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Andrew Beasley
Should They Stay Or Should They Go? Part 1: Goalkeepers and Defenders
in By Andrew Beasley, Player In Focus, Should They Stay or Should They Go?, Subscribers Only / / 35 commentsRead moreDid you miss us? It has been three years since The Tomkins Times last ran its Should They Stay…
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Andrew Beasley
Liverpool’s 2020/21 Goals DNA – End Of Season Review
in By Andrew Beasley, Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only, The DNA of Liverpool's Goals / / 14 commentsRead moreAfter the drought, the deluge. 2021 has been a testing year for Liverpool, and they finally snapped into their…
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Andrew Beasley
Telling The Tale of Liverpool’s 2020/21 Season Through Data Viz
Read moreWhile the 2020/21 season did not meet the pre-season expectations of Liverpool Football Club or their supporters, it’s safe…
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Andrew Beasley
Liverpool Went the Whole Nine Yards in April, as Their Goals Prove
in By Andrew Beasley, Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only, The DNA of Liverpool's Goals / / 21 commentsRead moreSometimes it snows in April, and for Liverpool there was a blizzard of goals in the fourth month of…
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Andrew Beasley
Virgil van Dijk And The Destructive Sliding Doors Of 2020/21
Read moreAre you all sitting comftybold two square on your botty? Then I’ll begin. Professor Stanley Unwin’s brand of gobbeldygook…
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Andrew Beasley
Did Liverpool’s Goals In March Show The Birth Of A New Front Three?
in By Andrew Beasley, Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only, The DNA of Liverpool's Goals / / 6 commentsRead moreIn months gone by there have been so many goals scored by Liverpool that they haven’t all been mentioned…
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Andrew Beasley
Liverpool FC’s Top Individual Performances in 2020/21
Read moreWhen you take a keen interest in statistics, unusual performances tend to stick out. Even Lionel Messi and Cristiano…
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Andrew Beasley
One-in-Three Chances At The Core of Liverpool’s Goals DNA in February
in By Andrew Beasley, Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only, The DNA of Liverpool's Goals / / 14 commentsRead moreYou don’t need me to write an article to know that February was another fairly quiet month on the…
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Andrew Beasley
Has Liverpool’s Goal Scoring Drought Been Clear-Cut?
Read moreStatistics correct up to games played on 20th February 2021 “Football is a simple game, complicated by idiots.” You’re…
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Andrew Beasley
January’s Goals (Finally) Showcased The Best Of Klopp’s Liverpool
in By Andrew Beasley, Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only, The DNA of Liverpool's Goals, Video Analysis / / 7 commentsRead moreAs this series traditionally focuses only upon goals scored in the Premier League and in Europe, the chances of…
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Andrew Beasley
Why Has Liverpool’s Crossing Not Been Very Effective Recently?
Read moreStatistics correct as at 27th January 2021 Crossing. It isn’t popular. It’s seen as a throwback the days of…
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Andrew Beasley
Jordan Henderson’s All Round Efforts Made Him December’s Player Of The Month (+ Fantasy Football Round-up)
Read moreDecember is widely perceived to be the most demanding month in Premier League football, especially for the more successful…
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Andrew Beasley
The DNA of Liverpool’s Goals – Matip Among December’s Main Men
in By Andrew Beasley, Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only, The DNA of Liverpool's Goals / / 14 commentsRead moreDecember was an odd month for Liverpool. Seventeen goals in eight matches sounds healthy enough, but 65 per cent…
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Andrew Beasley
How Have Liverpool Coped With Injuries and VAR? Here Are Some Answers.
Read moreStatistics correct for matches up to and including 17 December 2020. You’ll have to wait for the Palace 7-0!…
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Andrew Beasley
Wijnaldum The Ball Retention King (and Fantasy Football Update)
in By Andrew Beasley, Fantasy Football, Player In Focus, Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 18 commentsRead moreWell, this is embarrassing on two levels. If we stuck to the true outcome of the polls, then we’d…
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Andrew Beasley
Ranking the Reds’ Premier League Seasons, Worst to Best: #2 – 2000/01
Read more#2 – 2000/01 A note from Paul Tomkins: Ranking the Reds’ Premier League Seasons, Worst to Best, should really mean…
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Andrew Beasley
The DNA Of Liverpool’s Goals – November Belongs To Jota
in By Andrew Beasley, Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only, The DNA of Liverpool's Goals / / 13 commentsRead moreThis article should really be called ‘The Diogo Jota Show’, or something to that effect. Liverpool scored 10 goals…
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Andrew Beasley
Pass Combinations Already Show How Thiago Could Be Liverpool’s Key Man
Read morePaul Tomkins raised an interesting, if somewhat depressing, point in the latest episode of the TTT Podcast. He remarked…
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Andrew Beasley
Jota “the Pressing Monster” & Who’s the Fantasy Football King?
in By Andrew Beasley, Fantasy Football, Player In Focus, Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 6 commentsRead moreWe all hope Thiago Alcantara and Diogo Jota can have a really strong spell and earn themselves an article…
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Andrew Beasley
Unravelled – the Rich and Varied DNA of Liverpool’s Goals
in By Andrew Beasley, By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only, The DNA of Liverpool's Goals / / 10 commentsRead moreIntro by Paul Tomkins Halfway through last season I had the idea of creating a DNA database of Liverpool’s…
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Andrew Beasley
Is it the High Line? Is it the Press? Why Have Liverpool Been Conceding More Goals?
Read moreStatistics correct as at October 23 If you’re going to make an omelette, you’re going to have to have…
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Andrew Beasley
“From 18 to 19” – Andrew Beasley’s New Liverpool Book
Read moreWhat a beautiful book cover. All hail Dan Marshall. You can’t be part of the Tomkins Times family for…
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Andrew Beasley
Mane’s Month & Who is Top of the TTT League?
Read moreOver the last two years, The Tomkins Times has been running Player Of The Month articles based on who…
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Andrew Beasley
A Decade Of FSG and Five Years Of Klopp – A Look Back, And Forward
Read moreThe natives were restless. It was early October 2010, newly promoted Blackpool won 2-1 at Anfield, and the media…
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Andrew Beasley
Pressing And Provoking Errors: The Blueprint For Liverpool’s Success
Read moreAndy Robertson passed the ball to Sadio Mané, as he so often does. The Senegalese striker then played it…