tompkins latest, some on here should read:

[Le Chacal]

I understand better why DJ likes this place.

[PTP]

i am always the first to slate tomkins - this article started off like quite a good read but then it just seemed to waffle on - it's like he has to have a minimum word count in all his articles and he justs starts to talk **** - plus i thing he has been portrayed by some as some sort of superfan which obv gets peoples backs up cause everyone will have some reason or other to claim that they are the biggest fan etc - for me it's nothing personal - it's just the **** of a picture from the offical site that really ****s me off

[PTP]

I understand better why DJ likes this place.

- we are just taking the piss

[einar]

I cant see what the problem is here. His articles are just what our club needs at the moment, and although I have only read less then ten columns of his he has not put a foot wrong yet.

He who can not read more then a few lines without getting bored is the one with the problem.

[badpiggy]

tbh i dont think his mentioning his illness has anything to do with the abuse he gets,it just so happens to be another stick to beat him with,for what ever reason i have no clue.

i find it amazing though that a simple article by the guy can not be takin on face value,his credentials and previous work has to be taken into account before properly judging his current article.
just read the fcuking thing and discuss it.

its a really good read and maybe were being over sensitive and paranoid but everything in it seems to be the case.

oversensitivity and paranoia? about the press? on a liverpool website? come on....

[calvoboy]

Hmmmmm tenuous. Our league position didn't lead us to qualify in 2005

Spot on. He really messed up that year

[calvoboy]

I knew I shouldn't have bothered.

Back on topic, I psyched myself up to read Tomkins' latest epic, but I fell asleep when *yawn* he started talking about the win percentages of LFC managers past & present.

Yeah - who wants facts and a sense of perspective? This is footy FFS.

Rafa is ****. Until we win again, then he's great. Then **** again when we draw a game. Then great again.

Then ****.

[keniget]

Paul Tompkins may have one or two decent points in his articles at times, but it's painful to try and weed them out.

I don't really see the point in manipulating everything to paint an overly rosey picture. We are where we are...

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

It's all about results, bottom line.

And ours have been okay so far, could've been better but we're still right in it.

Performances have not been so good - mediocre mostly for a stretch, until recently (Besitkas).

We're at the stage where some light tinkering - yes I know probably not the right word to use here - is needed. Namely dumping Kuyt and Riise from the first 11, hopefully this will happen with the return of some injured players and the continued emergance of Babel and Lucas.

[carheex]

Point well made. Some might go further to say that thre is a conspiracy at the heart of it all.....emanating from the depths of Soho Square and through right through Fleet Street!

Definitely - it's a well known FACT that all newspapers, tv channels, pundits and commentators have a weekly meeting to decide how best to rubbish Liverpool's good name amongst those that matter most ie bored houswives, firemen (when they're not modelling for calendars), whitevanmen, builders etc and anyone else with so much spare time on their hands that they disect every article and every word to spot crpytic suggestions of anti-liverpoolness. Is it any wonder we've never won the premiership when some 2bit journo writes something that may or may not be true or fair?!

[ronan]

tbh i dont think his mentioning his illness has anything to do with the abuse he gets,it just so happens to be another stick to beat him with,for what ever reason i have no clue.

i find it amazing though that a simple article by the guy can not be takin on face value,his credentials and previous work has to be taken into account before properly judging his current article.
just read the fcuking thing and discuss it.

its a really good read and maybe were being over sensitive and paranoid but everything in it seems to be the case.

yes it is a good read,not knocking that
but most of his stuff is like pulling teeth for me
drawn out and boring for no other reason than to make his 5000 word quota or so it seems to me.

[mick the click]

I usually find myself asleep a third of the way through his articles - but quite liked this one for both style and content.

[enema of the state]

i am always the first to slate tomkins - this article started off like quite a good read but then it just seemed to waffle on - it's like he has to have a minimum word count in all his articles and he justs starts to talk **** - plus i thing he has been portrayed by some as some sort of superfan which obv gets peoples backs up cause everyone will have some reason or other to claim that they are the biggest fan etc - for me it's nothing personal - it's just the **** of a picture from the offical site that really ****s me off

interesting opinion

it says more about your attention span than mr tompkins writing skill

[dom9]

interesting opinion

it says more about your attention span than mr tompkins writing skill

Like many on here I'm afraid.

[Attilladahun]

I have to say that Paul Tomkins has consistently proved himself a very able commentator on the Liverpool game and one whose missives are read with great interest.

I cannot recall a rival that makes me want to read his posting with interest.

Purely a personal view - we all have different tastes but it would be interesting to
seek your views on who else "grabs your attention" when writing about LFC