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Saturday 18 August 2012

Our predictions for the new Premier League season

Having stared intently into our crystal ball for your edification, we posted our Premier League predictions on our Twitter feed yesterday afternoon. Just in case you missed them, here's a quick recap.

Arsenal - Arsene Wenger refuses to risk coming out of his meticulously-constructed pillow fort. Nelson Vivas replaces him

Aston Villa - players and fans unable to cope with blinking emergence from ennui cocoon. Rash of suicides hampers cup run. 9th

Chelsea
 - bench-warmers David Luiz and Frank Lampard develop intuitive bond and tour the world with their knife-throwing act

Everton
 - clerical error causes David Moyes to be sold to raise funds for Moyes to invest. Moyes buys himself back in January

Fulham
 - Clint Dempsey unmasked as gruesome serial killer terrorising well-to-do West London. FA suspends him for four games

Liverpool
 - Brendan Rodgers uses loophole to sell Andy Carroll into slavery between transfer windows. Hailed as masterstroke

Man City
 - Samir Nasri retires to concentrate on organic honey farming. No-one notices. Nasri: "I love bees. They speak to me"

Man Utd
 - misunderstanding with Asian marketing strategists sees players' feet bound and Rafael killed to save his brother

Newcastle
 - the club is nationalised. Consequent overemployment causes controversy as Alan Pardew uses 73 players in one match

Norwich
 - iconic scenes as Chris Hughton celebrates another "unlucky" sacking. "This is everything I could have hoped for"

QPR
 - Joey Barton's loan unleashes closet academics. Clint Hill publishes treatise advocating adherence to Hegelian dialectic

Reading
 - Pavel Pogrebnyak blames addiction to stamp collecting for loss of focus after relegation. "Philately got me nowhere"

Southampton
 - 
star Gaston Ramirez emigrates on finding that capybaras are not native to England. "I cannot live without them"

Spurs
 - hopes of European place dashed after Gareth Bale accidentally reports himself fit to play a qualifying match for Wales 


Stoke
 - questions asked as Ryan Shawcross eats Ashley Young. Tony Pulis: "It was an accident. He's not that kind of player"

Sunderland - Martin O'Neill improves attacking options by signing a statue of Emile Heskey and a beach ball. League Cup glory

Swansea
 - Michel Vorm loses focus after being installed as First Minister of Wales in a bloodless coup. Difficult 2nd season


West Brom
 - new manager Steve Clarke attributes mid-table finish to team spirit generated by vigorous homoerotic calisthenics

West Ham
 - Sam Allardyce's belief system rocked as world fails to end. "If the Mayans were wrong, maybe we should try passing"

Wigan
 - Dave Whelan unrepentant as Wigan survive by hiding mines and trapdoors in their pitch. "Home advantage is crucial"


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