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correct again the swindon management are not being respectful to the fans the fans know the score lee kilby always said it WILL BE ON ??? hmmm humble pie being served now !!!

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There are lies, lies, dam lies and anything that comes out of TR’s mouth...this Swindon track situation is a proper farce and another shot in the foot of British speedway. :rolleyes:

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9 hours ago, Speedtiger said:

There are lies, lies, dam lies and anything that comes out of TR’s mouth...this Swindon track situation is a proper farce and another shot in the foot of British speedway. :rolleyes:

Its a week delay. Surely a bigger lie is getting everyone in on Thursday the having to cancel it after a few heats. Speedway starts too early anyway in the year and there are too many blank weeks in the summer when the weather is good. One postponed fixture in April is not the end of the world.

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11 hours ago, geoff58 said:

correct again the swindon management are not being respectful to the fans the fans know the score lee kilby always said it WILL BE ON ??? hmmm humble pie being served now !!!

Damned if they do and damned if they don't..

I remember being in a crowd once, a crowd full of anticipation to see a new track, (maybe you were there too?), and coming away thinking "Speedway! No matter how many times you give it another go, it will always be a Mickey Mouse amateur shambles"...

At least this time a couple of thousand fans (including Aces supporters again no doubt), won't have yet another reason to feel so peed off with the way the Sport is ran once more...

And no need for humble pie either, as with any Speedway meeting, the track may have been absolutely perfect on the day but the heavens might have opened so no meeting would have taken place anyway...

The season finishes many months from now, so better to wait and do something properly,  than rush things through half arsed and spectacularly fail...

Especially when you are in Swindons unique position where they will want to be seen as ultra professional in the eyes of the public and local officials, given the challenges they are facing with their new home..

A brand damaging opening night farce could have been a disaster that they just may have struggled to recover from..

 

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27 minutes ago, mikebv said:

Damned if they do and damned if they don't..

I remember being in a crowd once, a crowd full of anticipation to see a new track, (maybe you were there too?), and coming away thinking "Speedway! No matter how many times you give it another go, it will always be a Mickey Mouse amateur shambles"...

At least this time a couple of thousand fans (including Aces supporters again no doubt), won't have yet another reason to feel so peed off with the way the Sport is ran once more...

And no need for humble pie either, as with any Speedway meeting, the track may have been absolutely perfect on the day but the heavens might have opened so no meeting would have taken place anyway...

The season finishes many months from now, so better to wait and do something properly,  than rush things through half arsed and spectacularly fail...

Especially when you are in Swindons unique position where they will want to be seen as ultra professional in the eyes of the public and local officials, given the challenges they are facing with their new home..

A brand damaging opening night farce could have been a disaster that they just may have struggled to recover from..

 

A hell of a lot of sense spoken here. Look at the delays Tottenham had opening their new stadium. Did anybody consider they were shooting themselves in the foot? One week won't do any harm. Like you say, there are plenty spare weeks in the summer to use. You really don't want a repeat of the Belle Vue opening night, that would be far more damaging.

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26 minutes ago, topsoil said:

A hell of a lot of sense spoken here. Look at the delays Tottenham had opening their new stadium. Did anybody consider they were shooting themselves in the foot? One week won't do any harm. Like you say, there are plenty spare weeks in the summer to use. You really don't want a repeat of the Belle Vue opening night, that would be far more damaging.

I'm a Spurs fan who attends game and the past 6 months have been the biggest frustration ever with the constant delays. A one week delay to our new speedway track is nothing!

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I did not realise that the scale of changes at Swindon were on the same level as those involved in building a whole new stadium to hold 50,000 plus. If that is so, then yes a week is nothing. If we don't get a brand-damaging opening night a week later.

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How badly are the crowds going to be affected due to this delay. There are plenty who won't risk attending a first meeting with a new track surface any more so the pre Easter Thursday meeting which was always liable to be a bumper event could now turn into a fraction of the original number. IF the unthinkable happens and the meeting gets abandoned then it will sink the Easter Monday meeting also which will have a large financial knock on for the season.

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Why make the change too track so close too the season in the first place...now  the predictable happens.. Swindon track isn't ready. Swindon go too Wolves having not even had a press day. So probably old stock pictures .Standard portraits in new colours doesent even need a track.... you wonder why the sport is in such a decline. 

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Common sense to not to run the meeting but questions have  no be asked why it took so long to start the work in the first place leaving such a tight deadline . 

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17 hours ago, geoff58 said:

correct again the swindon management are not being respectful to the fans the fans know the score lee kilby always said it WILL BE ON ??? hmmm humble pie being served now !!!

I'm posting for the first time in many years simply to say that you are an absolute tool. Good bye. :-)

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57 minutes ago, orion said:

Common sense to not to run the meeting but questions have  no be asked why it took so long to start the work in the first place leaving such a tight deadline . 

Common sense is a foreign  language in speedway.  Ha ha ha. Will be interested to hear honest views of the riders after the first meeting. Is one extra week going to allow track to bed in properly  for a season of racing ....

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41 minutes ago, jhproductions said:

I'm posting for the first time in many years simply to say that you are an absolute tool. Good bye. :-)

ok numpty !!

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3 hours ago, Mafiarule said:

Common sense is a foreign  language in speedway.  Ha ha ha. Will be interested to hear honest views of the riders after the first meeting. Is one extra week going to allow track to bed in properly  for a season of racing ....

With the dog racing  and rain we are getting today both tyre packing and practice by the riders would have been very difficult today or tomorrow and could have caused issues so it is the best decision to postpone.

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