Tom8558 Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 'I have tipped Southampton to lose a few of their games recently, not because I have anything against them, but because I thought they would struggle under new manager Mauricio Pochettino. They haven't. They have done a lot better than I expected and, by beating teams like Manchester City and Liverpool, they have surprised me a lot, and probably quite a few other people too. It is those wins that have seen them climb the table and away from relegation danger. I'm tipping them to beat West Ham, not to silence the Saints fans who have given me stick on Twitter, but because I think they are playing well enough to break down a Hammers team that will probably see a point as a decent return as they edge towards safety. Lawro's prediction: 2-1' Which probably means that we will lose.
John Boy Saint Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Ah well if we lose then we better give him the dogs abuse on Twitter to go back to predicting losses.
tajjuk Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 'I have tipped Southampton to lose a few of their games recently, not because I have anything against them, but because I thought they would struggle under new manager Mauricio Pochettino. They haven't. They have done a lot better than I expected and, by beating teams like Manchester City and Liverpool, they have surprised me a lot, and probably quite a few other people too. It is those wins that have seen them climb the table and away from relegation danger. I'm tipping them to beat West Ham, not to silence the Saints fans who have given me stick on Twitter, but because I think they are playing well enough to break down a Hammers team that will probably see a point as a decent return as they edge towards safety. Lawro's prediction: 2-1' Which probably means that we will lose. Silly people making us all look bad. This does mean we will lose now, all signs point to it: - Lawrenson predicts a win. - we're at home. - we're in form. - we've been slagging West Ham off. - we've won 3 in a row.
Olallana Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 easy boys, Turkish has said that Lawro´s prediction are very very good.... And if Turkish says it, it´s a FACT.....as everyone on this fourm knows....
Prince Jazzbo Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Look at it another way. He's got to get one of our results right at some point.
Maggie May Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Plus if Shaw, Puncheon and J-Rod are doubts, we'll lose.
John Boy Saint Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Plus if Shaw, Puncheon and J-Rod are doubts, we'll lose. Where, When, What, How?! Did I miss something, or just lose the context?
dubai_phil Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Silly people making us all look bad. This does mean we will lose now, all signs point to it: - Lawrenson predicts a win. - we're at home. - we're in form. - we've been slagging West Ham off. - we've won 3 in a row. Eric is trying to find a way to get past Security at our home pub to watch on TV for the first time since QPR by swimming in after we gave Secuirty his photo and said BANNED. All looking VERY bad, better put the mortgage on a Wet Sham win. Oh wait, I had to give the house to the ex so don't have a mortgage. Oh wait, we can't gamble down here. Yup TOTALLY screwed.
martel Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Where, When, What, How?! Did I miss something, or just lose the context? Some virus or something, it was in the Echo last night, whether it is a 24 hour bug or something like that I really do not know.
saint_ed Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Why is there a thread every week discussing what Lawro says?? His opinion has no baring at all on the result.
Saint-scooby Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 5-0, easy. Saying "e#$Y" is a curse thought we all learnt our lesson with Leeds a few years ago............. And yes now we have been tipped by Lawro's oh fudge
alpine_saint Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 'I have tipped Southampton to lose a few of their games recently, not because I have anything against them, but because I thought they would struggle under new manager Mauricio Pochettino. They haven't. They have done a lot better than I expected and, by beating teams like Manchester City and Liverpool, they have surprised me a lot, and probably quite a few other people too. It is those wins that have seen them climb the table and away from relegation danger. I'm tipping them to beat West Ham, not to silence the Saints fans who have given me stick on Twitter, but because I think they are playing well enough to break down a Hammers team that will probably see a point as a decent return as they edge towards safety. Lawro's prediction: 2-1' Which probably means that we will lose. Didnt have him down as being thin-skinned..
Appy Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Plus if Shaw, Puncheon and J-Rod are doubts, we'll lose. What if they are doubts and they all play?
pingwing Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 It was 14 losses in a row, a premier league record.... Amused he's taken it to heart though and felt so embarrassed!
Dalek2003 Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Well, I have predicted a Saints defeat and have been wrong for the last ten matches.
Minty Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Amused he's taken it to heart though and felt so embarrassed! Has he though? Just sounds like he's acknowledging the comments sent his way, and given clear reason for his prediction for us to beat West Ham. Hardly looks liek he's embarrassed, just doing his job, which coincidentally means he predicted lots of defeats for us. Big deal. Personally I don't get all the hassle some people give Lawro. Yeah, he's not the best pundit on MOTD, but these are just one-off predictions, done to get people talking and interacting on the Beeb website. Job done.
Junior Mullet Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Well, I have predicted a Saints defeat and have been wrong for the last ten matches. Thank fhuck for Dalek. We need this to balance Lawros optimism.
pingwing Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Has he though? Just sounds like he's acknowledging the comments sent his way, and given clear reason for his prediction for us to beat West Ham. Hardly looks liek he's embarrassed, just doing his job, which coincidentally means he predicted lots of defeats for us. Big deal. I feel he's embarrassed because he's had to address this weeks prediction with all of the criticism, not nearly as much to do with performances really...
Minty Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 I feel he's embarrassed because he's had to address this weeks prediction with all of the criticism, not nearly as much to do with performances really... I doubt if we were playing Man U at Old Trafford he would've predicted a win for us. I think what he says makes perfect sense and, with respect, think people are just looking for more reasons to bash him.
Saint Benali Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 To be fair though his predictions of our games did deserve questioning. We have been playing well for quite some time. Other then the QPR game we have looked very good. He says he didnt think we would do well under MP but even last week he said we would lose. After beating City he said we would lose. Then again after Chelsea and Liverpool. If winning against those three doesnt change your view then you have to be either a **** predictor or have an axe to grind. As far as im concerned he deserves that stick because even when we were beating the big boys he didnt change his tune.
The9 Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 The fact Lineker mentioned it on last week's MotD meant that Lawrenson pretty much has to address it within the BBC's broadcast canon.
Minty Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Fair comments but on a week to week basis, if you actually read what he wrote, you can see how he came to his predictions, even if you don't agree with him, which is my position.
Leicestersaint Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 This is bad news. I have a feeling it will be a draw.
The9 Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Fair comments but on a week to week basis, if you actually read what he wrote, you can see how he came to his predictions, even if you don't agree with him, which is my position. You can, but as all of his predictions are based on a kind of ill-informed cloud of deeply flawed assumptions, along with self-confessed ignorance as he uses "Ah durn't knooow..." approximately every 2nd prediction, you can't really expect them to be accurate, and you can understand why fans of a team clearly a lot better than he thinks would get annoyed by his constant ignorance of the team's abilities.
The9 Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 FWIW his average score of 7.16 means he gets one score exactly correct and 4 correct results (W/D/L) a week, which also means he gets 5 completely wrong. You have to go some NOT to get the winners of Man U/Man City/Arsenal/Spurs/Chelsea home games, so that's around half of the correct predictions taken care of, and he's getting 5/8 of the rest utterly wrong...
Tamesaint Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Where are Turkish and CB Tourettes ?? I thought that they would be on here by now supporting him against allegations that he is a rubbish pundit.
Legod Third Coming Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 You can, but as all of his predictions are based on a kind of ill-informed cloud of deeply flawed assumptions, along with self-confessed ignorance as he uses "Ah durn't knooow..." approximately every 2nd prediction, you can't really expect them to be accurate, and you can understand why fans of a team clearly a lot better than he thinks would get annoyed by his constant ignorance of the team's abilities. You're wrong. He uses "Ah durn't nurr, Gareh..." He's using it a lot. "At the murment..."
La BoIS Saint Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 FWIW his average score of 7.16 means he gets one score exactly correct and 4 correct results (W/D/L) a week, which also means he gets 5 completely wrong. You have to go some NOT to get the winners of Man U/Man City/Arsenal/Spurs/Chelsea home games, so that's around half of the correct predictions taken care of, and he's getting 5/8 of the rest utterly wrong... So your average is?
Dark Munster Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Look at it another way. He's got to get one of our results right at some point.
Dalek2003 Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Where are Turkish and CB Tourettes ?? I thought that they would be on here by now supporting him against allegations that he is a rubbish pundit. Turkish seems to have restrained himself to 3 posts a day, LOL !
Fan The Flames Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Well, I have predicted a Saints defeat and have been wrong for the last ten matches. You've been wrong since at least 2004
itchen Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 easy boys, Turkish has said that Lawro´s prediction are very very good.... And if Turkish says it, it´s a FACT.....as everyone on this fourm knows.... I don't. I've got him on ignore.
itchen Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Why is there a thread every week discussing what Lawro says?? His opinion has no baring at all on the result. Is he nude? Not a nice thought.
wightman35 Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Predicting football results has always been a mug's game! Thats why Vernon's,Littlewoods, Zetters and the rest made fortunes before the Lottery pocketted the punters money. The only occasion when I predicted a Saints win on this website 3-1 indeed, we lost so since then I have remained silent on predictions. Am always happy for "experts" in the media to reckon that we will lose though as when we shatter their illusions the win tastes all the better.
wightman35 Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 Is he nude? Not a nice thought. Especially if he gives us a moonie at 17-00hrs tomorrow.
Saint J 77 Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 'I have tipped Southampton to lose a few of their games recently, not because I have anything against them, but because I thought they would struggle under new manager Mauricio Pochettino. They haven't. They have done a lot better than I expected and, by beating teams like Manchester City and Liverpool, they have surprised me a lot, and probably quite a few other people too. It is those wins that have seen them climb the table and away from relegation danger. I'm tipping them to beat West Ham, not to silence the Saints fans who have given me stick on Twitter, but because I think they are playing well enough to break down a Hammers team that will probably see a point as a decent return as they edge towards safety. Lawro's prediction: 2-1' Which probably means that we will lose. He is probably hoping predicting us to win will have the reverse effect! With a virus rife in key members of the squad he might well get his wish!
Turkish Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 The usual clueless nonsense coming from this terrible pundit who doesn't have a clue what he is talking about. A disgraceful prediction.
Manuel Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 The usual clueless nonsense coming from this terrible pundit who doesn't have a clue what he is talking about. A disgraceful prediction. Couldn't agree more. 3-1 Saints.
The Kraken Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 I don't. I've got him on ignore. I can see why.
Saint Garrett Posted 12 April, 2013 Posted 12 April, 2013 I don't. I've got him on ignore. I think the majority have!!
simo Posted 13 April, 2013 Posted 13 April, 2013 Thank you for contacting us.I understand that you feel it's time to update our footballing pundits as you believe that contributors such as Mark Lawrenson are biased and unfasionable.Although I appreciate your feelings, it's in the nature of commentating and punditry that contributors are expected to provide their personal view on the action and events surrounding the sport they're watching. All we can expect of them is a fair assessment based on their knowledge and experience.Again, I appreciate that you feel strongly about this matter and to that end I’d like to assure you that I’ve registered your concerns on our audience log. This is a daily report of audience feedback that's made available to many BBC staff, including members of the BBC Executive Board, programme makers, channel controllers and other senior managers.The audience logs are seen as important documents that can help shape decisions about future programming and content.Thanks again for taking the time to contact us.Kind RegardsRichard CareyBBC Complaints
Crab Lungs Posted 13 April, 2013 Posted 13 April, 2013 Please, please tell me you didn't complain about it. Please!
The Kraken Posted 13 April, 2013 Posted 13 April, 2013 Please, please tell me you didn't complain about it. Please! That's exactly what I was thinking! And not just complaining; that email reply seems to suggest the complaint was asking for Lawrenson to be removed from his job!
ToreSF Posted 13 April, 2013 Posted 13 April, 2013 Christ on a bike, if you actually took the time to write BBC to complain about a pundits prediction, you really need to get your **** together.
CB Fry Posted 13 April, 2013 Posted 13 April, 2013 (edited) At least you gave the Sports department a ruddy good laugh when your little complaint came through. What an absolute joke. Edited 13 April, 2013 by CB Fry
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