Lawro's Predictions

[RoyalBlue]

"Reading do not have enough quality in enough areas of the field to turn games, which is the key to staying in the Premier League. You also look at them and wonder where the goals are going to come from." Mark Lawrenson - BBC

I love Reading but I am finding it hard to disagree with this comment

This is the first time where I have read what he has said and thought has has actually bothered to find out about us. It was all fair comment

TBH it wouldn't have taken him much to find that out - our opponents have been learning it all season.

[melonhead]

except our scoring record so far is good.

[Anfield Kopite]

Can i just say as a Liverpool fan that i think former LFC player Mark Lawrenson is an utter tit.

You can! I'm not surprised you don't like him. He was massively dispariging of Liverpool when Shelvey had a pop at Ferguson for getting him sent off, and even backed Sir Alex. What a disloyal twat.

I can't find it in me to give Lasrenson any credit, for tipping us to win. It is as if onecof his bosses has had a word and told him to get off Reading's case. It's better Lawro, but you're still a tit and don't deserve your job at the BBC.

The thing is sometimes i agree with him and sometimes i think his opinion is rubbish, Which is fair enough because the very nature of football means differing opinions. What i cant stand about him is the patronising 'i know best' tone he uses when he gives his opinion. Also reading this thread shows he is also very lazy, just seems to have a pop at Reading without looking into the team and players and giving proper reasons as to why he doesnt think they can win a certain game. Also, your right about disloyalty towards the team that made him famous, been the same for years. Utter tit.

[Mr.T10]

HE PREDCITED US TO WIN! Hallelujah Hallelujah!

I hate the term but this is a must-win game for Reading. I actually agree with him for once

The Royals are not a bad side, but at the moment they just look like a good Championship outfit to me. And I was just starting to like him... We have always been in the mix at games except Spurs

They are well coached by Brian McDermott and are not short of determination but they do not have enough quality in enough areas of the field to turn games, which is the key to staying in the Premier League. You also look at them and wonder where the goals are going to come from. We haven't proved it yet... Well if you look at our fixtures any team of lower end mid table will not show much quailty in games.

You knew Reading would lose a few games against the bigger teams following promotion but games like this are the ones they have to win to stay up. I agree, a must win game. Fulham are weak on the road... Now I have said that they will go and beat us 3-0

Reading have more of these sort of matches coming up against teams who are around them in the table - they play QPR, Norwich, Aston Villa and Wigan in November and, if they can pick up a win going into that crucial period, it could make a big difference for them. I agree, we need to win all home games and not lose away... A tough ask I know but if we want to stay up we HAVE to do it.

Fulham will not just roll over and they deserve to be in the top half of the table for their performances at Craven Cottage this season. Key word "Craven Cottage".

But their only away win came at Wigan and their best player Dimitar Berbatov does not always travel well either, which is why I am backing Reading to get their first three points of the season. It might be quite a nervy victory though. He is actually "backing us" to win, I thought I would never see the day

Prediction: 2-1

[Once were Biscuitmen]

It was when he predicted us to stay up easily in advance of the 2nd prem season that I knew we were doomed...

[SydenhamRoyal]

"Reading do not have enough quality in enough areas of the field to turn games, which is the key to staying in the Premier League. You also look at them and wonder where the goals are going to come from." Mark Lawrenson - BBC

I love Reading but I am finding it hard to disagree with this comment

This is the first time where I have read what he has said and thought has has actually bothered to find out about us. It was all fair comment

TBH it wouldn't have taken him much to find that out - our opponents have been learning it all season.

Yeah BUT - his previous comments have pretty much been "they are crap" - this was not only different to that, but with a bit more knowledge behind it.

[Born 'n Bred Royal]

So this time Lawrenson has gone 2-0 QPR. Not sure whether I can take this prediction seriously, we're terrible but not quite as bad as QPR and we've scored 8 goals in our last two matches.... Hope we prove him wrong.

[SPARTA]

QPR can put 3 past us but we'll put at least one past them.

[Royal91]

I can live with that C*** Lawro predicting us to lose as I'm used to it now. But for him to say we won't score is a joke. That saggy old tw*t can f*ck off

[Stuboo]

Agree Royal91. It's not a surprise anymore that he predicts us to lose. He's proven himself to be such a twat that I don't take anything the snidey, ill informed sad excuse for a human being says seriously anymore.

[Royal91]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20228221

That knob head Lawro at it again, suggesting not a single Reading player would get into any of the other teams in the bottom 8.

Surely Pogrebnyak would be good enough for teams in the bottom 8
Surely Guthrie would be good enough as he played a good amount of football at Newcastle
Shorey has played EPL for the past 5 years
McCarthy based on his current performances could get into most teams in the bottom 8.

[Stuboo]

LOL. He can't help himself. It must be punishment enough just being Lawro. Still don't see why we should suffer his depressing drone on our TV, radio, etc.

[specialjon]

What an idiot. I understand his 1-1 with us and Norwich, I'll probably do the same on my prediction league, I might be pushed to 2-1 to us BUT to have us down to draw and Southampton to beat Swansea?!?!?! Muppet.

[Simon's Church]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20228221

That knob head Lawro at it again, suggesting not a single Reading player would get into any of the other teams in the bottom 8.

Surely Pogrebnyak would be good enough for teams in the bottom 8 Worse than Cisse, Bent, Fletcher, Holt, Lambert, Di Santo and Crouch
Surely Guthrie would be good enough as he played a good amount of football at Newcastle Can't even get into our team, with comfortably the weakest cm options in the league
Shorey has played EPL for the past 5 years Barely
McCarthy based on his current performances could get into most teams in the bottom 8. Maybe 1 or 2

Anyway all he actually says is:

Without being disrespectful, if you were to look at any Premier League team in the bottom eight, how many Reading players would get in their team?

How's that saying not a single player would get into anyone else's team?

[M Brook]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20228221

That knob head Lawro at it again, suggesting not a single Reading player would get into any of the other teams in the bottom 8.

Surely Pogrebnyak would be good enough for teams in the bottom 8 Worse than Cisse, Bent, Fletcher, Holt, Lambert, Di Santo and Crouch
Surely Guthrie would be good enough as he played a good amount of football at Newcastle Can't even get into our team, with comfortably the weakest cm options in the league
Shorey has played EPL for the past 5 years Barely
McCarthy based on his current performances could get into most teams in the bottom 8. Maybe 1 or 2

Anyway all he actually says is:

Without being disrespectful, if you were to look at any Premier League team in the bottom eight, how many Reading players would get in their team?

How's that saying not a single player would get into anyone else's team?

Read what he then goes on to say about Southampton - makes it clearer that that is what he means.

[Gordons Cumming]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20228221

That knob head Lawro at it again, suggesting not a single Reading player would get into any of the other teams in the bottom 8.

Surely Pogrebnyak would be good enough for teams in the bottom 8
Surely Guthrie would be good enough as he played a good amount of football at Newcastle
Shorey has played EPL for the past 5 years
McCarthy based on his current performances could get into most teams in the bottom 8.

If we do with Saints what I do above with Reading then, yes, some teams would take people like Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert, Gaston Ramirez and Jay Rodriguez. From their defence? Nobody.

Exactly who would take these players?

[Cripple Creek]

What I find oddest about Lawro is that he seems universally disliked. I mean he has achieved kind of iconic status as someone who everyone moans about. Either the BBC is very clever and think that keeping him on boosts its viewing figures because the British are a masochistic bunch or it just hasn't occurred to them. He was, however, and it quite literally physically hurts me to say this, a fantastic central defender.

[cmonurz]

Reading fans hate truths, don't they.

It's harsh, but Lawrenson is spot on, with the exception imho of McCarthy.

The only other player who might improve one of our relegation rivals is Pogrebnyak.

[Forza Biscuitmen!]

I disagree with Lawrenson regarding Gaston Ramirez and Jay Rodriguez, that's £19m spent, an awful lot of money in anyones book.
Have Southampton seen much of a return for that money yet?
I think not. Almost certainly other lower end premier league teams would have some interest in McCarthy and Pogrebnyak, but quite clearly Lawrenson doesn't rate any Reading player- full stop,
we need to start to prove him wrong.

[melonhead]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20228221

That knob head Lawro at it again, suggesting not a single Reading player would get into any of the other teams in the bottom 8.

Surely Pogrebnyak would be good enough for teams in the bottom 8
Surely Guthrie would be good enough as he played a good amount of football at Newcastle
Shorey has played EPL for the past 5 years
McCarthy based on his current performances could get into most teams in the bottom 8.

If we do with Saints what I do above with Reading then, yes, some teams would take people like Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert, Gaston Ramirez and Jay Rodriguez. From their defence? Nobody.

Exactly who would take these players?

id take the first two for us any day