THE new season is almost under way. This afternoon, tens of thousands of supporters across the country will head to stadia to cheer on their team, full of hope and expectation about what the following ten months will bring as the Premiership returns.
Can Ange Postecoglou retain the league title with Celtic? Or will Giovanni van Bronckhorst guide Rangers to the championship in his first full season in charge? Who will finish in the European places? Who will beat the drop?
Trying to answer such imponderables is a mug's game, which is why we've enlisted the help of our football writers to have a go at guessing how the final league table will shape up.
Below, our writers provide their predictions for the upcoming season as they attept to hazard a guess at the standings come May.
Matthew Lindsay
1) Celtic 2) Rangers 3) Hearts 4) Dundee United 5) Aberdeen 6) Kilmarnock 7) Hibernian 8) St Johnstone 9) Ross County 10) Livingston 11) Motherwell 12) St Mirren
Graeme McGarry
1) Celtic 2) Rangers 3) Hearts 4) Aberdeen 5) Dundee United 6) Hibernian 7) Motherwell 8) Livingston 9) Ross County 10) St Johnstone 11) Kilmarnock 12) St Mirren
Chris Jack
1) Rangers 2) Celtic 3) Hearts 4) Aberdeen 5) Dundee United 6) Hibernian 7) Ross County 8) Livingston 9) Kilmarnock 10) St Mirren 11) Motherwell 12) St Johnstone
Aidan Smith
1) Celtic 2) Rangers 3) Hearts 4) Aberdeen 5) Dundee United 6) Hibernian 7) Kilmarnock 8) Motherwell 9) Ross County 10) St Mirren 11) Livingston 12) St Johnstone
Ewan Paton
1) Rangers 2) Celtic 3) Hearts 4) Aberdeen 5) Dundee United 6) Livingston 7) Hibernian 8) Kilmarnock 9) Livingston 10) Ross County 11) St Mirren 12) St Johnstone
David Irvine
1) Celtic 2) Rangers 3) Hearts 4) Aberdeen 5) Dundee United 6) Motherwell 7) Hibernian 8) Kilmarnock 9) St Mirren 10) Ross County 11) Livingston 12) St Johnstone
James Cairney
1) Celtic 2) Rangers 3) Hearts 4) Aberdeen 5) Dundee United 6) Livingston 7) Hibernian 8) Ross County 9) Kilmarnock 10) St Mirren 11) Motherwell 12) St Johnstone
