Point taken mate.
The problem that EFC have is we don't contribute to the economy cos the majority of us aren't Scandinavian!!!
Speculation, why don,t we leave it to the professionals to comment on that as neither you or I are in a position to state unequivocally what could and could not be done.
Just a bit of extra info on WHP - it's been dead for a long time. EFC never ever had the money for it and were always hoping for a rabbit out of the hat from the Council - whilst the Council were always waiting for EFC to show them the money. Only reason it got as far as it did was Joe Anderson - and the only reason it's been announced now is political timing.
Our intentionality with a stadium has deffo increased. We're now looking at options where we're coming to the table with suggestions we can actually afford. They may not be quite as exciting as a Kings Dock or a WHP - but they have the advantage of actually being POSSIBLE. Moshiri is the driving force now - I know at least with Stonebridge it's his Russian mate on the Board who is attending meetings etc.
Our intentionality with a stadium has deffo increased. We're now looking at options where we're coming to the table with suggestions we can actually afford. They may not be quite as exciting as a Kings Dock or a WHP - but they have the advantage of actually being POSSIBLE. Moshiri is the driving force now - I know at least with Stonebridge it's his Russian mate on the Board who is attending meetings etc.
Makes sense Ryazantsev being involved - background in corporate finance in the banking sector I believe.
The Cowboy
Player Valuation: £60m
Wasn't Kirkby derided for being a feasible but unambitious plan?
mythbuster
Player Valuation: £35m
I'm telling you now, unequivocally, that the roads around that site could not cope with the traffic a 50k seat stadium would bring.
It would take a massive redevelopment.
Yeah but it wasn't feasible through our money - it was feasible because Tesco were going to pump millions into it.
Now we're coming with ideas that WE can actually afford.
Coffee and TV
Player Valuation: £25m
I think they're trying to make it clear that we won't end up with another Kirkby situation
OneTrueLegend
Player Valuation: £35m
I think the main thing was it's location. There was a feeling with Kirkby that it was'nt as good looking as The Kings Dock, but I think people would have been more accepting of it, if it had been in Liverpool.
The Cowboy
Player Valuation: £60m
WHP was canned because we couldn't afford it without other people's money? Not sure I'm reading the situation correctly but it sounds like we only get the stadium of our dreams with other people's buy-in. Go it alone, and we get something watered down?
WHP more complicated - greenfield site which the Council would have taken a huge hit on in terms of political pressure. Plus not a free site I don't think.
Brownfield sites much less controversial, and much cheaper to obtain the land before you even get as far as a spade in the ground.
The Mighty Quint
Player Valuation: £40m
Money talks, the thing that has happened since then is we are now absolutely minted, people tend to listen to your wants more if you are paying for nice things, not going cap in hand like Kenwright for 15 years.
Do you know why they are not naming the sites given we went public with WHP?
Nope sorry. Only one meeting has taken place about Stonebridge - that's the only one I'm in a position to hear about tbh.
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