Mayor's Bramley Moore Dock Open Letter To Evertonians

[Goat]

The club allow Meis and Anderson to inform us of the bad news on the stadium.

Classy.

This is like Christmas for you after yesterday Dave.

 

[ianefc]

The letter also say that the running track will be inserted after 2021/22's final home game, not that it will already be there and simply uncovered. It's a worry, for sure, but the designs will be revealed before the build and that will hopefully put our mind at ease. This is easily the most important moment of our recent history and our future, it has to be right, we can't, in any way sacrifice the next 100 years (that the reference) for a two week competition that could raise nothing for us in comparison to the satisfaction of loving our home and our future generations.

 

[Eggs]

...I wasn't aware Liverpool had been awarded the games, shows how much I know.

 

[peteblue]

Bit odd of the Mayor to feel compelled to write this letter, an conclude it in bold claiming there's no compromise here.

I said this morning, before the letter - this would be a compromise.

It absolutely is.

I agree, but every design is some form of compromise, FC Bigstand have ruined whatever atmosphere they used to have for the sake of a few more seats......we are still getting our new ground, in the location we all want and the club, the designer and LCC are in no illusion about the fans concerns. We need to see the plans sharpish.....

 

[TheFinnFan]

I dont mind if it has temporary track. This will only make our great stadium more famous. Meiss has been banging about atmosphere for ages now. He gets us. Chill yer beans and bean sacks

Keep the big picture in mind.

 

[ijjysmith]

The club allow Meis and Anderson to inform us of the bad news on the stadium.

Classy.

I do agree with this though. Some things don't change I guess.

 

[Tubey]

It's whether you trust the guy or not.

I'm choosing to trust him. Others seem to not trust him. Think that's about it.

No it really isn't that - the problem is what Meis believes constitutes the 'intimacy' of the ground. His view may be entirely different to ours.

It's not a matter of trust; it's more a matter of logic and math. You couldn't fit a running track inside Goodison, so how do you replicate what Goodison is by including one?

 

[KUEFC09U2]

So, the architecht, the club and now the mayor all state that they want the stands to be close to the pitch and intimidating and nothing will compromise that, but yet somehow they are all lying? Right

 

[Goat]

...I wasn't aware Liverpool had been awarded the games, shows how much I know.

They havent.

 

[peteblue]

We won by not going to Kirkby

It had nothing to do with the fans......

 

[ijjysmith]

No it really isn't that - the problem is what Meis believes constitutes the 'intimacy' of the ground. His view may be entirely different to ours.

It's not a matter of trust; it's more a matter of logic and math. You couldn't fit a running track inside Goodison, so how do you replicate what Goodison is by including one?

So you don't trust him. I think we got that.

 

[TheFinnFan]

Not allowed to be positive in here mate. Must look at worst case scenario.

Oh yes.
we're doomed. Doomed to hell.

 

[davek]

Not hard is it really:

four stands raking steeply from the pitch and the first rows of each to be within spitting distance of the pitch itself.

Any deviation from that is a betrayal of the club and what its fans want.

Bollocks to your bowl shapes; bollocks to your shallow stands; bollox to Anderson and his Commonwealth Games ambitions

 

[Goat]

No it really isn't that - the problem is what Meis believes constitutes the 'intimacy' of the ground. His view may be entirely different to ours.

It's not a matter of trust; it's more a matter of logic and math. You couldn't fit a running track inside Goodison, so how do you replicate what Goodison is by including one?

You also couldnt fit 60k fans into Goodison.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

No, it's actual maths against his word.

• Goodison Park is 100x68m pitch size.
• 100x68m cannot fit a 400m athletics track.
• Meis has said a track can be installed and not compromise intimacy.
• Anderson says the aim is to 'replicate' what Goodison offers.

That doesn't add up.

I'm not assuming it's going to be crap; I simply want an answer to how they expect the numbers to add up, because what they are saying and, on the surface, what they are doing are two completely different things.

Well I assume they can have seats there, take them out and install a track and then take the track out and put the seats back once it's done?

With the constant advances in technology there's probably an efficient way of doing that, and maybe the council will cover the costs of doing it as a favour to us for letting them essentially "borrow" the ground for a bit?

They pay to take out the seats and put in the track, we have the games, once the games are over they pay to put the seats back in again

So long as they're paying for it, I'm not that bothered really

Now if they want us to pay for it and it's considerably more of a hassle than that, then I'm going to be somewhat more perturbed