Quote Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
The blatantly obvious point is that the pre-season favourites do not necessarily turn out to be the strongest sides.

Last season City had beaten the favourites and drawn away to the third favourites in the first four games. Those looked excellent results at the time, but it transpired that neither Norwich nor West Brom were anything special.
You are arguing against something you have invented yourself. I am not saying they are always right, I am saying if you take enough seasons (a large enough sample), the teams that are favoured at the start of the season will tend to do better than those that aren't.

If you think that isn't true then you shouldn't be 'man shouting at clouds' on ccmb because you could easily be a millionaire by now, you have found a goldmine..