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Bob Pearce
‘Audacious, Outrageous and Courageous’ – the ‘Corner Quickly Taken’ Goal and the Art of Improvising
in Personal Thoughts, Subscribers Only / / 27 commentsRead moreI can guarantee that every one of us remembers the moment that Alexander-Arnold’s quickly taken corner to Origi, against…
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Bob Pearce
Who Messed With Mr In-Between? The Importance of Trust Between Players
in Subscribers Only, Talking Point / / 26 commentsRead moreWritten by TTT Subscriber Bob Pearce. For weeks we’ve seen queues of ‘experts’ lining up to explain the mystery…
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Bob Pearce
It’s Not Just the Question You Ask, It’s How. And Why.
Read moreWritten by Bob Pearce. Ask any ‘Why’ question – ‘Why this?’, ‘Why that?’, ‘Why me?’, ‘Why didn’t they/he…?’, ‘Why…
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Bob Pearce
RIP Gerry Marsden – You’ll Never Walk Alone
Read moreGerry Marsden, the man whose voice sends goosebumps across your body whenever you watch Liverpool play at Anfield, has…
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Bob Pearce
Talking a Lot of Wind
in Media Watch, Subscribers Only / / 36 commentsRead moreWritten by TTT Subscriber Bob Pearce. What do TV football pundits actually do? Their main skill seems to be…
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Bob Pearce
‘A Hoax Concealed Within a Puzzle Adrift in a Maze’
in Personal Thoughts, Subscribers Only / / 12 commentsRead moreWritten by Bob Pearce. Whenever I say something to you I will be working to get you to see…
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Bob Pearce
Pretty Confused, Huh?
in Personal Thoughts, Subscribers Only / / 17 commentsRead moreBy Bob Pearce. Introduction. I’ve been working on a large writing project for a few months now, looking at…
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Bob Pearce
You’ll Never Look at Football the Same Way Again
in Free, Talking Tactics / / 1 commentsRead moreBy TTT Subscriber Bob Pearce. With each passing season we have seen the Premier League battlefield steadily evolve in its…
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Bob Pearce
Hillsborough Heroes and the ‘Silent’ David Cameron
Read moreThere’s another campaign to fight over Hillsborough – and TTT stalwart Bob Pearce has been fighting it for years. These are extracts…
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Bob Pearce
Klopp – Reversing the Laws of Gravity
Read moreBy TTT Subscriber Bob Pearce “To win the title will require one of the outstanding managerial performances of all time.…
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Bob Pearce
An Acute Case of Player Blindness?
Read moreBy TTT Subscriber Bob Pearce. I have a problem with football. You might have the same problem too. In fact…
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Bob Pearce
Steven Gerrard. There Can Never Be Another.
Read moreBy TTT Subscriber Bob Pearce. There will be plenty of places where you’ll be able to read appreciations of Steven…
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Bob Pearce
Tactics for Beginners – No.18
Read moreBy Bob Pearce and Mihail Vladimirov. Inherent spells of vulnerability We’ve talked a lot about what teams do when they…
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Bob Pearce
Footballers, Hotel Rooms and Prostitutes
in Editor's Pick, Featured, Subscribers Only, Talking Point, Transfer Debate, Transfer Price Index © / / 43 commentsRead moreBy Bob Pearce. Footballers, Hotel Rooms and Prostitutes. They are inseparable. They are also inconsistent, intangible and perishable. Just like…
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Bob Pearce
Measuring Strength in Depth – Part 3.
Read moreBy Bob Pearce. Jordan Henderson: ‘My first, my last, my everything’ In part 2 it was shown that all four formations that Rodgers…
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Bob Pearce
Measuring Strength in Depth – Part 2.
Read moreBy Bob Pearce. In part one I matched each player and each team role against a table of 30 physical,…
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Bob Pearce
Measuring Strength in Depth – Part 1
Read moreBy Bob Pearce. I have previously talked about the idea of an elements model. This had 30 elements grouped into…
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Bob Pearce
Interview with LFC’s Head of Opposition Analysis
Read moreBy Bob Pearce and Mihail Vladimirov. When the team sheet is announced an hour before kick-off we can’t stop ourselves…
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Bob Pearce
I’ve Seen the Future of Football …
Read moreBy TTT Subscriber and podcast host Bob Pearce. “Success for us is a moving target – we’ve got to keep…
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Bob Pearce
Tactics for Beginners – No.17
Read moreBy Bob Pearce and Mihail Vladimirov. ‘Balance the balance’ You have talked a lot about teams needing to be balanced.…
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Bob Pearce
Tactics for Beginners – No.16.
Read moreBy Bob Pearce and Mihail Vladimirov. ‘Managed chaos’ Last time we talk about penetration, and looked at unlocking defences using…
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Bob Pearce
Eleven Stars Good, One Team Better!
Read moreBy Bob Pearce. This is a continuation and further development of the ideas explored in ‘Who’s the Star, the Player…
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Bob Pearce
Mr Cameron, 1 Question, 10 Letters, 0 Answers
Read moreBy Bob Pearce. 4th March 2014 Ref: The Hillsborough disaster (Letter 10) Dear Mr Cameron It is now almost 25…
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Bob Pearce
Tactics for Beginners – No.15.
Read moreBy Bob Pearce and Mihail Vladimirov. ‘The only interesting part of the game’ When we began these conversations I said…
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Bob Pearce
Tactics for Beginners – No.14
in Free, Talking Tactics / / 2 commentsRead moreBy Bob Pearce and Mihail Vladimirov. A 1-2 and a 2-1 TV commentators often present formations as though they are…