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Interesting read on the BBC website where Neil McGuinness, the scout who recommended VvD to Celtic gives his views on the player http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40730793

When the strong City interest was being flagged in the papers in last few days I'd resigned myself to seeing him go there so it would be brilliant to see him rejecting them for us. It'd be another signifier of how much players want to play for Klopp and be part of his project (in the same way that Keita and Ox chose us) even though we're still in the "getting there" rather than "being there" stage.

DOH!!!

Ok trivia nerds, was that the first game ever where there were two LFC scorers with double-barrelled names? (Just asking, I don't know if it was myself!)

God I had totally forgotten about Flanno; he's fallen through a trapdoor hasn't he?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7oRz8VxGvc And I have to say I kinda liked his "hand of God" one too; he outjumped Shilton to get to the ball despite being 4/5 inches shorter than him

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Wow, that's a sweet take and strike

dammnnnnnn; in-f***in-furiating

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I also love that header of his against WBA where he absolutely bullets the ball into the top corner from the edge of the flipping area. Unreal!

Magical. I love Ruddy's reactions, the utter "wtf" helplessness and bemusement as each one goes in -the third especially where he's splayed out like a boxer who's after being clobbered my Mike Tyson

Would have preferred Ox to Milner in MF

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Arsenal, Chelsea and City all look like home bankers for their games tomorrow, annoyingly. Hope Leicester hold out. Oh they did! Yay!

Yes. I liked the quotes from the Scottish football historian all about the passion of the mining background Shanks came from and that working class pride me too!

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We could see Moysey Hodgey and Pulis all relegated together this season. Result!

Lepzig are 2nd in Bundesliga and can still qualify from their CL group. I can't see them letting Keita go in January (more's the pity)

Well just finished watching it and have to say I was disappointed overall. I always love seeing/hearing clips of Shanks but this docco used a format I dislike where it is all stitched together from soundbites from a range of interviewees rather than there being a central narrator/presenter who is advancing their view of the subject. Mind you, I did like seeing a brief shot of the 1970/71 team photo that used to adorn my bedroom wall in Ireland! The maker of the film isn't even a footie head for chrissakes, how did he get the commission?? Here is his resume from his own company website: "Mike [Todd] is a filmmaker, journalist and consultant with over ten years experience in digital media production. In addition to his work with Riverhorse, he has written and produced corporate videos for the European Commission, and produced several commercials to promote the launch of the Euro in Kosovo while Spokesperson for the UN Mission in Kosovo. He also worked on promoting the image of Manchester during the 2002 Commonwealth Games and chaired the communication group for the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final." If Shanks was auditioning people to do a film about him I think we can safely assume Mr Todd would have got short shrift. A 90-minute film that scarcely mentioned Nessie jeezus; that would have been an interesting aspect to explore, and David Peace's novel touches on it, is the tensions/balance between Shanks' passion/genius/addiction for the life of football and being a family man, husband and father. Some overview of the transition from the 60s team to the 70s team would have been good too rather than just the patchwork of qoutes. A few more bits of match footage would not have gone amiss either! The soundbites around his death/funeral were very moving. Thanks again Stevie H for sending me a link to let me see the film; if only they had found a more "simpatico" informed guy or gal to make it!

Brilliant! Thanks Stevie H.

Dammit! I can't access bbcplayer from here in Ireland. I hope this gets uploaded to youtube. And what's the story with that Kenny film whose trailer was released recently -is that a TV film?

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