“The Hammers are not playing that well anyway”

BBC pundit and self styled arch enemy of West Ham fans, Mark Lawrenson has once again tipped the Hammers to lose. No surprise there I suppose but the pundit then goes on to justify his prediction by saying we will be suffering from fatigue after 120 minutes of football earlier this week and adds a dig to say we are not playing very well anyway.

Just some free advice to Lawro for his predictions:  Norwich are third from bottom after losing to bottom club Aston Villa 2-0 last week, four days before that they lose 3-0 to Spurs together with previous losses against Liverpool, Bournemouth and Man City in the weeks proceeding that. Their only win this year came on 2nd January when they beat an out of form Saints 1-0 at home. They have conceded 48 goals this season from 25 games and have a goal difference of -20. Hardly rocket science is it?

This is what the so call pundit had to say!

“West Ham are another team that had 120 minutes of FA Cup football in midweek, with their extra-time win over Liverpool on Tuesday”

“The Hammers are not playing that well anyway, but fatigue from that tie is part of the reason I am backing Norwich here, despite the Canaries’ dismal form that has seen them lose five league games in a row and drop into the bottom three.”

“The last time Norwich had a positive result was when they won back-to-back home games against Southampton and Aston Villa at the turn of the year.”

“Alex Neil’s team have conceded eight goals in their past two home games and they desperately need their results at Carrow Road to improve because their away form is not going to keep them up.”

Lawro’s prediction: 2-0