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let people in for free.

At the moment you could charge them to get out..

I actually think they should build an 80000 seaters and charge say £20 to attend the game. The match going fans are a loss leader in order to develop a world wide product selling TV rights and corporate sponsshio.

Instead we have a rust bucket of a stadium holding 45000 and the match going fans te lifeblood of the ckub are treated like dirt,

Businessmen ? Don't make me laugh

"Charge £ 20" and "businessmen" in the same post...


You might as well have added: "Build a new stadium for £ 900" in that post too!

The problem is its short term our owners want a fast buck. Look long term 20 to 40 years then the sums work but that's not the horizons these guys work to more lie 5 years.

If the club shouldn't go bankrupt on the turnstile revenues they surely would need to charge more than £ 20 don't you think?

Don't remember what a new stadium would cost us, but assuming around £ 600 000 000 would mean at least £ 60 000 000 needed per annum to serve debt and interest only. Divide that amount with 19 home games and you'll get £ 3 157 895 per game. 60 000 seats filled all those 19 games would demand an average ticket price of £ 53 just to break even.

Then you have all the other running costs of the stadium to cover for.

Player's and staff salaries, travel costs etc etc not covered at all by the turnstile revenues but with TV right revenues or sponsorship revenues?

I don't know whether I'm on the right track or not with these figures - what do you think?

I am talking broad principles van not detained costings. . General direction lower fan prices at the game to generate TV product and long term fan base, We are on the road to ruin now, FSG don't know it yet but we are.

We need a long term plan which we don't have now just fancy words that never come to anything.

OK, I see!

I think the first thing that needs addressing is a proper stadium. At least 60 000 seats, and with extension options up to 80 000 seats built into it.

Next thing is to get the f**king team playing some winning football - not just flair light weight stuff. We might need a tougher manager to achieve this - I don't know just yet.

After that has happened we'll get a pull for people going to Anfield again - not just feeling obligated to it, but actually wanting to go there.

Next step is reducing the ticket prices, and if the pull is too strong then expand the stadium up to 80 000 seats.

Now we're with some good player investment back in business and soon in CL again.

Does that sound good?

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