tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149281632394942120.post2008784181557995230..comments2023-10-01T11:00:57.125+01:00Comments on Diary of a Ledger: Icon #24 Bill ShanklyGray Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13695434619102907210noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149281632394942120.post-47173557978004447762009-09-04T09:15:38.134+01:002009-09-04T09:15:38.134+01:00I think the modern game owes Shankly a lot. He rea...I think the modern game owes Shankly a lot. He really set the benchmark as to how a manager could engage with the fans. The likes of Ferguson and (my hero) Wenger have followed his example and built their clubs in their own image, something that Shankly was a pioneer of. Even now you think of the Kop and you think of him, not Rafa or any other manager. <br /><br />Man U had Busby before the Kop had Shankly, but even then there was a slight detachment, as though he was some ethereal being somehow removed from the club, but Shankly is for Liverpool fans the God who fell to earth, to walk among them. Even as a gooner I have to respect the achievements he made.formulaic666https://www.blogger.com/profile/09353269288969468527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149281632394942120.post-46933958056760359802009-09-04T08:21:09.208+01:002009-09-04T08:21:09.208+01:00It never surprises me that you write about Luverpo...It never surprises me that you write about Luverpool, the same way as I write about my daughter: with heart.<br /><br />And I'll always be grateful to you for the fact that I can say I stood on The Kop! (even if my feet hardly touched the ground, and I'm sure I fainted at some point!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17903753053467559624noreply@blogger.com