Stadium announcment

[Dhav]

Good post mate.

Or perhaps it shows that Parry is actually quite good at his job ie putting forward a proposal within the clubs budget and then it being amended when there is investment

An interesting interpretation. I think it is more fortuitous that it has worked out this way. I'd be amazed if Parry had it all planned to play out like this. If there was no investment on the horizon (and I doubt very much if Moores, Parry etc were lookign to sell the club back in 2000 when the plans were initally drawn up) would we have been saddled with another generic stadium, whose capacity would have been capped at 60,000? My concern is for all their big talk in the past, Parry and Moores did not have big enough ambitions or designs for the club. They were happy to meander along, spend a bit of money, pick up the odd trophy, increase the capacity a bit. I think they have seen the amounts Chelsea have spent on transfers and on their ground, and what Arsenal have achieved at the Emirates in terms of naming rights, mathcday revenues etc, and only then relaised what Liverpool needs to compete and what the club can achieve in the right hands. They were thinking inside the box, and only when other clubs pushed the parameters did they see the limit of their thinking. That's my interpretation of it anyway.

Either way, respect to G&T, because they seem to have the ambition to match the stature of the club.

I hear you on the points about Parry. It seems daft, but it could just be due to lack of funds. The crap bowl is probably the "First Price" choice.

Possibly. Should never have been on the agenda though. Like I say above, if we didn't find the funds, would we have settled for it? That design would have capped the capacity at 60,000. They even considered a 55,000 capacity. That kind of limited, shortsighted thinking worries me.

[IrishPaul]

Nah, it's just a bit of an 'the end is nigh' style forum....

Probably suits me.

Nah mate, I wouldn't put you in the 'End is Nigh' level just yet*


































*But ye are a miserable bollix most of the time

[DeeGame]

After staring at those pictures for 2 hours, I still can't decide if I like it or hate it.

Kinda agree would like to see more detailed pictures

[Rich]

An interesting interpretation. I think it is more fortuitous that it has worked out this way. I'd be amazed if Parry had it all planned to play out like this. If there was no investment on the horizon (and I doubt very much if Moores, Parry etc were lookign to sell the club back in 2000 when the plans were initally drawn up) would we have been saddled with another generic stadium, whose capacity would have been capped at 60,000? My concern is for all their big talk in the past, Parry and Moores did not have big enough ambitions or designs for the club. They were happy to meander along, spend a bit of money, pick up the odd trophy, increase the capacity a bit. I think they have seen the amounts Chelsea have spent on transfers and on their ground, and what Arsenal have achieved at the Emirates in terms of naming rights, mathcday revenues etc, and only then relaised what Liverpool needs to compete and what the club can achieve in the right hands. They were thinking inside the box, and only when other clubs pushed the parameters did they see the limit of their thinking. That's my interpretation of it anyway.

Either way, respect to G&T, because they seem to have the ambition to match the stature of the club.



Possibly. Should never have been on the agenda though. Like I say above, if we didn't find the funds, would we have settled for it? That design would have capped the capacity at 60,000. They even considered a 55,000 capacity. That kind of limited, shortsighted thinking worries me.

The flaw in your arguments is though:

1) Parry was heavily involved in obtaining Investment - therefore in effect he brought G&T and Liverpool together.

2) What's the point in designing the world's greatest stadium if you can't afford to build it? The basic bowl design would have been designed and built if the money had been there - for better or worse. And regardless of anything else, then a 60k capacity would have brought in more revenue than the current 44.5k capacity.

3) I didn't witness any meandering along - however having heavily backed each manager in the transfer market the sad fact remained we couldn't compete. The money had run out... The fact is without some sort of investment we wouldn't have now been able to afford to build the basic bowl design, we'd be "stuck" at Anfield - generating limited amounts of cash.

Fact is Parry was be integral to this whole Stadium planning

[dom9]

All the glass will be replaced by seats when the expansion gets the go-ahead anyway.

I'm not sure they will. There looks to be great big girders holding up the roof.

I think that to start with, there will be a small tier beneath a great big roof. The will probably add more under the roof with the next stage of planning permission.

[Shaggy]

FLMAO at the Gooners on 606 saying "not as good as the Emirates"

606 is truly a zoo though. Why do the BBC continue to allow this to exist? It's a stain on their once-good name.

[Bender]

FLMAO at the Gooners on 606 saying "not as good as the Emirates"

606 is truly a zoo though. Why do the BBC continue to allow this to exist? It's a stain on their once-good name.

Ahh jealousy from rival fans is comdey at it's best

[Gray]

After staring at those pictures for 2 hours, I still can't decide if I like it or hate it.

How indecisive.

[LFCman]

Good point. We want a name befitting such a stage.

Burger King Arena ftw.

[zimbo]

How indecisive.

I'm don't know about that.

[Gray]

I'm don't know about that.

[Griswald]

First post so go easy boys and girls.

I think it is safe to say that it couldn't be a better time to follow LFC. The team is looking its strongest in a long time and developments off the field are finally matching our ambition on the field. The spectacular stadium is clearly testament to that.

Few thoughts on the stadium:

1) Would imagine that once planning permission for 60K design gets approval the second application for 76K capacity will be put forward fairly quickly thereafter if we are to meet 2010 target. Perhaps the club is already in a position to submit the 76K application but doesn't want to for fear of holding up the 60K application.

2) I'm guessing the gaps on the kop end are deliberate to allow for the possibility of filling them with seats later.

3) Anfield is our Mecca and it is almost sacrilegious to suggest this, but the new stadium will undoubtedly boost are chances of enticing the cream of international football to LFC.

[Rich]

First post so go easy boys and girls.

I think it is safe to say that it couldn't be a better time to follow LFC. The team is looking its strongest in a long time and developments off the field are finally matching our ambition on the field. The spectacular stadium is clearly testament to that.

Few thoughts on the stadium:

1) Would imagine that once planning permission for 60K design gets approval the second application for 76K capacity will be put forward fairly quickly thereafter if we are to meet 2010 target. Perhaps the club is already in a position to submit the 76K application but doesn't want to for fear of holding up the 60K application.

2) I'm guessing the gaps on the kop end are deliberate to allow for the possibility of filling them with seats later.

3) Anfield is our Mecca and it is almost sacrilegious to suggest this, but the new stadium will undoubtedly boost are chances of enticing the cream of international football to LFC.

Good post

[Shaggy]

First post so go easy boys and girls.

I think it is safe to say that it couldn't be a better time to follow LFC. The team is looking its strongest in a long time and developments off the field are finally matching our ambition on the field. The spectacular stadium is clearly testament to that.

Few thoughts on the stadium:

1) Would imagine that once planning permission for 60K design gets approval the second application for 76K capacity will be put forward fairly quickly thereafter if we are to meet 2010 target. Perhaps the club is already in a position to submit the 76K application but doesn't want to for fear of holding up the 60K application.

2) I'm guessing the gaps on the kop end are deliberate to allow for the possibility of filling them with seats later.

3) Anfield is our Mecca and it is almost sacrilegious to suggest this, but the new stadium will undoubtedly boost are chances of enticing the cream of international football to LFC.

Good post mate.

Welcome....hope you post some more.

[Griswald]

Good post mate.

Welcome....hope you post some more.