Bill Shankly
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The status and the history which LFC enjoys today are due to Shanks more than to any other individual who has ever been (or IMO is ever likely to be) involved with the club, which has stood on his shoulders for half a century and will continue to do so.
William James Shankly of Glenbuck, Ayrshire, YNWA.
William James Shankly of Glenbuck, Ayrshire, YNWA.
Amazing to think he was only 61 when he retired - he looked as old as Methuselah. Mind you, he probably did when he was still playing for PNE. I remember that phrase he used when explaining why he was going: 'All those years...' He sounded absolutely exhausted. As hard as nails but, in stark contrast to Ginsoak, effortlessly charming, he never seemed to be disliked, even by fans of those clubs he was beating as a matter of routine. And unlike Mourinho, everything he did was for the team, not himself. One of the few things this club got right, when it came to tributes, was that inscription for his statue: 'He made the people happy'.
He definitely retired too early.. Legend of all Legends...
I wonder why he did it ... and would we have been even better?
Good question. .
Would be of had the same success as Paisley did?
Would of he won the European Cup ?
Was Paisley the key to our European Success, or was it the foundations that Shankley built?
Would be of had the same success as Paisley did?
Would of he won the European Cup ?
Was Paisley the key to our European Success, or was it the foundations that Shankley built?
At the time he felt burnt out, as macca says. It didn't take him long to realise that he had gone too soon, but the club had moved on by then.
IMO the first question's the hardest to answer. Paisley was probably the wilier of the two, but Shanks' inspirational qualities were unique (and incidentally the model for Ferguson's approach, though Ferguson's is a far nastier version as macca says).
Second question: yes, I'd stake my life on it. We should have won it even before Celtic became the first Brits to do so, but were cheated out of the semi against Inter Milan by a corrupt ref.
Third question: it was both. Paisley's management skills turned out to be exceptional, but he had the immense advantage of (a) learning from Shanks in the first place and (b) inheriting a fully functioning top club which Shanks had initially had to build up from ground zero.
Shanks on Pass and Move (I couldn't find an easier file sharing site, seeing as I haven't used one for ages, so apologies!):
<a href="http://www.filefactory.com/file/138d4w8ufh5f/n/Pass_and_Move_mp3">Pass_and_Move_mp3</a>
<a href="http://www.filefactory.com/file/138d4w8ufh5f/n/Pass_and_Move_mp3">Pass_and_Move_mp3</a>
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