• Part Free, Part Member, Transfer Price Index ©

    Posted on February 10th, 2010

    Written by Paul Tomkins

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    TPI© Percentage of Premier League Spend (Gross)

    TPI© Percentage of Premier League Spend (Gross)

    “The Benefit of New Players” … The notion that individual signings take time to settle (or may never settle) is valid. And this may well be at the heart of why significant investment works so well, and leads, within 24 months, to trophies and higher league positions. The injection of new blood seems fairly essential to boost a team; but additional riches give more licence for a hit-and-miss strategy

  • Part Free, Part Member, Transfer Price Index ©

    Posted on February 9th, 2010

    Written by Paul Tomkins

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    TPI©: The Top 50 Premier League Deals

    TPI©: The Top 50 Premier League Deals

    Using TPI© to adjust the prices according to ‘football inflation’, the following table lists the price of the 50 most expensive Premier League transfers in “today’s money”: the Current Transfer Purchase Price (CTPP ©).

  • Part Free, Part Member, Top Fives

    Posted on November 10th, 2009

    Written by Paul Tomkins

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    Top Five Liverpool Prospects

    Top Five Liverpool Prospects

    The following five players are the quintet who I believe to be the brightest prospects at the club, out of those who have yet to make a senior appearance, but who are at an age where a breakthrough in the next year is not impossible.

  • Part Free, Part Member

    Posted on November 6th, 2009

    Written by Paul Tomkins

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    Cult of the Clueless

    Cult of the Clueless

    Expecting sense from Paul Merson is like expecting a foreign-language recital of Shakespeare from your dog. You watch and wait, but “it ain’t gonna happen, innit?”. For a second you think it might, then he turns and licks his balls. (The dog, not Merson.)

  • Part Free, Part Member

    Posted on October 5th, 2009

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    The Cost of Premiership Success

    The Cost of Premiership Success

    So what does it cost to achieve success in the Premiership? The following is an in-depth look at the costs involved in challenging for the title, and why, based on everything barring history and prestige, Liverpool have no right to expect to be any higher than 4th on any given season.

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