Lawro is an ejit (II)

Results:

Blackburn v Tottenham 2-1
Arsenal v Man City 2-0
Bolton v Boro 4-1
Hull v Portsmouth 0-0
Newcastle v Chelsea 0-2
West Brom v Stoke 0-2
West Ham v Sunderland 2-0
Fulham v Liverpool 0-1
Everton v Wigan 4-0
Man United v Aston Villa 3-2

Lawro: 10 played, 4 correct, 1 perfect = 6 points
Tarquin: 10 played, 6 correct, 1 perfect = 8 points

See? Winning already - and I had a bit more guts I would've got more - I daren't predict a Liverpool win at the mo, and likewise I was hedging on Stoke - but I have to go by what I put down

Got to admit this has been one of the few weeks which has been quite predictable - wins for Arsenal, Stoke, Bolton and the Hammers all should have been bet on (I forgot, damn horses) - all very straightforward

United unfortunately scraped (and yes they did 'scrape') through with a late, late winner which was rather harsh on Villa

It is of course typical play from United, and usually a late goal is 'persistence' - but this time I have to regard it as very lucky - Villa were dominant and United were all over the place, some individual brilliance saved a team that were without Vidic and Ferdinand, Rooney or Scholes - but nevertheless three points from a game that should've provided more for Liverpool

If you ask me that was the best chance we had of seeing a proper United slip up - Villa were the better side and still took nothing from probably the weakest United side we'll see, the next best we have is a trip to Sunderland, Tottenham and Arsenal's visit - they surely can't keep winning all the way to the end, hopefully the Champions' League and FA cup will tire them out a bit

In other news Stoke and Blackburn earned crucial points to lift them nearer to safety, they now sit above Hull - who continue to gain points at a rate of 1 per year, fortunately for them it's a reasonable result - a loss against fellow-stragglers Portsmouth would've been deadly

Newcastle now don't look too safe, being 3 points from safety, and I did say Sunderland may come under pressure - they now occupy 17th having only gained a point in the past month

I did do a predictor and put Blackburn and Boro in the drop zone - Blackburn in 18th with the cut-off being 36 points, being shaded out by Hull with 37 (I also predicted United with a 2 point victory) - this now seems unlikely as they only need three points off seven to beat me, but I am betting on Boro to go down

United remain 1/3 to win the title, and Liverpool are still at 3/1 despite knocking off a trip to west London