text: what current or former manager comes closest to, or out shines bill shankly as liverpool manager.. and why?   no manager will ever outshine bill "he made the people happy" shankly because what he did was unique...he not only built a successful squad but he built a dynasty that still rules football to this day.  the only manager who comes close is the mighty bob paisley who took the foundations bill left him and won a raft of trophys for us.  fergusun, wenger, mourinho etc are all talented but they have (a) more money (b) more technology (in terms of fitness etc) and (c) more support.  as bill / god said "football is not a matter of life and death...it's more important than that".