Star Lady 5,400 Posted June 2, 2014 What a sorry state our beloved sport is at this level, what with foreign riders creating little or no loyalty with UK clubs or their fans, and the top foreign dogs using UK clubs to to obtain pre season training/testing before there Euro League seasons commence!! There just isn't any feeling of them being "our riders" anymore, can you still get riders photos centred in your clubs rosettes? Or are the rosettes centreless with a bit of Velcro, then you just but photos of who's riding for you tonight and bung um in the centre!! I'd dispute that when it comes to King's Lynn this year. Seems to me Eastbourne riders are pretty loyal too. You can't blame riders, they have a living to earn. It's up to the promoters to use riders that will fulfil their fixtures and get them involved with their fans and more importantly the local community. Even better when they use riders who are local to the area Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weatherwatcher 664 Posted June 2, 2014 What a state our sport is in the teams take riders on at the start of the season, there is no loyalty to the clubs, I know the riders what to get into the GP's and what ever but the first loyalty should come to the club that they signed up to ride for in the first palce. It is now time that this country had enough top riders to fill all seven berths in ateam and then they could put up 2 fingers to all the riders from abroad, we could then have a self dependant league, without all these riders popping over and riding for teams when it suits them. But I guess that day will never come. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
semion 2,192 Posted June 2, 2014 When a rider is riding in 4 sometimes 5 different countries for what can turn out to be a different club each new season. Factor in GPs or other individual meets is it any wonder that some show little to no loyalty. Riders today are just Guns for hire. This is the Speedway world we live in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weatherwatcher 664 Posted June 4, 2014 Lets hope that this match to off. We have been promissed heavy rain and thunderstorms on Saturday, so it looks like this one could become another washout. Hope not, it has got to look really good weather wise for me to travel all the way to BP to get there and find after half an hour that the match had been canceled. May I add yet again. There are far to many matches being called off in the EL this year already. We just don't need anymore to add to the long list of cancelled races. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,723 Posted June 4, 2014 I know at one point it was looking like Bjerre and Doyle were missing for GP qualifier and Lambert for team GB U21 and did hear that Porsing and Lasse missing as riding for Denmark in U21 meeting. I am not sure if that is still the casePorsing and Lasse Bjerre haven`t any other meetings on Saturday other than being at Leicester-don`t know why people tell you such rubbish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flagrag 704 Posted June 4, 2014 The info I had was that the Danish U21 team were going to be in the same semi as team GB but they are now at the other round Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,723 Posted June 4, 2014 The info I had was that the Danish U21 team were going to be in the same semi as team GB but they are now at the other roundThat`s also rubbish !!! final is in Denmark on the 23rd August at Slangerup and they are seeded. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flagrag 704 Posted June 4, 2014 Thanks for clarifying that just shows can't trust all info you get given. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shale Searcher 1,264 Posted June 4, 2014 Just ignore the weather headline in the Daily Express this week, it's sensationalist rubbish!!! The forecast for Saturday is still very very fluidic, and won't, can't be firmed up until Friday.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weatherwatcher 664 Posted June 5, 2014 I just hope that the management take this meeting seriously and get a guest rider that is worth his weight to fill in for Jason Doyle and not some 2 bit rider they can pick up on the cheap. The fans need to see it and any rider that is not to the standard of Iverson will just be there to make up the numbers. They need to come good on this one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevethelion 192 Posted June 5, 2014 Kings Lynn using R/R for Bjerre. Sam Masters guests for Lambert, usually Sam goes well at Leicester & good choice of guest. Lions have Hansen for Hougaard. Guest for Doyle to be annouced.Looking at latest averages they could use Tai, with Doyles average being 7.75 plus 5% for home average bringing it to 8.14. But would imagine if he's in Poland on sunday that's unlikely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weatherwatcher 664 Posted June 5, 2014 What is the worst case senario that we could get as a guest rider. Who could they possibly pick that is totally useless and cost them £5 fee and a £1 a point. They will probablly get another NL rider to guest for them. But as I said I hope they take this very seriously. I want to come with my grandson on Saturday but I am not going to bother if they just pick some usuless rider. Whats the point, you would know the outcome before it even started. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shale Searcher 1,264 Posted June 6, 2014 (edited) Lets hope that this match to off. We have been promissed heavy rain and thunderstorms on Saturday, so it looks like this one could become another washout. Hope not, it has got to look really good weather wise for me to travel all the way to BP to get there and find after half an hour that the match had been canceled. May I add yet again. There are far to many matches being called off in the EL this year already. We just don't need anymore to add to the long list of cancelled races. Who are you?? You keep contradicting yourself......!!! Quotes. "Let's hope this match is off" Then, the very next line, he comes up with this... "so it looks like this one could become another washout. Hope not" Make your flipping mind up KKS, Jepsen Jensen Racing, Liam Gallaher Fan, Etc, Etc...... Please leave our thread alone, unless you have something genuine to say or comment on..... Edited June 6, 2014 by Shale Searcher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Al 708 Posted June 6, 2014 Who are you?? You keep contradicting yourself......!!! Quotes. "Let's hope this match is off" Then, the very next line, he comes up with this... "so it looks like this one could become another washout. Hope not" Make your flipping mind up KKS, Jepsen Jensen Racing, Liam Gallaher Fan, Etc, Etc...... Please leave our thread alone, unless you have something genuine to say or comment on..... Leave him alone you cyber bully. Weatherwatcher might have occasional problems with his take on things, but he's not doing anybody any harm!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shale Searcher 1,264 Posted June 6, 2014 (edited) I never have a bad word for anyone!! Just not keen on posts that contradict a statement in the same post!! Hope its off, then, don't want another rain off! Apology if it came over aggressively! The post smacked of the "multi-alias" one.... Edited June 6, 2014 by Shale Searcher 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
