thommo34

Having read all the posts on this meeting I am extremely surprised that the person who seems to have escaped criticism is the referee. Rightly the Sheffield promotion should take a lot of the blame but I felt that the referee should have been much stronger with the culprits who were continually rolling (cheating) on several occasions got away with it. When the races were stopped it beggars belief that he could not see the culprit(s) and warn or disqualify them. Th crowds frustration was then further tested by opening the pit gate and the further delays to the meeting were totally unnecssary. When will the powers that be learn!

I find the most annoying thing is that there is no visible effort from Troy, there is more effort in one race from Josh Pickering than we have seen all season from Troy

Sorry but I've still not received last weeks SS. No problems at all this week, so at this stage I'll stick with News Team.

Hi Phil, SS delivered this morning by News Team

Thanks Phil - will do.

Hi Phil, I've still not received last week's copy. I'm quite happy to help you save money if we can get a reliable delivery from News Team, but the truth is , it really is difficult when you don't know when to expect the delivery

Is it possible for me to see the delivery photo to try to get to the bottom of this?

I guess it prompts the question as to where it was delivered. There is no label or address on it so they could deliver it anywhere On the face of it this was a good system but it needs thinking through I think! So thanks for your help.

Thanks Phil, still nothing after the weekend so I think I would prefer Royal Mail if that's OK.

I thought we'd got this cracked but over thelast 4 weeks it's just got later and later. the first week it was here before 7am, the following week at thurs unchtime, last week at about 9pm but today (friday) at 4pm not yet arrived. post code is S6 4DA

Probably all of them - Debbie Hancock?

In these uncertain times I wonder what the Sheffield team is likely to be thing do start again Nicki & Jack? will they appear if the Poles get away with their rule? Josh is he going to ride in the UK? Todd we know has retired. I worry about the strength when all this is finally cleared up.

Well I finally received 2 Speedway Stars yesterday (18th and 25th Dec, so I feel that Pinegen ought to be able to claim some compensation from Royal Mail (or whoever it is). If this is First Class then why are they putting the price up by 9p from 1st Jan, what possible justification can there be? Also I think Speedway Star should be congratulated on keeping the magazine going in such an interesting way, just keep the standard going when the racing resumes.

Hope I get mine today but not likely to know until 3:30ish

When will this topic be moved (or merged) with the Championship. Poole supporters need to realise that they are no longer in the top league! Perhaps the reality is that without the demotion there may not be any speedway in Poole, so they are a very welcome addition to the Championship.

Totally agree with 4thbender, I find it very difficult to understand how most promoters, as successful business men, seem to know so little about running speedway as a business. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but if Mr Lomas is to be believed, some of the Sheffield promotion team cannot accept criticism. Without doubt there have been some serious mistakes made this year, the most serious being the belief that Josh Bates would only be out for a few weeks. Family loyalty has little place in business and most of the Sheffield crowd could see at the start of the season that Josh was carrying a very serious injury that would take months, not weeks, to clear. I also fail to see how any Team Manager could seemingly not understand that the 3 and 4 pairing was extremely weak and would leak points, giving the opposition big advantages in at least 3 heats. Although I rate Broc I think it is extremely unfair to give him the pressure of Heat 14. In my opinion he has had a rough deal - why not swap Todd and Broc round in the team? I have not seen any offensive abuse on this forum, in most cases it is simply constructive criticism. After such a successful season last year we are all extremely disappointed.

Don't understand why we seem so intent on keeping Broc at No 4. Surely it would make more sense to switch him and Todd round. Gives him an inside gate in Heat 1 and makes us stronger in Heat 14. Also the last meetings there has been an obvious weakness with the 3 & 4 pairing. We need to change something or we'll not win another meeting.

I understand that Scott Nicholls rode the new Godden engine at Workington. As he seemingly put up a competitive performance it would seem to auger well for the future. Has anyone any comments to make?

I started watching speedway at Sheffield in 1961. In those days Frank Varey started at 7:45 and very rarely finished later than 9:30. A meeting then consisted of 21 races and race times were almost 10 seconds slower. In this case I long for the "good old days".

Have I missed it or are we still waiting for the official rules for starting?

Time we concentrated on trying to find more talent, I always enjoy the Top Gun meetings. BTW anyone know what's happened to the new training track.

Sedgeman - NO! NO! NO!

Yep - the worry now is how will Ipswich fair on Thursday with a full team, they won tonight with 3 riders! I really thought we would do better, that's the first time I've seen them beaten this season. I'm certain things will be different in 3 days time.

Yes he'll make a good referee.

No doubt if they do go to the end of season do they'll be able to have guests anyway!