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Paul Tomkins
The Dumbness of Pundits
By Paul Tomkins. First things first, it’s never good to read too much into the opening game. It’s a cliché…
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Paul Tomkins
England, He’s Yours. You’re Welcome.
The greatest trick Roy Hodgson ever pulled was convincing the world that his team’s chances didn’t exist. That, and that…
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Paul Tomkins
Arrivederci Dirky
Dirk Kuyt is an unusual modern player: humble, generous, hard-working and more interested in his charity than gold watches. After…
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Paul Tomkins
Feeling Lost? Where Are We?
Feeling disoriented? You may not be alone. It seems that many Liverpool fans are a little lost right now. Lost…
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Paul Tomkins
Adios Señor, Bonjour Monsieur
Adios Señor, Bonjour Monsieur: A Look At Liverpool’s Forays Into Different Transfer Markets I have to admit that I wholeheartedly…
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Paul Tomkins
Form and Formations: The New LFC
Assessing the overall tactical master-plan under the new management/coaching team of Kenny Dalglish and Steve Clarke, and guessing where it’s…
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Paul Tomkins
United Routed By Reds’ Unsung Heroes
Although United pulled back a last-minute consolation goal, there was no denying that this was a rout; not a total…
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Kais
Chelsea 0 Liverpool 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
While this wasn’t a particularly exciting game, from a tactical perspective there was plenty to intrigue. A fourth consecutive win…
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Dan Kennett
Roy Hodgson – Half Term Report
By Dan Kennett. Following on from the previous review after 13 games this article aims to put Liverpool’s performance in…
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Paul Tomkins
Tomkins Times Wins Best Club Fansite Award
Despite the presence of heavyweights such as KUMB, Republik of Mancunia and Arseblog, we’ve gone for The Tomkins Times for…
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Paul Tomkins
Pay As You Play – Introduction & Chapter One
One of the more interesting theories associated with football is that success can be ‘bought’; that it’s almost off-the-peg, waiting…
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Paul Tomkins
The Options Open To NESV
in Part Free, Part Member / / 347 commentsThe calls to sack Roy Hodgson are reaching fever pitch. While I won’t add to them in this particular piece…
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Graeme Riley
Roy’s Hodgson’s Managerial Record
Below is a full record of Roy Hodgson's managerial career at club level, based on league results only.
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Paul Tomkins
‘Pay As You Play’ Day
This week sees the long-anticpated (by at least three people) release of 'Pay As You Play: The True Price of…
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Paul Tomkins
Progress? Roy 2010/11 vs. Rafa 2009/10
in Part Free, Part Member / / 924 commentsFirstly, a couple of important points. I realise showing that Rafa did better last year than Roy has this year…
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Paul Tomkins
Joe Cole, Gerrard, Hodgson & Being English
It’s been a weird few days. First, the hard-to-fathom sale of promising, albeit rough diamond, Emiliano Insua – all the…
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Paul Tomkins
Does Roy Hodgson Have The Credentials?
This piece was originally published on June 21st. Since then it's become widely accepted that Roy Hodgson will be appointed…
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Paul Tomkins
The Kid(s) Can Play
With 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
‘Zidane Theorem’ Applied to Liverpool FC
in Part Free, Part Member / / 54 commentsZidane 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
Sub Standard? Rafa’s Subs Record
The 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
The Past and the Pending
in Part Free, Part Member / / 44 commentsIn football, we are always searching the past to predict the future. But rather than suggest things definitely can’t happen…
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Paul Tomkins
The ‘Current Price’ of Every LFC Signing 1992-2010
in Part Free, Part Member / / 35 commentsFollowing on from other work with Graeme Riley's Transfer Price Index, this is the list of all of Liverpool's Premier…
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Paul Tomkins
TPI© Percentage of Premier League Spend (Gross)
“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
Using 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
Top Five Liverpool Prospects
The following five players are the quintet who I believe to be the brightest prospects at the club, out of…