Bill Shankly

SATURDAY marks the 26th anniversary of the death of the man who turned Liverpool into "a bastion of invincibility". Bill Shankly died on September 29, 1981, after suffering a heart attack and in the following home game a banner was unfurled on the Kop which told the world "Shankly Lives For Ever". It was only a simple statement, one intended to show that Liverpool’s greatest ever manager would never be forgotten by those who worshiped him, but it has turned out to be something of a truism. Shankly gave Liverpool a soul through his empathy with the common man, he gave the club an identity that made it respected throughout the world and, most of all, he brought dignity, class and distinction to a club that was in danger of being cut adrift prior to his Anfield arrival in 1959. All of those qualities have survived long after his death and no matter how many trophies we win and whatever success we have we should never lose sight of the fact that Liverpool is a special club because of the sheer humanity that Shankly brought to it.

In his own words: "Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple." Pass and move – the philosophy on which modern day Liverpool was built. It may not have been invented by Shankly but he instilled it in this football club to such an extent that it could never be forgotten.

- Liverpoolfc.tv

Guys!!!!

I like the statement by Bill Shankly: Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourslef available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.

SHALL WE IMPLEMENT THIS INTO OUR SOCCER CULTURE?

let's us not be biased by whom said it as long as it benefits us - so that we WILL be successful in our quest of victory K?

Love you guys....my buddies...

daryl (they call me captain)