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Paul Tomkins
Divock Origi! Divock Origi!
in Book Extract, By Paul Tomkins, Deep Dive, Free, LFC Finances, LFC History, Post Match Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Talking Tactics / / 114 commentsRead more(Originally published many, many times 😉 ) Deja vu! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi!…
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Paul Tomkins
Memory Lane: 1987 Liverpool, 2021 Liverpool, and A Life In Between
Read moreMy life has changed a lot since the late 1980s; indeed, after a near-fatal asthma attack in 1990 –…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool Now Absolutely Control xG – Best-Ever Figures
Read moreThis is from The Tomkins (Mostly) Daily, the email newsletter I’m producing to share snippets of content from the site,…
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Paul Tomkins
Huge Change At Liverpool – But Michael Edwards Leaves His Hand-Picked Legacy With Julian Ward
in By Paul Tomkins, Free / / 34 commentsRead moreEdwards to leave in summer of 2022, his protege Julian Ward to replace him. Reasons for Edwards departure explained…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool Continue To Show the Value of Not Signing New Players
Read moreIn a recent Athletic article, I noticed the following statement relating to Spurs’ regression in recent years: “Not signing…
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Paul Tomkins
Holy Exploding Prostates, Batman! – My Day at the Brighton Match
Read moreThe game, in the end, was a beautiful red balloon that the team and crowd blew and blew –…
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Paul Tomkins
Magical Thinking, and the Total Reality Divergence Between Liverpool and Manchester United
in By Paul Tomkins, Free / / 27 commentsRead moreIt’s the summer of 2015. Liverpool have finally got rid of Colin Pascoe and his shorts, but chaos will…
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Paul Tomkins
Lose Battles, But Win The Wars. Liverpool Now Winning Both Against Man Utd
Read moreOne tough lesson I learned from 1995/96 – when Liverpool were irresistibly exciting going forward but sometimes all at…
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Paul Tomkins
Why We Should Be Grateful For FSG In Age of Sportswashing
Read moreYou Don’t Have To Like Them, But Why We Should Be Grateful For FSG In Age of Sportswashing I…
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Paul Tomkins
“It’s Anfield!” – Facts That Show Guardiola and Crooks Are Totally Wrong
Read moreWhile I totally agree that James Milner should have been sent off for a second yellow (assuming that the…
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Paul Tomkins
Bullshit Football vs Proper Football: Liverpool and Manchester City’s Elite Qualities in Age of Lazy Superstars
Read moreWhile I don’t think the way Manchester City are funded is in any way good for football (quite the…
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Paul Tomkins
Egosystems and Main-Man Syndrome: How Liverpool’s Rivals Bought High-Paid Problems, Not Smart Solutions
in By Paul Tomkins, Free / / 18 commentsRead moreThis free article is also available on the TTT Substack, which is where certain free articles can be accessed…
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Paul Tomkins
How LFC “Judo-Move” Fouls on Van Dijk and Matip Into Goals, Goals, Goals
Read moreTo expand on my match report for subscribers as part of our bumper new-style post-match analysis (which also includes analysis…
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Paul Tomkins
(UPDATED) Klopp Told the Dumb Pundits. The Elliott Injury Bullshit Started Against Burnley – PL Refs Are Abject
Read moreThis horror show started against Burnley when 15-stone men were flying into 18-year-old Harvey Elliott all game, to some…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool’s Successful Summer – Squad Harmony and a More Important Type of Signing
in By Paul Tomkins, Free / / 122 commentsRead moreAs I’ve been saying all summer, vital players – often leaders, not just regular footballers – valued at hundreds…
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Paul Tomkins
Reds Pummel Brainless Burnley Bullies In One-Sided Match
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 62 commentsRead moreThere are teams you’d pay money to watch, and teams you’d pay good money to watch. And then there’s…
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Paul Tomkins
Van Dijk and Matip Help Liverpool Score 15 Extra Goals Per Season
Read moreEven ignoring Virgil van Dijk’s deep-lying creativity and the ability to turn opposition teams with the best long passing…
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Paul Tomkins
FIFTEEN New Players For Liverpool – Write Reds Off At Your Peril
Read moreAfter Monday’s big free piece, in a week of great subscriber-only content on TTT, I thought it was worth…
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Paul Tomkins
Total Madness At Barça and Inter Show Why FSG Are Running Liverpool Properly
Read moreThis in-depth free article – warning: contains ideas – appears on here (TTT), and on the TTT Substack newsletter…
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Paul Tomkins
Time For Liverpool’s Youth Revolution? & Secret Teenage Ninja Superstar
Read moreSomething is bubbling under at Liverpool – or rather, several things are. While people are expecting big signings, for…
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Paul Tomkins
Transfers: Enjoy the Exciting Potential of New Signings, But Don’t Obsess About Them
Read moreOne thing I have never wanted to do is make The Tomkins Times about transfer tittle-tattle. But it’s where…
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Paul Tomkins
Transfers, Dickheads, Superstars, Egos, Mbappé and Liverpool’s Wise Faith In Konaté
Read moreOne of the few things I find myself having to repeatedly clarify on this site is the “no dickheads”…
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Paul Tomkins
How Long Can Salah, Mané, Firmino and Others Go On For?
in By Paul Tomkins, Subscribers Only / / 35 commentsRead more* As part of the evolution of football, sports science gets better, which suits older players, and helps them to…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool’s Secret Stars For 2021/22 Are Ready and Waiting
Read moreAs I’ve noted before, Liverpool will be adding £300m-worth of players this summer – simply by moving them from…
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Paul Tomkins
How the Autopsy of LFC’s Black Swans Became a Celebration of Overcoming the Odds
Read moreThe “Black Swan”: that event so freakishly rare you rarely see them. As I’ve noted throughout the season, pretty…