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[Football] Mark Lawreson
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Garry Nelson's teacher
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Never really taken to Lawro mainly because of his propensity to
a) incorporate some very weak jokes and
b) adopt a 'seen it all' take on most things football (mind you perhaps he has)
He also looks as if he is melting, but maybe that's something he can't help. Great player though.
a) incorporate some very weak jokes and
b) adopt a 'seen it all' take on most things football (mind you perhaps he has)
He also looks as if he is melting, but maybe that's something he can't help. Great player though.
Gabbafella
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- Aug 22, 2012
- 4,674
The Eeyore of pundits. Has a voice to slit your wrists to.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Generally l might agree, but today l thought he was spot on, Ausralia were hard done by, and very unlucky to lose.
seagull_special
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At no point does he ever give you the impression he loves football. It’s a bit like sitting next to a really moany git at a match. Wonderful footballer but seriously mediocre on the box.
SussexSeahawk
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- Jun 2, 2016
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Not disagreeing with that, but how hard is it to have a commentator that bothers to research VAR.
Hampster Gull
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- Dec 22, 2010
- 13,462
He seems a decent enough bloke. As for a punter, he seems about as average as the rest of them. But it’s not a difficult game so it is what it is
surlyseagull
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- Aug 23, 2008
- 839
I did like his comment regarding the French no 21 when he went down like a dying swan …."oh dear oh dear whats he done dislocated his shoelaces " .
This.
Invent the narrative around the result Danny Murphy would’ve summarised: A classy France overcome a stubborn Oz, with fantastic pertormances from Mbappe, Dembele, Pogba and Griezmann.
Which would be bull. Lawro is honest.
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,063
“That was more Frank Carson than Scott...” after the England keepers howler a few years a go” 
Still makes me chuckle, I like Lawro. Great pundit.
Still makes me chuckle, I like Lawro. Great pundit.
No more so than someone who cannot spell.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Yes l loved that too! I know he can appear somewhat dour and forthright at times, but hey that's just his opinion, and like many typical northerners he says it like it is, no one says you have to agree with him, he is just sparking debate.
Geestar
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Seems every game has one commentator that is disliked.
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Doonhamer7
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- Jun 17, 2016
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I always thought he was good, but in the last couple of years the quality of commentating / pundatory has got so much better that he now feels dated
Was always the way.
They're loved now and spoke about in nostalgic terms, but in the 70's and 80's half the football loving public couldn't stand the work of Brian Moore, Barry Davies and John Motson.
I once sold Lawro cigarettes, and apart from Chippy and Wardy and Bobby Smith is the only Albion player I have ever spoken to. On the whole I like him, especially after people on here cleared up my misconception about his latterday antipathy towards The Albion. He's always funny, sardonic and waspish on the telly and radio. Alright, he may not always have a clue about what's going on, but neither do I. By comparison, Danny Murphy, more cuddly though he may be, tends to state the bleedin obvious in tedious detail too often for more liking.