Beat Lawro Retirement

I thought they had been ended like a fair bit of the BBC's football blogs, but Lawro's useless predictions are back

Unfortunately I have come to the conclusion that it is too laboursome to post them every week, as much as I love to prove him wrong, it was hard work typing it all out, and I don't have the time anymore - and this week I found myself hoping it had finished - a sure sign it was time to stop

I will still follow them and attempt to beat him, but no more weekly blogs

End of Season

It's all over!

I haven't counted yet, but I'm confident

Tarquin and Lawro both got 6 right

Lawro got 2 perfect, Tarquin only one

Tarquin = 4.5
Lawro = 6

Lawro wins the final week! A shame to not end on a high

Final Standings

40 weeks played, 391 matches
22-17 to Tarquin (1 draw)

Lawro - 215 right, 48 perfects - 170.5 points
Tarquin - 218 right, 49 perfects - 179 points

It is however, a comprehensive victory - more right, more perfect, more points, and more weeks won

Whether it was on consistency, perfect scores, or just plain old right/wrong, I won!

It was however, far tighter than I had hoped

Tarquin got 55% right, 12.5% perfect

It's down 13 points on last season, although that was a late addition and this was the first full season, also my perfect ratio was up over 2% - which is excellent considering the larger number of games

Lawro is also down to just under 55% right, a slightly better loss than myself, but his perfects are way down - from 19% to 12.2%


I feel I must do better, at least 70% I think to be called a good tipper - perfect scores? I don't actually rate them that highly, it's principally luck, often the difference between 2-0, 2-1 or 3-0, and to be honest the more you get right, the more chance you get of a perfect score!

I also feel they weigh it down somewhat, Lawro got a lot of perfects during our test run last season, but far less tips right - that indicates that he's benefiting from pure luck, getting games like Chelsea v Wigan or Sunderland, which we can all call, spot on, while failing to analyse tighter games correctly

On to next year! (Or the world cup...)

Beat Lawro - 2009/10 Final

We're into the last week, Tarquin is ahead by:

Last week:

Lawro got six right (out of 10) - One perfects = 5
Tarquin got seven right - No perfect = 6


Standings

39 weeks played, 381 matches
22-16 to Tarquin (1 draw)

Lawro - 209 right, 46 perfects - 164.5 points
Tarquin - 212 right, 48 perfects - 174.5 points

Tarquin has a lead of 3 predictions, 2 perfects and ten points going into the final round - Lawro needs something super-special here

Arsenal v Fulham


L: 2-0        T: 2-0


Villa v Blackburn


L: 2-0    T: 1-0


Bolton v Birmingham


L: 2-1   T: 1-1


Burnley v Spurs


L: 1-2   T: 0-1


Chelsea v Wigan


L: 4-0   T: 3-0  (A rare foray above the 3 goal rule for Lawro, for you punters: the missus has gone for 6-1)


Everton v Portsmouth


Both 2-0


Hull v Liverpool


L: 1-2   T: 0-2


United v Stoke


Both 2-0


West Ham v Citeh


Both 1-1


Wolves v Sunderland


L: 1-1   T: 1-0

Beat Lawro 38

Lawro got seven right (out of 10) - No perfects = 5.5
Tarquin got Five right - No perfect = 0.5


Standings

38 weeks played, 371 matches
21-16 to Tarquin (1 draw)

Lawro - 203 right, 45 perfects - 159.5 points
Tarquin - 205 right, 48 perfects - 168.5 points

Beat Lawro 37

Lawro got 3 right (out of 10) - No perfects = -4
Tarquin got 3 right - One perfect = -2


Standings

37 weeks played, 361 matches
21-15 to Tarquin (1 draw)

Lawro - 196 right, 45 perfects - 154 points
Tarquin - 200 right, 48 perfects - 168 points

Beat Lawro 36

Lawro got 3 right (out of 8) - No perfects = -1.5
Tarquin got 4 right - No perfect = 2


Standings

36 weeks played, 351 matches
20-15 to Tarquin (1 draw)

Lawro - 193 right, 45 perfects - 158 points
Tarquin - 197 right, 47 perfects - 170 points

Beat Lawro 35

Lawro got five right...No perfects = 2
Tarquin got six right - One perfect = 6

Standings

35 weeks played, 343 matches
19-15 to Tarquin

Lawro - 190 right, 45 perfects - 159.5 points
Tarquin - 193 right, 47 perfects - 168 points

He streaks away...