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Paul Tomkins
Man City (A) Pre/Post-Match Discussion
Match Discussion / / 300 commentsinRead moreUsual pack-drill, Subscribers can discuss all aspects of the game below. Will fielding a strong team in the Europa League…
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Paul Tomkins
The Underdog Principle
Subscribers Only / / 22 commentsinRead moreFor me, the most influential non-fiction writer of the past decade has been Malcolm Gladwell, the author of Tipping Point,…
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Paul Tomkins
Site Survey For Subscribers
Interactive / / 119 commentsinRead moreJust so that I can be sure that the site is evolving in the correct way, I want some specific…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool and the Europa League
inRead moreIt’s the Reds’ debut in the Europa League on Thursday – a good time to look back on our past…
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Paul Tomkins
Youthful Promise
.tv Preview / / 83 commentsinRead moreIf you ever want to see the perfect example of how media reporting of football has changed in the past…
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Paul Tomkins
Unirea Urziceni (H & A) Pre/Post-Match Discussions
Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 575 commentsinRead moreSo, the Europa League: a chance to win a trophy, or a competition to clog up the fixture list and…
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Paul Tomkins
TPI© – Percentage of Premier League Spend (Net)
Free, Transfer Price Index © / / 21 commentsinRead more“The Need to Balance the Books”. Having previously looked at Gross spend – which, in effect, deals with the boost…
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Paul Tomkins
Site News – Upcoming Features
News / / 42 commentsinRead moreThis week, just four months into its existence, The Tomkins Times passed 1,000,000 hits. To celebrate this milestone, this is…
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Paul Tomkins
Why Progress Can Be Camouflaged
Liverpool FC / / 37 commentsinRead moreThe following article was written for the April/Launch edition of Well Red Magazine, a new publication produced by Tomkins Times…
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Paul Tomkins
TPI© Percentage of Premier League Spend (Gross)
inRead more“The Benefit of New Players” ... The notion that individual signings take time to settle (or may never settle) is…
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Paul Tomkins
TPI©: The Top 50 Premier League Deals
inRead moreUsing TPI© to adjust the prices according to 'football inflation', the following table lists the price of the 50 most…
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Paul Tomkins
TPI©: The Complete Guide to Football Inflation
Transfer Price Index © / / 41 commentsinRead moreOver the coming weeks and months, I will be publishing a number of articles based on some exclusive, highly-detailed transfer…
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Paul Tomkins
Arsenal (A) Pre/Post-Match Discussion
Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 360 commentsinRead moreA big game for both clubs, with their fortunes having reversed somewhat in recent weeks. A tough game awaits, though,…
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Paul Tomkins
Interview with Chris Rowland on Heysel
Liverpool FC - Books / / 36 commentsinRead moreLate last year, Chris Rowland released From Where I Was Standing, his account of the Heysel disaster, for which I…
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Paul Tomkins
Derby Day Delight
.tv Preview / / 122 commentsinRead moreOne thing really bothered me earlier in the season: accusations from some quarters that Liverpool lacked character. This didn’t tally…
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Paul Tomkins
A Note To Members
Member / / 140 commentsinRead moreAs The Tomkins Times continues to grow, I am looking to instal some plush leather sofas for subscribers. Or something.
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Paul Tomkins
Everton (H) Pre/Post-Match Discussion
Match Discussion / / 554 commentsinRead moreMassive game, obviously. Thankfully, even during the dark days of this season, the Reds have been able to raise their…
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Paul Tomkins
The Media, Liverpool FC & You
In-Depth Analysis, Member / / 198 commentsinRead moreIf you do not have your facts straight, you don’t have an opinion; you just have hot air. An opinion…
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Paul Tomkins
Success Starts at the Back
.tv Preview / / 124 commentsinRead moreWhisper it quietly, but Liverpool could be six games into a very important run of form. An eight point deficit…
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Paul Tomkins
Idiot of the Day – 28th January 2010
Idiot of the Day / / 219 commentsinRead moreAs requested by subscribers, my encounters with the clinically insane.
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Paul Tomkins
Bolton (H) Pre/Post-Match Discussion
Match Discussion / / 496 commentsinRead moreWhile failing to beat Wolves was disappointing (as was the grim attacking display), the last five league games – only…
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Paul Tomkins
Wolves (a) Pre/Post-Match Discussion
Match Discussion / / 517 commentsinRead moreAt last a bit of form - joint 2nd in the Premiership form league based over the past six games.…
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Paul Tomkins
Aquilani – Cause Célèbre
Premium / / 120 commentsinRead moreAll this followed months of impatience from fans and media alike, none of which helped Benítez or his Italian acquisition.…
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Paul Tomkins
End to the ‘Perfect Storm’ in Sight?
.tv Preview / / 198 commentsinRead moreA few weeks back, Liverpool were eight points off 4th place. Now the gap is down to four. Lost in…
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Paul Tomkins
Spurs (h) Pre/Post-Match Discussion (2)
Match Discussion / / 580 commentsinRead moreA shame, after the late miss/penalty claim, that we're not going into this with three league wins on the spin.…