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How Accurate Are Referees? The PR v The Research
When your boss describes a statistic you’ve quoted about the accuracy of referees as “nonsense” then the only way…
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Effing Reffing Takes The Headlines Again
When referees keep getting more post-match discussion than goalscorers and goalkeepers, you know something’s wrong. Officials seem to be…
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Liverpool’s Place in UEFA’s “European Footballing Landscape”
in Subscribers Only, Talking Point / / 27 commentsWhen UEFA publish a 126 page report about “benchmarking” the European Footballing Club Landscape, with a subheading of the “financial…
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Playing a Different Sport
By TTT Subscriber Mark Cohen. Something occurred to me today that was at once so blindingly obvious and yet…
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The Secret Pundit Takes on The Commentators, Part 9: ‘He is a Top Top Player’
By our mystery correspondent Per Dantic. ‘He is a top top player’ We often hear the commentators say ‘He is…
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Are We All in This Together?
By TTT Subscriber Joe Bloggs. I’ve got a genuine question here for all, as again, as while the result is…
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The Secret Pundit Takes on the Commentators Part 3: “It’s a Game of Fine Margins”
By Our Mystery Correspondent P. Dantic. It’s a phrase that comes up in commentary a lot. They tell us ‘It’s…
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The Secret Pundit Takes on the Commentators, Part 2 – “At This Level You Will Get Punished”
in Media Muppet of the Week, Media Watch, Personal Thoughts, Subscribers Only, Talking Point / / 16 commentsBy our mystery correspondent P. Dantic. That’s something commentators sometimes like to say isn’t it? ‘At this level you will…
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The Secret Pundit v The Commentators, Part 1 – “You Can See What it Means to Him”
By Mystery Correspondent P.Dantic. That’s a popular thing to say with commentators now: “You can see what it means to him”…
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Philippe Coutinho, FSG and Game Theory
By TTT Subscriber Mark Cohen, responding to Paul Tomkins’ ‘Football Is No Fun Anymore’ article. Tour de force Tomkins… well…
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Review of Liverpool’s 2017/18 Pre-Season
in Subscribers Only, Talking Point / / 18 commentsBy Andrew Beasley (TTT Subscriber Beez). Liverpool have had a very encouraging summer on the pitch. Not only did they…
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Listen to Jürgen: Coutinho is Not For Sale.
This superb comment was posted on July 26th, just after midnight UK time, by TTT Subscriber Joe Bloggs. It’s so…
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Progress at a Price?
Imagine a world where there was no mobile phone, no satellite and cable broadcasting, no goals to watch or players…
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Life, Sport, Football and the Art of Deliberate Practice
By TTT Subscriber Marius Norheim. “Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your…
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Live TV – a Turn-Off For Match-Going Supporters?
by Chris Rowland. First of all it was Sky, and Sunday afternoons. Then came Saturday late, and Saturday early. Sunday was…
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When You Walk Through a Storm …
in Subscribers Only, Talking Point / / 26 commentsBy TTT Subscriber Mike Taylor. There’s one thing Liverpool fans have in common with parliamentary democracy in the UK and…
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What Really Knocked Liverpool FC Off Their Perch?
By Chris Rowland. I started writing this before January 2017 – our month horribilis. We were second and still in…
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Expectation, Hopes and Dreams: Is It Always Our Year Next Year?
in Subscribers Only, Talking Point / / 13 commentsBy TTT Subscriber Steve Richards. How many times have I read or heard that stereotyped and platitude-ridden view expressed by…
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Comment of the Month – The Article!
On June 6th, The Tomkins Times subscriber and contributor Tony Mckenna (macattack) produced this epic comment exploring the benefits of giving a manager enough…
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‘There’s More of us Than You!’
Reds at the Euros, that is! By Chris Rowland and Daniel Rhodes. That European World Cup gets underway on Friday…
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Comment of the Month – New TTT Award
Welcome to a new TTT competition – and your chance to hold a glittering new trophy – well, new anyway…
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The Sound of the Crowd
By TTT Subscriber David C Jennings. Driving up from Seattle in the Pacific North-West, you enter Canada where Interstate 5…
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The LFC Goal Machine
By Terry Dolan (TTT Subscriber terryd). I’ve developed a simple web app called the LFC Goal Machine that plots a…
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The Anatomy of Identity
By TTT Subscriber Anthony Stanley. What’s Liverpool’s identity? Does it even have one? By extension, how do we, as supporters,…
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When You Walk Out Through a Storm …
By Chris Rowland. First the black flags before the match. Only black flags. No red ones. No giant one to…
