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Paul Tomkins
You Can Keep Jose’s Long-Ball Bollocks, Homer Ref and Flukey Bullshit
Read moreWell, Man United fans – there’s your man, Jose Mourinho, beating Liverpool with long-ball football that made 1980s’ Wimbledon…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool Are Twice As Good As Man United (Kinda)
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 43 commentsRead moreWhile one XI/squad costing twice as much as another won’t make them twice as good (economies of scale apply),…
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Paul Tomkins
Salah, Van Dijk, Oxlade-Chamberlain & Robertson – Brand New Brilliance
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 45 commentsRead moreSalah May Be The Star, But Liverpool Have So Many Outstanding Performers The two youngest teams in the Premier…
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Paul Tomkins
Be Warned: Liverpool Are Coming Up The Hill, Boys (and Girls)
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 105 commentsRead moreWe want to go back to 1964-1990, but 2000-2002 and 2004-2009 are the fairest benchmarks The league title has…
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Paul Tomkins
Unity vs Philippe Coutinho – And Proof That Transfer Windows Cause Disruption?
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 60 commentsRead moreWhen anyone – even in a nice way – tells me that I shouldn’t write about something, it often…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool Are Clearly One of the Best Sides in Europe
Read moreThe influx of money into the Premier League – the continued rise of the new TV deals, booming gate…
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Paul Tomkins
Klopp Is Building a Team, Not Buying a Team
Read moreFirst of all, let’s be clear: all managers buy players. No team is ever eleven youth graduates, unless perhaps…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool Try To Defend A Lead, Officials Smoke Crack, Sensational Salah
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 203 commentsRead moreHere’s a little fact. Teams awarded Premier League penalties at Anfield this season: Spurs 2. Everton 1. Liverpool 1.…
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Paul Tomkins
The Tomkins Times Exists To Promote Mediocrity For Liverpool FC. Mediocrity Rules!
Read moreWe’re not really doing free articles for the rest of this season, but as the fanbase virtually explodes with…
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Paul Tomkins
The Proof That Jürgen Klopp Improves So Many Players
Read moreShinji Kagawa, Mario Gotze, Nuri Sahin. Three of Borussia Dortmund’s jewels under Jürgen Klopp, only to be sold by…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool FC Does Not Exist To Win Trophies
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 118 commentsRead moreI’ve been thinking about this controversial statement for a while now, and had drafted much of this piece before…
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Paul Tomkins
The First Defeat In Months Means Little Other Than Reds Went 18 Games Unbeaten
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 64 commentsRead moreFor the umpteenth time this season, Liverpool “won” 2-0 on xG (expected goals); although for the first time in…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool ARE A Selling Club. Here’s Why
Read moreThe notion of a “selling club” is a bit of an odd one, given that pretty much all clubs…
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Paul Tomkins
More Proof That Liverpool Can Win The Major Trophies Under Klopp
Read moreDespite my usual well-researched logic and reasoning about why Liverpool will ultimately fall short of the title – that…
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Paul Tomkins
Who Needs Coutinho?! Firmino Channels His Inner Fowler, Reds Rip City’s Defence Apart
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 216 commentsRead moreCity were owed a beating, after the game at the Etihad, where the best team in the history of…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool FC, Fume and Propaganda, Via Texas, Ancient Greece and Rome
in By Paul Tomkins, Free / / 103 commentsRead moreAs noted last month, for the rest of this season all TTT articles will be behind the paywall, with…
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Paul Tomkins
The Most Important Piece I Will Write This Season: How Klopp Is Even Better Than People Realise
Read moreI delayed reading Raphael Honigstein’s book “Klopp: Bring The Noise” until after the busy festive period was out the…
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Paul Tomkins
Why Would Liverpool Sell Philippe Coutinho?
Read moreFor starters, there are 142,000,000 obvious reasons, although if a player wants out badly enough, there has to be…
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Paul Tomkins
Could Van Dijk Be Worth A 20-Goal Swing?
Read moreIt’s not unthinkable that Virgil van Dijk can help shave 10 goals a season off the Goals Against column…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool Could Have A Title-Winning Side Next Season
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 114 commentsRead moreI don’t think enough Liverpool fans appreciate just how good this Liverpool side (and squad) is. It has flaws,…
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Paul Tomkins
Rejoice! Liverpool Finally Get Van Dijk, The Ideal Signing
Read moreTwo days late – if not several months late – Virgil Van Dijk is a Christmas present to us all…
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Paul Tomkins
Jose Mourinho’s Moaning About Money Is Laughable (FESTIVE FREEBIE)
Read moreI don’t like to talk too much about Manchester United, especially as this site relates to Liverpool FC, but…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool Demolish Swansea While Coasting In 2nd-Gear
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 47 commentsRead moreFor the longest time it was one of the quietest, flattest displays – and atmospheres – at Anfield; the…
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Paul Tomkins
Why Does Klopp Never Play The Strikers Who Have Now Scored 50 Goals?
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 76 commentsRead moreBefore getting onto some thoughts after the 4-0 pummelling of Bournemouth – in which Liverpool continued this season’s rehabilitation…
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Paul Tomkins
The Proof That English Referees Are Unfair To Liverpool At Anfield
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 169 commentsRead moreA few years ago I started to feel that only European refs gave Liverpool fair decisions at Anfield, although…