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Paul Tomkins
Brendan Rodgers is Boss
Read moreSo, it seems that Brendan Rodgers will be the next Liverpool boss. Like many, I was sceptical about Rodgers and…
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Paul Tomkins
The Challenges Facing the Next LFC Manager
Read moreWhether or not FSG get right the decision on the next Liverpool manager – only time will be the judge…
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Paul Tomkins
It’s Time To Move Forward, As One
Read moreI can’t stand the noise. Please, make it stop. In the old days we wanted Liverpool FC to do its…
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Paul Tomkins
Statement Regarding FSG
Read moreAn angry email has been sent to almost every LFC supporter group and website, plus the club itself, asking why…
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Paul Tomkins
Big Plans Needed to Replace King Kenny
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 1477 commentsRead moreLiverpool Football Club sacking Kenny Dalglish is “wrong” in almost every conceivable sense. But the only way it can ever…
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Paul Tomkins
King Kenny: To Keep or Not to Keep?
Read moreKing Kenny: to keep or not to keep? – that is the question (I keep getting asked). The joys of…
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Paul Tomkins
How Do You Assess a Season Like This?
Read moreIt’s not hard to see why Liverpool dropped so many points, despite generally playing well. The Reds had the worst…
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Paul Tomkins
A Personal Journey
in Free, Personal Thoughts / / 60 commentsRead moreThis is the last day of ME awareness week. Last autumn I was asked by Sir Peter Spencer, Chief Executive…
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Paul Tomkins
Rodolfo Borrell, and the Art of Improvement
Read moreBy Paul Grech. Where children are involved, there is a growing reluctance to talk of winners and, particularly, losers. Everyone…
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Paul Tomkins
Final of Contempt, Season of Discontent
Read moreFamiliarity breeds contempt, and since 2004, Liverpool seem to have played Chelsea four or five times a season. The epic…
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Paul Tomkins
Dalglish, Transfers and Looking Ahead
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 162 commentsRead morePerhaps a problem with any temporary managerial appointment is that even when it’s made permanent, it doesn’t feel as secure…
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Paul Tomkins
Kenny Has To Go! Kenny Has To Stay!
Read moreThere’s no doubt about it. Dalglish has to go. Also, he has to stay. If FSG listen to the fans,…
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Paul Tomkins
Momentum – Confidence, or Confidence Trick?
Read moreHardly a Match of the Day or a 5Live 'Kicking Off' goes by without someone mentioning ‘momentum’ or ‘success breeding…
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Paul Tomkins
Blood-Letting & Cup-Getting
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 306 commentsRead moreBloody hell. What a week. Blackburn vexed, Director of Football axed, Everton hexed, and all between Tuesday evening and Saturday…
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Paul Tomkins
Comolli Leaves Liverpool; What Next For Reds?
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 621 commentsRead moreSo, Damien Comolli has left Liverpool. The official version is a mutual parting of the ways, with Comolli returning to…
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Paul Tomkins
Questions, Questions
in In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 264 commentsRead moreI’ve been asked a lot of questions in the past few weeks, some of which have been easier to answer…
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Paul Tomkins
Dazed and Confused: A Liverpool Nosedive
Read moreI’ve been saying for many months that I don’t quite know what to make of this Liverpool side. And it…
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Paul Tomkins
Point By Point – Liverpool FC Health Check
Read moreAfter my last piece (access here), this is a slightly simplified – but not simplistic – breakdown of what’s working,…
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Paul Tomkins
In-Depth: Why Are Liverpool Struggling?
in Free, In-Depth Analysis / / 297 commentsRead moreWith Liverpool’s season proving to be an archetypal rollercoaster ride – ups, downs, adrenaline and nausea – I will now…
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Paul Tomkins
Doubt, Doubt, Let It All Out
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 96 commentsRead moreSome phrases you may have heard in the last few years, or even possibly the last few weeks: Andre Villas…
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Paul Tomkins
Danger: Season Imploding Alert
Read moreThree league defeats on the spin makes for pretty grim reading – the worst run over a trio of league…
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Paul Tomkins
The Bonkers World of Football Racism
in Free / / 81 commentsRead moreA while ago, Paul McGrath condemned Glen Johnson for wearing a t-shirt supporting Luis Suarez. This week, Johnson hit back,…
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Paul Tomkins
The ‘Great 8’ – Liverpool’s 8/11ths of the Law
in Part Free, Part Subscriber / / 221 commentsRead moreIn my previous piece, I noted how Liverpool have 8/11ths of a particularly good side – Reina, Johnson, Agger, Skrtel,…
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Paul Tomkins
Hopelessly Hopeful, Hopefully Not Hopeless
Read moreLiverpool, this season, are nothing if not predictable. You can bet your bottom dollar that there will be glaring misses…
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Paul Tomkins
Cup Success: Cheers and Caveats
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 344 commentsRead moreBefore the Carling Cup Final, many experts noted that it was a lose-lose situation for Liverpool. Win comfortably, and everyone…