Tomkins article on LFC.tv

[_00_deathscar]

It's on the offal - worth a read, talks about rotation.

 

For those of you who like long articles in 10 words or less:

Rotation, not all bad, as much as Mancs and Chelsea.

[Benitez]

For those of you who like long articles in 10 words or less:

Rotation, not all bad, as much as Mancs and Chelsea.

 

 

cheers! That's all I needed to know

[Flasher]

It is a good read, as ever. Certainly stuck it under the noses of Chelsea and Manure fans.

[Walrus]

Paul Tomkins = Kaizer

[cymrococh]

Paul Tomkins really annoys me.

 

I know he's had a hard time, but that doesn't mean we want to read about it in the middle of an article.

 

Imagine if every journo did that?

[cymrococh]

And "Ah, but in 2005/06, Benitez must of gone crazy with the rotation? " is unforgivable in any professionally written piece.

[Walrus]

He's a Red and writes well

 

(take that back about him being Kaizer)

[Guest Kaizer]

Oh so a piece about stats is a good thing now, well who would have thought that.

 

Rotation is all well and good if you have good enough quality players to rotate, thats our problem compared to the other two teams mainly covered in that article.

Edited August 8, 2007 by Kaizer

[_00_deathscar]

Who said it's a good thing?

[The Hitman]

And "Ah, but in 2005/06, Benitez must of gone crazy with the rotation? " is unforgivable in any professionally written piece.

Was just about to write that.

The kind of writing you'd expect from a GCSE student.

[Herbie von Smalls]

there's a 'neither... or' and a 'between four strikers' too, while we're criticising his grammar.

[hideNseek]

Is he a professional though? And if people can do so much better why not have ago?

[Cobs]

Is he a professional though? And if people can do so much better why not have ago?

 

 

ouch

[Puskas]

That's quite a good article (grammar errors aside!). It demonstrates that it is possible to make stats both interesting and relevant. The key point is right at the end - Chelsea, Man U and Liverpool rotate their squads an identical amount in the league, it's just that the Chelsea and Man U squads have been a little better than ours up to now. It was also interesting to note that Man U's squad cost double the amount ours did, and Chelsea's triple.

[Will]

Paul Tomkins really annoys me.

 

I know he's had a hard time, but that doesn't mean we want to read about it in the middle of an article.

 

Imagine if every journo did that?

An intriguing moan as he doesn't mention his problems at all in that piece, and when he does it's normally at the very end, as far as I recall

[cymrococh]

An intriguing moan as he doesn't mention his problems at all in that piece, and when he does it's normally at the very end, as far as I recall

I didn't read that piece properly, because he annoys me and it was so badly written.

 

as for the "normally at the very end" bit, c*ck off Will.

[JohnnyH]

ouch

 

Apparantly it's acceptable now to start a sentance with "And". However "ago" is unforgivable.

[kop205]

Apparantly it's acceptable now to start a sentance with "And". However "ago" is unforgivable.

 

Double ouch.

[Cobs]

Apparantly it's acceptable now to start a sentance with "And". However "ago" is unforgivable.

 

 

Ooooof !

[Stevie H]

a whole thread sub-edited by kahnee.

[Walrus]

There's nothing to criticise in the contents of the article, is there.

[_00_deathscar]

I want a piece of the pedantic grammar pie too puhlease.

[Herbie von Smalls]

There's nothing to criticise in the contents of the article, is there.

well, essentially it's a long-winded analysis of some statistics that shows Rafa doesn't tinker quite as much as his reputation suggests, so no there's nothing to argue with.

 

is it a big deal to criticise anyone who gets paid to write for their apparent shortcomings in the basics of their chosen line of work? this forum's full of examples of doing similarly with footballers.

[Kahnee]

a whole thread sub-edited by kahnee.

 

A couple of classics that have been brought to my attention recently:

 

The Rotary Clubs of Bingley is having their Yorkshire Charity Dinner on tomorrow evening

 

During the trip, from Tuesday to Thursday there will be a chance to experience climbing, canoeing, abseiling, biking and raft-making, all while staying in a tent

[redjersey]

well, essentially it's a long-winded analysis of some statistics that shows Rafa doesn't tinker quite as much as his reputation suggests, so no there's nothing to argue with.

 

is it a big deal to criticise anyone who gets paid to write for their apparent shortcomings in the basics of their chosen line of work? this forum's full of examples of doing similarly with footballers.

He doesn't get paid to write for the official site apparently. He mentions on his website that he does it in return for a link directing readers to his books. Must admit I enjoy his articles, and I can't recall too many grammatical errors in past ones. Maybe he dictated this one and it was badly transcribed.