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Mihail Vladimirov
Are Liverpool Being Outflanked?
For the past ten years Liverpool have had problems in wide areas – both at full back and on the…
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Gary Fulcher
Wolves (H): Preview, Pre & Post-Game Discussion
in Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 433 commentsWe only need to cast our minds back to the last time we faced our next opponents at Anfield to…
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Paul Tomkins
Brighton Breezy: Preview & In-Game Discussion
in Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 324 commentsWednesday night sees the Reds travel to Brighton and Hove Albion’s new ground for the Carling Cup 3rd round, kick…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Tottenham 4 Liverpool 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
Two tactical analyses of what went wrong yesterday. Part One By Mihail Vladimirov, Part Two by Chris McDonald. Part One…
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Paul Tomkins
Form, Fluctuations and Fickleness
in Subscribers Only / / 152 commentsForm, Fluctuations and Fickleness One of the hardest things as a football fan, in the heat of the game or…
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Gary Fulcher
Spurs (A): Match Preview and Discussion
in Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 838 commentsIt’s been a funny start to the campaign for the two teams that finished 5th and 6th last season. Tottenham…
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Mihail Vladimirov
In Defence Of Andy Carroll
Since the last day of the January transfer window, the club-record signing of Andy Carroll has attracted constant criticism. This…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Stoke 1 Liverpool 0: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
In the first game back after the closure of transfer window and another international break, Peter Crouch made his debut…
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Mihail Vladimirov
New Season, New Contenders
By Mihail Vladimirov. As Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool all spent over £50 million this summer, the record…
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Gary Fulcher
Stoke City (A): Match Preview & Discussion
The transfer window is now finally behind us for 2011 and Liverpool’s new look streamlined squad will be aiming to…
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Simon GF
Referee’s View – August 2011.
in Referee's View, Subscribers Only / / 88 commentsSimon Fear – pro-qualified referee and Tomkins Times member – takes an uncompromising and unbiased look at the officiating in…
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Paul Tomkins
Buying British – Is It Best?
in In-Depth Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 165 commentsA lot was made of Liverpool buying British this summer. Was it a wise policy? What are the pros and…
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Mihail Vladimirov
How Transfer Deadline Day Alters Liverpool’s Tactics
By Mihail Vladimirov. The transfer window has finally creaked shut (I prefer that phrase to the hyperbolic “slammed shut” employed…
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Paul Tomkins
Transfers and Transformations: LFC, 2011
It’s hard to not be amazed at the transfers – and transformation – seen at Liverpool Football Club in 2011.…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 3 Bolton 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Raul Meireles, Glen Johnson and Steven Gerrard were all missing for Liverpool. Bolton were similarly affected with…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Dirk Kuyt – Right for the Right?
By Mihail Vladimirov. We all love the player that scores and gets assists. Those guys whose moments of genius at…
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Gary Fulcher
Bolton (H): Match Preview and Discussion
Liverpool entertain Bolton Wanderers on Saturday evening and with some tricky looking away fixtures in the shape of Stoke and…
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Paul Tomkins
Media Muppet of the Month, August 2011
It’s been a while, but it’s back. Ignorance may be bliss, but for some people in the media, it’s apparently…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Arsenal 0 Liverpool 2: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
By Mihail Vladimirov. Samir Nasri was included in Arsenal’s squad despite his “imminent” move to Manchester City. The Gunners were without…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Lop-Sided Reds – Left Flank Issues Now Solved?
By Mihail. Over the past five years or more Liverpool have tried a number of players at left back. Paul…
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Gary Fulcher
Arsenal (A): Match Preview and Discussion
in Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 610 commentsLiverpool travel to the Emirates Stadium on Saturday with Arsenal arguably looking as vulnerable as they ever have since Arsene…
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Paul Tomkins
Patience, For Bright Spots Were Present
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 103 commentsA strange game, the opener versus Sunderland. Liverpool could – should – have been out of sight at half-time, and…
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Mihail Vladimirov
Liverpool 1 Sunderland 1:In-Depth Tactical Analysis
Although Luis Suarez was not involved at all in pre-season training, his Copa America-winning performances with Uruguay were deemed enough…
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Paul Tomkins
Cracking the Comolli Code
in Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 35 commentsBy Lee Mooney. Which players should we buy and why? I found myself all alone at home this weekend. So,…
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Paul Tomkins
How Liverpool Can Win The League Title
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 148 commentsOn March 11th 2005, I wrote this article: “Why Liverpool Will Win The Champions League”. It wasn’t so much that…