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How Was Their Season? No.11: Emre Can
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. Some players never misplace a pass. Emre Can never misplaces a hair. Oh, and he’s a pretty…
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Liverpool Fans – Don’t Be So Wanky About Solanke
Read moreI don’t know all the youth players in England, but one has stood out to me since banging in a…
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How Was Their Season? No.5: Simon Mignolet
Read moreMost improved Liverpool player this season? Well, Adam Lallana was a revelation in the first half of the campaign (before…
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Liverpool Reaching Champions League is a Big Achievement – Just Ask Barca
Read moreThe other day I switched on the TV, and the channel was already set to Sky Sports – right at…
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Some Fans Wanted Less Kuyt. But Everyone Needs More Kuyt
Read moreOne of the great shames of recent years was how Dirk Kuyt was allowed to leave Liverpool for a measly…
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Jürgen Klopp Has Done as Good a Job as Antonio Conte
Read moreJürgen Klopp Has Done as Good a Job as Antonio Conte. Controversial, I know. And clearly biased. And if pushed,…
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Depression, Illness, Football, Snide, Snark and Erotic Aardvarks
Read moreSo, something a little different today – although not something completely different. (This is not, after all, an essay on…
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Liverpool Stumbling But Hit “Magic” 70-Point Mark
in By Paul Tomkins, Free / / 81 commentsRead moreBefore the season started I said that 70-points and a 3rd-5th place finish would be my idea of significant (if…
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Klopp’s Reds Show They Can Dig, Dog and Grind
Read moreAside from the home defeat to Crystal Palace – which was in part due to a nervy home crowd transmitting…
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We Need To Talk About Football (Podcast and More)
Read moreExpecting people to be rational is irrational – I get that. But football discourse is still so frustrating, and anything…
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This Liverpool Side Don’t Know When They’re Beaten (Free Friday)
Read moreIt’s true – this Liverpool side really don’t know when they’re beaten. Indeed, it’s rumoured that they came in from…
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Red Progress – Another Huge Win at The Land of the Giants
Read moreCredit to West Brom for making a go of it at the end of today’s game, when not a lot…
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Cherish What You’ve Got, Reds, You Crazy Mentalists
Read moreMy main football anxiety these days is not whether Liverpool will win, although that’s obviously still there, but whether any…
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Emergency Football Mental Health First Aid Kit Pt2: Understanding Loss Aversion
in By Paul Tomkins, Free / / 39 commentsRead morePART ONE of the Football Mental Health First Aid Kit, from earlier in the year, can be found here. Understanding…
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Derby Delight: Liverpool’s Players Getting Back Their Mojo (Apart From, Erm, Ojo)
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 30 commentsRead moreIt’s fair to say that Liverpool have had a few players off form early in 2017, including Philippe Coutinho, Emre…
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One of the Best Ever Crops of Reds’ Youngsters – But Can You Be Patient?
Read moreCan you hack it? Are you brave enough? Can you afford to wait for the maturation of an excellent crop…
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Firm On Firmino: The Best In Europe?
Read moreWhen it comes to finishing, Roberto Firmino is not in the elite band of footballers in Europe. But in terms…
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We’ve Seen The Future of English Football (Via Germany)
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 51 commentsRead moreI thought that, for once, the glaring cliché was true: that game had everything (including a glaring Clichy). Played at…
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Liverpool’s Fight to Overcome Big Brutish Bastards: Including The Case For Milner, Can and Lovren
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins, with additional research by Daniel Rhodes and Andrew Beasley. Interactive graphics by Robert Radburn. When he’s struggling…
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Beautiful Goals Shows How Good Liverpool Can Be
Read moreSince the chastening defeat at Leicester I’ve been trying to look into Liverpool’s weaknesses, and what Jürgen Klopp can address…
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Clustermotherfucking ARGGHHH!
Read moreFirst of all, let’s take the gloves off as Liverpool continue to experience a crappy 2017. On a brief personal…
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Brutal British Bastardry: Tough Times for Arsenal, Liverpool and Others
Read moreThe travails of Arsene Wenger seem very familiar to me; indeed, in many ways they resemble what happened at Liverpool seven…
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Winless Runs and Flightless Liverbirds – 60 Years of Recovering From Bad Form
Read moreSince 1959 there have been no fewer than 124 occasions when Liverpool have gone three or more league games without…
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Form Is Temporary. Class Is … Improving
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 62 commentsRead moreThis season was always likely to be about building on what Jürgen Klopp inherited last season, and building something. This…
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“Liverpool Have a Mid-Table Squad”
Read moreOkay, so I disappeared down a Twitter rabbit hole – or maybe wormhole (or even arsehole?) – of Liverpool having…
