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    Tuesday, September 29, 2009

    RIP Shankly

    In remembrance of the greatest manager of Liverpool, Bill Shankly.

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    'If you are first you are first. If you are second you are nothing.'

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    'Liverpool was made for me and I was made for Liverpool.'

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    'The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they don't know the game.'

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    Talking to a reporter about Roger Hunt – 'Yes Roger Hunt misses a few, but he gets in the right place to miss them.'

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    Explaining to Kevin Keegan what's expected of him at Anfield - 'Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place son!'

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    'I know this is a sad occasion, but I think that Dixie would be amazed to know that even in death he could draw a bigger crowd to Goodison than Everton on a Saturday afternoon.' – speaking at the funeral of Everton legend Dixie Dean

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    'If Everton were playing at the bottom of the garden, I'd pull the curtains.'

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    'Sickness would not have kept me away from this one. If I'd been dead, I would have had them bring the casket to the ground, prop it up in the stands, and cut a hole in the lid.' - after beating Everton in the 1971 FA Cup semi-final.

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    Addressing the Liverpool fans who turned up in their thousands to welcome the team home despite losing to Arsenal in the 1971 FA Cup final - 'Chairman Mao has never seen a greater show of red strength.'

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    After signing Ron Yeats - 'With him in defence, we could play Arthur Askey in goal.'

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    To Alan Ball after he'd signed for Everton - 'Never mind Alan, at least you'll be able to play next to a great team.'

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    To Tommy Smith after he'd turned up for training with a bandaged knee - 'Take that poof bandage off, and what do you mean YOUR knee, it's LIVERPOOL'S knee!'

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    To the players after failing to sign Lou Macari - 'I only wanted him for the reserves anyway.'

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    To Ian St John - 'If you're not sure what to do with the ball, just pop it in the net and we'll discuss your options afterwards.'

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    'In my time at Anfield we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside - Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.'

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    About the 'This is Anfield' plaque - 'This is to remind our lads who they're playing for, and to remind the opposition who they're playing against.'

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    Shankly to the Brussels hotel clerk who queried his signing 'Anfield' as his address on the hotel register - 'But that's where I live.'

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    Shankly explaining rotation to a reporter - 'Laddie, I never drop players, I only make changes.'

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    On awaiting Everton's arrival for a derby game at Anfield, Shankly gave a box of toilet rolls to the doorman and said - 'Give them these when they arrive – they'll need them!'

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    'I always look in the Sunday paper to see where Everton are in the league – starting, of course, from the bottom up.'

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    'It's a 90 minute game for sure. In fact I used to train for a 190 minute game so that when the whistle blew at the end of the match I could have played another 90 minutes.'

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    What Shanks disliked about football - 'The end of the season.'

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    Radio Merseyside reporter to Shankly - 'Mr Shankly, why is it that your teams' unbeaten run has suddenly ended?' Shanks replied: 'Why don't you go and jump in the lake?'

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    On hearing a rival manager was unwell - 'I know what's wrong - he's got a bad side!'

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    To reporters after a 3-0 defeat - 'They're nothing but rubbish. Three breakaways, that's all they got.'

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    Talking about Tommy Smith - 'If he isn't named Footballer of the Year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to the Kremlin.'

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    After winning the FA Cup in 1974 Shankly goes into a fish and chip shop and orders a fish supper. The woman at the counter asks - 'Mr Shankly, shouldn't they be having steak suppers?' Shanks replied - 'No lass, they'll get steak suppers when they win the double!'

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    Shankly on boardroom meetings - 'At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don't come into it. They are only there to sign the cheques.'

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    Talking about the Liverpool fans - 'I'm just one of the people who stands on the kop. They think the same as I do, and I think the same as they do. It's a kind of marriage of people who like each other.'

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    Explaining on what the off-side rule should be - 'If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then he should be.'

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    'I was only in the game for the love of football - and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.'

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    '"If you can't make decisions in life, you're a bloody menace. You'd be better becoming an MP!'

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    After a 0-0 draw at Anfield - 'What can you do playing against 11 goalposts!'

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    'Fire in your belly comes from pride and passion in wearing the red shirt. We don't need to motivate players because each of them is responsible for the performance of the team as a whole. The status of Liverpool's players keeps them motivated.'

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    '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.'

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    On the leaving of Liverpool – 'It was the most difficult thing in the world, when I went to tell the chairman. It was like walking to the electric chair. That's the way it felt.'

     

    BILL SHANKLY – 1913 to 1981 – Gone But Never Forgotten

    Saturday, September 26, 2009

    He ain’t heavy – The Hollies

    The road is long
    With many a winding turn
    That leads us to who knows where
    Who knows where
    But I'm strong
    Strong enough to carry him
    He ain't heavy, he's my brother
    So on we go
    His welfare is of my concern
    No burden is he to bear
    We'll get there
    For I know
    He would not encumber me
    He ain't heavy, he's my brother
    If I'm laden at all
    THEN I'm laden with sadness
    That everyone's heart
    Isn't filled with the gladness
    Of love for one another
    It's a long, long road
    From which there is no return
    While we're on the way to there
    Why not share
    And the load
    Doesn't weigh me down at all
    He ain't heavy, he's my brother
    He's my brother
    He ain't heavy, he's my brother

    Saturday, September 19, 2009

    When Jayne denied Isaiah

    dunno since when Jayne is not willing to let me carry her. suddenly she doesn’t seems to recognise my face anymore. she will only allow Klessis to carry and coax her. haizz…

    today we were in JB having dinner, Kless has to bring Joey to the toilet, so i am left alone with Jayne. suddenly she started to cry and cried very loudly. i was totally lost. diners around us were looking over at me and must be thinking is he the real father?

    before Kless returns, Jayne will deny her father 3 times…

    nvm Jayne, papa still loves you!

    Thursday, September 10, 2009

    Interpret my Dream

    i had a weird dream last night. see if you can be a joseph..

    i was waiting for a bus

    then after a long wait the bus finally arrives, so i boarded the bus and found a girl on the same bus, a girl i have like for a long time. naturally i was super happy lah.. machim like puppy love..

    just when the bus is moving off from the bus stop, i saw my brother running from afar, trying to chase after the bus..i called out to the bus driver to stop and wait for him. but the driver went on and my brother is further is further away le.. not knowing what to do next, i took a look at the girl on the bus and then jumped off the moving bus..

    ran back all the way to meet my brother and on the way, passed by a river and saw an aeroplane crashed into the river…

    found my brother watching the crash and he was injured, probably fell when he was running after the bus…

    anyone care to comment on my dream?

    Thursday, September 3, 2009

    Retirement Plans

    is it too early to talk about retirement at the age of 35? i know i have 30 more years before i reach legal retirement age la, but still i am already more than half way there le right? (before any friends out there thinks that i am looking for some financial plans, please don’t misunderstand, thanks but no thanks)

    i am talking about what can i do after retirement. when i no longer need to worry about work, worry about my children’s needs, etc.. what do i wish to do?

    play gateball with old friends?

    play chess with old friends?

    i wish that when i finally retire, i can fulfill my other desire since young. to be a photographer. travel round the world with my nikon camera (yet to buy) and my forever love (already married her). i can imagine kless sitting in a cafe along the sidewalks of paris and i am just sitting besides her with our lattes and taking photos of her blogging about our trip and me providing the pictures. perfect! occasionally send some postcards back to our still working and slogging friends in s’pore and see the smiles and anguish on their faces… hahaa… priceless!

    Tuesday, September 1, 2009

    Life in Singapore

    In Singapore , the majority of us live in Highly Dangerous Buildings (HDB), and most people have already got used to Paying and Paying (PAP). Not only do you have to pay, you Pay Until Bankrupt (PUB).

    If that's not enough, somebody still Purposely Wants to Dig (PWD)and get more from you. So what more can you do when you are in the Money Only Environment (MOE)?

    With the current Mad Accounting System (MAS), you are forced to Pay the Sum Ahead (PSA), which will leave some people Permanently Owing Some Banks (POSB).

    And forced to live on the Loan Techniques Always (LTA) system.When you fall sick and happen to be admitted to a Money Operating Hospital (MOH), You might be able to use your Cash Prior to Funeral (CPF) fund.

    If you are out of luck, you may meet doctors who Never Use Heart (NUH) to treat you, and you will be Sure to Give up Hope (SGH).

    To help ease the traffic, motorists have to pay Cash On Expressway (COE). If that doesn't help, they can always Eternally Raise Prices (ERP) on the roads. If you don't own a car, you can always make a Mad Rush to the Train (MRT), or get squashed in a bus Side By Side (SBS).

    Lastly, under all these pressures, there are not many places we can relax, not even the good old place we used to go because it has become So Expensive and Nothing To See Actually (SENTOSA)!!