Leicester Pre-Season Predictions Proved Wrong

Before the season started, both fans and pundits alike got it spectacularly wrong with their predictions for Leicester City and their opinions of Claudio Ranieri's appointment as manager.

With Leicester now on the verge of writing one of the greatest sporting stories of all time, here are a selection of tweets where the hashtag #BenefitOfHindsight comes to mind...

Claudio Ranieri? Really?

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) July 13, 2015

Big name bad choice in my opinion ! Time will tell ! Hopefully I'm wrong #foxesneverquit

— Robbie Savage (@RobbieSavage8) July 13, 2015

Can't believe Leicester appointed Ranieri ... Great club, great fanbase but I'm afraid MK rather than Old Trafford season after next.

— Didi Hamann (@DietmarHamann) July 13, 2015

Ranieri is a nice guy, but he's done well to get the Leicester job. After what happened with Greece, am surprised he can walk back into PL

— Harry Redknapp (@Redknapp) July 13, 2015

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

Coco the Clown aka Mr Claudio Ranieri. Good luck @OfficialFOXES 😂😂 Worst manager in modern European Football pic.twitter.com/SVv6QVCuQU

— Charlie Hurley (@CharlieHurley) July 13, 2015

19th Leicester
The decision to sack Pearson will be a mistake. Ranieri will also be sacked soon, no goals in that team, relegated.

— #FreeÖzil (@FootyHipstar) August 7, 2015

And Leicester's inevitable descent back to obscurity and this season becoming a Trivial Pursuit question begins. #bbcfootball

— Matthew Harris (@Applemask) December 26, 2015

Claudio Ranierisomeone tell me this is a joke shocking #joke #lcfc

— lukewillams(@willams_lcfc) July 13, 2015

"Leicester City, we're top of the league."

130 minutes into the season.

Small club mentality.

— Aran (@AranNicolWHUFC) August 15, 2015

I give Ranierithree months before he's sacked.

— Jack Williams (@jdwilliams_94) July 13, 2015

Leicester City owner wants to spend £180m as he thinks that'll get them top 5 in the Prem within three years... #deluded

— Josh Hill (@joshill5) May 13, 2014

Im literally putting money on Ranieri to be sacked before the season

— DR △ (@dilan14423) July 13, 2015

Claudio Ranieri is the most hilariously bad appointment possible. Totally clueless and talentless he will be sacked before Christmas.

— Perennial Under (@PerennialUnder) July 13, 2015

I give #Ranieri 3 months before he leaves. I still can't get my head around what the usually sensible owners have done #shocker #lcfc

— The Orignal P ⚽️ (@P_NoDoubleE) July 18, 2015

Ranieri at Leicester? That's my first manager sacked bet sorted then.

— Del Hutton (@Del_Hutton) July 13, 2015

I bet Ranieri's already planning how he's going to spend his Leicester severance pay

— Ryan Millard (@ryanmillard86) July 13, 2015

However, not everyone got it wrong.  In fact one fan predicted it after only 25 minutes of the season...

#bbcfootball So Leicester going to win the league and Sunderland getting relegated? Seems perfectly logical after 25 mins of the season

— Alan Ferguson (@alanfergs) August 8, 2015

Alan Ferguson must literally be some sort of football fortune telling genius. Alan, if you happen to be reading this, could you tell me next lottery numbers?

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