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Paul Tomkins
Keeping Alonso Is Key To Success
Free, Liverpool FC / / 5 commentsinIt seems that Real Madrid aren’t going to go away. They think that Xabi Alonso is uniquely talented, but they…
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Paul Tomkins
Yossi Benayoun (Excerpt from Above Us Only Sky, 2007)
Free, Liverpool FC - Books / / 3 commentsinYossi Benayoun’s arrival at Liverpool could be seen as something of a good omen. A £5m signing from West Ham,…
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Paul Tomkins
Why should Rafa congratulate Ferguson?
inI see that Rafa Benítez is being criticised for not congratulating Alex Ferguson upon United’s success. After the West Brom…
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Paul Tomkins
The Greatest Gift
Free, Liverpool FC / / 0 commentsinSent this to the official site, but will use it here too. Very personal piece, and explains why I may…
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Paul Tomkins
Persecuted and Abused: An LFC Writer’s Woes
inIt’s been a stressful week. Frankly, I don’t know how I’ve coped. I’ve had to endure various humiliating insults, which…
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Paul Tomkins
Apologies Not Enough from the BBC
Free, Tomkins Rants / / 3 commentsinIt’s all very well the BBC’s Radio One Newsbeat team offering an on-air apology for their awful mistake about Hillsborough,…
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Paul Tomkins
The Return of the King: Dalglish Coming Back?
Free, Liverpool FC / / 9 commentsinThe news that Kenny Dalglish may return, in some capacity, to Liverpool is almost too good to be true. Quite…
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Paul Tomkins
Ferguson and Allardyce: Grow Up
Free, Tomkins Rants / / 22 commentsinI am still in shock at the reaction of Sam Allardyce and Alex Ferguson to a gesture made by Rafa…
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Paul Tomkins
Liverpool Pride, Liverpool Passion: 4-4 at the Bridge
Free, Liverpool FC / / 9 commentsinTo score four goals, and still be in with a shout with five minutes remaining of an 180-minute tie –…
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Paul Tomkins
Insua, Ngog and ‘Defensive’ Liverpool
in(Irony alert.) It was great this weekend to see so many teams defending set-pieces perfectly with man-marking. Blackburn’s Christopher Samba…
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Paul Tomkins
Serenity Now
Free, Liverpool FC / / 8 commentsinSent to official Liverpool site, but put up here as well in the meantime. A lot of what I write…
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Paul Tomkins
Thoughts on the season so far
Free, Liverpool FC / / 3 commentsinAn interview I did for the Bleacher Report, answering questions on various aspects of the season so far: Interview here…
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Paul Tomkins
UEFA: take your oars and stick them where the sun doesn’t shine
Liverpool FC / / 9 commentsinIt wouldn’t be UEFA if they weren’t having a pop at the top English clubs. Ever since the top sides…
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Paul Tomkins
Ferguson is wrong
Liverpool FC / / 26 commentsinThankfully, most media outlets seem to have seen the massive inaccuracy in Alex Ferguson’s figures relating to Liverpool’s spending. That…
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Paul Tomkins
The Worst LFC-related Newspaper Article EVER
Tomkins Rants / / 17 commentsinSo there we have it. Rafa Benítez has to compete with Bob Paisley, not Alex Ferguson. Rafa Benítez isn’t allowed…
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Paul Tomkins
Tomkins Smokes A Cigar
Tomkins Smokes A Cigar / / 27 commentsin<Strikes match> Ahhhhhh…. (Okay, so United are still going to win the league, and I'm not really smoking a cigar,…
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Paul Tomkins
In Defence of Lucas Leiva
Liverpool FC / / 15 commentsinRafa Benítez had his latest press conference interrupted by a "guerilla journalist" (i.e., a wanker) pressing him on why he…
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Paul Tomkins
The Cost of Premiership Squads – A Comparison
Liverpool FC / / 22 commentsinThis is designed as an accompaniment piece to my latest article for the LFC website, which I've submitted today. The…
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Paul Tomkins
Idiot of the Day #2 – Forum Muppet & Friends
Idiot of the Day / / 8 commentsinI wondered why I kept getting referral links from the BBC football website. Here's why – idiots are on the…
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Paul Tomkins
Why Have the Reds Collapsed?
Liverpool FC / / 25 commentsinSo why has it all gone wrong in the Premiership, after the best start in donkey’s years? I’ve tried to…
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Paul Tomkins
Parallel universe, same outcome
Liverpool FC / / 20 commentsinPiece submitted to .tv 23.2.09, but wanted to use it here too, just in case it's not seen as appropriate.…
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Paul Tomkins
Your Support Is Requested
Liverpool FC - Books / / 16 commentsinIf you are a fan of my writing, this applies to you. If you hate what I do, it certainly…
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Paul Tomkins
Idiot of the Day
Idiot of the Day / / 11 commentsinAnyone who emails me idiotic nonsense will go into my hall of shame known as ‘Idiot of the Day’. I…
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Paul Tomkins
Benítez vs Ferguson: continuation and clarification of yesterday’s blog
Liverpool FC / / 6 commentsinTo follow on from yesterday's piece, I have submitted this article to liverpoolfc.tv, but also chosen to use it on…
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Paul Tomkins
United rely on Ronaldo and Rooney more than Reds rely on Gerrard and Torres
Liverpool FC / / 24 commentsinThis blog was initially an excerpt taken from an article submitted to www.liverpoolfc.tv over the weekend –– thought the stats…