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Paul Tomkins
Depression and Dreading: Life as a Red
It’s never a good time of year in England, is it? British Summer Time is at an end and with…
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Paul Tomkins
Third-World Football: 1/3rd Season Review
Liverpool won just three of the first 10 league matches, and in the next three, it’s only been one win.…
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Paul Tomkins
Hodgson: Putting the Gaffe in Gaffer
in Free / / 127 commentsA few weeks back, someone emailed me a list of Roy Hodgson's PR gaffes, to put onto this site. I…
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Paul Tomkins
Ten out of 20 Ain’t Bad
in Free / / 116 commentsNow that the Reds have got some kind of foothold under Roy Hodgson, unless results take a disastrous turn for…
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Kunal Dua
Liverpool vs Chelsea – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
in Free / / 90 commentsLiverpool got their best result under Roy Hodgson by beating Chelsea 2-0 at Anfield on Sunday. The performance was far…
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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
We’re All Wrong, We’re All Right
At 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
Roy’s 10-Game Rating
in Free / / 213 commentsJudge 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
Of 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
My Promise To Roy
There 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
End of an Error – Why Roy Has To Go
in Free / / 435 commentsWhether 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
‘Crisis?’ Conclusion: Costly Times
in Free / / 265 commentsIn “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 commentsApparently 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 commentsI 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 commentsAt 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
So, 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
Due 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?
It 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?
This 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
So, Whose Fault Is It?
The 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
Yet Again, Ferguson is Wrong About Liverpool
It’s one thing Alex Ferguson misleading the press about the plight of Liverpool Football Club, quite another them lapping it…
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Paul Tomkins
Gérard Houllier: The “Dynasty” Chapter
More so than any other Liverpool manager, Gérard Houllier’s stewardship is characterised by two distinct periods, divided by a single…
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Paul Tomkins
In Fairness To Roy
in Free / / 85 commentsPerhaps like a lot of Reds, I’m struggling to come to terms with revised expectations brought about over the past…
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Paul Tomkins
Positively Negative, Negatively Positive
in Free / / 222 commentsRecently I’ve been described by a couple of people on Twitter as the most negative Red they’ve ever encountered. While…
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Paul Tomkins
The UEFA Financial Fair Play Rules & Liverpool FC
The aim of this article is to set out briefly the rationale for the new UEFA rules, then go into…