Mr Lawrenson – you are a joke!
Week in week out his apparent dislike of the club is becoming more and more apparent but today he truly manages to surpass himself.
For whether we win, draw or lose at Sunderland tomorrow there really is no good reason to predict defeat for the Irons in the north east.
And even in tipping us to do so, the lamest pundit in the game himself fails to come up with a single reason why reason which is surely of some importance if you are expecting to be taken seriously.
We can only assume the former player turned media clown has given up on that score too for his latest pronouncements smack of bias in the extreme.
Writing for the BBC ( what on earth are the guardians of decent journalistic standards thinking of?) Lawrenson declares: ‘From what I have seen so far this season, Sunderland are the worst team in the Premier League.
West Ham have been brilliant away from home, so you might think this will be a straightforward victory for the Hammers.
But football does not work like that, which is why we love it, and why I am going for a surprise result at the Stadium of Light.’
Lawro’s prediction: 2-0
In normal circumstances I wouldn’t have bothered writing a word about such nonsense but his constant predictions of defeat have become a joke.
This one – without a single qualification as to why such a defeat could happen – is the most ridiculous of them all.