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Paul Tomkins
‘Pay As You Play’ Day
Read moreThis week sees the long-anticpated (by at least three people) release of 'Pay As You Play: The True Price of…
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Paul Tomkins
My Lunch With ‘The Quiet American’
Read moreFirst of all, it nearly never happened. John W Henry sent me a message more than a week ago to…
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Paul Tomkins
We’re All Wrong, We’re All Right
Read moreAt long last, Liverpool look like a proper team again. Not a great team, admittedly, but at least a team.
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Paul Tomkins
Damien Comolli at Spurs: A TPI Case Study
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 28 commentsRead moreThis piece – which is an in-depth study of Comolli's transfer record at Spurs – will appear on the Transfer…
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Paul Tomkins
Roy’s 10-Game Rating
in Free / / 213 commentsRead moreJudge me after ten games, Roy Hodgson said earlier in the season. Well, it’s a damn sight better than it…
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Paul Tomkins
The Truth on Hicks & Benítez’s Spending
Read moreOf course, we shouldn't be surprised by Tom Hicks blaming Rafa Benítez for the Reds losing money; after all, he’s…
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Paul Tomkins
The Week the 3-Year “Epic Swindle” Ended
in Subscribers Only / / 67 commentsRead moreBy Daniel Geey. Liverpool football club appear not to do things by halves anymore. No longer are boardroom wranglings kept…
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Paul Tomkins
My Promise To Roy
Read moreThere was pressing. There was a higher defensive line. There was no Poulsen to slow the game down. Meireles was…
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Paul Tomkins
So, Who Calls the ‘Expert’ Shots?
in Subscribers Only / / 52 commentsRead moreBy Paul Gill. A friend of mine used to say that X is an unknown quantity and a spurt is…
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Paul Tomkins
End of an Error – Why Roy Has To Go
in Free / / 435 commentsRead moreWhether Roy Hodgson goes very soon, or slightly further down the line, he has to go. He was the wrong…
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Paul Tomkins
Comparison: Roy 2010/11 vs Rafa 2004/05
in Subscribers Only / / 148 commentsRead moreBy Andrew Beasley. Following my recent piece comparing Roy Hodgson’s stats this season with Rafa Benitez’s last season, an idea…
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Paul Tomkins
Progress? Roy 2010/11 vs. Rafa 2009/10
in Part Free, Part Member / / 924 commentsRead moreFirstly, a couple of important points. I realise showing that Rafa did better last year than Roy has this year…
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Paul Tomkins
Why ‘Small Club’ Managers Don’t Work at ‘Big Clubs’
in Book Extract, Subscribers Only / / 153 commentsRead moreGiven the difficulty currently being experienced by Roy Hodgson at Liverpool following a relatively successful spell at Fulham, I thought…
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Paul Tomkins
‘Crisis?’ Conclusion: Costly Times
in Free / / 265 commentsRead moreIn “Pay As You Play: The True Price of Success in the Premier League Era”, one of the forms of…
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Paul Tomkins
CRISIS? PART ONE: Hypocrisy & Hodgson
in Free / / 430 commentsRead moreApparently I'm a hypocrite, because I had faith in Rafa Benítez, but struggle to find it with Roy Hodgson. So,…
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Paul Tomkins
CRISIS? PART TWO: Homesickness
in Free / / 27 commentsRead moreI knew my time was up on the official Liverpool site when they chose to run this Paul Hayward piece…
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Paul Tomkins
CRISIS? PART THREE: Flawed Transfer Policy?
in Free / / 69 commentsRead moreAt Fulham, Roy Hodgson had a lot of success reviving the fading fortunes of players like Damien Duff, Danny Murphy…
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Paul Tomkins
Victory For Common Sense, Defeat for Conmen
Read moreSo, Tom Hicks to put all his efforts into a mega lawsuit. An outrageously large and disgusting figure. (And the…
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Paul Tomkins
D-Day – Liverpool’s Court Battle
Read moreDue to the most inconvenient book deadline imaginable, I have been unable to comment on Liverpool's legal battle in any…
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Paul Tomkins
Nice Man; Wrong Job?
Read moreIt needs to be pointed out that on the basis of his team’s incoherent performances and his own bizarre press…
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Paul Tomkins
Where’s It Going Wrong?
Read moreThis season, Liverpool have allowed opponents 92 shots at their goal in their first six league games, in contrast to…
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Paul Tomkins
Share Liverpool FC: TTT Q&A Session
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 18 commentsRead moreFollowing the SOS-SL EGM, TTT has opened and maintained a dialogue with the board of Share Liverpool FC. The merger…
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Paul Tomkins
So, Whose Fault Is It?
Read moreThe worst league start for 18 years, and an undeserved (but very welcome) equaliser away from it being the worst…
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Paul Tomkins
“Pay As You Play” – Exclusive Chapter for Subscribers
Read moreExclusive to Subscribers of The Tomkins Times, both the Introduction and Chapter One of "Pay As You Play: The True…
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Paul Tomkins
Yet Again, Ferguson is Wrong About Liverpool
Read moreIt’s one thing Alex Ferguson misleading the press about the plight of Liverpool Football Club, quite another them lapping it…