Twitter mocks Michael Owen for his pre-season predictions

This has been the most exciting Premier League season in recent memory.

Back in August you would have been considered insane if you said Leicester would be top at Christmas or Jose Mourinho would have been gone before the new year, but here we are.

After 17 games, the shocking nature of how 2015/16 has gone so far is best summed up by looking back at what pundits were expecting at the start of the season.

In particular, people have latched onto the projected top six and bottom three given by former Liverpool striker Michael Owen, whose predictions haven’t exactly gone to plan.

Right then here we go again #Top6Bottom3:

Chelsea
Man Utd
Arsenal
Man City
Liverpool
Spurs

Bournemouth
Leicester
Watford

Let's see yours!

— Michael Owen (@themichaelowen) August 7, 2015

Things have turned out a little differently, with Chelsea struggling to keep their heads above water in 15th and Leicester leading the league – not to mention Watford in 7th place after a 3-0 win over Liverpool.

In fairness to Owen, he wasn’t actually far off from the general consensus coming into the year, but the people of Twitter don’t seem to care for such things.

@themichaelowen @GeorgeLoosely23 try again mate

— Richard Smith (@81tricky) December 20, 2015

How wrong could you be @themichaelowen https://t.co/NKcHNPzrmQ

— Matt Mullender (@mattmullender93) December 20, 2015

https://twitter.com/josht92afc/status/678604332858781697

https://twitter.com/PaulBlezard99/status/678657154719555585

https://twitter.com/RobScanlan1963/status/677609115024134144

@themichaelowen Hi Michael, could you please give me 45 out of 50 numbers for the next Euromillions draw that you think might win?

— Nick (@DaOneToFollow) December 20, 2015