We'll believe it when we see it

It was with some surprise that we learned earlier this week of enabling work beginning on the club's new ground on Stanley Park.

Contractors Laing O'Rourke removed a few shrubs and set down the bollards in preparation for the building of a stadium we were once promised we'd be playing in two seasons ago.

With Tom Hicks and George Gillett apparently on talking terms again and Gillett doing his best to woo the fans with personal appointments the Americans may feel they have weathered the storm of discontent and anger towards their ownership among fans. We certainly hope that's not actually the case.

In his meeting with a Reds fans holidaying in the States, Gillett apparently was adamant that the stadium would be complete by the beginning of 2011/12 and insisted that discussions with Jurgen Klinsmann last year were only regarding football, not replacing Rafa (Yeah George pull the other one for fucks sake!)

The builders may be in but the stadium is far from built and the money is far from available to get it built. As the man from SOS said: “We will believe it when we see it, when the new Kop is there in front of us.”

Spain to beat Russia tonight. Torres finding his goalscoring touch to put Villa in the shade!