IT’S SEASON PREDICTION TIME

THE 2017/18 PSL season kicks off tomorrow with league champions BidVest Wits hosting Golden Arrows as they begin the defence of their MTN8 title. Can the Clever Boys reclaim their cup and the championship? And who will win the Telkom Knockout and the Nedbank Cup? Independent Media group writers put their reputations on the line as they predict the outcomes for the major titles and awards. Do you agree or do you think they will all be munching on large helpings of humble pie come the end of the season?

PREDICTIONS ARE ON

1 Absa Premiership champions 2 MTN8 winners 3 Telkom Knockout winners 4 Nedbank Cup winners 5 Footballer of the Season 6 Top Scorer 7 Coach of the Season 8 First coach to be fired 9 Automatically relegated team

KAMLESH GOSAI

1 Bidvest Wits 2 Kaizer Chiefs 3 Chippa United 4 Orlando Pirates 5 Percy Tau (Mamelodi Sundowns) 6 James Keene (Bidvest Wits) 7 Milutin Sredojevic (Orlando Pirates) 8 Bernard Molekwa (Polokwane City) 9 Free State Stars

MINENHLE MKHIZE

1 Mamelodi Sundowns 2 Sundowns 3 Orlando Pirates 4 Bidvest Wits 5 Denis Onyango (Sundowns) 6 Jeremy Brockie (SuperSport United) 7 Pitso Mosimane (Sundowns) 8 Joey Antipas (AmaZulu) 9 Baroka FC

MAZOLA MOLEFE

1 Mamelodi Sundowns 2 Kaizer Chiefs 3 SuperSport United 4 Orlando Pirates 5 Percy Tau (we are jumping the gun here) 6 Top Scorer Jeremy Brockie 7 Coach of the Season Pitso Mosimane 8 Peter Butler (Platinum Stars) 9 Baroka FC

NJABULO NGIDI

1 Mamelodi Sundowns 2 SuperSport United 3 SuperSport United 4 Bidvest Wits 5 Hlompho Kekana (Mamelodi Sundowns) 6 Jeremy Brockie (SuperSport United) 7 Gavin Hunt (Bidvest Wits) 8 Peter Butler (Platinum Stars) 9 Baroka FC

MOHAU RAMASHIDJA

1 Bidvest Wits 2 Bidvest Wits 3 SuperSport United 4 Mamelodi Sundowns 5 Aubrey Ngoma (Cape Town City) 6 Jeremy Brockie (SuperSport United) 7 Gavin Hunt (Bidvest Wits) 8 Milutin Sredojevic 9 AmaZulu

RODNEY REINERS

1 Bidvest Wits 2 Cape Town City 3 Wits 4 Mamelodi Sundowns 5 Thulani Hlatshwayo (Wits) 6 Gabadinho Mhango (Wits) 7 Gavin Hunt (Wits, again) 8 Kgoloko Thobejane (Baroka FC) 9 Baroka FC