I first stood on the Kop in the 70’s. I think it means different things to different generations. For me, once the Kop defectors relocated as the Annie Road Boys in the late 70’s, the atmosphere as was, changed forever. Of course it reappeared for the big games, but that single entity, and power, was lost. Then seating it consigned the glory days to history.
I don’t think that redeveloping the Kop now to increase capacity is financially viable. I favour architectural statements and paying more in the short term for a better long term answer, but here, I believe the geography of the site and economics just don’t stack. The opportunity was post Taylor when it was seated. But as has been our way, it was a rushed, make- do -and- mend job ( see the retention of the original profiling on the ARE for the upper tier and the Kemlyn lower for the Centenary).
We have decided to stay at Anfield, and keeping the Kop as is, is a consequence ( same for the Centenary).
The opportunity now is not the restricted Kop, it is the open space of the ARE where new traditions might be created.