Lawro predicts final day misery
Lawro writes on the BBC website:
“Other than their win over Tottenham, West Ham’s season has tailed off in the last few weeks.
Yes, the Hammers are missing some injured players but they have been very average for a while.
When their fans look at this season, it is their new stadium and their summer recruitment that have been the bugbears for them.
For a while it looked like Slaven Bilic’s side were going to get dragged into a relegation skirmish but they are going to get a mid-table finish, which is probably what they deserve.
West Ham are not a bad side when everyone is fit but, if they want a repeat of their seventh-place finish in 2015-16, they definitely need to sign some better players.
Burnley’s target this season was to stay up and they have done it. It is mission accomplished and they can build again, which is great.
Their home form has been the key and I think it helped that they got an ‘extra’ match at Turf Moor early in the season – the venue of their game with Liverpool in August was switched because Anfield was not ready.
They won that game which not only gave them points on the board but it also set the tone for the rest of the campaign. They have never really been under much pressure.
Lawro’s prediction: 2-0