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Just because we happened to run into the following story, a new feature emerges. Lest we ever forget the sillier things that people said, here’s the expert analysis of Mark Lawrenson in the Mirror, August 16th 2008:
Big Phil will bring Chelsea the title - and entertain along the way
Phil Scolari will lead Chelsea to the Premier League [...]
It doesn’t seem like all that long ago that we covered the issue of Harry Redknapp’s return to Portsmouth and the boos which he was likely to receive from the Fratton Park crowds. John Cross of the Mirror wrote a considered defence of Redknapp’s time at Portsmouth on the basis that his record during his [...]
The prince of prediction is back in action again with his Premiership prophecies for next week, but how did he do last time around before we were diverted by World cup qualification?
Astonishingly, 6 more correct results from 10 fixtures takes Lawro to:
19 correct results in 36 attempts (52.8%)
We were pleased to see that he did, as predicted, choose [...]
So, two or three games into the season, depending on how much you love the Europa League, Champions League qualifiers, or friendly matches against Barcelona, and the two leagues are starting to take shape.
In Lawroland, Manchester United are grinding out the results - 3 games, 3 wins 2-0 - and that is enough to head off [...]
This year we are going to dissect the waste of time that is that Mark Lawrenson making predictions on the BBC. We’ll look at the results he predicts and how they stack against reality, and see how silly it all looks come next May. So without any ado, here is our starting point. May we [...]
13th place to 19th place in the Premiership is separated by 7 points with 5 games to go, there are big names like Newcastle United and Sunderland in real danger, and many forks of fortune undoubtedly left in those last few games. The relegation battle is a sufficiently exciting and nervy affiar on its own.
A shame, [...]
