The Blizzard Q&A Session in Liverpool, 3rd July 2013

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#blzzrdqt @jonawils 'You have the pioneers (Michels, Sacchi), but Shankly/Paisley arent necessarily part of that'.

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#blzzrdqt @jonawils '#LFC weren't at the vanguard, but were more advanced than most. They were far more patient than others'

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#blzzrdqt @jonawils 'Talk to any player who played under Paisley and they say he was a genius'

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#blzzrdqt Question from the floor 'I've waited 25 years to ask - what would the panel say was the let-down from the media at Hillsborough?'

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#blzzrdqt @RorySmithTimes 'There's a danger in the media that you tend to believe those in authority. Good journalists should disprove that'

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#blzzrdqt @RorySmithTimes 'With regard to the Sun it fitted their agenda. Fans were hooligans, much as the Irish were tarred as terrorists'

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#blzzrdqt @RorySmithTimes 'The collusion was most worrying - and the fact that it happened in 80s Britain not in some dictatorship'

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#blzzrdqt @jonawils 'Journalists go after low-hanging fruit. The easiest way of doing your job was to accept the official line'

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#blzzrdqt @jonawils 'The positive thing is the way the media has gone is that it's not just the mainstream - there's Twitter, blogs, etc'

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#blzzrdqt @JamesPiotr 'If Hillsborough had happened in today's context you couldn't have set that narrative - it would've been impossible'

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#blzzrdqt Question from the floor 'What was the biggest breakthrough for you career?'

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#blzzrdqt @RorySmithTimes 'Reporting 'proper' news taught me what was important - being a news reporter was best for me'

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#blzzrdqt @JamesPiotr 'I couldn't get a job in the hideously nepotistic industry - so get out, get abroad, learn a language, & rove around'

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#blzzrdqt @perfectpunter 'If you're good, do what you want - a podcast, a website, whatever - don't seek validation from big companies'

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#blzzrdqt Question from the floor 'Football feels 'poor' on a host of social, moral, ethical issues - what would you write a book on?'

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#blzzrdqt @JamesPiotr 'Football is a brilliant mirror on society - an architectural change in all-seaters has had a huge change'

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#blzzrdqt @jonawils 'David Goldblatt is already writing this book, or one very similar, and will be out within the year!'

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#blzzrdqt @jonawils 'Two things spring to mind - the decreasing number of playing fields, and ticket pricing'

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#blzzrdqt @perfectpunter brings events to a close asking the panel where they would like WC 2022 to be held - USA or Australia the consensus

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#blzzrdqt That's about all from us - this evening's discussion will be available on http://t.co/aIzw1Xu2Xu in the coming day or so

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#blzzrdqt Thanks to those of you who came along, for the questions from the floor, and most of all thanks to our panel tonight