AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Might set up a random result generator to compete with Lawro next season. With some simple rules, like it always backs the big team and the ones managed by media darlings etc. Reckon it would have a good chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Very rarely, basically journo's who slag of managers are cut off from press conferences etc. I don't understand that fear. For one, if you're a journo, they're cliche fuelled non events that offer no insight whatsoever. For another, if you're Lawro or his ilk, I doubt they've been to a pressa in a punditing capacity in their lives. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Might set up a random result generator to compete with Lawro next season. With some simple rules, like it always backs the big team and the ones managed by media darlings etc. Reckon it would have a good chance. Julian Adamson contacted BBC Sport to say he and some friends found Lawro's predictions so predictable that they played a game called 'Predicting Lawro's Predictions'. Julian argued that Lawro used only three results for most of his predictions: 1-1, 2-1 and 2-0. And the statistics do largely bear this out. Lawro only predicted that a side would score three goals in 17 of his 758 predictions (2.24%), whereas this actually happened 120 times (15.78%). And he did not predict that a side would score four goals or more in any of the 379 games. In reality, this happened 43 times out of the 760 individual scores (5.66%). Lawro does not really go for away wins. He predicted that eight teams (Aston Villa, Fulham, Norwich, Reading, Southampton, Swansea, West Brom and West Ham) would not win ANY of their away fixtures this season. In fact, Villa, Swansea and West Brom all won more away games (five) than sixth-placed Everton (four). He predicted that Fulham and West Brom would lose EVERY away game (scoring only four and six goals respectively), and drew the ire of Southampton fans by predicting they would lose 15 straight games at one stage of the season . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest je85 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/01/mark-lawrenson-match-of-the-day Mark Lawrenson to have 'reduced role' on Match of the Day. http://i.imgur.com/k815a.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Praise jesus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 He will continue to be a regular presence on Match of the Day 2 and Radio 5 Live. sigh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 He will continue to be a regular presence on Match of the Day 2 and Radio 5 Live. sigh At least Colin Murray's not on, he would have sucked up to Lawrenson every single week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Why has Colon Murray been sapped? To be honest, I quite like Murray *runs to unpopular football opinion thread*. More so for his radio stuff. Fighting Talk is always class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Think he's taking over the Keys & Gray slot on Talksport. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 so where are they going? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 so where are they going? Think to do coverage for the EPL for some foreign firm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Qatar to do loads of work for some channel out there. I think they're getting a Friday show on Talksport though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Love how Keys and Gray are like some double act that can't be split up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Love how Keys and Gray are like some double act that can't be split up Gray at least knows something about football, Keys knows fuck all and is such a slimey twat with those hairy hands of his. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Keys has had the hair lasered off now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Shockingly bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Ok that was shit. Would have been good just using actual lawro sound bites. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Thinks we'll win Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Thinks we'll win Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shush Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Newcastle had a nightmare at Manchester City in their opening game, losing heavily and having Steven Taylor sent off. There seems a lot of uncertainty about the Magpies at the moment - and we don't know if Yohan Cabaye is staying, or if he will play on Saturday. After what has happened at the club this summer, including Joe Kinnear's appointment as director of football which I think has undermined manager Alan Pardew, I would expect a noisy reaction from the Newcastle fans for their first home game. Fans don't win matches, but that home support of the 'Geordie Nation' could make a real difference. Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce Allardyce managed Newcastle for eight months, winning eight of his 24 games in charge From West Ham's point of view, Sam Allardyce will be looking forward to going back to St James' Park. He has a real bee in his bonnet about his time and his treatment there, and quite rightly so. After the Hammers beat Cardiff , Allardyce said his next aim is to improve their poor away record. They only won three times on the road last season, picking up just 13 points out of a possible 57. It is easier said than done, though, and he will have to make a decision about which way to play away from home. Is he going to try to shut up shop, which is the what they have been doing, or will they go at teams like they do at home? For me, it is worth trying the latter. Yes they will get one or two beatings, but they will win a few too, and I am sure they would do better overall. Prediction: 2-1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 http://www.aculab.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Dads-Army-Frazier-doomed.png Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I thought Everton boss Roberto Martinez pulled off a masterstroke at half-time at West Ham last weekend, putting on Romelu Lukaku and James McCarthy and really pushing for the win. That came off the back of their win over Chelsea, and they have now had two outstanding results in the league. But I just don't understand why Martinez changed the team so dramatically for their Capital One Cup defeat by Fulham. If you were an Everton fan, you might have looked at that competition and thought they could go a long way. I understand why they might change a couple of players, but that game was on Tuesday and they do not play Newcastle until Monday. I know they played well in the first half at Craven Cottage but they got beat. If I were an Everton fan, I'd be miffed. Why not play a strong team and build on the good results they have already had. Bradford and Swansea reached the final last season - why would you not want to get through to the next round? If they had kept the core of the same team for the Fulham game then they would be saying to their fringe players "hey, these boys are playing well and winning. If and when you get a chance, this is what you have to do". Newcastle had a bit of a setback against Hull in their last league game after beating Fulham and Aston Villa and I think that defeat by the Tigers showed they are not quite there. Goodison Park is great at night and there will be a really good atmosphere for this game. The crowd will be up for it and I think Everton will continue their great start to the league season. Under their former boss David Moyes they always had a good side but, with the addition of Lukaku and Gareth Barry, there now seems to be a bit of depth to their side. Prediction: 2-1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 dat analysis Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 327 words. 34 on Newcastle. What a waste of oxygen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 "Under their former boss David Moyes they always had a good side but, with the addition of Lukaku and Gareth Barry, there now seems to be a bit of depth to their side." I'd change that last "side" to "squad" for 2 reasons: it makes more sense; and it doesn't create lazy repetition of the word "side" in the same sentence. And that's just for you fucking mugs on here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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