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Is this just round two?


http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-fc-anfield-stadium-plans-7810071

I travel to anfield regularly and the parking is simply not fit for purpose the council installed residents zones around anfield which just means people park elsewhere we park a miles away and walk in after parking in front of some poor souls house. Anfield is a residential area and unsuitable for a modern stadium. This talk of it being our spiritual home is fine but there are pracitical issues to solve. Simply expanding anfield is a stupid plan but it's cheap and that's why it's going ahead. As far as I recall the plans for Stanley park included a train link and specific plans for park and ride. No going to happen now though money (or lack of it) is the problem

Can't they do additional parking on the Stanley Park?

There is a community centre they could move that and perhaps take up a bit more of the green space of the park I would not imagine the locals would be over the moon though

Hilarious, LMFAO!!

But it does make me wonder why Henry ever got involved at all. I reckon they're being financially prudent and we shouldn't forget the mess we were in when they took over.

Maybe they have the right approach but it's about 20 years late. Ironically if Moore's had actually implemented essentially the same plan in the 90s we might not be having this debate now.

Once the stand is built and the club is in better financial health, FSG will probably sell up.

Bang on mate we could have done this under moores Henry is about to redevelop two stands moores developed three.

Is there gonna be a popcorn stand though? Cause I hear they have one at the Man City stadium and if we don't get one, we'll be behind them forever. Might as well close up shop in that case. Never underestimate the importance of a popcorn stand.

(P.S. Stanley, this is me joking, you don't need to go off on a tangent now explaining where you live and how i don't realise the difference in infrastructure).

I love the comment in bold because it highlights what I think is the most important factor in the stadium 'debate'. As soon as the anfield redevelopment finishes. Literally, day one of it being finished and the proverbial red ribbon is cut and the prestigious gates are reopened to wide eyed happy faced Liverpudlians, we will be behind every all the top European clubs in terms of a stadium.

Re-developing the stands for more seats was a plan that was great in the 90's. The only genuine option that is BEST for the club is a modern purpose built stadium. Day 1 after the redevelopment finishes we are losing money we could have been earning because we are not building on the already (and often) proven successes the modern stadium gives. Redeveloping anfield is a cost cutting solution to increasing match day revenue. But as soon as its done we are already behind. 10 years down the line we are massively behind everyone else, as they can start thinking about increasing and modernising further in line with what seems appropriate for the climate. We on the other hand have to stick with an outdated area plan and think, wow we need a new stadium already. It breaks my heart we are going down this route because it makes the least long term sense for the club, but the biggest short term sense for the owners of the club. Just to be clear I actually think FSG have done brilliantly for us and in their position I would make the same call because they owe Liverpool nothing they have to look after their own interests, but as a life long fan it hurts because its quite obviously leaving us outdated and behind all of our rivals before work has even begun on it.

You can poke fun all you like the joke is on the club you claim to support. The fact is we are falling behind and the forward plans we habe are moderate at best, Had moores not sold out we would probably be further on than we are today we have wasted a decade to achieve nothing. Two stands we are developing two fxxx stands !!! But you carry on having a laugh at the club I might join you that seems the way to go

We are unfortunately implementing yesterday's plan and may sadly become one of yesterday's clubs. The game, on and of the pitch, has changed a lot in the last 20 years and we're just not keeping pace (pardon the pun). Even Tottenham, in that densely populated part of North London are starting over and Arsenal, not far at all from White Hart Lane, had the foresight to rebuild years ago (Highbury was literally amongst the houses like Anfield).

That said, we shouldn't under estimate the impact of 'FFP' on all this. Even with a wealthy donor we'd have to employ financial acrobatics to steer clear of the regulations like City are doing.