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McNulty’s pre-season prediction: 17th

Actual finish: 19th

I thought Burnley might survive but this was a really poor season at Turf Moor after romping to the Championship title in style. A decent transfer budget had little impact.

Manager Vincent Kompany must take responsibility for failing to modify their passing style with inexperienced players when it became clear very early that more pragmatism was needed. He also took too long to replace struggling goalkeeper James Trafford with Arijanet Muric.

Kompany will hope this will all serve as a learning experience in helping the Clarets come back up next season, because this one has been pretty miserable.

Read the rest of Phil McNulty's end-of-season Premier League report here