So many things I thought that were wrong. I'm not sure this is cathartic.. it's actually making me really sad thinking about this stuff.

• Leicester didn't even figure in my thoughts, and yes I thought they'd drop off before Christmas. Instead I expected a ferocious battle between City (who'd probably win), Arsenal, Chelsea (who I thought were on the downslope but never expected a freefall), and United (who I thought would finally get their shit together, and had made what looked like some good acquisitions).

• Arsenal I thought would challenge for the title. Hopefully win, but at least in the mix. Finished 3rd doesn't bother me, but 3rd after Leicester and Spurs? What?

• So many players that I had expected to do better than they did, either slumping from their usual form, or not improving as expected.

  • What on earth happened our formerly-happy-go-luck boy Ox? Poor kid.
  • Kos I think was shaken badly by the Paris bombing.
  • Sanchez lost his mojo for a while... hard to see someone who seemed so invincible becoming so human and actually fragile in some ways
  • Lovely and rock-solid Arteta I had expected to have recovered from his surgery & be behind Coq all season.. what a sad wind-down to his Arsenal career. Speaking of Coq even he didn't come back as he was, but I wasn't surprised by that
  • Mertesacker: Per, what happened to you? Is it possible he's still suffering from World Cup hangover? Come back man.
  • Debuchy. Well. Like him, I had expected Debuch to take over as starter, and basically be our rock-solid Sagna. A bit of a mess there, but at least Hector was able to play all season and was reasonably consistent.

... actually I'm going to stop here cuz it's just getting me down.