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Don’t think he will be good for business if any Promoters are stupid enough too sign him.Just a total waster. IMO

A few weeks ago, i gave Batch some clog on here. So to be fair, giving credit where credit is due, he had a good meeting Monday & seemed to be making a real effort. No more issues with bike? BUT! Dispite beating Holder & running Rowe all the way to the line, i feel he let the winning point slip in Ht14. Letting Flint (not a bad rider, but not scored a bean until then) catch him on the line was, in my view, poor riding. However, NKI coming in 3rd was also poor. Giving Batch & NKI benefit of the doubt in Ht15. Pickering seemed to be riding better lines & had more mph in his engine. Disappointing the scoring from Klindt, Lidsey & Zagar. That's 2 home meetings on the trot that NK hasn't stepped up!! Lastly, have to say that was the best RACING so far, the passing & re-passing was very entertaining. Long may it continue.

Nicki P having a laugh probably at the expense of the DMU ( his employers LOL)

"committed exclusively to British racing between March and October". I think you will find that's restraint of trade & I doubt that a club will be able to show that it has been signed to protect confidential information, trade secrets, client relationships or goodwill. Therefore would be unenforceable. Also do you seriously expect a rider to forgo higher value contracts in Poland, Sweden or even Denmark for 40 UK meetings? Say a top rider is on a guarantee of £3k a meeting thats £120k per year for a mechanic, three bikes, van, diesel, spares and servicing. I think most riders would turn that down. You need to remember that is it no longer 1968, the world and even speedway has moved on

a comfortable lions win i think here, a heads up to anyone travelling, the woodhead pass is closed due to fires so make sure you make alternate plans, the snake pass is very busy as is glossop due to the bypass being built

As said in the quoted post, something to do with him going into an area he shouldnt is what i was told,

Isn't it league fixtures that count?

Ok without the inevitable accusation by omission , why has he gone back in prison . ? I actually know but I'm happy to hear any conjecture you may have to offer

I have to disagree with the batch comment. Batch has been our best rider of the last 3 years. This season he's had one or two bad performances snd the rest acceptable. I would've brought batch back this season as well after his performances as number 1 last season. Hind sight is a wonderful thing but im sure the promotion probably thought jeppesen and cookie would be 1 and 5, with batch at 3.

15 out of 20 is 75%. David Howe is correct

It’s this and NSS he was always going to struggle on. We’ll see though you never know.

I can't believe promotions took the money and ran, they simply paid it away to the riders so they had a (better?) chance of winning something! It's part of the circle of sport and, perhaps controversially, us fans have to accept we are sometimes part of the problem here!

because there is no new site and they full well know it , no stone has been left unturned in the quest for an alternative site and none have ever been found , brandon estates are now fully singing from Gaming internationals bible of how to build on a stadium with the empty promise of a new site , then make no effort to even go through the sham of finding one ,once the first brick has been laid

No interest in this? Looks to be the playoff final contenders on current form (and depending if Holder returns to fitness in time.) LEICESTER: Ryan Douglas, Dan Thompson, Nick Morris, Kyle Howarth, Sam Masters, Drew Kemp, Joe Thompson. BELLE VUE: Brady Kurtz, Norick Blodorn, Peter Kildemand, Zach Cook, Jason Doyle, Tate Zischke, Will Cairns.

Who would be a promoter eh? Afterall we all know what we think we might or should do - but of course most plans don’t survive first contact or in a speedway sense everything works until the tapes go up!

In this weeks star David Howe says we can't make any changes after the Redcar meeting, which I think is incorrect because we still won't have completed 75% of our fixtures.

Racing between the heavy showers

Not quite 0%. Junior racing, check. (Go Dan!) Track surface & equipment, check. Investment in stadium, big check. We’ve not needed to use our track covers as only if there is bad rain during a meeting do we feel the need to call it off. Rain beforehand runs off well due to the investment in an effective drainage system. I get what you say about the squandering of the Sky money in speedway generally.

These just come up with ‘no image available’.

Hopefully both teams survive their Friday fixtures and we get to see both teams at full strength

Not the same. He had unexpected mechanical gremlins at redcar that they desperately tried to sort out. Yesterday was a mistake on Foords behalf when he pulled forward to the tapes about a second too late

And whose fault was that ?we had a massive opportunity when Sky was on board but 0% investment by promotions - they just took the money and ran - every track should have could have invested in track covers should have could have invested in junior racing like in Poland Sweden and Denmark - track surface should have been improved better grading equipment investment in stadiums so much that’s should have could have been improved so little wonder Sky Sports walked away

Well, well, well...... the same happened at Redcar on Friday !!! Making a bit of a habit out of it ???

Did the football club help towards the cost of bringing the Electrical Firm in, or did the Bandits have to fork out the cost themselves (I'm presuming Landels didn't do it for free, of course, if they did, good on them) ?

Friday 24th July: Edinburgh Monarchs v Plymouth Gladiators (Championship, Armadale, 7:30pm) ROSS ECO TECHNOLOGIES MONARCHS: Dan Thompson, rider replacement for Paco Castagna, Justin Sedgmen (capt.), Jonatan Grahn, Kye Thomson, Mitch Cluff, Jordy Loftus. OBM GLADIATORS: Danny King, Joe Thompson, Daniel Klima, Ben Barker (capt.), Scott Nicholls, Anze Grmek, Ben Whalley. Following the match there will be four races of a Vintage Bike display, Scotland v England. The bikes will be displayed prior to the meeting. And of course it is Ed the Monarch's birthday! A full strength Plymouth will be dangerous opponents. They have Ben Whalley at reserve who scored 13 for Monarchs Academy last Friday at Armadale, and Danny King and Scott Nicholls are two of the best visiting riders. Monarchs without Paco (SGP challenge) and go with R/R with no suitable guests available on another busy Friday night. I think Kye, Jonatan and the two reserves can take his rides. Should be a close one.