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

Leicester go 8 points clear

+ The Merseyside derby + Who do neutrals want to win the Premier League?

1) Leicester go 8 points clear with a 2-0 win over Swansea

A little gift for all those people who said Leicester would struggle without Vardy. #bbcfootball #LCFCSWA pic.twitter.com/4omLosOkuX

— Stuart Chaplin (@StuiC) April 24, 2016

The Football Week In Tweets (01/04/2016)

1) The international break

55,799,430 - Number of football fans wondering what on earth they're going to do this weekend. DIY.

— OptaJoke (@OptaJoke) March 26, 2016

2) England beat Germany 3-2 #GERENG

Football is a simple game where 22 players kick a ball around for 90 minutes and at the end Germany give away a 2 goal lead.

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) March 26, 2016

'Always look on the bright side of life...' #GERENG pic.twitter.com/EMXjOc1y7o

— Football Hashtags (@Ftball_Hashtags) March 26, 2016

The Football Week In Tweets (25/03/16)

1) Twitter predictions

We all get it wrong from time to time as demonstrated by this first tweet... #benefitofhindsight

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