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Paul Tomkins
A Most Unusual English Season
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 61 commentsRead moreAll in all, this has been a very strange season at the summit of English football. Very little has felt…
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Paul Tomkins
Handshakes, Apologies and Storms in Teacups
Read moreReading Twitter, it seems that Liverpool FC is pretty hated right now. I’d imagine that it’s even worse in the…
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Paul Tomkins
On Football Writing
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 65 commentsRead moreBy Paul Tomkins. Football website The Trawler recently sent me some excellent interview questions to answer, for an article to…
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Paul Tomkins
News for Subscribers
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool’s Secret Weapons
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 92 commentsRead moreDespite containing the worst performance in Kenny Dalglish’s second spell in charge, this January appeared to have been a turning…
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Paul Tomkins
United We Stand, United They Fall
Read moreFact: as captain, kiss the United badge to Liverpool fans at the Kop end, and you’ll be booed upon your…
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Paul Tomkins
Cup Competitions Are What You Make of Them
in Subscribers Only / / 232 commentsRead moreCup competitions never mean the same thing each year; or indeed, the same thing to each and every club. For…
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Paul Tomkins
A Review of the Dalglish/Comolli Signings
in Featured, Transfer Debate / / 143 commentsRead moreA lot of people are putting Liverpool’s run of poor form down to the signings made in 2011. While a…
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Paul Tomkins
Why Dalglish is Doing a Good Job
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. When arguing that Rafa Benítez was doing a good job (and often a very good job), I…
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Paul Tomkins
Transfer Window: Liverpool’s Needs and Desires
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins, January 3rd 2012. It’s that time of year. The queues are forming, and the doors have opened.…
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Paul Tomkins
The Suarez Decision: LFC Grounds for Appeal?
Read moreBy football lawyer, Daniel Geey @FootballLaw. (Not that it should matter in terms of the veracity of the points he…
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Paul Tomkins
All Spanish Speakers Are Racist
Read moreAll Spaniards are racist. And all Spanish-speaking South Americans are, too. Because every time they use their word for black,…
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Paul Tomkins
Suarez – (Still) Not A Racist
Read moreBy Paul Tomkins. Luis Suarez is still being labelled a ‘racist’, and Liverpool FC are being castigated for supporting said…
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Paul Tomkins
2011: A Liverpool FC Year In Review
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 84 commentsRead moreBy Paul Tomkins The year 2011 began with Liverpool FC and its fans in the midst of a great depression,…
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Paul Tomkins
Suarez ‘Is Not A Racist’
Read more“It is key to note that Patrice Evra himself in his written statement in this case said ‘I don’t think…
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Paul Tomkins
When Is It Okay Not To Care?
Read moreThere have been various times in my life when football results have taken a backseat; misunderstanding or misquoting Bill Shankly’s…
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Paul Tomkins
What Makes For A Good Transfer?
in Featured, In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only, Transfer Debate, Transfer Price Index © / / 43 commentsRead moreThere are several preconceptions about football transfers in the Premier League era, and these include the notions that English players…
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Paul Tomkins
Positives, Amidst the Drawbacks
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 88 commentsRead moreIt’s hard to know where to start after a game like Monday night’s. Or in the midst of a season…
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Paul Tomkins
Football Books for Christmas
Read moreFirst of all, a quick reminder that gift subscriptions to this site can be purchased here. Reviews by Paul Tomkins,…
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Paul Tomkins
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Paul Tomkins
Gerrard and Carragher – Yesterday’s Men?
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 128 commentsRead moreWithout doubt, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher were immense for Liverpool throughout the previous decade; it’s an overused word, but…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool FC – How Far Behind Man City?
in Subscribers Only / / 72 commentsRead moreBeyond the pure mathematics of the table (and the cost of the players), just how far adrift of Liverpool are…
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Paul Tomkins
Hacks: Still Want to Compare Kenny & Roy?
Read morePatrick Barclay and James Lawton remind me of two morbidly obese women, deep in denial, trying to squeeze their ‘arguments’…
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Paul Tomkins
Media Muppet of the Month
Read moreIt’s funny how some of the more lauded older generation of football writers can be so wrong about modern Liverpool…
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Paul Tomkins
Andy Carroll, Prime Target
Read moreSo, according to Derek Llambias, the Newcastle managing director, Andy Carroll is worth ‘fuck all’. Of course, having bragged of…