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Paul Tomkins
The Kid Can Play #2
The one question I’ve been asked most following my meeting with Rafa last autumn is ‘who was the kid he…
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damienp
Land of Hoof and Gory
in Subscribers Only / / 98 commentsA few weeks ago, site contributor Damien Parsonage wrote a piece for TTT about youth development, and how England lags…
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Paul Tomkins
Where Do We Go From Here?
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 183 commentsNo manager. Temporary Chief Executive. Temporary Managing Director. No spade in the ground, let alone new stadium. Spiralling debt. Key…
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Chris Rowland
Are We Still A Massive Club?
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 26 commentsBy Chris Rowland ... Let’s face it, we quite like being members of the ‘Big Four’ – or should it…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool’s Managerial Candidates, Part One
in Subscribers Only / / 526 commentsIn this piece from May 10th, originally titled 'The Past Is A Place That Doesn’t Exist', I look at possible…
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Paul Tomkins
Behind the Scenes at Melwood
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 26 commentsOctober 26th, 2009 The following is a more light-hearted look at my time at Melwood last week, which is for…
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Paul Tomkins
Goal Involvement 2009/10 – Full Results
Goal Involvement is the method I devised to rate and rank contribution to goals that go beyond the final finish…
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Gary Fulcher
Liverpool FC End-of-Season Stats: 2009/10
Now that the 2009/10 season is consigned to the history books, I thought I’d take a look at our results…
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Paul Tomkins
Player Review 2009/10 Part Two: Players K-Z
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 49 commentsIt’s been a tough old season, and one we will all want to forget as quickly as possible. But before…
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Chris Rowland
MEMORABLE GAMES: Notts Forest (H) April 1988
When and if the day of reckoning finally comes and we play our last game at Anfield, if St Etienne…
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Paul Tomkins
Player Review 2009/10, Part One – Players A-J
in Featured, Subscribers Only / / 61 commentsIt’s been a tough old season, and one we will all want to forget as quickly as possible. But before…
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Paul Tomkins
20 Reasons To be Cheerful
By Joe Pepper. It's the end of the season, and unsurprisingly there is an air of despondency engulfing everyone. But…
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Graeme Riley
Money For Nothing?
Given the recent publication of the accounts of Liverpool’s trading company, I thought it would be worthwhile performing a review…
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Gary Fulcher
Hull City (A) Pre/Post-Match Discussion
Match Preview: Now that the 4th Champions League spot has been claimed by Spurs, and with our elimination from the…
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Chris Rowland
MEMORABLE GAMES Chelsea(A) 1-0 1986
in Memorable Games, Subscribers Only / / 14 commentsStamford Bridge. The final game of the season. The league title at stake. Not 2010, however, but 1986. Chris Rowland…
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Simon GF
Referee’s View: April 2010
in Referee's View, Subscribers Only / / 25 commentsSimon Fear - top-qualified referee and Tomkins Times member - takes an uncompromising look at the officiating in games involving…
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Paul Tomkins
Glen Johnson: Debut Season Review
So, was he overpriced? Overrated? Should he instead play on the wing? Glen Johnson wasn’t the most straightforward of signings,…
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Gary Fulcher
Chelsea (H) Pre/Post-Match Discussion
Liverpool v Chelsea games are never short of drama or controversy, but this meeting comes with an extra dose of…
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Paul Tomkins
Talent is Not Enough: A Youth Review
Remember Wayne Harrison? Or Richie Partridge? What about John Welsh? The likelihood is that some, if not all, of those…
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Chris Rowland
MEMORABLE GAMES: Nottingham Forest (a) 1977
Two League /European trophy doubles, back-to-back, champions of England, champions of Europe - we were now indisputably top of the…
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Paul Tomkins
Reasons To Stay, Reasons To Go
in Guest Writer, Subscribers Only / / 53 commentsA look at what Rafa might be thinking, as a difficult season comes to an end - but also, the…
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Gary Fulcher
Burnley (A) Pre/Post-Match Discussion
in Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 237 commentsA number of issues could be cleared up at the top and bottom of the Premier League this weekend. Victory…
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Graeme Riley
Semi Success?
Ahead of our semi-final encounter with Atletico Madrid, I thought it would be interesting to look back on the other…
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Paul Tomkins
Media Muppet of the Month
in Media Muppet of the Week, Subscribers Only / / 152 commentsThere are a few perennial contenders for this popular feature on TTT, but it’s too easy to give it to…
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Paul Tomkins
The Key Position?
in .tv Preview, Subscribers Only / / 73 commentsThe most important player in any football team? I grew up believing it was the centre-forward (the fact that I…