Arsenal (A) - win: they always start badly (didn't they lose against Villa last year?) so this is the best time to go to Emirates
Burnley (A) - draw: on the other hand, this is the worst time for a bigger club to travel to a promoted side. This will be a small hidden cost of the stadium renos because a home game would be a banker, and the away game later in the season likewise
Spurs (A) - draw: because that's what usually happens at WHL I think (probably wrong...)
Leicester (H) - win: we beat them at home in their title winning season and they'll be worse/we'll be better this year
Chelsea (A) - loss: they'll be tough to beat at SB this year. 1-0 home win.
8 points, good result given the balance of home/away fixtures and four tough opponents.
Reasonably good prediction, happy to be proven pessimistic but was actually feeling good about our SB chances by the time that game rolled around.
Thinking we could see another 10 in the next block, which would be a nice continuation of our early form:
Hull City (H) - win: reality has struck for Hull as we knew it would. If this were the away game I'd be fearful of another Burnley, but I think the feelgood factor from the 4-1 should carry us to a comfortable home win.
Swansea City (A) - loss: correct me if I'm wrong, but I have a feeling we always struggle there. Think this will be our blip in the next block o' five, but a blip every five games is not bad for a team at the beginning of its journey.
Man Utd (H) - win: on the other hand, I reckon we'll be well up for this one and beat them by two goals.
West Brom (H) - win: I think WBA are a big relegation chance; there seems a general air of negativity around their transfer dealings, and Berahino is still hanging around which seems unhealthy. Easy home win.
Crystal Palace (A) - draw: fucking Pardew. Benteke to score... not Jonathan.