Lawro says:
Middlesboro v Man United 0-2
Chelsea v Fulham 1-1
Man City v Blackburn 2-0
Portsmouth v Arsenal 2-1
Stoke v West Ham 2-1
Tottenham v West Brom 2-0
Wigan v Bolton 2-2
Sunderland v Everton 2-1
Liverpool v Newcastle 3-0
Aston Villa v Hull 2-0
Tarquin says:
Middlesboro v Man United
I'm not as confident about this as Lawro, the Riverside is cursed land, and the big four have all struggled there in recent years - but because I don't want to tempt fate I'll stick to a decisive goal
0-1
Chelsea v Fulham
Keep dreaming, Lawro - even if Chelsea actually is in Fulham I don't see there being too much to this local derby, Chelsea may rest players tho
1-0
Man City v Blackburn
City seem to be recovering with Stephen Ireland back in fine form, think I'll add a goal
3-0
Portsmouth v Arsenal
I expect the old French tinkerer to rest some players, but I still expect an Arsenal win from the pacey youngsters
0-1
Stoke v West Ham
Stoke should be up for this, any points will seal the deal for them and West Ham are definitely a target
2-0
Tottenham v West Brom
This should be a fun match, two very open sides, watch out for Chris Brunt trying to single-handedly collect more points for the Baggies
2-1
Wigan v Bolton
Why does Lawro expect a high score draw from these two? Wigan have the lowest scoring rate in the league at home, and regularly draw 0-0, Bolton meanwhile have only gained two away points since the new year - I favour a slim win for Wigan, but I'll stick to a goalless wonder
0-0
Sunderland v Everton
I don't expect much from this, especially a Sunderland win - Everton should bounce back from that defeat by City but I'll go for a stalemate
1-1
Liverpool v Newcastle
My God, he went for more than two - Liverpool are starting to concede tho and it wouldn't surprise me if Owen got one just for the hell of it, no matter if I pick three or four I'm bound to pick wrong
3-1
Aston Villa v Hull
Villa will finally win (this is becoming a running joke)
2-0
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
I am the Messiah, not Shearer
With this statement I shall save Newcastle:
Last week I placed a bet on the Toon to go down (just shy of evens), and with their draw against Pompey I have gained confidence and thrown caution to the wind to announce it to all and sundry
So when Newcastle face up against Wolves next season, I expect a few drinks, Geordies
You can still get pretty reasonable odds of 8/11 (but only at Stan James), or 10/17 at betfair - not too late
Also in the news - Giggsy finally won the PFA Player of the Year
I don't know what to make of it really - you can't criticise Giggs as anything other than a committed professional and a true legend of the game, but it does kind of make a mockery of the whole thing when they give out a 'player of the year' award as a lifetime achievement award
Granted, it's not been an exceptional year for talent, and the nominations were a bit iffy, but if you're going to do that, and when you consider its other flaws (as I mentioned last week), the whole concept is somewhat devalued and has therefore lost my respect
Last week I placed a bet on the Toon to go down (just shy of evens), and with their draw against Pompey I have gained confidence and thrown caution to the wind to announce it to all and sundry
So when Newcastle face up against Wolves next season, I expect a few drinks, Geordies
You can still get pretty reasonable odds of 8/11 (but only at Stan James), or 10/17 at betfair - not too late
Also in the news - Giggsy finally won the PFA Player of the Year
I don't know what to make of it really - you can't criticise Giggs as anything other than a committed professional and a true legend of the game, but it does kind of make a mockery of the whole thing when they give out a 'player of the year' award as a lifetime achievement award
Granted, it's not been an exceptional year for talent, and the nominations were a bit iffy, but if you're going to do that, and when you consider its other flaws (as I mentioned last week), the whole concept is somewhat devalued and has therefore lost my respect
Monday, April 27, 2009
Beat him again 25/4/09 Results
Results:
Bolton v Aston Villa 1-1
Everton v Man City 1-2
Fulham v Stoke 1-0
Hull v Liverpool 1-3
West Brom v Sunderland 3-0
West Ham v Chelsea 0-1
United v Tottenham 5-2
Arsenal v Middlesboro 2-0
Blackburn Wigan 2-0
Newcastle Portsmouth 0-0
Lawro got 6 right, with 3 perfect scores = 12 points
Tarquin got 6 right, with 3 perfect scores = 12 points
Bugger...
Stupid Hull and their consolation goal
You just can't keep Lawro down, I was nicely in front until blooming Blackburn had to deliver their 2-0 victory
oh well
.........Played Correct Perfect Points
Lawro ---39 -----23------7------ 37
Tarquin --39 ----25 -----5 ------35
Bolton v Aston Villa 1-1
Everton v Man City 1-2
Fulham v Stoke 1-0
Hull v Liverpool 1-3
West Brom v Sunderland 3-0
West Ham v Chelsea 0-1
United v Tottenham 5-2
Arsenal v Middlesboro 2-0
Blackburn Wigan 2-0
Newcastle Portsmouth 0-0
Lawro got 6 right, with 3 perfect scores = 12 points
Tarquin got 6 right, with 3 perfect scores = 12 points
Bugger...
Stupid Hull and their consolation goal
You just can't keep Lawro down, I was nicely in front until blooming Blackburn had to deliver their 2-0 victory
oh well
.........Played Correct Perfect Points
Lawro ---39 -----23------7------ 37
Tarquin --39 ----25 -----5 ------35
Friday, April 24, 2009
Beat him again 25/4/09
Lawro says:
Bolton v Aston Villa 1-1
Everton v Man City 2-0
Fulham v Stoke 2-1
Hull v Liverpool 0-2
West Brom v Sunderland 2-2
West Ham v Chelsea 1-1
United v Tottenham 2-0
Arsenal v Middlesboro 2-0
Blackburn Wigan 2-0
Newcastle Portsmouth 2-1
Tarquin says:
Bolton v Aston Villa
I think Villa might finally get 3 points
0-1
Everton v Man City
Got to be Everton, solid defence against a side that don't travel well
1-0
Fulham v Stoke
Stoke will be without Higginbottom and influential forward Beattie so I don't expect much from them
1-0
Hull v Liverpool
Liverpool remain in good attacking form, and Hull remain dreadful at home - should be a comfortable Red win
0-3
West Brom v Sunderland
Tricky, Sunderland aren't exactly brilliant on the road - but they're in good form lately so I predict a win against doomed West brom
1-2
West Ham v Chelsea
A closely tied local derby, never easy to predict - but I think Chelsea will respond to their two lost points against everton
0-1
United v Tottenham
You've got to say United, tho you never know with a midweek game either side - will Fergie rest a few players for the crucial home tie against Arsenal now he has a six point cushion? I doubt it, I'm still going for them, even if they're running short on defenders
1-0
Arsenal v Middlesboro
2-0....what more do you need?
Blackburn v Wigan
What a fun sounding game this is, Blackburn will be favourites, but it's going to be rough, tough and muddy so I'm opting for a snore draw
1-1
Newcastle v Portsmouth
Must win for the Toon, maybe they will - but I don't expect anything, so I'll take the middle road
1-1
Bolton v Aston Villa 1-1
Everton v Man City 2-0
Fulham v Stoke 2-1
Hull v Liverpool 0-2
West Brom v Sunderland 2-2
West Ham v Chelsea 1-1
United v Tottenham 2-0
Arsenal v Middlesboro 2-0
Blackburn Wigan 2-0
Newcastle Portsmouth 2-1
Tarquin says:
Bolton v Aston Villa
I think Villa might finally get 3 points
0-1
Everton v Man City
Got to be Everton, solid defence against a side that don't travel well
1-0
Fulham v Stoke
Stoke will be without Higginbottom and influential forward Beattie so I don't expect much from them
1-0
Hull v Liverpool
Liverpool remain in good attacking form, and Hull remain dreadful at home - should be a comfortable Red win
0-3
West Brom v Sunderland
Tricky, Sunderland aren't exactly brilliant on the road - but they're in good form lately so I predict a win against doomed West brom
1-2
West Ham v Chelsea
A closely tied local derby, never easy to predict - but I think Chelsea will respond to their two lost points against everton
0-1
United v Tottenham
You've got to say United, tho you never know with a midweek game either side - will Fergie rest a few players for the crucial home tie against Arsenal now he has a six point cushion? I doubt it, I'm still going for them, even if they're running short on defenders
1-0
Arsenal v Middlesboro
2-0....what more do you need?
Blackburn v Wigan
What a fun sounding game this is, Blackburn will be favourites, but it's going to be rough, tough and muddy so I'm opting for a snore draw
1-1
Newcastle v Portsmouth
Must win for the Toon, maybe they will - but I don't expect anything, so I'll take the middle road
1-1
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
I love being right
Well, nuts to that - Liverpool now need United to lose two games or draw three
The one glimmer of hope is that was the one game you could expect to be drawn; Hull, Newcastle, West Ham, West Brom and Tottenham are all that are left and now only 15 points will do
But United have to lose six points off their remaining seven games - Portsmouth, Tottenham, Middlesboro (a), City, Wigan (a), Arsenal and Hull (a)
Do you see it? I don't, Arsenal are playing well and will meet United three times over the coming month, but realistically that's just two points lost - Portsmouth should be a full three gained, as should Hull - three more wins on top of that will effectively seal the title - Tottenham have a slim chance of getting a draw at OT, Boro, Wigan and City (purely for local reasons) are maybes, but remain slim
So five games, of which united have to cock up three - in my opinion it's a long shot, you have to hope for injuries and fatigue from the Champions' League action
In other news I found an old post of mine from January, I was right about Stoke having favourable games and being likely to get into the 40s - they're not going down now
I also expected Bolton to be OK, they were 3 above the drop zone then and now they have a six point cushion with 5 games left - so I was right...
I expected Blackburn and Newcastle to scrape towards 40 at the end - looking good on Blackburn, but Newcastle have to at least beat Pompey and Boro to stay up (I did say 16th, unlikely now)
I also expected Hull and Sunderland to slip, albeit Sunderland have only gone from a five point cushion to four, it's worth three places - Hull have collected only 7 points since I wrote that nearly three months ago and I think they need four or five points from somewhere (better beat Stoke and Bolton then)
Boro I expected to go, against the bookies opinion - and they now sit three (as opposed to one) from safety with Arsenal, United and Villa to play - only a crucial trip to Upton Park looks worth anything, and that Newcastle v Boro on 11th May game now looks like it could define the season
Not a bad prediction considering I named the current bottom six, and predicted Stoke and Pompey would live, and bear in mind back then Hull were 10th and Sunderland 12th, and Stoke were 19th
I'll stick with Boro and West Brom, and place a hefty chunk on Newcastle to go with them
Update: I know this completely ignores form and their rivals' performances but I worked out United's points-per-game ratio, and at their current rate they should get 16 points off seven games - meaning they finish on 87, and Liverpool can mathematically only get 86
The one glimmer of hope is that was the one game you could expect to be drawn; Hull, Newcastle, West Ham, West Brom and Tottenham are all that are left and now only 15 points will do
But United have to lose six points off their remaining seven games - Portsmouth, Tottenham, Middlesboro (a), City, Wigan (a), Arsenal and Hull (a)
Do you see it? I don't, Arsenal are playing well and will meet United three times over the coming month, but realistically that's just two points lost - Portsmouth should be a full three gained, as should Hull - three more wins on top of that will effectively seal the title - Tottenham have a slim chance of getting a draw at OT, Boro, Wigan and City (purely for local reasons) are maybes, but remain slim
So five games, of which united have to cock up three - in my opinion it's a long shot, you have to hope for injuries and fatigue from the Champions' League action
In other news I found an old post of mine from January, I was right about Stoke having favourable games and being likely to get into the 40s - they're not going down now
I also expected Bolton to be OK, they were 3 above the drop zone then and now they have a six point cushion with 5 games left - so I was right...
I expected Blackburn and Newcastle to scrape towards 40 at the end - looking good on Blackburn, but Newcastle have to at least beat Pompey and Boro to stay up (I did say 16th, unlikely now)
I also expected Hull and Sunderland to slip, albeit Sunderland have only gone from a five point cushion to four, it's worth three places - Hull have collected only 7 points since I wrote that nearly three months ago and I think they need four or five points from somewhere (better beat Stoke and Bolton then)
Boro I expected to go, against the bookies opinion - and they now sit three (as opposed to one) from safety with Arsenal, United and Villa to play - only a crucial trip to Upton Park looks worth anything, and that Newcastle v Boro on 11th May game now looks like it could define the season
Not a bad prediction considering I named the current bottom six, and predicted Stoke and Pompey would live, and bear in mind back then Hull were 10th and Sunderland 12th, and Stoke were 19th
I'll stick with Boro and West Brom, and place a hefty chunk on Newcastle to go with them
Update: I know this completely ignores form and their rivals' performances but I worked out United's points-per-game ratio, and at their current rate they should get 16 points off seven games - meaning they finish on 87, and Liverpool can mathematically only get 86
More preds
Some off the record predictions:
Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal
United 1-0 Pompey
Chelsea 2-0 Everton (ooo, FA cup warm-up)
Night night...
Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal
United 1-0 Pompey
Chelsea 2-0 Everton (ooo, FA cup warm-up)
Night night...
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Beat Lawro 18/4/09 Results
This week's results:
Arsenal v Chelsea 1-2
United v Everton 0-0 (Everton on Pens)
Aston Villa v West Ham 1-1
Middlesbrough v Fulham 0-0
Portsmouth v Bolton 1-0
Stoke v Blackburn 1-0
Sunderland v Hull 1-0
Man City v West Brom 4-2
Tottenham v Newcastle 1-0
Liverpool v Arsenal (TBA)
Chelsea v Everton (TBA)
Man Utd v Portsmouth (TBA)
Lawro got 5 results right, with one perfect score = 7 points
Tarquin got 7 results right, with one perfect score = 9 points
That means Tarquin has won two weeks out of three, but remains two points behind the ex-moustachioed one
Frankly I can't help but feel cheated, had that Chelsea winner been but a few minutes later I would've been spot on (as I predicted a late winner, but in ET) - but that's life
.........Played Correct Perfect Points
Lawro 29 17 4 25
Tarquin 29 19 2 23
Arsenal v Chelsea 1-2
United v Everton 0-0 (Everton on Pens)
Aston Villa v West Ham 1-1
Middlesbrough v Fulham 0-0
Portsmouth v Bolton 1-0
Stoke v Blackburn 1-0
Sunderland v Hull 1-0
Man City v West Brom 4-2
Tottenham v Newcastle 1-0
Liverpool v Arsenal (TBA)
Chelsea v Everton (TBA)
Man Utd v Portsmouth (TBA)
Lawro got 5 results right, with one perfect score = 7 points
Tarquin got 7 results right, with one perfect score = 9 points
That means Tarquin has won two weeks out of three, but remains two points behind the ex-moustachioed one
Frankly I can't help but feel cheated, had that Chelsea winner been but a few minutes later I would've been spot on (as I predicted a late winner, but in ET) - but that's life
.........Played Correct Perfect Points
Lawro 29 17 4 25
Tarquin 29 19 2 23
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