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Paul Tomkins
The Cost of Premiership Success
in Part Free, Part Member / / 18 commentsRead moreSo what does it cost to achieve success in the Premiership? The following is an in-depth look at the costs…
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Paul Tomkins
The Truth Effect (Uncut)
in .tv Preview, Premium / / 64 commentsRead moreWhile I admit to feeling like Liverpool’s hopes were over after three games, I actually feel the opposite now, after…
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Paul Tomkins
Goal Involvement – September 2009
in Free, Goal Involvement / / 5 commentsRead moreIt might have been asking for too much for the Reds to break a second goalscoring Champions League record within…
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Paul Tomkins
Samba and Tango: Liverpool and Latin America
in Premium / / 6 commentsRead moreThis is an excerpt from Above Us Only Sky (2007) for Premium members. The book was withdrawn from print after…
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Paul Tomkins
From Where I Was Standing – Chris Rowland on Heysel
in Book Extract, Free / / 1 commentsRead moreThe following is a free-to-read series of excerpts from Chris Rowland’s forthcoming book, “From Where I Was Standing: A Liverpool…
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Paul Tomkins
The Complete Guide to Zonal Marking
in Member / / 37 commentsRead more“When has a zone ever scored a goal?”, cynics ask. “But when has a player ever scored when not in…
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Paul Tomkins
Media Hypocrisy and Perspicacity (Interactive)
in Interactive / / 89 commentsRead moreThis is not an article, but somewhere Members can help me keep tabs on some of the tripe we’ve come…
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Paul Tomkins
Big Win, Big Week…
in .tv Preview, Premium / / 42 commentsRead moreSo when he shakes off his supposed lethargy, just how good will this Torres fella be? His record for Liverpool…
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Paul Tomkins
Leeds Lose in Lesson from N’Good N’Gog
in Member / / 71 commentsRead moreFive wins in a row, and yet it’s not like the Reds are firing on all cylinders. So that’s a…
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Paul Tomkins
Welcome to The Tomkins Times
Read more“If you can stop, stop. If you can’t, you know you’re a writer, and that’s just your bad luck. Join…
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Paul Tomkins
Babel Born Again, Torres Tortures Tomkins
in Premium / / 30 commentsRead moreAs is the case following any birth, it’s early days. But the past week has shown a new Ryan Babel…
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Paul Tomkins
Disciples of Discipline – Sample Chapter from Red Race
in Book Extract, Free / / 2 commentsRead moreWhen a manager has less money to spend than his main rivals, and/or less time to build his dynasty and…
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Paul Tomkins
Andys Townsend And Gray Are Grating Again
in Member / / 25 commentsRead more“Just where do you get the best out of Steven Gerrard” asked Clive Tyldesley, with a sense of wonder, during…
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Paul Tomkins
Kuyt the Key to Johnson Success
in Premium / / 7 commentsRead moreIt’s unusual for me to start a piece by immediately contradicting the title, but the theme is less about Kuyt…
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Paul Tomkins
Goal Involvement August 2009 – Johnson Excels
in Liverpool FC - Goal Involvement / / 3 commentsRead moreGoal Involvement is a method of more fully assessing and ranking ‘assists’, that I devised for ‘Red Race’ (see full…
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Paul Tomkins
Title Lost In August?
in Free / / 7 commentsRead moreThis is my take on the Villa game, written mostly after the final whistle. A significantly different version of this…
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Paul Tomkins
The New Defenders: Ayala, Kyrgiakos and Johnson
in Member / / 3 commentsRead moreDaniel Ayala, the Spanish lad who looks like he’s swallowed a football (think less Adam’s apple, more Adam’s grapefruit), has…
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Paul Tomkins
N’Gog – Silent Assassin?
in Free / / 8 commentsRead moreUnbelievably, I’ve heard a few Reds criticising David N’Gog. Here we have a young import who has only played 458…
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Paul Tomkins
Knee Jerk Time
in Tomkins Rants / / 21 commentsRead moreThe knees have never jerked so hard. No surprise, I guess, but still the way doom can set in after…
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Paul Tomkins
Season Preview 2009/10 – Liverpool Squad Review
in Free / / 1 commentsRead moreSo, it’s less than a week away. Hope and dread return in equal measure. Two players of undoubted quality (Johnson…
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Paul Tomkins
Adios Alonso
in Free / / 4 commentsRead moreThis is a piece sent to .tv this afternoon, but which I’m guessing might be problematic for the official site…
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Paul Tomkins
Two Words For Real Madrid
in Free / / 8 commentsRead moreIf Alonso’s worth to Madrid is not as great, then to them he’s obviously not worth £30m. Fine. Walk away.…
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Paul Tomkins
Keeping Alonso Is Key To Success
in Free, Liverpool FC / / 5 commentsRead moreIt seems that Real Madrid aren’t going to go away. They think that Xabi Alonso is uniquely talented, but they…
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Paul Tomkins
Yossi Benayoun (Excerpt from Above Us Only Sky, 2007)
in Free, Liverpool FC - Books / / 3 commentsRead moreYossi Benayoun’s arrival at Liverpool could be seen as something of a good omen. A £5m signing from West Ham,…
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Paul Tomkins
Why should Rafa congratulate Ferguson?
Read moreI see that Rafa Benítez is being criticised for not congratulating Alex Ferguson upon United’s success. After the West Brom…
