"Legend is a word over used by the Sky Sports Generation, but Paisley along with Shankly are the definition of legend. If another manager won 3 European Cups in a space of 5 years, the media would go into meltdown. He did it when only 1st got in.
For a 9 year carrer to end in 6 league les and 3 European Cups, the media would never stop talking over this manager. So where is the knighthood."
"simply the greatest, a truly wonderful man apart from being the greatest manager. it was a honour to have met him and to share the planet at the sametime as "Sir Bob" ywna"
" To all LFC Fans across the globe he is known as Sir Bob. 19 major trophies in 9 years with 6 les and 3 Europeans speaks for itself. The man was a genius!
RIP Sir BOB YNWA"
"I was just a little too young to remember and enjoy the Shankly years but in Bob Paisley we had one football's greatest league managers of all time. A very humble,modest,humorous man;intelligent,wily,loyal the like(apart from KKD)we may never see again"
"A genius ahead of his time. Never received the accolades he deserved. How he was not knighted is beyond me. A private man who never wanted publicity, yet he took Liverpool to the very top and kept us there. Thanks for the great times Sir Bob, R.I.P."
"Absolute Liverpool gold. Bob Paisley simply epitomises everything that makes this the greatest club in the world, and we should never forget or understimate his role in making it so. YNWA!"
"What a man. The most successful manager in our history, a brilliant manager, but also a very very nice and humble man. It was a disagree he never got a knighthood, he truely deserved one. Describing Bob in one word, Legend. YNWA"
"9 out of 10 players were "Winning Players! If they were not, they moved on.
So lets put Maxi on the bench for is lack of commitment. Bob was simply the BEST! He developed so many stars in the red shirts and won everything there was to win."
"Bob Paisley just in three words: absolutely the best!!!
I hope it can come back soon that times full of successes, trophies and magnificent lads as King Kenny, Graham Souness, Kevin Keegan, just to tip someone. King Kenny can probably be the man to retrace that steps. I hope so. YNWA"
"" Still the greatest manager to come out of these islands, absolutely, conky glowing nose, is still trying for a third European cup 24 years on!! Two of the ones he won where really stolen by flukes!!"
"Are you watching Alex Ferguson! You couldn't achieve what 'Sir' Bob Paisley did and you're in the job nearly 25 years. No one will ever achieve what Bob did in so little time."
"I felt privileged to have seen Bob Paisley's teams playing and trophy's won during his managership. Shank's laid the foundation but Bob took LFC to greatness. He was never rewarded or recognised in the same way as Fergie but all LFC fans know how great and what a servant Bob was to LFC. In our eyes he was Sir Bob."
"bob is and all always will be the greatest manager that ever lived he went in to europe and tore it apart we shouldent mention old whiskey nose in the same breath as bob rip bobYNWA."
"I became a LFC fan at 7 years old after watching Keegan + co. destroy Newcastle in 74 cup final.remember a bit of Shanks but everything of Bob. Simply the greatest ever. Look at what he won but also some of the players he signed,the best being King Kenny in 77. Absolute genius.
RIP Uncle Bob."
"This man absolutely 'dripped' success! Could say everything with only a couple of words. Understated was the word written for Sir Bob, but he got more results for his input than any other manager EVER!!"
"R.I.P Bob. True ledge! How Fergus got a knighthood and you didn't shal always be beyond me! Nevertheless, lets all celebrate one of our greatest managers ever!"
"nicest man i have ever met, in 1990 when he was late for a board meeting. peter robinson told him "bob, come on were late" he answered, "hang on a minute, there kids here needing things signed. he stayed for at least 20 minutes and never missed anyone. my son is named after him. he will never be surpassed. YNWA SIR BOB AND FAMILY"
"ANY OTHER CLUB, ANY OTHER POSITION IN CELEBRITY-ISM A POSTHUMOUS KNIGHTHOOD WOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED. IT WILL FOREVER EAT SIR??? ALEX THAT HE CAN NEVER BEAT THE SHEAR AMOUNT OF SUCCESS. HE COULD LIVE TILL 100 HE STILL WONT BEAT 19 TROPHIES IN 9 SEASONS... FACT!"
"That final quote sums him up perfectly "People have made far more money than me in football, but nobodys ever enjoyed it more than me." A true champion, who took the club to another level. Just wish the video went a little longer, could have watched that for hours. You will live in our hearts forever"
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