Everyone has been absolutely slating Mark Lawrenson’s World Cup commentary

World Cups are a beautiful thing. Mark Lawrenson’s commentary is anything but.

If there is one thing we can all agree on, it’s that Mark Lawrenson, and Mark Lawrenson’s voice like someone chewing cardboard, and Mark Lawrenson’s statements and opinions, like someone who thinks cardboard is edible, are bad. Really bad.

It’s not quite bad enough to ruin the World Cup because thankfully nothing ever is, not even if the mass Vuvuzela-ing in South Africa came exceptionally close.

As you’d expect, every time hapless Lawro steps up the mic he gets his fair share of criticism on the old scoial media platforms as thousands upon thousands of football fans are forced to sit through his endless diatribe of Tesco’s Value range miserablism and just simply not knowing who players are,  how they play, or even what VAR is.

Here are a collection of #Lawrenson tweets from all the people venting their frustrations, including this very author, who had to stick up for my boy Benjamin Pavard after Lawro’s endless, heartless and baseless criticism.

https://twitter.com/Calfreezy/status/1007936585445380097

https://twitter.com/kylepicknell/status/1007947847889715201

Hi @BBCSport, do you have a schedule of games Mark Lawrenson is set to commentate at the World Cup please?

So I can make sure I watch them elsewhere.

Cheers.

— Mark Robinson (@robboma24) June 16, 2018

I bet sheep get to sleep by counting Mark Lawrenson’s.

— Rob Summerfield (@RobSummerfield1) June 16, 2018

https://twitter.com/jim_fletch/status/1007926703841333248

If Mark Lawrenson was a meal deal pic.twitter.com/abL7ofyNFI

— ً (@ProudieYT) June 16, 2018

Mark lawrenson stands next to the driver on the bus.

— Paul (@PaulTJones75) June 16, 2018

Mark Lawrenson puts his hand out for trains.

— Plink (@PlinketyPlink) June 16, 2018

When Mark Lawrenson is commentating I just feel like I'm watching the game with some random old bloke down the pub who has no idea who any of the players are, doesn't know the rules, doesn't really understand football at all… And my TV license pays his wages! #WorldCup #BELPAN

— Sam Bromley (@SamBromley) June 18, 2018