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Star-Shaped Pegs for Star-Shaped Holes
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. Last summer Liverpool signed Christian Benteke, a round peg signed for a round hole. A good player,…
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Why Did We Even Want Klopp in the First Place?
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. You’ll all remember precisely why Liverpool appointed Jürgen Klopp last October, upon firing Brendan Rodgers. But it’s…
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Liverpool Have Added a Load of Fresh Players
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. It seems an age ago, with Iceland and Wales winning hearts and minds, but it’s worth remembering…
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Fear Not: Mané the Main Man
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. It goes without saying that there’s the predictable ‘fume’ that goes with any non-superstar Liverpool try to…
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How Was Their Season? No 10: Joe Allen
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. This season was the least of Joe Allen, and the most of Joe Allen. It saw his…
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Undeniable Proof of Progress Under Klopp
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. The problem with assessing any league season which also involves a ton of cup football is the…
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Loving Klopp, Looking Forward
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. I don’t know what people expected when Jürgen Klopp took over a goal-shy side in October, but…
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Crying Shame, and Crying Out for Change
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. This may be totally incomprehensible, as I wasn’t going to write it tonight, and had already taken…
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The Final Reckoning: Klopp’s Reds After Glory
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. Big games, and one-off occasions, alter perceptions more than anything. They can swing on small details, including…
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Jürgen Klopp, and Some Serious Decisions
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. It’s often said, after a reasonable period of time, that a manager “should know his best team…
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Fireman, Cousin’s House, Original and Sturbridge
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. With a trophy in the balance going into mid-May, as the Reds head for an incredible second…
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Another European Final, Another Klopp Master Show
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. Last week Villarreal made the big mistake of thinking they’d won the tie. But all they’d done…
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Crystal Balls to Liverpool’s 2015/16
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. It’s the day after Liverpool’s frankly embarrassing 6-1 drubbing at Stoke; what feels like the lowest league…
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Fans Cleared of Wrongdoing; Fans Unlawfully Killed
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. I didn’t prepare anything ahead of time, as I dare not even go there. There was a…
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Sakho, Psychos, Kings and Princes
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. While there has been clear progress made under Jürgen Klopp, the recent ride has not been without…
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Liverpool FC’s Best Month In Years?
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. Okay, so it’s a bit longer than a month, but the 2nd of March to the 20th…
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What Is the Point of Football?
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. What is the point of football? I’ve asked myself this question with increasing frequency in recent years,…
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Bloody hell! Bloody bloody hell!
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. I’ve been arguing that this has ended up being an enjoyable season, despite (and partly because) of…
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Managers, and The Law of Diminishing Returns
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. Never go home, they say. Never return to where you had success. But is this true? It’s…
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Young, Red-Hot and Ready
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. Assuming that you’re here for an article on Liverpool FC, and not something from a very different…
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Klopp and Liverpool’s 39th Step of Progress
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. Despite dropping points in the past two games from leading positions, Liverpool showed enough against Southampton –…
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TTT Subscription Upgrade Target!
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. So far, just over 10% of TTTers are on the new subscription tariffs, and that’s very handy…
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Something Else For Me To Be Wrong About
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. This season looks like one big conspiracy to make me look like a complete idiot – not…
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LFC Have Momentum! … LFC Lose Momentum!
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. Losing is a weird thing in that it hurts more as soon as you stop being used…