Lawrenson accuses Benitez of Hillsborough disrespect

[nbryan1764]

When I think back to MOTD years ago, I'm sure Lawrenson never used to be this bad?! He's clearly anti-Rafa for some reason.

If only he had a smidgeon of Hansens class

Lawrenson also dismissed the JFT96 chant vs Arsenal a few years ago too didn't he?!

Walked past him at Gatwick a couple of years back and he looked a right miserable git. Though it was 4am in the morning

yes he did, once it stopped he said something like, good can we get on with the football now. Yet he claims in this ridiculous article that Rafa has committed the cardinal sin!!

[Lee]

yes he did, once it stopped he said something like, good can we get on with the football now. Yet he claims in this ridiculous article that Rafa has committed the cardinal sin!!

Yup that's it. Utterly disgusting and disgraceful how he can dismiss Rafa in such a way after him saying that a couple of years back.

[zimbo]

Thats a bit strong isn't. He was a good player but benefitted by playing alongside a real Liverpool great - Hansen.

I can only assume you never actually saw Lawrenson play. Probably the best defender I've ever seen, including Hansen.

Unfortunately he has all the tact and sensitivity of a broken pogo stick..

[MrMichael]

I can only assume you never actually saw Lawrenson play. Probably the best defender I've ever seen, including Hansen.

Unfortunately he has all the tact and sensitivity of a broken pogo stick..

[5europeancups]

I think the big problem is that he is paid to write so many articles for his column and he has to (despite all the ammunition that Liverpool FC provide ;-)) keep coming up with something interesting to say. It is inevitable he is going to get it wrong occasionally.

[Shaggy]

'occasionally'

[redpablo]

he was on 5live too spouting off. He was asked 'Are you worried about liverpool' and he replied, dripping with sarc 'Do I look like it?'. Made my blood boil. he sounds like Mavis Riley and has the incisive punditry of..Mavis Riley

[Pablo]

he was on 5live too spouting off. He was asked 'Are you worried about liverpool' and he replied, dripping with sarc 'Do I look like it?'. Made my blood boil. he sounds like Mavis Riley and has the incisive punditry of..Mavis Riley

Right on Poblo

[badpiggy]

i cannot ****in stand "lawro". he's ****in embarrassment. and using hillsborough as stick to beat benitez with? classless **** now on top of everything else.

[Shaggy]

His lame sarcasm and relentless smugness bugs the **** out of me. He's up there with Whelan, Houghton and McMahon in the cuntish ex-player stakes.

[Fierce]

******, ex player or not

[Shaggy]

******, ex player or not

People getting all precious and upset over calling an ex-player a cunt makes me laugh. Serving LFC as a player does not give anyone carte blanche to spout offensive drivel. I support Liverpool Football Club and I reserve the right to defend LFC against agenda-driven bile, be it from some cunt on the telly, a **** in the pub or an ex-player gob****e in the papers. Whelan, Lawrenson and a handful of others have talked so much ****, much of it destabilising, so why the hell should they be given a free ride? They love the sound of their own voices and they know this sort of drivel keeps their name in the papers. Cheap shots. **** them. I'll always defend LFC against this sort of ****, whoever it's come from.

[zimbo]

This post from RAWK is a real zinger.

I've just dug out an old book that was written by him while he was still a Liverpool player, called "Mark Lawrenson The Autobiography".

Here's a few quotes in a chapter titled "Self-Styled pundits" he wrote..

"Football provides more talking points than any other sport simply because more people are interested in it, but am I in a minority when I despair at constantly reading in some newspapers the sniping attacks which bear the names of ex players who have earned a damn good living out of the game?

I do not claim to be an expert on what sells newspapers and if that is the kind of thing which boosts circulation then people in charge may have a valid point. What they do is their business, but when I see famous names from the past racing in to knock the game which has been so good to them I do ask the question whether they really need the money so badly. It is one thing to hear a debate in the pub among genuine fans who love to talk football - none more so than those of Merseyside - but it is another thing when people are getting well paid to take a swipe at the game and individuals in it simply because they have a famous name, thanks to football."


He then finishes the chapter off with this beaut.

"This is the nearest I shall get to criticising people. Where would I be if I could not play this game? I realise what it has given me and I have no intention of losing my credibility by starting to take cheap shots at people for instant rewards."

[Exiled_red]

This post from RAWK is a real zinger.

[Shaggy]

Hahahahaha