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‘Like Rocky!’ TTT Player Of The Month for September 2019: Adrián
You may disagree, but it didn’t feel like Liverpool had a truly stand-out player in September. The Reds played…
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Is Mohamed Salah Selfish? The Data Viz May Hold The Answer
This series of articles features visualisations, with screen shots of various dashboards. However, links will be provided to the…
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Post-Match Analysis: Liverpool 4 Salzburg 3
Liverpool secured their first Champions League victory since the 2018/19 final when they defeated Salzburg 4-3 at Anfield. The famous…
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Which Are Liverpool’s Most Potent Attacking Combinations? The Front Five
As much as a football club is the sum of multiple parts, from managers to analysts to nutritionists to…
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Si Señor! TTT Player Of The Month for August 2019: Roberto Firmino
Last season, The Tomkins Times introduced a monthly player in focus feature. It was generally used to highlight the…
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Assessing Liverpool’s Champions League Opponents, in a Mirror
The Champions of Europe have a title to defend. No team had retained the continental title for 26 years…
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Is Andy Robertson Destined to Become Liverpool’s Next Goal Machine?
When reading this article, visualise the words ‘small sample’ running through it like the name of a seaside town…
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Big Data Study: Referees Are Biased Against Foreign Players
In the seven Premier League seasons prior to 2019/20, there were over 600 penalties awarded, and at The Tomkins Times…
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Why Are Liverpool Conceding So Many Clear-Cut Chances?
Liverpool’s defensive record throughout 2018/19 was simply phenomenal. They conceded just 22 league goals, the fewest in the division.…
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Analysing Adrian – Is Liverpool’s New ‘Keeper Good Enough?
Any form of transfer news is big business in football media. You only have to look at Twitter for…
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The 2019/20 Pre-Season – What Did We Learn?
If pre-season teaches us anything, it’s probably to ignore the results from pre-season. In 2015/16, Liverpool won five of…
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How Do Liverpool Look in Opta’s 2018/19 Review?
These are interesting times for statistical analysis of football, though in truth they usually are. As one door closes…
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Tracking Klopp’s Progress Since Taking Over From Rodgers
in Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 7 commentsIf you haven’t heard, or ordered one yet, then this is the book for you: It tracks, in far more…
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The Final Glorious Chapter of the 2018/19 Data Viz Round-Up!
Following feedback received, this series will now mostly include screen shots of the dashboards. However, links will be provided…
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Klopp vs Tottenham: Examining the Record
Jürgen Klopp has achieved a hell of a lot in his time at Liverpool. Chief among them is the…
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Seventh Time Lucky? How Good Fortune Deserted Klopp In His Previous Finals
Jürgen Klopp has a remarkable European record at Liverpool. His Reds have played 10 two-legged knockout ties, and successfully…
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Review of Alisson Becker’s First Season
Anfield recently witnessed arguably it’s greatest ever night, as Barcelona were torn to shreds. Liverpool became only the third…
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Divock Origi! Divock Origi!
in Book Extract, By Paul Tomkins, Deep Dive, Free, LFC Finances, LFC History, Post Match Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Talking Tactics / / 105 commentsDeja vu! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock Origi! Divock…
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Analysing the Stats of Barcelona
in By Andrew Beasley, Statistical Analysis / / 35 commentsStatistics correct up to and including matches played on 27th April. Analysing future opponents with statistics is not easy,…
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Is This Liverpool’s Best Ever League Season?
By Liverpool historian, and TTT subscriber Terry Dolan Game 34, Liverpool’s Best Ever Season This is Liverpool’s best ever…
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Who Has Contributed Most to Liverpool’s Goals Under Klopp? Data Viz Round Up Episode Seven
By Andrew Beasley Following feedback received, this series will now mostly include screen shots of the dashboards. However, links…
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Analysing the Stats of FC Porto
Statistics correct as at 1st April. There are many enemies to success in football, but is there any more…
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In Focus – TTT Player of the Month for March 2019: Mohamed Salah
Perhaps we should’ve expected this, even from him. As this column noted at the beginning of 2019, in December…
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Valuing the Pressing: Final Third Regains and Opposition Errors
Statistics correct as at 26th March 2019. In my last article, I tackled the subject of whether or not…
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How Much of the Reds’ Chance Creation Has Been Lucky This Season?
Statistics correct as at 12th March 2019. Liverpool failing to score is a rare occurrence these days. It only…
