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Paul Tomkins
20 Years of LFC Transfers in 2011 Money
In a recent article I saw reference to Stewart Downing becoming the Reds’ 4th-most expensive transfer of all-time if all…
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Paul Tomkins
‘Pay As You Play’ New 2010/11 Analysis
“Pay As You Play:The True Price of Success in the Premier League Era”, published last autumn, covered 1992 to 2010.…
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Dan Kennett
Your Country Needs You?
April 2nd, 2011. The twittersphere goes into meltdown as a late Chris Brunt penalty allows West Brom and new manager…
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Paul Tomkins
Adios Señor, Bonjour Monsieur
Adios Señor, Bonjour Monsieur: A Look At Liverpool’s Forays Into Different Transfer Markets I have to admit that I wholeheartedly…
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Dan Kennett
TPI: World Record Transfer Fees and LFC
By Dan Kennett. In the light of Liverpool’s recent involvement in the transfer market, as well as being involved in…
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Paul Tomkins
Benítez, The Great Money Waster?
Just when I think I’ve got little new to say about Rafa Benítez and his work at Liverpool, his record…
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Paul Tomkins
Andy Carroll: Is He Worth It?
Yesterday marked the third time Kenny Dalglish has broken the English transfer record for a Geordie striker. On the previous…
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Paul Tomkins
Back to the Top 4: How Much Investment Required?
Zach Slaton, the author of A Beautiful Numbers Game blog and an Arsenal fan (by trade a mechanical engineer and…
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Dan Kennett
Roy Hodgson – Half Term Report
By Dan Kennett. Following on from the previous review after 13 games this article aims to put Liverpool’s performance in…
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zslaton
Soccernomics Was Wrong: Transfer Expenditures Matter
Zach Slaton, author of A Beautiful Numbers Game blog, recently asked to take a look at the massive Transfer Price…
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Paul Tomkins
Yet Again, Ferguson is Wrong About Liverpool
It’s one thing Alex Ferguson misleading the press about the plight of Liverpool Football Club, quite another them lapping it…
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Paul Tomkins
Where The Money Went
Money has been disappearing from Liverpool’s coffers, never to be seen again. But this is not a recent development. While…
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Paul Tomkins
Roy Hodgson – TPI Performance Analysis
At present, several members of this site are beavering away with analysis for the monumental Transfer Price Index (TPI) project,…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool’s Financial Decline, 1992-2010
In football, as in life, wealth is relative. Compared with teams Liverpool are expected to finish miles ahead of, Liverpool’s…
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Paul Tomkins
The Big TTT Book Project
Given the standard of contributors to, and posters on, The Tomkins Times, not to mention some of the ideas developed…
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Paul Tomkins
“The Hyypiä Effect”: Why Investment Is Necessary
How much value is removed from a squad each season in terms of personnel who, due to age or contracts…
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Graeme Riley
Transfer Price Index – The Hits and Misses
in Subscribers Only, Transfer Price Index © / / 14 commentsA look at the best and the worst buys in the Premier League era, first with the standard fees, then…
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Paul Tomkins
TPI© – Percentage of Premier League Spend (Net)
in Free, Transfer Price Index © / / 21 comments“The Need to Balance the Books”. Having previously looked at Gross spend – which, in effect, deals with the boost…
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Paul Tomkins
TPI© Percentage of Premier League Spend (Gross)
“The Benefit of New Players” ... The notion that individual signings take time to settle (or may never settle) is…
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Paul Tomkins
TPI©: The Top 50 Premier League Deals
Using TPI© to adjust the prices according to 'football inflation', the following table lists the price of the 50 most…
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Paul Tomkins
TPI©: The Complete Guide to Football Inflation
in Transfer Price Index © / / 41 commentsOver the coming weeks and months, I will be publishing a number of articles based on some exclusive, highly-detailed transfer…