Bramley-Moore will be a big boost to City economy

"One billion pounds..." Why do I see a funny man in a grey suit with a little finger in his mouth?

Bramley-Moore is a new Kings Dock. We can't afford a striker but we have £500 million for a new ground? Do me a favour, Bill!!

A billion pounds is obviously a lot of money, but I was reading somewhere that Salford is going to be spending more than that on some kind of regeneration scheme, or other?

I think the biggest thing that we can hope for is that the plans for local railway stations to be reopened, and a massive new rail link, which will make going to Bramley-Moore, so much easier for so many local people, and would also help make life easier for so many people who live all over Liverpool right now, gets the nod.

Everyone is sceptical because of the "unfunny man" in the grey suit,but if this doesn't happen now, I think it would finish off a lot of Evertonians who just want to see our club being able to compete with the big boys once again.

Cynical, Moi?

The only funny thing is that I expected this Monday, but they waited until Tuesday. So sneaky.

So if it did get built, you'd still say this was a distraction? Bizarre.

"Isn't it grand! Isn't it fine! Look at the cut, the style, the line!
The suit of clothes is altogether, but altogether it's altogether
The most remarkable suit of clothes that I have ever seen.
These eyes of mine at once determined
The sleeves are velvet, the cape is ermine
The hose are blue and the doublet is a lovely shade of green
Somebody send for the Queen"

Well they sent for the Queen and they quickly explained to her
about the magic suit of clothes. And naturally,
the Queen not wanting to appear a fool, said:

"Well, isn't it oh! Isn't it rich! Look at the charm of every stitch!
The suit of clothes is altogether, but altogether it's altogether
The most remarkable suit of clothes that I have ever seen
These eyes of mine at once determined
The sleeves are velvet, the cape is ermine
The hose are blue and the doublet is a lovely shade of green
Summon the court to convene"

Well the court convened, and you never saw in your life
as many people as were at that court. All the ambassadors,
the dukes, the earls, the counts, it was just packed with people,
and they were all told about the magic suit of clothes.
And after they were told they
naturally didn't want to appear fools and they said:

"Isn't it ohhh! Isn't it ahhh! Isn't it absolutely wheee! (whistle sound)
The suit of clothes is altogether, but altogether, it's altogether
The most remarkable suit of clothes a tailor ever made
Now quickly, put it altogether
With gloves of leather and hat and feather
It's altogether the thing to wear in Saturday's parade
Leading the royal brigade"

Now Saturday came and the streets were just
lined with thousands and thousands and thousands of people.
And they all were cheering as the artillery came by, the infantry marched by,
the cavalry galloped by. And everybody was cheering like mad,
except one little boy. You see, he hadn't heard about
the magic suit and didn't know what he was supposed to see.
Well, as the King came by the little boy looked and, horrified, said:

"Look at the King! Look at the the King! Look at the King, the King, the King!
The King is in the altogether, but altogether, the altogether
He's altogether as naked as the day that he was born
The King is in the altogether, but altogether, the altogether
It's altogether the very least the King has ever worn"

Summon the court physician! Call an intermission!
His majesty is wide open to ridicule and scorn.

The King is in the altogether, but all together, the altogether
He's altogether as naked as the day that he was born
And it's altogether too chilly a morn!

Everton is only part of his project to regenerate the Docks in Liverpool, as can be seen with his purchase of the Royal Liver building, so I can see this one happening and we'll have a stadium to be proud of that top players will want to play in (being well rewarded of course).

What the hell are we going to moan about then?

Although there are a lot of cynical comments I just let these statements about ££££ boost to the local economy etc go over my head as an Evertonian all I care about is the stadium but it's sure to be part of a regenerated area different schemes. I'm sure it will happen.

It's always very nice to have ambition. But I might start getting excited if and when we (firstly) start showing a lot of improvement of the pitch, and (secondly) actually start building the new stadium.

If I have learnt anything in life, it is that Everton are true masters of letting their fans down!

Well it wouldn't be Everton's fault if the other players failed in the super big regeneration project now, would it?

Well if it happens the moaners will have a field day: its too small, the seats are too close together, cant see the Mersey where I sit. I thought the stadium would be more modern, I thought it would have more of the old Goodison features.

You can always bet, Liam, that Evertonians will have a moan about something, I don't suppose we are any worse than any other fans. But constantly reading posts on ToffeeWeb you could get the impression we are only happy when we have something to moan about.

"Ah", I hear you say, "if we'd be on a good run of form they wouldn't have needed to release this statement!"

In which case the reaction would have been, "why aren't they keeping us up-to-date on stadium developments - typical Everton this, you can read them like a book".

Any major constructions normally do this well before any foundations or groundwork starts, forgive my suspicions but there has never been, to the best of my knowledge, anything more than talk.

This will surely rank with the container terminal which would never catch on or the noise generated by expanding the airport. Where are the folk with the vision for the art gallery and St George's Hall?,"It will further enhance the City's international reputation for delivering major transformational projects on such a large scale"

This will surely rank with the container terminal which would never catch on or the noise generated by expanding the airport. Where are the folk with the vision for the art gallery and St George's Hall?,,,1,16:00:31,,1.126.48.239,ok,17201,09/20/2017 16:00:31,AlanThompson,reader,, 852415,35515,toffeeweb,20/09/2017,Richard Jones,rich@ccgs1.com,I'm sorry to do this to you Gary but you obviously haven't taken into account the fact that we only won 1 of our last 5 games of last season and haven't won since January away from home.

I wouldn't say everything was rosy in the garden at the end of last season by any stretch mate. ,I'm sorry to do this to you Gary but you obviously haven't taken into account the fact that we only won 1 of our last 5 games of last season and haven't won since January away from home.

I wouldn't say everything was rosy in the garden at the end of last season by any stretch mate. ,,,1,16:00:46,,86.179.86.164,ok,2139,09/20/2017 16:00:46,shottie,reader,, 852416,35515,toffeeweb,20/09/2017,Dave Pritchard,dplp@blueyonder.co.uk,The results did improve after Christmas last season but the style of football did not. That lack of style has now carried over - in fact has declined further - to this season along with poor results. Next 4 matches must see wins - at least 3 - and better structure and better tactics. If I don't see these things I will be having really serious doubts about whether Koeman can turn us around.,The results did improve after Christmas last season but the style of football did not. That lack of style has now carried over - in fact worsend - to this season along with poor results. Next 4 matches must see wins - at least 3 - and better structure and better tactics. If I don;t see these things I will be having really serious doubts about whether Koeman can turn us around.,,,1,16:01:05,,94.174.108.255,ok,15754,09/20/2017 16:01:05,DhP,reader,, 852417,35516,toffeeweb,20/09/2017,Phil Smith,djsentinelone@gmail.com,"I like the look of John Keating's line-up and I'd be happy with that. I'd go with:
4-1-2-3
Stek
Kenny, Holgate, Keane, Martina
Gueye,
DCL , Siggy, Lookman
Sandro, Niasse

Sadly the philanthropists who build things that foster pride or the arts like St Georges or The Walker live or invest in China, Dubai or that other foreign country, London.

In the north Manchester is years ahead of Liverpool and seen as the hub of the north.

So a new footy stadium would be a remarkable achievement in the real world.

But Everton just talk... and talk shit. I'm starting to lose faith, tbh.

In the words of Bernard Matthews: "Beautiful, just beautiful."

You only care about the stadium, which is fair enough, but if these plans happened then people would be able to get the train to our new ground from all over the city, rather than having to get a bus into town, before jumping on an under-ground train to get to the stadium.

All-in-all, a massive boost to the city. You can bet your last pound any available land between the stadium and the Pier Head will be built on. Museums, Art galleries, shops, living accommodation etc. They will want to bring all a variety of visitors to the area, not just football fans.

The knock-on to existing businesses will be a bonus.

Why?

Precedent.

My view is that when Moshiri purchased a 49.9% stake in EFC he did so with the intention of exponentially increasing the value of the new addition to his investment portfolio.

To achieve that he needs three things.

1. Consolidation of the clubs Premier League status.
2. A new world class stadium.
3. Outside investment.

Without 1, then 2 and 3 aren't going to happen. This is what he was talking about when he said "we have a window of opportunity".

I am in agreement with John's #49 statement that

"All in all a massive boost to the city. You can bet your last pound any available land between the stadium and the Pier Head will be built on."

I suspect there is a lot of investment capital circling to see what happens on the pitch at Everton this season. Success would be the catalyst for major investment in the regeneration of the waterfront and city.

Laurie talks about what happened in Melbourne which is probably the reason he has got so much enthusiasm for this project. He's seen the bigger picture, and it's also probably the main reason that Moshiri,jumped on board in the first place.

Look at his plans for the remortgage – he won't be around when it's finished, but he will leave such a major legacy for both Evertonians and the city in general because this is about so much more than just a football stadium.

When the club start selling season tickets for the new ground, all you doubters are going to the back of the queue.

Link

This Etihad stadium was a big part of the Urban regeneration project in Melbourne which is still kicking on 20-odd years later. The regeneration has and still provides thousands and thousands of jobs in the construction, service, and commercial sectors for the people of Melbourne.

I just hope that the engineers and architects involved in the regeneration project pay respect through their work, to their genius predecessors who had the vision to build the waterfront in the 1800s and also the men who provided the muscle without which it would never have been built.

We have got to get behind this.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docklands,_Victoria