We do need to be successful on the pitch vish but we also need to be successful off it to be successful on the pitch. I know your logic is we need to hold back investment in our infrastructure in order to buy better players in order to be successful on the pitch in order to buy better players. There are some flaws in that though firstly as you know you can waste tens of millions in players that can come to nothing. Second a bigger infrastructure will have short term cash flow but once payback it's pure profit. The factor I was drawing attention to is our limiting factor is not the opportunity but the investment for the sake of £300m we are limiting the club. I do understand why John Henry does not want to risk that but that's a factor of his limited funds. My idea of a consortium could provide the wider spread of risk that enables the required investment. John Henry might not want to do that of course but I am thinking only of what's best for the club not what John Henry might do or not do. As for your analogy of Manchester United and their capitalisation well can I point out their stadium and their bigger merchandising and sponsorship which is my whole point. If Manchester United had a ground like Liverpool's I doubt the glazier family could afford to finance it the day of the single moderately wealthy ownership in today's game is over.
I understand what you are saying but you don't need to do everything in one go, we are going to increase the capacity by 30% and it is the increase in corporate seats that is going to be significant, this is good enough for the next 10-15 years I am sure. We don't need a bigger than 60k stadium right now, even the new stadium was going to be a 60k seater as you know. Yes we might need more seats in 15 years, but I am sure there will be a solution then even if there is a need to move away from the Anfield region completely. You even said that given the future transport infrastructure development, Stanley Park might not be the best location.
What if we build a brand new 60k seater for 500m and miss on CL because we have to sell our best players as Arsenal did for almost a decade? We might then not even be able to fill the 60k stadium, let alone expanding it. I don't even think that a Sugar Daddy would wish to build a bigger stadium given the uncertainty regarding football, neither Abramovich nor Mansoor are going beyond 60k, they might, but nobody knows. The only thing that will make the difference for sure is success on the pitch and more corporate seats and an Anfield redevelopment provides this in the least risky way.
