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    Posted on January 22nd, 2010

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    Aquilani – Cause Célèbre

    Aquilani – Cause Célèbre

    All this followed months of impatience from fans and media alike, none of which helped Benítez or his Italian acquisition. For many the new signing turned into the solution to the problem, and then as soon as he played, he himself was a problem. Classic football nonsense. So, let’s have some facts, and some analysis of why it took so long for him to get a game, and what at he’s done in the first team, now that he’s had a few starts.

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    Posted on January 10th, 2010

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    A Damning Indictment

    A Damning Indictment

    Despite mentioning nothing of the sort, the mass media has Benítez “admitting” that Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard could be sold. Pure mischief making. But the bigger worry is the existence of the kind of financial conditions at the club that make such unsettling claims acceptable to the world’s scaremongers.

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    Posted on November 29th, 2009

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    Gritty Before Pretty

    Gritty Before Pretty

    It wasn’t the prettiest of displays, but it was up there with the grittiest.

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    Posted on November 21st, 2009

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    Strange Days Indeed

    Strange Days Indeed

    The 13 players City used cost £162.5m; the 14 Liverpool used cost £71.4m. That’s well below half of the visitor’s line up. It shows how Liverpool are already well behind City in terms of squad strength, due to the fact that their spending has not been as a result of selling good players first.

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    Posted on November 8th, 2009

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    Criticism Is Easy

    Criticism Is Easy

    Incredibly, signing Fernando Torres is now being redefined as a ‘no brainer’, whereas at the time many doubts were voiced and eyebrows raised about a player who was not believed to be a prolific goalscorer, moving to a new country. So even that masterstroke gets downgraded to a decision a monkey could have made. Well, no wonder you can criticise a manager, if you’re making it up as you go along.

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    Posted on November 4th, 2009

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    Six Months On

    Six Months On

    Six months ago, with Liverpool challenging for the league title, my dad was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma (a cancer that lines all internal organs), and given six months to live.

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    Posted on November 3rd, 2009

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    Class is Permanent, Form Is Temporary

    Class is Permanent, Form Is Temporary

    Lest some ex-stars forget, one of the oldest Liverpool FC adages is that ‘form is temporary, class is permanent’.

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    Posted on November 2nd, 2009

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    Class Is Permanent – Tomkins Times Brains Trust

    Class Is Permanent – Tomkins Times Brains Trust

    This is a private interactive project for members of the site.

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    Posted on October 28th, 2009

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    Pre/Post-Match Arsenal Thoughts

    Pre/Post-Match Arsenal Thoughts

    This is for members to discuss tonight’s game.
    Who will Rafa select? And can a mix-and-match line-up fare better than two years ago?
    Arsenal have some great youngsters, clearly, but they also tend to play together as a team at other levels, so may have more understanding than a mix of Liverpool’s reserves, kids and senior pros [...]

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    Posted on October 25th, 2009

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    Red Race Signed by Rafa Benítez – Charity Auction

    Red Race Signed by Rafa Benítez – Charity Auction

    I have a boxed limited edition version of Red Race: A New Bastion, signed by myself and some other bloke called, er… Rafael Benítez. Signed, with an added dedication, during our meeting last week.
    It’s therefore clearly a one-off.
    This is for members of The Tomkins Times – enter an amount you care to bid below, and [...]

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