have a KV Mechelen shirt? xd

As a norwich fan... that hurt

That Maguire confidence...

I'm a boro fan and I've taken this personally

This is very easy to say after the season has finished but how anyone predicted Norwich to finish anywhere outside the bottom 3 baffles me.

16:30 He probably thinks that Fred is world class as well

"Worst premier league predictions" Something Sky should name the pre-season talk with Gary Neville.

The Southampton shout will come true this year

Watford will be back up! We'll get relegated the season after and by that point have at least 3 managers, but we'll still do it 😂

In the football community you give yourself a point for each position out a team was. (lower score the better) Meaning you got 68 Points. not a great score. below 60 is considered decent. Show your score next year (for context) Pieface = 44 Stateman Dave = 44 Miniminter = 46 Thogdad = 48 FNG = 54 Rabona TV = 56 Spencer FC = 58 Danny Aarons = 60 StuntPegg = 60 Thogden = 60 ME = 64 Vizeh = 64 Maowell = 64 James Alcott = 68 Sharky = 68 Ben Foster = 69 MattHDgamer = 70 Irish Guy = 70 Adam Mckola = 88

"Maguire is a world class centre back."

Tbf who would’ve thought Brentford would sign Eriksen, and he’d go on a tear

Honestly don't think your Spurs prediction was as bad as you say, would have been impossible to predict their Conte hiring and turnaround. They weren't on course for CL before that.

Think Chelsea played very well to start; the Chilwell and James injuries kind of derailed the whole season

How can i send u a save to save ?

Sure, you were off on Brentford, but that was really exacerbated by Christian Eriksen coming in for the second half of the season. They were somewhat better than you thought before that, but after that they really took off. It was hard to see coming.

I loved watching this video. I remember watching the first one and thinking that it was the safest, most English-fan butt kissing review I ever heard this side of England. And true to their form, this prediction review was just so off it was really amusing. The reverence for English players changing teams and making a difference was really funny. Just because you only consume English and American soccer news, that doesn't mean that they are even close to correct. The English media's love for Bielsa is legendary and just sooooo bizarre. Which means that you too will love Bielsa, it's axiomatic. He doesn't win trophies and he leaves after he uses up the players. He's been doing it for decades and he'll keep getting jobs because of people like you. Ditto Guardiola. The English love him and the money teams that he represents. That means that you too will love Guardiola and all the sports washing that man can represent. Every Italian news outlet in August predicted that Lukaku would falter in Chelsea and said that Inter fleeced Chelsea. No rich English side was going to make him the focal point of the attack, nor would any of those teams change tactics enough to make his transfer cost worth while. As I write this, there is news he's going to negotiate his way back. Honestly this was a hoot and a half. I love playing FM, but even I know that the inherent biases of the game is a salve to the English fans it mostly markets to. ManUre was predicted by most of the English soccer media to be really good. In the game it was programmed to be really good. Zealand predicts that they will be really good. Nothing happens in a vacuum. I looking back at the comments made by your "fans" at the time, they were right there with you, as they should have been. You made a video that would have made any English fan happy - you promoted English players way more than they should be, you over emphasized the importance of the "correct" managers. And you didn't deviate from the group think of English media that caters specifically to boost English fans egos. And now you get to act chagrinned with the rest of them. Well done. EDIT PS There is no such animal as "the world class English center back". If there ever was one, which like the dinosaurs we can only speculate about, its gone like the dodo and has been these many years.

On Man United...you were kinda right about Pogba and no one could have guessed what would happen with Be A Good Person. If those two aren't clowns, how different is United's season?

What was FM's opinion on the matter?

Next video to this your prediction for next season once the fixture list for the new season is released now with new owners are in a Chelsea

In your defense on Wolves, they had TERRIBLE xG numbers and Jose Sa spent an entire year standing on his head.

At least you didn't think Everton would finish near Europe or in Europe like most

Liverpool 4th...and to think I hit the subscribe button!!!

The moment you said united could win the league I felt immediate anxiety going into the season

You didn’t account for second season syndrome for Leeds haha, expect a similar effect on Brentford next season as they try to consolidate their position.