This Red Planet - The Tomkins Times

The Worst Day of Sport in the History of Sport

... it all started full of hope, optimism, possibility and contains honest hyperbole

Nov 25, 2025 • Daniel Rhodes

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Tribuna of the PGMOL Fallacy

Using Zoffany’s Tribuna of the Uffizi as inspiration....

Nov 22, 2025 • Daniel Rhodes

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October 2025

Charles Reep Rises Again - How The Premier League's Managers And Analysts Went Full 'Reacher™'

And Why Every Current Liverpool Match Feels Like Brentford Away

Oct 25, 2025 • Daniel Rhodes

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September 2025

Crystal Palace Away: Reds' Toughest Game of the Season so Far?

Here's a detailed tactical and statistical preview of our upcoming opponents

Sep 26, 2025 • Daniel Rhodes

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Premier League Tactics Compared: Who Presses, Who Defends, Who Dominates Possession

... A Visual Guide to Liverpool, their rivals and The Mass Deep Blocks

Sep 19, 2025 • Daniel Rhodes

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It’s been a while…

The last article post on This Red Planet was ‘We Choose to go to the Moon’.

Sep 16, 2025 • Daniel Rhodes

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November 2023

We Choose To Go To the Moon …

From Paul Tomkins’ Book This Red Planet

Nov 16, 2023 • Daniel Rhodes and Paul Tomkins

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October 2023

To Shoot or Not to Shoot: That Was the Question vs Everton

Can the Reds’ Attacking Decisions Improve?

Oct 25, 2023 • Daniel Rhodes

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Should We Be Worried About Everton’s Surprisingly Impressive Underlying Data?

On This Red Planet we’ve already asked the question: Can Liverpool Win the League? which was a three part series looking at our potential rivals for the…

Oct 20, 2023 • Daniel Rhodes

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Are the Reds on the Verge of Footballing AI Frontiers?

Part two of Liverpool’s role in the data revolution in football

Oct 18, 2023 • Daniel Rhodes

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Henry's Failed Coup, Edwards' Vision & Klopp's Finishing Influence

How Spurs’ opening data gambit drove the Reds’ revolution. And why it matters to Liverpool today.

Oct 12, 2023 • Daniel Rhodes

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September 2023

Premier League Title Winners: Two Horse Race

But the Reds’ Horse is Handicapped by the PGMOL and Man City’s Financial Irregularities

Sep 29, 2023 • Daniel Rhodes

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