Playmaker's PL predictions & TOTS

At the start of this season, the four writers for @Playmaker_EN put together their league table predictions and now, at the end of a long, long season, it is a chance to reflect on those as well as giving our 2022/23 Premier League teams of the season…

Here is a look at the pre-season league table predictions and a brief round-up:

Alex Lawes

Exactly right: 1
Near enough (1 or 2 either side): 9
Furthest away: Fulham = predicted 17th, finished 10th 
UCL/UEL/UECL/relegation shouts: 6/10

Richard Cole

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Exactly right: 1
Near enough (1 or 2 either side): 5
Furthest away: Brentford = predicted 18th, finished 9th & Fulham = predicted 19th, finished 10th 
UCL/UEL/UECL/relegation shouts: 4/10

Stephen Gillett

Exactly right: 4
Near enough (1 or 2 either side): 4
Furthest away: Nottingham Forest = predicted 8th, finished 16th 
UCL/UEL/UECL/relegation shouts: 7/10

And now for each contributor's Premier League team of the season:

Alex Lawes 

@Divulgação / Fulham

GK: Bernd Leno [Fulham]
CB: John Stones [Manchester City]
CB: Sven Botman [Newcastle United]
CB: Luke Shaw [Manchester United]
DM: Rodri [Manchester City]
DM: Ilkay Gundogan [Manchester City]
AM: Bukayo Saka [Arsenal]
AM: Harry Kane [Tottenham Hotspur]
AM: Martin Odegaard [Arsenal]
AM: Bruno Fernandes [Manchester United]
CF: Erling Braut Haaland [Manchester City]

LENO

STONES – BOTMAN – SHAW

RODRI – GUNDOGAN

SAKA – KANE – ODEGAARD – FERNANDES

HAALAND

Daniel Oliveira 

GK: Nick Pope [Newcastle United]
RB: Kieran Trippier [Newcastle United]
CB: William Saliba [Arsenal]
CB: Lewis Dunk [Brighton and Hove Albion]
LB: Nathan Ake [Manchester City]
DM: Rodri [Manchester City]
CM: Bruno Guimaraes [Newcastle United]
CM: Martin Odegaard [Arsenal]
AM: Kevin De Bruyne [Manchester City]
CF: Erling Braut Haaland [Manchester City]
CF: Harry Kane [Tottenham Hotspur]

🥇Most completed passes in #PL this season:

2⃣9⃣0⃣0⃣: 🦁Lewis Dunk🦁
2⃣4⃣7⃣6⃣: Rodri
2⃣3⃣3⃣6⃣: Virgil van Dijk
2⃣0⃣9⃣6⃣: Gabriel Magalhães
1⃣9⃣9⃣8⃣: Pierre Hojbjerg#BHAFC #ThreeLions pic.twitter.com/qdELms7XNA

— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) May 24, 2023

POPE

TRIPPIER – SALIBA – DUNK – AKE

RODRI

GUIMARAES – ODEGAARD

DE BRUYNE

KANE – HAALAND 

Richard Cole

GK: Aaron Ramsdale [Arsenal]
RB: Kieran Trippier [Newcastle United]
CB: William Saliba [Arsenal]
CB: Lisandro Martinez [Manchester United]
LB: Luke Shaw [Manchester United]
CM: Kevin De Bruyne [Manchester City]
CM: Rodri [Manchester City]
CM: Bruno Fernandes [Manchester United]
RW: Bukayo Saka [Arsenal]
CF: Harry Kane [Tottenham Hotspur]
LW: Erling Braut Haaland [Manchester City]

RAMSDALE

TRIPPIER – SALIBA – MARTINEZ – SHAW

DE BRUYNE – RODRI – FERNANDES

SAKA – KANE – HAALAND 

Stephen Gillett

GK: Ederson [Manchester City]
CB: Nathan Ake [Manchester City]
CB: William Saliba [Arsenal]
CB: Kieran Trippier [Newcastle United]
DM: Rodri [Manchester City]
DM: Moises Caicedo [Brighton and Hove Albion]
AM: Kevin De Bruyne [Manchester City]
AM: Martin Odegaard [Arsenal]
RW: Bukayo Saka [Arsenal]
CF: Erling Braut Haaland [Manchester City]
LW: Marcus Rashford [Manchester United]

EDERSON

TRIPPIER – SALIBA – AKE

CAICEDO – RODRI

DE BRUYNE – ODEGAARD

SAKA – HAALAND – RASHFORD

@Manchester City

In 4 teams: Rodri (MCI), Haaland (MCI)

In 3 teams: Saliba (ARS), Odegaard (ARS), De Bruyne (MCI), Saka (ARS), Trippier (NEW)

In 2 teams: Ake (MCI), Shaw (MUN) Fernandes (MUN)

In 1 team: Ederson (MCI), Leno (FUL), Pope (NEW), Ramsdale (ARS), Botman (NEW), Dunk (BRI), Martinez (MUN), Stones (MCI), Caicedo (BRI), Guimaraes (NEW), Gundogan (MCI), Rashford (MUN)