The Paul Merson Premier League Prediction Thread

[trousers]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/15205/8895393/paul-mersons-premier-league-predictions-week-3

 

A much better predictor than Lawro IMO...

 

Norwich will be disappointed with how their season is going. They played well against Everton and drew 2-2, but to lose to Hull when they've played with 10 men for a lorryload of the game is pretty poor. They'll be looking at this game to kick-start their season, but I think they're in a bit of trouble.

 

Southampton had a great first result and probably thought they just had to turn up against Sunderland to win, but it didn't happen. I actually fancy them to win this game, despite that slip-up because I like the look of them this year.

 

PAUL PREDICTS: 1-2

Edited 31 August, 2013 by trousers

[lifeintheslowlane]

Oh ek...I'd rather be underrated.

[trousers]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/15205/9001202/paul-mersons-premier-league-predictions-week-10

[Golden Balls]

Seems fair

[VectisSaint]

His assessment for this season is probably fair. But its a bit odd to say last season this would have been a home banker, when the result was 3-3. So it looks like he may be better at predicting the future than checking on the past.

Note in the Hull summary the following "they (Hull) are arguably the most organised team in the Premier League apart from Southampton". Merson seems to be almost a saints fan these days, for an ex-Skate that must be difficult.

 

Wonder if anyone has ever compared merson's predictions with the slug-balancer, to see who is actually best.

[Colinjb]

His assessment for this season is probably fair. But its a bit odd to say last season this would have been a home banker, when the result was 3-3. So it looks like he may be better at predicting the future than checking on the past.

 

You say that, yet it was very much an unexpected result last year. Stoke had the best defence in Europe at the time and we were only just starting to look as though we could consistently play at the level. To be 3-1 up on 30 minutes was astonishing, yet Stoke showed their determination and strengths at the time when down to ten men, that Cameron Jerome equaliser was astoundingly good.

 

Do like how Merson is actually consistent in what he says and predicts, some more veteran pundits could learn from that.

[Big Bad Bob]

You say that, yet it was very much an unexpected result last year. Stoke had the best defence in Europe at the time and we were only just starting to look as though we could consistently play at the level. To be 3-1 up on 30 minutes was astonishing, yet Stoke showed their determination and strengths at the time when down to ten men, that Cameron Jerome equaliser was astoundingly good.

 

Do like how Merson is actually consistent in what he says and predicts, some more veteran pundits could learn from that.

 

Or astoundingly lucky, how many has he scored like that since....

[Colinjb]

Or astoundingly lucky, how many has he scored like that since....

 

It's a fair point, but some of the best goals have been speculative punts. If you don't try you don't get.

[Big Bad Bob]

It's a fair point, but some of the best goals have been speculative punts. If you don't try you don't get.

 

Agree, it's like that goal that Fulham player scored last week or even the Crouchy goal a couple of seasons ago, they'll never score the like again