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Paul Tomkins
Derby Draw: Lucky Everton the Worst Side To Visit Anfield in 25 Years
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 102 commentsRead moreWhat a huge game for Liverpool this was. The biggest of the season. Yes, while Everton crashed out of…
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Paul Tomkins
Big Changes At The Tomkins Times
Read moreSince launching in 2009, we have given away almost 1,000 pieces of writing as Free or Part-Free articles. From…
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Paul Tomkins
Jürgen’s Bombing-On Blitzkrieg Reds Go Boom!
Read moreWhile using war terminology outside of a conflict can seem fatuous – especially about a German (don’t mention the…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool, A Genius, Nine Midfielders And A Refereeing Scandal
Read moreLiverpool finally got some luck last week. This week the football gods had to send down an absolute turd…
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Paul Tomkins
Don’t Have Blind Faith, But Logic Says Trust In Klopp’s Vision
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 61 commentsRead moreTwo-and-a-half years ago, Liverpool lost 6-1 at Stoke. It appears to have hurt less than drawing 3-3 in Seville,…
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Paul Tomkins
Oi! Nutters! The Proof That Jürgen Klopp Has Massively Improved Liverpool
in By Paul Tomkins, Free / / 116 commentsRead moreOkay, this is getting a little insane. I’m hearing more of people thinking that Jürgen Klopp has to go,…
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Paul Tomkins
Take Some Positives, Reds, For Crying Out Loud
Read moreYes, Liverpool threw away a three-goal lead in the week. And yes, the final moments in Seville were as…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool Evolving From Snarling Terriers To Upright Aesthetes
Read moreThe best thing about a draw that feels like a defeat is the reminder that it was still, after all,…
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Paul Tomkins
Klopp’s Brilliantly Bonkers Back-To-Front Team
Read moreJürgen Klopp’s Liverpool are a brilliantly bonkers back-to-front side, with nothing quite where you expect it. How do you…
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Paul Tomkins
English Managers are Substandard – the Proof!
in Free, Statistical Analysis / / 45 commentsRead moreIn response to my article on how English managers are just not good enough to warrant the chances they feel…
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Paul Tomkins
Same Old Boring Shit About English Players & Managers
Read moreA recent academic study showed that while there was a brief new-manager bounce in the Premier League, it mostly…
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Paul Tomkins
Anfield Index Interview With Paul Tomkins
Read moreLast week I spent a couple of hours chatting with Gags of Anfield Index over Skype. The results can be…
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Paul Tomkins
Goals! Goals! Goals! Results Turning For LFC – As xPected
Read moreLiverpool just ran in four largely lovely goals against West Ham, and it could have been more. The Reds’…
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Paul Tomkins
The Liverpool Revival Starts Here (Hopefully)
Read moreFour games ago, Liverpool were scoring little over a goal per game (in the run following the thrashing of Arsenal),…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool’s Season a Real Kick in the Face. (And Bollocks.)
Read moreAfter the ninth league game of last season, TTT subscriber Tim O’Brien shared his adaptation of an American sports’ ranking…
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Paul Tomkins
Searching For Hope on the Unfunniest of Days
Read moreThe other night I watched the documentary “Dying Laughing“, in which is a series of starkly-lit, black-and-white interviews are…
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Paul Tomkins
LFC In A Storm of Fixtures – Toughest Start For 25+ Years
Read moreNote: This in-depth article (as TTT editor Chris Rowland can attest to) was written before the 7-0 demolition of Maribor,…
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Paul Tomkins
All Hail The Genius Mourinho! For He Turns Wine Into Water
in By Paul Tomkins, Free / / 86 commentsRead moreOf course, Jose Mourinho loves a 0-0 at Anfield. He’s a genius because he can take a team costing…
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Paul Tomkins
From Excess To Success: Neymar, Inflation, and the Price of an EPL Title
Read moreThis article – written by Manchester United fan Laurie Shaw, who completed his doctorate at Cambridge ten years ago –…
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Paul Tomkins
Why Liverpool Fans Are Miserable 83% of the Time
Read moreWhy Liverpool Fans Are Miserable 83%* of the Time (*May be fatuous statistic) Football is a loser’s game. Or…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool And Klopp Ruin Media Narrative
Read moreRead The Article, Not The Headline First, a quick explanation about my article from the end of last week, “Why…
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Paul Tomkins
Why Liverpool Must Give Klopp the Sack
Read moreYes, you read that right. Maybe you’ve even been looking out for such a headline. Now that I have…
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Paul Tomkins
I Hate The Manager’s Decisions
Read moreHere’s the thing about football, a truth that you must accept or you will boil in the juices of…
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Paul Tomkins
Are You Not Entertained?
Read moreWell, if you ever need an object lesson in the confidence of professional footballers, Liverpool displayed it against Sevilla…
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Paul Tomkins
Moss Sides With Manchester and Kills Liverpool Hopes
Read moreIt’s hard to take many positives from a 5-0 thrashing, but on the plus side, Liverpool have at least…