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Paul Tomkins

How Klopp Elevates Players While Other Managers Diminish Them
AKA: 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
Liverpool’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
By 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?
in Subscribers Only, TTT Symposium / / 67 commentsBy 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
in Scouting, Subscribers Only / / 15 commentsAround 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
While 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 …
It 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
In 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!
It’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
Part 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
In 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
The 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
in Subscribers Only, Talking Point / / 36 comments“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
in Should They Stay or Should They Go?, Subscribers Only / / 24 commentsPart 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
While 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!
By 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
in Should They Stay or Should They Go?, Subscribers Only / / 33 commentsBy 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
in Should They Stay or Should They Go?, Subscribers Only / / 74 commentsBy 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!
The 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
in Subscribers Only, Youths & Reserves / / 16 commentsBy 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
By 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
in Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 8 commentsWhile 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?
in Statistical Analysis, Subscribers Only / / 31 commentsThe 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)
in Scouting, Subscribers Only / / 32 commentsAs 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’
By Our Mystery Correspondent P.Dantic. Of the many dumb things that commentators can say, it seems to me that…