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Paul Tomkins

Gross Spend vs Net Spend vs £XI. Liverpool, United, City and More
Read moreWhile I try to avoid running into such arguments, I see that some Man United fans began claiming that…
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Paul Tomkins

“Boom!” – New TTT Book On The Thrilling 2017/18 Campaign – OUT NOW
in TTT Book / / 119 commentsRead moreBoom! How Jürgen Klopp’s Explosive Liverpool Thrilled Europe Summary Irrespective of the outcome of a controversial Champions League final, 2017/18…
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Paul Tomkins

Liverpool Make A Really Stupid Signing
Read moreWell, thanks a bunch, Liverpool FC. How inconsiderate can you get? Here at TTT we are scrambling to pull…
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Paul Tomkins

Experience Beat Inexperience, But Young Liverpool Side Gained Vital Knowledge For Bright Future
Read moreBy my quick calculations I believe Real Madrid’s starting XI had no fewer than 31 previous Champions League Final…
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Paul Tomkins

All Or Nothing Final Ends In Nothing, But Reds Have It All Ahead
Read moreWell, that sucks – but as 40-1 outsiders as the start of the season you have to take the…
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Paul Tomkins

2018 Champions League Final – In-Game Commenting
in By Paul Tomkins, Match Discussion / / 692 commentsRead moreThis is a specially created page to deal with posts during tonight’s final and in the immediate aftermath. It should…
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Paul Tomkins

Liverpool vs Real Madrid – Why Liverpool Can Win The Final Of Opposites
Read moreFirst of all let me say that, right now, this feels like Schrödinger’s Final. Such has been the wait…
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Paul Tomkins

Football Managers and Shelf-Lives – Rising Stars, Imperial Phases and Diminishing Returns
Read moreI’ve heard it said – by Jonathan Wilson amongst others – that football managers usually only get a decade…
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Paul Tomkins

Liverpool Achieve Season’s Aim and Now Can Blow The Bloody Doors Off
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 110 commentsRead moreMy deep-delves into data these past couple of years – which have bordered on obsessions – have shown that,…
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Paul Tomkins

Klopp Performing Miracles That Some Liverpool Fans Don’t Deserve
Read moreHow many English clubs have reached the Champions League final in the last seven seasons and also finished in…
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Paul Tomkins

Jürgen Klopp Is A Winner! Reaching Champions League Final An Incredible Achievement
Read moreBefore people get too pissy about Jürgen Klopp losing his last five cup finals – noted as soon as…
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Paul Tomkins

Blitzkrieg With Beauty – Liverpool Made A Good Roma Team Look Bad
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 97 commentsRead moreThe future of football. A young Liverpool side, average age 24 – the youngest in the Premier League. Fast.…
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Paul Tomkins

Spending, Relative Wealth and Heritage: Guardiola No Better Than Wenger? (And Much More)
Read moreLately a few people on TTT have been saying that they’ve had discussions with Man City fans who seem…
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Paul Tomkins

Liverpool Turn Teams Inside Out, With Pace, Stamina, Skill and Verve
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 87 commentsRead moreThe intricacies of movement of this Liverpool team attacking makes for a ballet on amphetamines. Transverse runs, reverse passes,…
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Paul Tomkins

Look At This List For Proof of Klopp’s Miracles With Liverpool
Read moreTo be honest, I thought Liverpool would struggle tonight, and in fairness the first half confirmed my worst fears.…
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Paul Tomkins

Warnings From History For Liverpool Ahead of Monumental City Clash
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 108 commentsRead moreThe worst feeling in sport is not losing; the worst feeling in sport is losing when you thought you…
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Paul Tomkins

Everton 0 – Liverpool Reserves/Injured/Fatigued Players 0
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 64 commentsRead moreBragging Rights Are Shallow and Hollow Derbies are essentially all about dick-swinging (or, to provide equality, the rarer female…
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Paul Tomkins

Why Liverpool Can Win The Big Prizes Under Klopp
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 63 commentsRead moreThe other day Daniel Rhodes published a superb piece on this site about how, in many key metrics, Liverpool…
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Paul Tomkins

The Power of the Klopp Meets the Power of the Kop. Boom!
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 38 commentsRead moreA proper top manager. That’s what it looks like. Proper ideas, proper philosophy, proper charisma. City clearly have more…
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Paul Tomkins

Almost Half Liverpool’s Outfield Players Would Get Into This Marvellous Man City Side
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 23 commentsRead moreThere’s a vogue for “hybrid” teams when two sides go head to head, and they are always flawed, ignoring…
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Paul Tomkins

Refereeing Scandals – Penalties Go To Brits – Continue to Make Life Hard For Liverpool
Read moreAnd so it continues – Liverpool, one of the best attacking sides seen in England in the past 20…
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Paul Tomkins

Why Liverpool Will Keep Salah & Firmino and Improve the XI This Summer
Read moreOr: Why Salah and Firmino Would Be Mad To Want To Leave Liverpool The fact that Liverpool really did not…
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Paul Tomkins

Walk On Thru the Wind, Walk On Thru the Snow: At Anfield To See Reds Demolish Watford
Read moreFor the last 15 years, due to chronic illness, I have tended to mostly only go to games in…
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Paul Tomkins

Placing Refereeing Bias against Liverpool and Foreign Players on the Spot: Yet More Damning Evidence
Read moreOkay, before I get onto the new evidence, which I feel shows two areas of officiating bias that are…
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Paul Tomkins

Big FREE Read: Are Refs Biased Against Foreign Players? A Look at How To Win a Penalty in the PL
Read moreMoaning about the refereeing decisions your team faces is never a good look, and about as convincing as admitting…