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Chris Rowland
Liverpool FC – An Alternative Lesson From History
By TTT Subscriber Andrew McKay. “A love of tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in…
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Chris Rowland
Making Sense of the Black Swan
in Editor's Pick, Subscribers Only / / 166 commentsby TTT Subscriber ‘Macattack’. ‘The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that encapsulates the concept that an event…
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Paul Tomkins
Momentum – Confidence, or Confidence Trick?
Hardly a Match of the Day or a 5Live 'Kicking Off' goes by without someone mentioning ‘momentum’ or ‘success breeding…
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Chris Rowland
Getting Luck On Our Side
By Finnish TTT subscriber Aki Pekuri. Many of us believe we have been unlucky this season. The woodwork has been…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool’s Pressing Approach
There are two ways to gain possession of the ball – steal it from an opponent or intercept it before…
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Paul Tomkins
The Costs and Benefits of Building New Anfield
The stadium is without doubt the biggest decision facing Fenway Sports Group. TTT subscriber and financial expert Ben Stoneman performs…
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Dan Kennett
Fair Play For Fenway?
in Editor's Pick, Featured, Free, In-Depth Analysis, LFC Finances, Off Field Issues, Statistical Analysis / / 173 commentsBy Dan Kennett, with expert review and contributions from site members Graeme Riley, Zach Slaton, Taf McDonald, Daniel Geey and Paul Tomkins.…
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Paul Tomkins
The Unwritten Law of Managerial Suitability
“You don’t know what you’re doing” has to be the harshest phrase for a manager to hear from his club’s…
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Graeme Riley
European Hangover? LFC’s Record After Euro Games
One of the following statements is true – can you guess which one? a) Liverpool’s record in matches after a…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool, Twitter and Rage
One step forward, two steps back. That’s how the Wigan result was explained to me on Twitter. Four wins in…
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Paul Tomkins
How Much Time For a Manager is ‘Enough’?
A detailed study of Premier League managerial performance in relation to time spent at a club. By Lindsay Bell, with…
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Paul Tomkins
It’s Getting Ugly: Hodgson’s Way
It’s getting ugly. Well, technically it’s been getting ugly for a while. But the Wolves debacle was the nadir of…
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Paul Tomkins
Long-Term Thinking: What Is NESV’s Vision?
As I hinted at a couple of weeks ago, this is our version of purgatory: not exactly hell, but no…
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Paul Tomkins
My Lunch With ‘The Quiet American’
First 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
Conversations with a European Champion
“I was born Spanish, I am no longer as thin (the anxiety doesn’t help), and yes, sometimes I help serving…
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Paul Tomkins
My Day With “Crisis”-Hit Benítez
When Rafa Benítez personally invites me to meet him for lunch at the legendary training ground, Liverpool have just seen…
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Neil Jones
The Joy of Fernando Torres
Watching Fernando Torres at Atletico Madrid, there was always a nagging doubt in my mind about this rangy, tousle-haired darling…
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Paul Tomkins
At The Heysel (From Where I Was Standing)
May 29th 1985, 6.30pm-after midnight I’ve no idea what the Heysel Stadium is like now; it’s not even called the…
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Paul Tomkins
The Benítez Myths (Series)
in Editor's Pick, Free / / 22 commentsThis is an article which premiered for members at the weekend; the issues discussed herein will be analysed in further…