gorgeousgeorgeEFC
Player Valuation: £25m
It would be both embarrassing and damaging to our brand if we were to build a brand-new stadium that's even smaller than Anfield. It would just confirm our status as the city's inferior club. No one's saying we should try to put Old Trafford in the shade, but if it's going to be smaller than stadia like Anfield and St James' Park, then we might as well not bother.
I know that some are concerned that we would be unable to fill a stadium with a capacity of 60,000 or more (not that having a couple of thousand empty seats would be detrimental to us in any way), but our highest ever attendance is close to 80,000. And a move to a new stadium almost always increases a club's attendances massively. When Arsenal played at Highbury they almost never had capacity attendances and Highbury only held 39,000 people. Conversely, the Emirates, a stadium with a capacity of 60,000, is almost always full. And West Ham's average attendance has shot up by over 20,000 since their move to the Olympic Stadium. Fans are much more likely to want to watch their team in a state-of-the-art stadium than in a decrepit stadium that is riddled with obstructed views, like Goodison.
