An angry email has been sent to almost every LFC supporter group and website, plus the club itself, asking why I (amongst certain others) appear to be advising FSG. (I don’t know who the sender is.) “Paul Tomkins is an internet blogger/author who writes detailed summaries and analysis based on statistics. He has no experience [...]
King Kenny: to keep or not to keep? – that is the question (I keep getting asked). The joys of another summer of chaos. A fanbase on the edge of meltdown, thriving uncertainty and, in the vacuum of communication, rumours coming thicker and faster than Djibril Cissé. A lot of people I respect, including members [...]
This is the last day of ME awareness week. Last autumn I was asked by Sir Peter Spencer, Chief Executive of Action for ME, to share my story in the charity’s Interaction Magazine. Given that some of it relates to the creation of this site, I thought I’d also share it here. (Please note, there [...]
Familiarity breeds contempt, and since 2004, Liverpool seem to have played Chelsea four or five times a season. The epic – if not exactly attractive – Champions League games have given way to equally combative domestic cup encounters. Before, particularly between 2004 and 2007, it seemed that Chelsea, with all their expensive players, would win [...]
There’s no doubt about it. Dalglish has to go. Also, he has to stay. If FSG listen to the fans, they’ll be left in no doubt: only sacking Kenny, whilst simultaneously keeping Kenny, will bring success. The league form is everything, although nothing (bar winning the league) beats a good cup run. Being in the [...]
I’ve been saying for many months that I don’t quite know what to make of this Liverpool side. And it only gets more confusing with the passing of time. I always felt that I knew where I was with Rafa Benítez’s Liverpool, even if the ride could still get bumpy. And I certainly knew where [...]
After my last piece (access here), this is a slightly simplified – but not simplistic – breakdown of what’s working, and what’s going wrong. As in-depth as that previous piece was, I got the predictable angry emails saying that I’d purposely missed this and overlooked that. I’ll start with an old chestnut that some see [...]
With Liverpool’s season proving to be an archetypal rollercoaster ride – ups, downs, adrenaline and nausea – I will now try and make sense of some of the key issues. First off, it goes without saying that Liverpool should be beating Wigan at home – but you will always get a few freak results. It [...]
By Dan Kennett. All data in this article is courtesy of Infostrada Statistics, part of the Infostrada Sports Group. Infostrada specialises in collecting and managing sports data for every sport imaginable. The Infostrada databases contain historical results from any major sporting competition. These results are updated continuously and live, as the sporting events are happening [...]
Three league defeats on the spin makes for pretty grim reading – the worst run over a trio of league fixtures for a decade. If Arsenal capitulated after last year’s Carling Cup defeat, then Liverpool are in danger of doing the same upon victory. Such success can breed confidence, and long-term, may yet do so [...]
