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Paul Tomkins
How Klopp Elevates Players While Other Managers Diminish Them
inAKA: Players Are Not Fixed Entities. They Change and Develop In Relation To Their Surroundings. At the moment it…
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Chris Rowland
How Much Do Liverpool’s Owners Put Their Hands In Their Pockets? Their Season-By-Season Transfer Record
inLiverpool’s American owners haven’t put their hands in their pockets deep and often enough in the transfer market. That…
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Chris Rowland
The Sums That Make Up A Squad
inBy TTT Subscriber Yiannis. This detailed examination of our squad came in response to our article ‘Who Do The…
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Chris Rowland
Who Do The Reds Still Need To Sign This Summer?
Subscribers Only, TTT Symposium / / 67 commentsinBy various. Matthew Robb (TTT Subscriber Rafaisthebosphorus): I think as well as a keeper, which is done, we’re in for…
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Daniel Rhodes
Claim, Save & Catch: In-Depth Video Analysis of Liverpool’s Alisson Becker
Scouting, Subscribers Only / / 15 commentsinAround the turn of the year Liverpool’s goalkeeping situation was a bit of mess: Mignolet failed to continue with the…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool’s Crazy Spending? The Reds’ New Elite Goalkeeper and the Challenges He and LFC Face
inWhile he isn’t yet confirmed (and let’s hope his knees are in better shape than Nabil Fekir’s), it seems…
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Andrew Beasley
Alisson: Is Our Aim True? The Stats Have Their Say …
inIt won’t be breaking news to you that Liverpool have lodged a £62m bid for Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson Becker.…
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Daniel Rhodes
Some Frenchmen And A Dutchman – The Final Fekir Alternatives: Part 2
inIn part one of this article we narrowed down a huge sample of players on the Wyscout database to…
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Paul Tomkins
Shaqiri? I’d Rather Have Shakira!
inIt’s an old joke, of course. Her breasts are small and humble so that you don’t confuse them with…
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Daniel Rhodes
In Search Of A Fekir Alternative – Part 1
inPart One: There was a large buzz of excitement. Many – even in the local press core – claimed…
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Paul Tomkins
Karius and Henderson, Choking and Bouncing
inIn February I wrote a guest piece for the fine folk at Redmen TV (a piece included in the latest…
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Chris Rowland
32 Teams, 12 Stadia and 8 Reds – The 2018 World Cup
inThe 2018 World Cup is almost upon us. Regardless of your thoughts on international football, the World Cup usually…
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Daniel Rhodes
We Are Not So Smart: Football Arguments, Godwin’s Law & The Tomkins Times
Subscribers Only, Talking Point / / 36 commentsin“A celebration of self-delusion” That’s the subheading for David McRaney’s website, which came about after the release of his…
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arisesirrafa
Should They Stay Or Should They Go? Part 3 – Attack
Should They Stay or Should They Go?, Subscribers Only / / 24 commentsinPart 3 – Attack Having considerably improved Liverpool’s attacking output in 2016/17 (scoring 26% more goals per game), it…
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Paul Tomkins
Naby Keita Can Unleash Torrent of Goals & More To Come From Salah
inWhile we don’t yet quite know how Naby Keita will fit into Jürgen Klopp’s tactical system – or even…
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Chris Rowland
The Secret Pundit Takes On The Commentators: Part 20 – The Final Shorts!
inBy Our Mystery Correspondent P.Dantic. To conclude the series, our Measured Ranter takes his Gatling gun to a whole…
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arisesirrafa
Should They Stay Or Should They Go? Part 2 – Midfield
Should They Stay or Should They Go?, Subscribers Only / / 33 commentsinBy Andrew Fanko (TTT Subscriber arisesirrafa). Part 2 – Midfield It’s been an odd year, I think, for Liverpool’s…
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arisesirrafa
Should They Stay Or Should They Go? Part 1 – Goalkeepers and Defence
Should They Stay or Should They Go?, Subscribers Only / / 74 commentsinBy Andrew Fanko. Goalkeepers and Defence Oh yes, folks, it’s that time of year again. The dust has just…
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Daniel Rhodes
The Reds’ Academy Talent Pool – Who Will Swim With The First Team? Have Your Say!
inThe phrase “Have Your Say” sends a shiver down my spine. An uncontrollable reaction to the realisation that a major…
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Chris Rowland
Who’s Going to Make it? Reviewing Liverpool’s Youth, Summer 2018
Subscribers Only, Youths & Reserves / / 16 commentsinBy David Fitzgerald (TTT Subscriber Madchenkliop). There’s been so much movement – out on loan, between the age groups…
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Chris Rowland
6 Years of Hurt – Analysing Liverpool’s Injury Record Since 2012
inBy Luke Glassford of Cute Injury. Injuries are of course part and parcel of football and extremely common. They…
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Daniel Rhodes
Rounding Up The Reds’ Key Team Performance Stats
Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 8 commentsinWhile many will remember the 2017/18 season for the Champions League run to the final, and righty so, in the…
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Krishaldo
The Premier League 2017-18 – How Did The Stats Stack Up?
Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 31 commentsinThe Premier League season closed a few weeks back … and the high emotions of the Champions League final…
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Daniel Rhodes
In-Depth Scouting Report: Fábio Henrique Tavares (Fabinho)
Scouting, Subscribers Only / / 32 commentsinAs the news broke in the early evening of May 28th that Liverpool were interested in Fabinho – and…
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Chris Rowland
The Secret Pundit Takes On The Commentators, No.19 – ‘It Could’ve Gone Anywhere’
inBy Our Mystery Correspondent P.Dantic. Of the many dumb things that commentators can say, it seems to me that…