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if we can redevelop anfield and raise capacity by maybe putting extra tier in main stand and filling in the corners of the ground i see no season why we cannot move the club forward

In terms of space / lie of the land evething OT is completely different to Anfield. The most old Anfield could go to is 50k I would say similar to Newcastle. We would forever be in Utd shadow and there was once talk of OT going to 90k. Low prices big crowds then you will get atmosphere. Anfield will be full of corporate paying the high prices. Be very afraid of this guy I agree we need to give him a chance but be carefull.

Re filling in the ends it can't be done because of the lie of the land. It was discussed a few years ago thats why the decision was taken to move to the car park space on stanley P

The way they were talking, the account for LFC is not in debt and they cleared it, LFC don't pay back the £35-£40million interest payment each season, for me that is good enough, so this cash can go towards player investment. I haven't got quotes or can find there initial interviews, just going on what i remember.

The first stage of the possible regeneration of Anfield may take us to 60,000, but a few more years down the line there could be scope for another 10,000 - 20,000 seats we just dont know.

Fair do's for your opinions on it, and you are more up on your finances than me, but it is all speculation and opinions. Think i am just a bit rattled seeing as everything seems to have turned a corner for the better, and they did what our last owners would not have done, and reinvested the torres money straight away, plus a few million of there own. Lets wait on the official plans first before making claims that it will be the end and even thinking we would all be calling back for Moores, Gillett and Hicks.

Stanley Park, im pretty sure as part of the deal to buy the club / rob the club from H&G all long term debt was cleared making us literally debt free.

NESV paid RBS, and morgan stanley or watchova (big american bank), in full clearing all our long term debt, and H&G got nothing this is why the board faught so hard and took it to the oourts, as this meant the club could operate as a profit making company. I remember Roy mentioning this when the deal went through.

If I own a company and that company in turn owns other companies outright the owning company is termed the holding company. The holding company owns the shares in the other companies these are termed subsidiaries. Its normal business practice that when you acquire a subsidiary or invest funds in the subsidiaries you charge them interest on the funds. No money changes hands but the accountants when they do the management accounts charge a notional interest charge against each of the subsidiaries. The return on the subsidiaries has to exceed the interest and risk return of the holding company. What was said in interviews was just spin and Hodgson knows as much about accountancy as he does football. Henry as far as I am aware has not injected his own personal funds gratis into NESV to pay for LFC and therefore LF C is being paid for via the holding company. I don’t know but I would bet my house we are suffering a notional interest cost back in the US. So we are NOT debt free just in cash terms which means nothing. I speak as a Chartered Accountant who has done this sort of thing many times in large corporations it’s the norm take it from me.

They kept Fenwaypark for the redsox and increased the capacity dramatically. They also modernised the old stadium even it kept it's historical looks. Oh ye and they won the fuccking league. I have every faith the decision will be the most viable and the right one.

But can we increase the capacity at Anfield dramatically ?

Gonna be interesting to see how they propose to increase the capacity significantly.

Yep !