Just rooting through some old stuff to chuck out now the season is properly over and I have time on my hands. Found 4-4-2 (that contained the Robbie Savage interview) and scanned the pre-season preview brochure.
Their table was:
1 Man Utd
2 Chelsea
3 Arsenal
4 Liverpool
5 Newcastle
6 v*le
7 Blackburn
8 Everton
9 Southampton
10 Man City
11 Middlesboro
12 Fulham
13 Spurs
14 BLUES
15 Charlton & Leicester
16
17 Bolton
18 Leeds
19 Portsmouth
20 Wolves
For some reason, no-one was expected to finish 16th.
So, worst prediction = Bolton, by the looks of that lot. It goes to show what the media expected of Blackburn and Everton, who both showed promise in 2002/3. our 13th of 02/03 didn't impress anyone, but they did concede we would be aiming for a top ten finish.
Good spot for Leeds and less amazingly for Wolves!