Nickinho 428 Posted January 17, 2022 1 minute ago, PhilTheAce said: Comes in on a 4 Leaves 13.02 Very happy with this signing, hes only going one way True. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tinker 203 Posted January 17, 2022 Really hope that BV can now produce the proverbial rabbit from the hat type of signing. Hopefully it will be someone who will not only get the BV fans talking but British Speedway as a whole. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikebv 10,243 Posted January 17, 2022 1 hour ago, phillipsr said: with the greatest of respect what will sacking Smith and Lemon do to the finances of Belle Vue? what will a good manager do? winning the league isnt going to create of influx of funds. ive said before there's no prestige to winning anything in Speedway in this country outside of World Events, Put simply the wider population doesn't care who wins the leagues etc so the losses will be the same The losses could be even more if you "win"... And end up closing a track down.... Adrian Smith clearly has the support of those who pay the bills, and also, (from his interviews in the past), seems to understand what the sport needs to move forward, so would also be a loss to the sport overall... A tough year ahead maybe for the Aces, but crowds are very loyal there considering they had so many years of abject rubbish at the old track... Who knows, a few "cheap nights" salary wise and they could even make a profit... The irony of British Speedway.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bradford Ace 183 Posted January 17, 2022 Tungate & Broc Nicol fits nicely. Think that’s best we can hope for and should ensure we are tough to beat at home Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chrisdonnelly 43 Posted January 17, 2022 48 minutes ago, Bradford Ace said: Tungate & Broc Nicol fits nicely. Think that’s best we can hope for and should ensure we are tough to beat at home Certainly take both of those 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevehone 3,425 Posted January 17, 2022 here's Norick Blodorn in action 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve0 5,517 Posted January 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Bradford Ace said: Tungate & Broc Nicol fits nicely. Think that’s best we can hope for and should ensure we are tough to beat at home Can’t see Tungate doing UK - seems well settled in Poland. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foreverblue 6,081 Posted January 17, 2022 2 hours ago, PhilTheAce said: Comes in on a 4 Leaves 13.02 Very happy with this signing, hes only going one way Looks a good signing and will only improve as the season goes on, obviously Lemon still has the ability to mess up what has the potential to be a title winning team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GWC 495 Posted January 17, 2022 2 hours ago, foreverblue said: Looks a good signing and will only improve as the season goes on, obviously Lemon still has the ability to mess up what has the potential to be a title winning team. Only 17 and no experience on U.K. tracks which are very different to where he comes from. He’ll do well to keep his average as up against seasoned campaigners in the Premiership. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Speedtiger 327 Posted January 17, 2022 6 hours ago, phillipsr said: But Lemon doesnt control any of that Lemon is a director of the club and as such is fully responsible. The way bv is set up Lemo has more control and involvement in the success or failure of the club than Smith. Smith really does what Lemo says because he still doesn’t know how speedway works. He plays the big bv boss but that’s all about his ego. The money the club loses isn’t there’s and they still pick up there wages so they probably not that worried. They’ve had 5 years to get things right at bv and they haven’t. Any other business they failed in and they’d be sacked. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel Smith 5,646 Posted January 17, 2022 5 hours ago, PhilTheAce said: Comes in on a 4 Leaves 13.02 Very happy with this signing, hes only going one way As do all Speedway rider's 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Call me wolfie 677 Posted January 17, 2022 1 hour ago, GWC said: Only 17 and no experience on U.K. tracks which are very different to where he comes from. He’ll do well to keep his average as up against seasoned campaigners in the Premiership. Looked good at Monmore in the Olympique, I was very impressed to be honest 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PotteringAround 631 Posted January 17, 2022 3 hours ago, Speedtiger said: Lemon is a director of the club and as such is fully responsible. Wrong again. The Belle Vue company directors are William Anthony Rice and Robin Simon Southwell. They're the people responsible for the club. But in more interesting matters, Blodorn looks like a decent signing. Good to see a young newcomer coming to British Speedway. He seems to be quite a prospect. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Col 850 Posted January 17, 2022 A 17 year old German with no British experience on a 4.00 average. Risky. I hope the lad has a Championship club lined up. Fricke will probably top the averages, decent back.up in the form of Wright & Kurtz, Brennan will improve. Think Aces need a couple of solid middle order scorers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sidewinder 191 Posted January 17, 2022 5 hours ago, GWC said: Only 17 and no experience on U.K. tracks which are very different to where he comes from. He’ll do well to keep his average as up against seasoned campaigners in the Premiership. He was impressive at Redcar. Very quick out on track, the fly in the ointment, was his gating. Needs to improve there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites