It's old news, now, but it was announced that Liverpool Football Club won't be going anywhere and are going to redevelop the old stadium by increasing it's current capacity to 60,000 seats. As a supporter of LFC, I think this is good news, if only for the reason that this is LFC's 'spiritual home' and the history surrounding the stadium. The prospect of moving to a new ground just didn't feel right and a ground share with Everton was a big no-no. I had initially feared that it wouldn't be possible since it meant they would have to demolish the streets around it, but it seems like a solution has been found.
Well done to those involved. Unlike the previous owners, they were mindful of what the fans thought in a situation like this. It will also make more financial sense in the long run.
Of course, it's not yet set in stone since there are still obstacles that might prevent it from getting the go ahead, but hopefully these will be ironed out in due course.
As for what happened on the pitch, Swansea proves that they were the better team in the Capital One Cup against Liverpool and the latter was at home. It was almost too easy for them, especially the first half. LFC had no cutting edge and playing Joe Cole and Yesil meant they might as well have been playing with nine men. The latter can be excused since he's young and has simply proved here he isn't ready, but we all know that Cole has overstayed his welcome a long time ago.
The big guns, Gerrard, Suarez and Sterling were thrown in the second half on to no avail. Not ideal, since they really should be rested and losing just makes it worse. Now they will have to recover again quickly for Sunday.
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