There’s no question John Henry is a good businessman and his stewardship of the club so far has been exemplary. In fact he is the best chairman we have had for many a year but when you look at the calibre of his predecessors Noel White, David Moores, Tom Hicks, and George Gillet that’s not saying too much. However that’s the easy bit the hard bit has yet to be addressed. Liverpool the club has been in need of infrastructure investment since the 1980’s and the need to replace the ground was probably a big factor in David Moores selling up. We were told when Henry took over that although his wealth was not stellar he had the backing of consortium which held considerable resources. We have not heard much of that lately. However a plan may yet emerge and its correct we wait the right option is agreed because this is long term. The fear for me though is Henry does not have the resources needed to address the infrastructure issues or he does but unwilling to take the risk. In which case he will do far more damage than any of the above chairman (bad though they were) because this is last chance saloon for the club. Fail now and the gap between us and Man U etc will be insurmountable.
