Cultivating a healthy approach to football and Liverpool FC, with positivity, gratitude and joy, in a world often drowning in negativity. Simple Zen from Paul Tomkins/The Tomkins Times.
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Liverpool Need Only a Couple of New Players, Some Luck With Injuries, & Time
You have to understand how players, and teams, develop over time.
I started writing this piece after the 3-0 win in Marseille, before the defeat to Bournemouth ended a 13-game unbeaten run when the Reds were gradually rebuilding confid...
Liverpool Have Done the Hard Work for the Brightest Future
Adversity makes you stronger, and Liverpool learnt all kinds of lessons in 2025
On average, you get better at anything by overcoming properly testing challenges, and as an individual and a collective, improve with time and understanding. E...
On All Levels, Gakpo Is Having A Much Better Season Than Mo Salah
And, could the superb Antoine Semenyo replace Salah?
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Mega Wirtz On Course – You Just Have To Understand Football (and Life)
Nicer Blokes, Smaller Egos, More Gradual Adaptation?
A look at egos, individualism, team spirit, and adapting to newness
Why Are People EXTRAORDINARILY Stupid When It Comes To Football?
Billy, don't be a zero
Yesterday I had the misfortune of running into Billy. Billy is the typical braindead person who understands nothing about football, or life, or commas, let alone how to use an accent aigu.
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Paul Tomkins, of The Tomkins Times.
Sportswriter for 25+ years (football*/Liverpool FC) & novelist. Author of 15 books. Established the near-award winning The Tomkins Times in 2009. (ME/CFS since '90s, but I do ok.) Note: I don't really use Substack Notes or accept DMs.
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