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Paul Tomkins
Behind the Scenes at Melwood
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 26 commentsRead moreOctober 26th, 2009 The following is a more light-hearted look at my time at Melwood last week, which is for…
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Paul Tomkins
The Kid(s) Can Play
Read moreWith all this is mind, I thought I’d spend the summer (which could be very depressing) picking out those Academy…
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Paul Tomkins
Houllier Vs Benítez: Spend Analysis
Read moreI was recently asked whose was bigger, Houllier’s or Benítez’s? (Net spend, I hasten to add.) As each has (to…
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Paul Tomkins
Goal Involvement 2009/10 – Full Results
Read moreGoal Involvement is the method I devised to rate and rank contribution to goals that go beyond the final finish…
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Paul Tomkins
Player Review 2009/10 Part Two: Players K-Z
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 49 commentsRead moreIt’s been a tough old season, and one we will all want to forget as quickly as possible. But before…
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Paul Tomkins
The Big TTT Book Project
Read moreGiven the standard of contributors to, and posters on, The Tomkins Times, not to mention some of the ideas developed…
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Paul Tomkins
Player Review 2009/10, Part One – Players A-J
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 61 commentsRead moreIt’s been a tough old season, and one we will all want to forget as quickly as possible. But before…
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Paul Tomkins
“The Hyypiä Effect”: Why Investment Is Necessary
Read moreHow much value is removed from a squad each season in terms of personnel who, due to age or contracts…
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Paul Tomkins
20 Reasons To be Cheerful
Read moreBy Joe Pepper. It's the end of the season, and unsurprisingly there is an air of despondency engulfing everyone. But…
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Paul Tomkins
Malignant Cancers and Sticking Plasters
Read moreFor me, complaining about the manager is like being concerned with a splinter while suffering from cancer. The cancer is…
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Paul Tomkins
The Liverpool Investment Conundrum
in Free, Guest Writer / / 429 commentsRead moreBy Daniel Geey. Daniel works as a solicitor for Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP and advises entities wishing to invest in…
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Paul Tomkins
Site News and Important Information
Read moreA few updates for subscribers, as the season draws to an end on The Tomkins Times' inaugural campaign. A busy…
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Paul Tomkins
Glen Johnson: Debut Season Review
Read moreSo, was he overpriced? Overrated? Should he instead play on the wing? Glen Johnson wasn’t the most straightforward of signings,…
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Paul Tomkins
Transfer Tosh – Don’t Believe the Tripe
Read moreOf all the falsehoods that get spouted about Benítez, the misrepresentation of his record in the transfer market is perhaps…
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Paul Tomkins
Talent is Not Enough: A Youth Review
Read moreRemember Wayne Harrison? Or Richie Partridge? What about John Welsh? The likelihood is that some, if not all, of those…
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Paul Tomkins
Reasons To Stay, Reasons To Go
in Guest Writer, Subscribers Only / / 53 commentsRead moreA look at what Rafa might be thinking, as a difficult season comes to an end - but also, the…
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Paul Tomkins
‘Zidane Theorem’ Applied to Liverpool FC
in Part Free, Part Member / / 54 commentsRead moreZidane Clustering Theorem is designed to show that teams full of very good players are better than those with a…
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Paul Tomkins
Media Muppet of the Month
in Media Muppet of the Week, Subscribers Only / / 152 commentsRead moreThere are a few perennial contenders for this popular feature on TTT, but it’s too easy to give it to…
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Paul Tomkins
The Key Position?
in .tv Preview, Subscribers Only / / 73 commentsRead moreThe most important player in any football team? I grew up believing it was the centre-forward (the fact that I…
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Paul Tomkins
Reasons Benítez Belongs
Read moreI’ve said for ages that Benítez will never get a fair assessment from certain fans, and sloppy, or vindictive journalists.…
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Paul Tomkins
Sub Standard? Rafa’s Subs Record
Read moreThe season where Liverpool’s first tactical substitution was on average the latest after the opposition's (2008/09), was the most successful…
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Paul Tomkins
Idiot of the Day – überstupid
in Idiot of the Day, Subscribers Only / / 112 commentsRead moreSometimes it's entertaining to read the foolish words of others, and let them hang themselves on the rope of their…
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Paul Tomkins
Reserves Under the Microscope
Read moreLiverpool reserves lost for just the second game of the season against Wigan Athletic. You'll find plenty of good match…
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Paul Tomkins
Schadenfreude: Das ist Gut!
in Subscribers Only / / 149 commentsRead moreThat lad Schadenfreude: German, but a real presence in English football; really coming to prominence in recent years. Of course,…
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Paul Tomkins
Who Said You Had To ‘Understand’?
in .tv Preview, Subscribers Only / / 234 commentsRead moreThere’s also an alternative where Torres stays on, improves, plays a blinder, but the team lose; what would it have…