Topic: Got To Move

[jonh77]

Liverpool have got to relocate and the sooner the better.  Nostalga is one thing but living in the past is dangerous.  Everybody thinks expanding is an easy option.  There was an almighty row when a couple of thosand seats were added on to the Anny road.  Why should it be any different now.  Also extending the main stand will only be possible if it is shut for a full season.  Do we really want to be playing against a building backdrop with no atmosphere for a full season.  Also the vast majority of the seats in Anfield can be classed at best as average views.  Sit anywher in the main stand and the posts will come into play somewhere along the line.  Also we currently have circa 30k seaon ticket holders.  We could double that overnight with a larger stadium allowing more peaople the oppurtunity to see us on aregular basis.  Having been to Cardiff twice I think we have seen the future but we need to do it now.  The further we get left behind the likes of the mancs in terms of revenue the harder it will be to catch up.  

[Redpower (Guest)]

It never ceases to amaze me the number of Liverpool fans who are willing, ready and able to sell our history and identity for the promise of a shiny new stadium. A stadium that could well put the club into financial difficulties, and leave less money for things that really matter, like strengthening the squad, as and when necessary.

Where do people get the idea from that a new stadium equals guaranteed success? Where do they get the idea from that in order to compete with the Mancs, we must have a new stadium? And above all else, why do people continually state that it is not possible to expand Anfield?

Anfield4ever
YNWA

[Chester-boy (Guest)]

If you want our opinion, try the original thread...

[Pheeny (Guest)]

Stat Stay Stay which gound was voted the best this season

[Bob_Kurac (Guest)]

"The further we get behind Man Utd ... "  

Have I been asleep for a long time ? Did they just win 3 more European Cups and a load more championships, 4 UEFA Cups ? Or are we talking about the same Man Utd we beat twice this last season, where morale is declining, who have internal ructions about the tenure of their manager, and where shareholders are paid large dividends on profits (unlike Liverpool where it's all applied to the team) ?

[(Guest)]

It's allways nice to see how mutch we're still in front !

[REDKIWI (Guest)]

Like I said before....Not till I have fulfilled my boyhood fantasy? of gracing Anfield with my presence at least once, just once goddamit

It won't be long now Anfield...

[Maudster (Guest)]

The whole question of the move is a toughy.
You have the possibility of moving to a new stadium which in appeal could end up like the Reebok. On the other hand Is the option of upgrading Anfield a real possiblity without major infastructural changes around the ground since I don't believe the area could cope with another 10000 fans turning up. This is something which the council(filled with Bluenoses)have to sort out and since they clearly want rid of Liverpool from Anfield that ain't gonna happen. The worry is that with all the wranglings we may end up staying still and doing nothing. Do we really want that.

[Downsy (Guest)]

I would love a bigger Anfield, but if that isn't possible then we will all just have to stay at the best premiership ground (Not just my opinion)in the country.  

Life is just not fair is it, we have the best manager, (unless the vote is rigged) the best defence, some of the best midfielders and fowards as well as the best ground and 3 cups.

I like life

[Maudster (Guest)]

I have to point out that there is no way I think we should move though not until all other avenues are exhausted and currently I am sure some haven't even been considered.

[Bob_Kurac (Guest)]

Is the option of upgrading Anfield a real possiblity without major infastructural changes around the ground since I don't believe the area could cope with another 10000 fans turning up.

In my matchgoing hey-day of the 70s attendances were regularly 55-56,000. The area seems to have "coped"  

[Maudster (Guest)]

Yes but in the Heyday of the 70's there were not as many travelling to the ground in cars and such. Coupled with the fact that the majority of the fans were Local.

[Bob_Kurac (Guest)]

That's a qualitative observation, anyway, but yes, there are probably more travelling these days. There were stuill plenty who travelled then, though - pay on the gate meant that coaches were run from all over, not just through the ISC. I used to have a 300-mile round trip then, which I could just afford if I saved my school bus fares and walked to school. These days it's 400.

Anyway, the issues of the parking and transport links were addressed by the Anfield Plus plan. And don't forget there is no guarantee of improved transport, no matter how well you plan it. Look at the Millennium Stadium for example - slap bang next to a mainline rail terminus, but the train operators don't give a fuck, lay on few extra services, and don't see it in their remit to provide enough transport to meet demand, but rather to inform the public when demand has exceeded what they are prepared to make available.

[Maudster (Guest)]

I agree to a certain extent Bob but my point really is that the council could be doing a lot more to aid the regeneration of the area and the retaining of Anfield. I believe however this will have to be preceeded by the board commiting themselves to staying. Currently there is a lot of red tape and politics hindering any progression

[treble2001 (Guest)]

There are good resasons to go (looking at Cardif and can we really stand Everton fans singin "shitty ground to
us?? But there is a lot of history at Anny and that is the home of our beloved LFC

[Sufian (Guest)]

I'm AgainsT The Move to Stanley Park!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

[Chester-boy (Guest)]

What do Everton know about a good ground?
THEY left Anfield...
And we shouldn't.