Lawro is an ejit

I hate Lawro - with his foolish analysis that usually relies on how wide the pitch is, bizarre predictions and monotonous drone

So I introduce my new regular feature - Beating Lawro! (Maybe I'll keep 'Lawro is an ejit') - for some reason they removed this feature on BBC sport, presumably because it never worked properly and then spent half a year out of order - so in this age of Internet responses we are denied a go at his useless predictions, that are quite frankly, begging to be contested

So here it is

These are Lawro's predictions:

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

Here are mine:

Blackburn v Tottenham

Tricky one, any game with Spurs is tricky to predict - Blackburn are pretty good at digging in so I'm going for honours even:

1-1

Arsenal v Man City

Got to be Arsenal, who are having a bit of a resurgence of late, against a City side that don't travel well

2-0

Bolton v Boro

Both Bolton and Boro are unpredictable and some people may expect a much-needed win for the Teesiders - but I don't, they've got nothing on the road - down you go, boys

2-0

Hull v Portsmouth

Another tricky one, Hull are pretty useless at home, and Portsmouth are pretty useless, so I'm going to go for a shared result, with Crouchy in a rich vein of form I expect an entertaining score draw

2-2

Newcastle v Chelsea

Chelsea are likely to be without Bosingwa and Anelka, not a huge problem as Bosingwa can't defend anyway, but 'Cashley' was all over the place for England so Chelsea don't inspire me at the back - Newcastle will no doubt be pumped up with the appointment of their new Jesus and I foresee some honeymoon action against a Chelsea side, most of whom are just back from international duty

1-0

West Brom v Stoke

Ooo, talk about six-pointer - Lawro thinks this is West Brom's last chance - their last chance was back in February if you ask me (he holds these foolish beliefs because he thought West Brom were the good ones and Stoke would be rock bottom - you see why he annoys me??). Anyway, if Stoke were ever going to get that away win it would be here, but they're not, even with their new super-striker James Beattie - but certainly this could go either way

1-1

West Ham v Sunderland

The Hammers seem to spend every season without any players, and yet they go on, clearly Zola (*cough* Steve Clark *cough*) is doing a good job, they are still pretty solid at home - is Carlton Cole fit again? I never thought I'd need to ask that one...Carlton Cole? Anyway:

1-0

Fulham v Liverpool

Not a pleasant tie for the would-be champions, Fulham had the rub of the green a bit against Fergie's men, but are very formidable at home, as we all know, and Liverpool are coming off two tiring Spain games against Turkey - it is a must win for the Reds and it really depends if they can come out all guns blazing, you would hope so - but Liverpool have a history of giving away points at Craven Cottage

1-1

Everton v Wigan

Injury-hit Everton continue to show how pathetic the bottom 14 teams really are, what with Tim Cahill and their defenders being their only goal threat - Wigan are a good outfit but the Toffees should be too solid for them

1-0


Man United v Aston Villa

Well if United were going to drop points against anyone right now it would be Villa - unfortunately Villa have suffered from fatigue and are no longer the brilliant counter-attacking team they were for half the season - they've mostly had a good rest over the break and you never know, Ashley and Gabby might come back to life against a United side without the services of Vidic. I'm verging on a draw but I'm not jinxing it so:

1-0

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I'm going to start a league system to show a trained chimp is better than Lawro, obviously there are only 8 rounds left this season, but I'm still working out a system anyway - for now: 1 point for a correct result, 3 for a correct scoreline - I didn't think there was any good reason to use negatives for wrong predictions or other scores for goal difference/draws - but feedback would be appreciated on this

Anyone else wants to join in, use the comments section