I sack off all this ‘he gets Everton’ talk, whether it’s in regards to Dan Meis or others. It’s just pros saying all the right things in public, as they should.
Everton don’t even pretend to try to be the best any more. I would be flabbergasted if we had a new stadium within 5,000 seats of the ‘magical’ 60k.
This is Everton remember. There’s always something to take the gloss off.
...that’s with my cynical, experienced Everton hat on.
IF we actually go about it in an ambitious, well-planned manner, then the absolute minimum would have to be 55k, and the venue as a whole would have to be brilliant. I would be happy with 58k, because a few thousand here or there is nothing.
What I don’t want us to regret is us building too small so that we can’t get UEFA matches (Europa Final, Euros etc) due to being outbid by a slightly larger Anfield some time down the road.