Friday, August 13, 2010

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

Thursday, May 13, 2010

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...)

Friday, May 7, 2010

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

Friday, April 30, 2010

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

Friday, April 23, 2010

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

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

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

Friday, April 9, 2010

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...