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The latest Northern exile to join the illustrious ranks of The Preds, Neil "Guesty" Guest (not to be confused with Guest) began a somewhat schizophrenic existence, uncertain as to whether he should affiliate himself to the salubrious surrounds of Chester, or a field. The resulting compromise paid dividends in the 2011/2012 season as his beloved side won the Football League Trophy. This was the highlight of the long-suffering ginger's previous 66 years on the planet.

Birthed naturally into a vat of engine oil (used) our tinkering chappie had handle bars for hands for the first 8 years of his life. Only downgrading to actual human digits by accident when he couldn't find all the nuts and bolts following a routine self-service, it's astounding he's carved out such a fine niche as eye-come-sitting specialist at the people's choice higher learning institution in Cambridge. On the plus front, his self-induced change of arm ends has facilitated high-level status in the Moto-GP-everyone-turn-to-your-right-for-some-extra-fun-while-we-watch group he founded while combining some of his finer self-serving skills.

Having shown some little promise in the field of sitting looking at the computer screen on his own in a small room in the past, his Preds capacity will now be tested to the full in the marathon which is a season in the most illustrious score-prediction competition we are all involved in. The big question for his rivals is whether he can retain concentration throughout the year while spending his time intermittently shooting up in the workplace?