Without a hard and fast alternative, the anti G&H movement has had nowhere to go, which is at the heart of our problem.Being "against" something is all well and good, but you need to be "for" something specific to achieve a result. We have never had a viable alternative able to buy out G&H, build a new stadium and provide ongoing finance.
All British football clubs are available for takeover.Moore & Parry sold of their own free will. G&H have kept the club afloat, retained key personnel,bought at the top end of the market and financed the club commensurate to the club's revenue generating capacity. That is the case of the G&H apologists, and it is true. The case for alternatives who would have injected more is unproven.
I, along with some others, was an advocate of direct action, pitch invasions, sit ins and match picketting. That tapped into the great Militant tradition of our fine City. I was dismissed as an extremist and scum. The uncomfortable truth is that there is no mass anti G&H movement. SOS membership is in its hundreds rather than thousands.There is no boycott.The Mancs have got FC United within sight of league status, AFC Liverpool has virtually withered at inception.
Logic and probability has always suggested that G&H will cobble together a deal to keep going.All of the anti G&H rhetoric and sentiment is undermined by the fact that if the "worst" (or best) happened, no-one has a credible answer to what happens next.
From time to time reality does break through for some.That the cost of buying the club, financing a stadium and financing the club requires a "fighting fund" of between £700-£800m, and that is not commercial for anyone in the world. ( which is why the arabs bought Man City).
These threads are great for anti G&H posturing ( and it does make us feel better) but that is all that it is. To that extent, 4Pools posts are a more sane reminder of reality than some would care to admit.
