New John Henry interview

[Chris]

I think he really wants a groundshare. I hope and pray I am wrong but I sense it is what he thinks is the most practical solution.

We wont be groundsharing, thats obvious.

[Tee]

We wont be groundsharing, thats obvious.

I would not write it off just yet. JWH seems to be the type of man who usually gets what he wants.

[Chris]

I would, it's never gonna happen, he basically says as much in the interview.

[IN_RAFA_WE_TRUST]

How big is our season ticket waiting list?
We wouldn't have many problems filling a 100,000 seater stadium, would we?

[Mostar]

We wont be groundsharing, thats obvious.

It won't happen.

No fan of either club wants it.

[G]

The point about more than 60k seats is we already have planning permission for 60k and the council have made public transport infrastructure improvements our responsibility if we want to go above that figure. That's why 60k is constantly mentioned by those at the top of the club. Anything more cost too much to be feasible as things stand.

For me we'll get a naming rights partner, then build a 60k stadium with room to expand in years to come when public transport can keep up

[Muddled]

I love how transparent he is; he always seems to give in-depth answers, is always as honest as he can be and comes across really well.

[Catrin]

It's such a shame he wasn't around when Moores was selling. Where would we be now if he had bought the club instead of that other two.

[BootRoom]

The point about more than 60k seats is we already have planning permission for 60k and the council have made public transport infrastructure improvements our responsibility if we want to go above that figure. That's why 60k is constantly mentioned by those at the top of the club. Anything more cost too much to be feasible as things stand.

For me we'll get a naming rights partner, then build a 60k stadium with room to expand in years to come when public transport can keep up

It's not just a case of finding extra money to build the additional capacity above 60,000, we'd be on the hook to provide the infrastructure to handle the increased volume. That's why the Hicks/Gillett plan was a two-stage flexible design: Start work on the '60,000' stadium, and during construction, submit a further planning application for the additional 13,000 seats and attendant infrastructure upgrades.

On the groundshare front his tone is a bit worrying; I'd prefer a simple "no chance, mate", rather than "It would be helpful to both clubs".

Also no word on whether any new stadium would be the Hicks ego trip or a new design.

[Leyton388]

He's the Owner we have needed since 1992. if we had had someone like him in charge rather than that idiot we wouldn't have been stuck on 18 for over 20 years and those lot down the 62 wouldn't be where they are today IMO.