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Chris Rowland
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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Chris Rowland
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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Chris Rowland
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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Chris Rowland
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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Andrew Beasley
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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Chris Rowland
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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Chris Rowland
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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Daniel Rhodes
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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Chris Rowland
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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Chris Rowland
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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Chris Rowland
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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Chris Rowland
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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Chris Rowland
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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Chris Rowland
‘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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Chris Rowland
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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Chris Rowland
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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Daniel Rhodes
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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Anthony Stanley
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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Chris Rowland
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…
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Chris Rowland
Learning to Love the Cups
By TTT Subscriber Neil Mundy. There’s a strange cognitive dissonance that goes on in my head whenever Liverpool play in…
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Chris Rowland
The House That Fenway Built
By David C Jennings (TTT subscriber). A young committed anarchist once told me [that may be the first time we’ve…
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Krishaldo
British Managers vs Foreign: By Numbers
By Krishen Bhautoo. (TTT Subscriber Krishaldo) Prior to our League Cup game vs Bournemouth in October, Eddie Howe said “It’s difficult…
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Chris Rowland
Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad
By Anthony Stanley. I’ve been thinking about optimism. Optimism and, perhaps oddly, sheep. Sometimes a constant positive outlook is viewed…
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Bob Pearce
Klopp – Reversing the Laws of Gravity
By TTT Subscriber Bob Pearce “To win the title will require one of the outstanding managerial performances of all time.…
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Chris Rowland
Football and Kung Fu – Lessons in Dedication
By Russel Lunt (TTT Subscriber Thundyr) I turned 30 at the end of the year the electronic world had failed…