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Chris Rowland

My Day at the Derby – Everton (H), December 2nd 2018
For me there’s always an extra buzz about derby day. The facts that they haven’t won at Anfield since…
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Paul Tomkins

Kop-Tastic! Klopp-Tastic! Lots of Other Random Derby-Win Ejaculations!
While my piece from earlier today looked at the in-depth tactical and technical analysis of the game, this is…
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Gary Fulcher

18/19 Premier League Preview | Matchweek 14 | Everton (H)
in Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 400 commentsSunday’s Merseyside derby at Anfield – 4.15pm kick off UK time – will be the the 199th league meeting between…
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Daniel Rhodes

My Day At The Match, Part Two: PSG (A) Champions League
in My Day at the Match, Subscribers Only / / 6 commentsBy Paddy Smith (TTT Subscriber Mr. Miyagi) 4.12am, awake, waiting for the alarm to go off! 4.13am, it’s cold, wet…
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Paul Tomkins

You Can’t Play Against Neymar & PSG – Dopers Allowed To Cheat On An Industrial Scale
Anyone goes near the preening cockwad Neymar and he collapses and rolls around, arching his back, screaming, and the…
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Andrew Beasley

Hail The Cube! TTT Player of the Month for November 2018: Xherdan Shaqiri
“When the chips are down you look at your big players, you want your big players to bring magic…
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Gary Fulcher

18/19 Champions League Preview | Matchday 5 | PSG (A)
in Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 436 commentsThe big games are coming thick and fast for the Reds, as Champions League Matchday five brings a trip…
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Chris Rowland

My Day at the Matches – Part 1, Watford (A), Nov. 24th 2018
in My Day at the Match, Subscribers Only / / 7 commentsBy Paddy Smith (TTT Subscriber Mr. Miyagi). Indulge me as I’m going to take a little, personal trip down…
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Benjamin Magnusson

The Group’s Most Interesting Game So Far: Tactical Preview of PSG v Liverpool F.C.
in Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / / 32 commentsWednesday’s game is surely going to be this group’s most interesting game to date. As a result of their…
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Paul Tomkins

Van Dijk Bullies The League’s Biggest Bully To Help Reds Batter Watford
In fairness, Liverpool never looked in trouble at Vicarage Road today, controlling the game and forcing three good saves…
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Gary Fulcher

18/19 Premier League Preview | Matchweek 13 | Watford (A)
in Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 294 commentsWinter is coming (in the Northern Hemisphere) which means a lot of football matches are coming up with two matches…
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Andrew Beasley

The Rise of Shaqiri, and the Importance of Our Attacking Full-Backs: Liverpool FC Data Viz Round Up
Episode Three Please be aware that while the visualisations work on mobile devices, they obviously look better on a larger…
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Daniel Rhodes

Klopp: “I Had No Clue What I Was Talking About” – Looking Into a Manager’s Memory of Matches
in Subscribers Only, Talking Point / / 27 commentsJürgen Klopp’s managerial career is now well into its second decade having spent seven years at Mainz, seven at…
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WillTGM

How Liverpool Changed Their Pressing This Season
By TTT Subscriber Will Gurpinar-Morgan. One of the questions surrounding Liverpool’s season so far has been the perceived alteration…
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Paul Tomkins

Hand City the Title Now? Piss Off!
In fairness, let’s be clear: Man City obviously have a better squad than Liverpool, assembled by means fair and…
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Andrew Beasley

Foul Play for Firmino in the Premier League?
One of the many wonderful aspects of The Tomkins Times is that it acts as something of an ideas…
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Chris Rowland

Buses, Cars, Trains and Routine – My Day at the Match, Fulham (H), Nov. 11th 2018.
in My Day at the Match, Subscribers Only / / 34 commentsI haven’t been to a match since the opening day of the season. I’ve had tickets for the Southampton…
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Daniel Rhodes

Liverpool’s Beautiful Minute (and Minute Power Cube) Kills Off Toothless Fulham
By Paul Tomkins and Daniel Rhodes. Another league win, another clean sheet, and as with a lot of this…
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Daniel Rhodes

Liverpool’s Front Three: Misfiring, Selfish or Better Than Last Season?
in Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 27 commentsThere’s a consensus developing that the Reds are in a bit of a slump: only three wins in nine games,…
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Gary Fulcher

18/19 Premier League Preview | Matchweek 12 | Fulham (H)
in Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 247 commentsSuch are the ridiculous standards currently being set by Manchester City, Liverpool’s joint best ever start to a Premier League…
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Chris Rowland

My Day at the Matches – Red Star Belgrade (A), Seniors and U19s, Nov. 6th 2018
in My Day at the Match, Subscribers Only / / 15 commentsBy TTT Subscriber Wally Gowing. Background – We’ve been in the lucky position of being able to go to…
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Paul Tomkins

Liverpool’s Attackers Need To Park Their Egos and Play For the Team
Almost any time you thrash a team you come unstuck in the replay. This is obviously not entirely true,…
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Benjamin Magnusson

Overloads and Isolation – Tactical Analysis: Arsenal 1 Liverpool 1
in Subscribers Only, Talking Tactics / / 9 commentsArsène Wenger’s resignation last season signalled the end of a 22-year reign that had exposed both the thrill of…
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Gary Fulcher

18/19 Champions League Preview | Matchday 4 | Red Star Belgrade (A)
in Match Discussion, Subscribers Only / / 431 commentsMatchday 4 in the Champions League sees Liverpool travel to Serbia to face Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday –…
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Graeme Riley

My Day at the Match – Borussia Dortmund v Union Berlin
in My Day at the Match, Subscribers Only / / 9 commentsMy daughter has recently moved to secondary school and one of the subjects she is studying is German, a…