Football FanCast columnist Jerome Johnstone feels that it is time to scrap the Stanley Park proposal once and for all and that the millions would be more effective elsewhere.

Am I the only Liverpool fan who is growing extremely frustrated at the proposed Stanley Park stadium? What was once perceived as a supporters dream is slowly becoming a total nightmare and in all honestly is seemingly crippling us beyond belief.

I was once told never to spend anything I haven't got and I feel the same must be said here at Liverpool. Borrowing in excess of £400m in the current climate is ludicrous enough, but given that it is likely to cause considerably financial constraints for Rafa Benitez in the coming season's is complete footballing suicide.

After many years of hurt and frustration, Liverpool finally looks to have a squad capable of mounting a successful title challenge. With a wonderful mix of youth and experience, there is no doubting that a strong foundation is in place but this continually needs to be approved upon if the club is going to sustain a long period of success. Another summer like the last one is not productive or helpful to any manager and having to wheel and deal, or looking for bargains cannot be the way forward, but you sense that Rafa is going to be left with little option.

If Liverpool ever needed proof of the dangers of taking on a debt then they should look no further than Arsenal. Since the North Londoners move to the Emirates, money has been extremely tight and Wenger has had to make do with hunting down youngsters or bargains. The Frenchman himself came out in pre-season and claimed that unfortunately it will take the club some 20yrs to be free of the debt and that is why subsequently the club will remain prudent. Arsenal's super new stadium generates huge revenues, but after three years, where has it taken them? They have won nothing for four seasons and is it any coincidence that success dried up, when constraints were in place? That ‘invincible' team in 2004 should have set upon a huge period of success, but were thwarted due to stadium costs and ended up with the subsequent break-up of that team.

So can we honestly risk a similar scenario at Anfield? That was a team who went the whole season unbeaten that went into dramatic decline, while we are in a position where we just want to mount a title challenge. I honestly believe it to be a risk that the football club shouldn't take and all our funds should be behind Rafa and making sure we consolidate and improve our already excellent squad. A title challenge and subsequent success has been a long time coming and we surely cannot afford to jeopardise this for the sake of a few extra bums on seats. Arsenal are proof that extra revenues count for little in terms of success and therefore I believe it is time to scrap the proposals and put all their backing behind Rafa. A plush new stadium is one thing, but a subsequent mid-table side playing in it could prove quite another and that is a risk that we could be taking if we let our best chance of sustaining a period of success pass us by.

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