slartibartfast
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Thats just embarrasing.
If he ever gets into gambling he's proper fked lol.
The Lawro Thread
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If he ever gets into gambling he's proper fked lol.
tommyt
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Tottenham v Norwich
After seeing Spurs throw away a lead to lose 2-1 against Newcastle, I thought the trip to Southampton on Saturday would show how mentally tough they are. They proved it and I think they are ready for top four.
Harry Kane has scored eight in his past eight league games, we know about Dele Alli's attributes, fellow midfielder Mousa Dembele is starting to play, and they are solid at the back as well.
Norwich beat Manchester United at Old Trafford to record their best result for many a year. It was a very good display and they deserved to win. But they didn't get questioned by United until the last 20 minutes - Spurs will ask questions for 90 minutes.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
SAM's prediction: 1-0
After seeing Spurs throw away a lead to lose 2-1 against Newcastle, I thought the trip to Southampton on Saturday would show how mentally tough they are. They proved it and I think they are ready for top four.
Harry Kane has scored eight in his past eight league games, we know about Dele Alli's attributes, fellow midfielder Mousa Dembele is starting to play, and they are solid at the back as well.
Norwich beat Manchester United at Old Trafford to record their best result for many a year. It was a very good display and they deserved to win. But they didn't get questioned by United until the last 20 minutes - Spurs will ask questions for 90 minutes.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
SAM's prediction: 1-0
Nine while nine
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It's the lack of logical correlation between his write-up and his prediction that really gets to me. Anyway, it's Christmas. It's a time for forgiveness. It's a time for a truce. In that spirit, I wrote to Lawro and, rather than abusing him for his latest fanciful, prejudiced rantings, I decided to be kind and ask what his plans for Christmas were.
His reply was as follows:
Christmas Dinner
After having been served turkey, roast potatoes, sprouts and parsnips at me mam's for the last 20-odd years, I think the odds are on for a repeat performance. Me mam is a consistent performer at this time of year and I don't think there's anything me Dad can do to stop it happening again.
Lawro's prediction: Nut Roast, mashed potatoes, peas and carrots.
'And pudding soaked in brandy afterwards?' I inquired. 'I don't know what Merse is doing', he replied.
His reply was as follows:
Christmas Dinner
After having been served turkey, roast potatoes, sprouts and parsnips at me mam's for the last 20-odd years, I think the odds are on for a repeat performance. Me mam is a consistent performer at this time of year and I don't think there's anything me Dad can do to stop it happening again.
Lawro's prediction: Nut Roast, mashed potatoes, peas and carrots.
'And pudding soaked in brandy afterwards?' I inquired. 'I don't know what Merse is doing', he replied.
tommo84
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- Aug 15, 2005
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That Super Computer he's up against this week doesn't seem so 'super'. Every game is either a 1-0 win or a 1-1 draw, with only 1 exception (City to beat Sunderland 2-0). Appears to have been configured to conclude that if a team scores they won't lose.
Still makes more sense that Lawrenson's red-tinted garbage though.
Still makes more sense that Lawrenson's red-tinted garbage though.
cliff jones
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Him talking about an atmosphere at anfield only serves to confirm he is, absolutely, still living in the eighties. Did he head the ball too often when he played?
He must have headed something a bit harder this week to give our team any praise at all. But he's overdoing it suggesting we will be on them for 90. Id be happy with a single goal victory, but without a second id fear we run out of steam, options and ultimately luck.
He must have headed something a bit harder this week to give our team any praise at all. But he's overdoing it suggesting we will be on them for 90. Id be happy with a single goal victory, but without a second id fear we run out of steam, options and ultimately luck.
hugrr
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Wasn't there a comment on RAWK about how they're playing crowd noise over the PA system? It became noticeable when the recording started skipping.
Hold on, found it, courtesy of @michaelden in the Liverpool thread.
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I wonder what the Liverpool fans will think of their team being considered underdogs.
cliff jones
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See last week he managed to correctly predict the outcome of two of the ten matches.
anyone can predict the top four to win every week .
But to have leicester, watford and west ham in your bottom four after their impressive form takes genuine expertise.
anyone can predict the top four to win every week .
But to have leicester, watford and west ham in your bottom four after their impressive form takes genuine expertise.
sloth
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I know Ian Mchale, he's a professor at Salford and one of the organisers of Maths in Sports conference which happens every other year, plus the Chair of the Sports section at the Royal Statistical Society. Smart guy, but not sure his super computer will do the business judging by this outing. Basically if it's right we should all be sticking a tenner on a PL under 2.5 goal accumulator and we'd go home rich. What I reckon he's done is a kind of beat the market (Lawro) type thing, he reckons humans under predict the draw, and/or over predict goals (you can see how the two things are obviously linked, though there is some evidence that there's a draw factor when the scores are level independent of goals expected; but that's another story.) He's not expecting them all to be right, but gambling that enough of them will to make a profit over and above the loss he'd make on the ones which are wrong.
SandroClegane
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Lawro only off a goal on his predictions on both ours and the liverpool score? World might be ending, take cover!
Lilbaz
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1-0 i believe is the most usual scoreline i think. Heard it years ago so might have changed.
Lilbaz
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ohtottenham!
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Few things to consider regarding Lawro....a former Liverpool player, also a Liverpool fan with all the delusion and derangement which that entails, and most importantly a bellend of infinitesimal proportions, who was actually allowed to get a gig making supposedly, objectively-based predictions on football results! The outcome was always going to be funny, but especially when we're having a good season.
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