Source: Liverpool_Echo
Liverpool FC fans have their say on the takeover
* TAKE part in our LFC takeover survey here[LNB]AlwaysRed: TO MESSRS Broughton, Purslow and Ayre, stick to your guns, almost mission accomplished.[LNB]For the first time in a while you must be able to sense a turn in the tide of the support you have. All true LFC supporters are right behind you on this one.[LNB]Der_Retter: I would love to see a revamped 60,000-seater Anfield. I'm not a big fan of new stadia if the older ones can be redeveloped.[LNB] MrFitz: The sheer delight I feel inside to see Hicks and Gillett make a huge loss is overwhelming.[LNB]Well done on a magnificent stroke of genius by Broughton, Ayres and Purslow.[LNB]What price would a video of that board meeting fetch? It would go down in Liverpool folklore![LNB]Spirit_of_Biscan: 'Cautious optimism', like the SOS said, is the best way to look at it I reckon.[LNB]We're hearing all we heard last time, but for some reason it sounds convincing again this time round.[LNB]Lubanski: Wouldn't it be just grand if Hicks were declared bankrupt after he's been booted out?[LNB]The wine would flow and there would be dancing in the streets.[LNB]Kopout: They had their doubters from the outset, but Messrs Broughton, Purslow and Ayre have stuck to their terms of reference throughout.[LNB]While all around them (myself included at times) were deluded with ideas of covert plans that would ensure Hicks and Gillett survived with a profit, the board members held their nerve to bring us the solution we have all wanted for so long.[LNB]Des2009: Be wary, be very wary. Broughton is still a banker - albeit supposedly brought in by Hicks and Gillett - he is still a banker with allegiances to the banking fraternity.[LNB]It is possible he is only trying to get back the money owed to RBS etc.[LNB]Liverpool8: If we are only going to have a 60,000-seater stadium we should extend Anfield - it is revered by so many.[LNB]GerryMc: If the players can show the same level of steel on the pitch as the directors have shown off it then we will once again conquer the world.[LNB]Redjonmik: My fear is that this will rumble on like a bad smell.[LNB]I can envisage Hicks, and to a lesser extent Gillett, refusing to accept any judgment that does not go in their favour - appeal after appeal, taking it to America and anywhere else that might give them a sympathetic ear.[LNB]Red4Ever1965: Time and divine mercy are what we need now - divine mercy as we need to pass the last hurdle of a court case and an appeal, time for the new owners to come and show what they are all about.[LNB]Scousepaul10: Anfield could easily be extended to accommodate 70,000, never mind 60,000. This is the most realistic idea.[LNB]Moving from Anfield to a new stadium should only happen if we decide to go to 80,000.[LNB]RedFlyer: I've been chatting to a lot of Red Sox fans. Most of them think Hicks and Gillett are pirates as well - they are sports speculators not developers, and that is the big difference to the Red Sox fans.
