Making Plans 957 Posted January 11, 2013 Norwich v Newcastle These are two more teams who are both badly in need of a win. Norwich are on a run of four straight defeats and are in a mindset where they are thinking decisions - like the penalty they conceded against West Ham - are going against them. In the Premier League, you cannot afford to think you are being hard done by; you just have to get on with it, and focus on the next game. By hook or by crook, Norwich need to stop this run. Newcastle have problems of their own - I am not even sure what sort of team they will be able to turn out. The Magpies have lots of injury problems and they are also going through a phase where they are conceding lots of goals. Again, a draw is not much good to either team, but that''s what I''m going for. Lawro''s prediction: 1-1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gingerpele 0 Posted January 11, 2013 Could have told you that before he did...He''s very very predictable, I bet nearly everyone in the universe would get a better score predicting his predictions than he does with his predictions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheRock 192 Posted January 11, 2013 [img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/62453000/jpg/_62453299_mark-lawrenson-ff-header-464x81.jpg[/img] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canary 1 Posted January 11, 2013 Expert!!!!!! If his predictions were correct this season NCFC would be botom of the table.He just does not like Norwich, as said after we sacked Brian Gunn we would go down to the 2nd division.Reality shows we have just gone up a up from the Gunn Sacking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
It's Character Forming 1,204 Posted January 11, 2013 Also he''s wrong to say that a draw isn''t much use to us. It''s most important we stop our losing run, but a draw on Saturday, while disappointing, isn''t a useless result for us - if we get back to grinding out points from draws then we''ll comfortably be able to pick up the wins we need over the rest of the season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bethnal Yellow and Green 2,424 Posted January 11, 2013 Starting to sound like a broken record on this, but... Lawro doesn''t write those reports, I know someone who was an intern at BBC Sports, and the predictions are generally done by one of the interns. I would imagine that the current person being handed the work is an Ipswich fan given the crappy results. If you listen to Lawro on Football Focus or MOTD he says many things completely the opposite of these predictions - he was singing Norwich''s praise during our unbeaten run and recently said he has every confidence Hughton will turn the form around and Norwich will avoid relegation. The comments about Gunn''s sacking were made off air as a private joke about a Norwich supporting colleague at the time - nothing more than a piss take. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phyxius 0 Posted January 11, 2013 Newcastle have lost 7 straight away from home.The man''s mind must have withered Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricky knight 0 Posted January 11, 2013 TBF I fancy it as a draw myself, hope we win easily but draw jumps out at me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
K Lo 246 Posted January 11, 2013 Should we have a sticky where we try to predict Lawro''d predictions before he rolls out his anaemic spiel?I''m sure there used to be one on here or somewhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harry 0 Posted January 12, 2013 [quote user="TheRock"][img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/62453000/jpg/_62453299_mark-lawrenson-ff-header-464x81.jpg[/img][/quote][img]http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd347/barclayendchoir/mark-lawrenson_zps31fbab3d.jpg[/img] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gingerpele 0 Posted January 12, 2013 I love how everyone has ignored Bethnal...But in response to you Bethnal, seems a bit dodgy, how can they say its him if he''s not writing it? Says Lawro was talking to BBC Sports Chris Bevan at the bottom, so I suppose Chris could just ask him a couple of Qs then write it up, or get someone else to do it, put Lawro''s name at te top so more people look. Don''t see why Lawro can''t just do it hisself, surely he cares somewhat about his reputation, and I know it''s not just Norwich fans who get upset with him... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hucka Hucka Huckerby 0 Posted January 12, 2013 Off air Bethnal? We''ve all watched him say we''d be relegated to league 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crabbycanary 2 Posted January 12, 2013 GP - it''s the same as the Page 3 girls enlightening insights and opinions, to the World and it''s problems, which I keep a keen eye out for (make your own jokes there if you wish). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The ghost of Michael Theoklitos 0 Posted January 12, 2013 Look everyone, the weekly Lawro thread!Looks like its just a day or 2 until the weekly Match of the Day thread! Can''t wait! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings of a Sparrow 1,708 Posted January 12, 2013 ...and no one is actually disagreeing with him.Draw written all over this one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I am a Banana 0 Posted January 12, 2013 Well done Lawro, got the outcome right, just not the result. GP have you never heard of ''ghost'' writers? They write on behalf of someone else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
