Crystal Palace
Buoyed by passionate home support and a peerless work ethic, Crystal Palace surpassed all expectations last year. In a bid to stop his players succumbing to second season syndrome, manager Tony Pulis has announced plans to play no football whatsoever for the entirety of 2014/15.
Manager: In November, Palace replaced chilled-out entertainer Ian Holloway with Tony Pulis. The former Stoke man replaced Holloway's games room with a soundproofed interrogation suite, where players' mistakes are analysed with high-end Prozone technology and a small, sharp knife.
Key man: A consistent (and consistently underrated) performer who keeps things ticking over so that his more celebrated colleagues can shine, if there's one man who sums up the Eagles, it's Randy Meisner.
If they were a common mathematical constant they would be... √2.
Prediction: Palace's blend of flair and steel has been reinforced by the astute signings of Fraizer Campbell and Brede Hangeland. Given a full season at the helm, Pulis can take the Eagles even further than he did last term. 7th.
Manager: Roberto Martinez was under the spotlight when he arrived last summer, but he ignored calls for a radical overhaul and set about improving individual areas on his own terms. His gradual approach has been so successful that many people haven't even noticed he's having hair transplants.
Following a record-breaking Championship campaign, Leicester City are back in the Premier League after an absence of 10 years. Can it really be 10 years? Ten years since Leicester were in the top flight? Ten years ago you had so many dreams, so much hope in your eyes, and now look at you. If only you could turn the clock back to that glorious summer of 2004, when anything seemed possible. But you can't, you can't, however much you wish you could. Foxes striker Jamie Vardy is younger than you.
Key player: David Nugent's goalscoring prowess has made him feared throughout Andorra, while Kasper Schmeichel's performances in goal have inevitably seen him compared to fellow goalkeeper Casper Ankergren.
Star signing: £8 million man Leonardo Ulloa will hope to silence the doubters who say he's Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
Prediction: You don't win more than 100 points in the second tier by accident, and the rest of the Premier League should underestimate the newcomers at their peril. If the Ulloa signing pays off, Leicester should reap the rewards handsomely. 7th.
Key man: Alex Bruce, his father's eyes and ears, but, happily, his mother's nose and bone structure.
Arsenal, Aston Villa, Burnley, Chelsea - Fabregas impersonators, psychotic cops & too many trophies
Liverpool, Man City, Man United, Newcastle - Protracted transfer sagas, adopted pandas & personalised jelly
QPR, Southampton, Stoke, Sunderland - New signings, Tintin & underwear auction websites
Swansea, Spurs, West Brom, West Ham - Ambitious nicknames, moustaches & matchmaking
