The Premier League Bad Predictions Amnesty 2023-24

The Premier League is back tonight, promising thrills, spills and all manner of footballing chaos. Our team of writers at The Athletic have gone to great effort to make some sensible predictions and season previews for 2023-24. But for those who want their football forecasts to talk about xVibes more than xGOT, this week has brought a return of our Bad Prediction Amnesty.

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This is how it works: before a ball is kicked for a new season, you tell us your biggest, most instinctive prediction to do with it.

Hello friends, the Premier League returns this week.So it's time for the Bad Predictions Amnesty.Please tell me your most instinctive, baseless footballing prediction for 23-24.You get a re-do at the end of the Jan window.We look back at these at the end of the season.

Haven’t watched a pre-season fixture but think a team’s new striker will score a hatful? Put it in the amnesty.Taken a look at Kenilworth Road and reckon there’ll be some Luton-flavoured disruption? Vent to the amnesty.Reckon a manager looks a little more flustered than usual and is headed for the sack? That’s a hot take for the amnesty.We’re looking for opinions that only the overconfident part of the football brain can create. Like when a player stands over a penalty and you “just get the feeling” the angle of their run-up is wrong, so they are obviously going to miss.

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Welcome to our Premier League Bad Predictions Amnesty

You can redo your prediction at the end of the January transfer window, and change your gut feeling if your gut is feeling twitchy.Then, when it’s all over, we all look back at our predictions, have a laugh and realise how attuned our football senses are to the sport we love so much.We’ve received thousands of responses