Fantastic Tomkins article

[Woodsyla]

As ever, spot on

 

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N...090316-1001.htm

[pipnasty]

Yeah - very good stuff indeed.

[Tobes Rafa]

He doesn't half bang on a bit though......

Edited March 16, 2009 by Rikster

[_00_deathscar]

For once I'm almost lost for words.

 

Apparently not. He goes on to write a further 2,007 of them!

[allawee]

Really good article

 

spot on in almost every respect specially about Gerrard's conversion to a striker and the comparison between us vs Man U and Everton vs us.

[diaspora]

Quite like his comments about our defensive set up and our second half goals record, can go further though the top 3 have all scored the same number of goals, yet the media have us as a dour team intent on a 1:0 counterattack side

[lfc003]

Apparently not. He goes on to write a further 2,007 of them!

 

[Puma]

Good stuff indeed. I specially liked the bit about his substitions. He can be frustraitingly punctual with them but they do work almost every single time. It's also so true that he hasn't had a fair crack at the whip since Istanbul. I'd really, really, really hate to see Rafa go and I'm just praying he gets to finish his masterplan.

 

One point I missed from the United game is the bizarre triple substitution coming just minutes before Vidics red and the third goal. Why make a triple substition there? It clearly destabilised United at a time I felt they were starting to push us a little bit. I told my gf, look, this is going to hurt them

Edited March 17, 2009 by Puma

[stressederic]

Good stuff indeed. I specially liked the bit about his substitions. He can be frustraitingly punctual with them but they do work almost every single time. It's also so true that he hasn't had a fair crack at the whip since Istanbul. I'd really, really, really hate to see Rafa go and I'm just praying he gets to finish his masterplan.

 

One point I missed from the United game is the bizarre triple substitution coming just minutes before Vidics red and the third goal. Why make a triple substition there? It clearly destabilised United at a time I felt they were starting to push us a little bit. I told my gf, look, this is going to hurt them

 

Triple substitutions are the sign of a world class manager apparently. The absolute sense of desperation you must be feeling to throw on 3 players at once is what lifts managers like Mourinho and Ferguson above the likes of Rafa. Or something.

 

Although it's perhaps a little harsh to call it a triple substitution as I saw no evidence that Berbatov made it onto the pitch.

[Puma]

true. He's probably the last player in the world I could bear in a red shirt. Fkin lazt git.

 

But I thought is was just typical that not a single comment about this "brilliant" substitutions and it's affect on the game was made after the game. At least none I saw.

[cymrococh]

Don't see how it can be described as fantastic apart from the fact that it's subject is how great we are.

 

His obsession with net spend is getting a little old and some of the stuff is just odd e.g. "only the 5th-most expensive squad currently in the Premiership"...5th is actually quite high from 20.

[_00_deathscar]

Don't see how it can be described as fantastic apart from the fact that it's subject is how great we are.

 

His obsession with net spend is getting a little old and some of the stuff is just odd e.g. "only the 5th-most expensive squad currently in the Premiership"...5th is actually quite high from 20.

 

Surely the idea is that we have the 5th most expensive squad but are 2nd or 3rd

[cymrococh]

Yeah, but there's no context and it becomes meaningless. Where are Man City in comparison to their spend?

 

Has he really done the maths on net spend for every other team or is he just accepting the figures he disputes for us?

[CaptainXabi]

Yeah, but there's no context and it becomes meaningless. Where are Man City in comparison to their spend?

 

Has he really done the maths on net spend for every other team or is he just accepting the figures he disputes for us?

This net spend thing is the worst thing to ever happen to this forum.

[Ripley]

PROLIX, PROLIX

 

Nothin' a pair of scissors can't fix

[Molby]

This net spend thing is the worst thing to ever happen to this forum.

 

 

once you understand it, it won't seem so bad

[johngibo YPC]

This net spend thing is the worst thing to ever happen to this forum.

 

b******s, its very very relevant

[Jarg Armani]

This net spend thing is the worst thing to ever happen to this forum.

 

Brackets (and parentheses in general) are the worst thing ever to happen to Tomkins (in a non footballing - purely windbag related sense).

[owenthomas]

i also think it's quite relevant because it's brought up a lot..

 

i have no idea who the fella is in the Daily Star Sunday but he has a column called 'Rays Yer Game'.. he never seems to tire of sticking the boot into Rafa (and a fair few others like!).. anyway, abotu two or three weeks ago he brought up about Rafa spending big bucks and said something along the lines of "he (as in Rafa) has got no right to complain.. in the time he's been at Liverpool he's spent as much as Ferguson has at Manchester United in the same time"..

 

nothing about where the two sides starting point was at the time he took over or anything else about totally rebuilding a squad - just put that out there for people to read and take in and fuel more of this train of thought.. it makes me laugh!.. sort of..

[matty]

Whither Alan Edge? A club hath need of him, need we hath.

[_00_deathscar]

Brackets (and parentheses in general) are the worst thing ever to happen to Tomkins (in a non footballing - purely windbag related sense).

 

I'm surprised he doesn't go all mathematical with them - {[()]}