Had loads of reaction, both here and on various forums, to my blog article about it not being in the nature of Liverpool fans to protest against the club.
Some have been inspired and some have missed the point in a big way.
I'm not looking for protests. I know a new ground is an absolute necessity and I am looking forward to seeing it in all its glory.
I also know all about Anfield4Ever and all the excellent work they did when it was first mooted that Liverpool might quit Anfield.
The point of the article was that seeing the new plans yesterday brought it into sharper focus than ever that we really will be leaving Anfield, particularly with the new owners being in a much better financial position to facilitate the move than the previous regime were.

It is the emotion that leaving will inevitably produce coupled with a realisation that we aren't going kicking and screaming, by and large we're going willingly that led me to ask why as a set of fans we hardly ever protest.
One of the best answers came from a fella called Mike Hill, a proper Red who goes the match week in, week out and who has been an Anfield regular for more than three decades.
He wrote:
Firstly, Anfield has changed so many times down the years that for most generations it is not the ground they fell in love. For older cats the Anny Rd is not the same as it was when it was standing, had a boys pen, away pen and just one tier - all incremental changes. The Kemlyn is not the Kemlyn and the Kop is obviously not the Kop (and no-one could protest when that went because of the reasons - although there were the vocal No Seats protests for a while). Even the old Paddock has gone. It is parking in the same place, going to the same boozers and chippies, walking the same route to the ground - the rituals which have remained the same and they largely will. And tbh since the Kop went a lot of the affinity went for me anyway - although there are some great memories from the past 10 years they somehow aren't as powerful.
Secondly, most potential Reds protests pale compared to the gross injustice of Hillsborough and those minded to protest by nature have channelled their efforts into this one. A real protest if you like.
And finally, we never felt as bad a side as we were in hindsight in the 90s. We won a couple of trophies and were nearly always in the running for one or another - getting to finals, semis or finishing high up in the league. And at the low points managers left and were replaced fuelling a new wave of optimism. The big signings (Stewart, Clough, Collymore, Scales, Babb etc.) mainly felt good when we made them which fuelled optimism again even if they did flop (some of them very quickly).
Mike's point about Hillsborough is spot on. That is and always will be our protest and because of that so many other issues just pale into insignificance in comparison.
And the injustice of Hillsborough also inspired the most wonderful Anfield protest I've ever seen with the six minute demo during the Arsenal cup game earlier this year.
That was something which no-one who was there will ever forget. I know I won't, I can still remember it bringing tears to my eyes.
Maybe the answer is we can and do protest - and do it really well - but only when it really matters.

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