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  1. Posted

    16 hours ago, Jonny the spud said:

    Well as you seem to be the one dragging that particular episode into the public arena it looks like it may not now be private. 

     

    Is she ok with you doing so on her behalf ?

    Where did I say I was?  Someone else brought it up on here, I’ve commented (not just on her case) in general and made sure I’ve not mentioned her-or any others- name except when others have before me. It’s out there in the public domain elsewhere as she herself confirmed an incident. So how am I the one dragging it into the public arena?

    perhaps you have missed other mentions of it by other posters and just chosen to hone in and warp mine. I wonder why?

     

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    On 3/7/2019 at 11:55 AM, iris123 said:

    Apparently just saying someone is 'posting bull rubbish' is enough !!! Maybe it is the particular person,who we shouldn't attack their posts.And I did point out,i was attacking the post(s) rather than the person.Didn't make any difference.I also wrote 'bull rubbish' rather than the ruder version as I knew it would get changed anyway.So all a bit of a mystery to me

    I reckon it’s cos you’re a glory seeking pseudo sellick fan. :p ;) 

    10 hours ago, DutchGrasstrack said:

     

     

    Quali Glasgow:

    1 Dimitri Bergé FFM France
    2 Rohan Tungate MA Australia
    3 Hans Andersen DMU Denmark
    4 Craig Cook ACU Great Britain
    5 Bartosz Smektała PZM Poland
    6 Pontus Aspgren SVEMO Sweden
    7 Tero Aarnio SML Finland
    8 Niels-Kristian Iversen DMU Denmark
    9 Austin Novratil AMA USA
    10 Glenn Moi NMF Norway
    11 Robert Lambert ACU Great Britain
    12 Sebastian Niedźwiedź PZM Poland
    13 Nicolas Covatti FMI Italy
    14 Chris Holder MA Australia
    15 Erik Riss DMSB Germany
    16 Jacob Thorssel SVEMO Sweden
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    17 Reserve Joshua Bates ACU Great Britain
    18 Reserve TBA ACU Great Britain

    That Glasgow lineup looks phenomenal. Is it being televised for people who can’t go? I hope so! If a meeting with that line up can’t whet the appetite for speedway then nothing will. I doubt if they could have cherry picked any better

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  5. Posted

    This is not a new issue. I know of 3 photographers at various tracks who were subject to the same treatment by ‘old guard’ and things were made difficult for them. One had even introduced a new media contact that helped a club with publicity and was still treated badly by ‘old guard’. Two have gone on to be pretty successful photographers away from speedway. This was maybe 7-10 years ago.

    As others have also alluded to, there is currently a young lady at Berwick who has received similar problems at some tracks. She too deserves better.

    Maybe this being raised now could help the likes of Taylor, ‘Berwick girl (not up to me to name her) and any other youngsters start and develop (scuse the bad pun) in photographing the sport.

    It could do damage if not quickly tackled head on though. I am aware of 3 names of the ‘accused’ and one in particular I find hard to believe as I always found him a good guy.  It needs sorted out for both sides and its past the ‘banging their heads together’ stage. I also think it has come too far to be sorted out behind closed doors as innocent parties may be tainted

    pity it’s taken so long to come to the fore and needed a so called connected name to be brought out into the open but it needs sorted

     

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    29 minutes ago, Gazc said:

    Unfortunate for Victor But Aarnio or BWD makes Newcastle stronger imho, doing what they think is best for the team is the way I see it.

    While I agree with that bit (it is the nature of uk speedway and fans expect most competitive teams possible) I really don’t think the sacking by text side should be overlooked.

    Thats despicable. Although among some of today’s promotions it doesn’t surprise me, I did not have Newcastle down as one who would behave in that way. Common decency requires at least a phone call. Sadly decency and speedway don’t seem to go hand in hand too often these days.

    surprised and disappointed at how it’s been done, not that it has been done (it’s a results driven employment after all)

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  9. Posted

    Had a lot of time for Neil, he was a good guy - it was a good bunch of players we had at the time. I was heavily involved at the club at the time, happy days strangely even though we were in major financial strife at the time. He’s still well thought of by my generation at Falkirk.

    His goal really wasn’t offside though!

     

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  10. Posted

    On 10/21/2018 at 8:08 PM, screm said:

    Everyone who attends Berwick meetings is a celebrity, at least in their own minds anyway.:rolleyes:

    Actually Screm,  Berwick do have a celebrity fan, I’ve seen him there. Guy by the name of Neil Oliver. Ollies goal was never offside in the 97 Scottish Cup Final!

    (ask any Falkirk fan lol)

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    Just for the record, in my line of work I have come across many addicts. It is an illness no matter how it started. The reality is that addicts come from all waulks of life, some have decent upbringings, many don’t.

    Reality is very few succesfully overcome their addiction. For the minority that do, I respect them rather than refer back to what they were when their addiction had hold as they have fought and won a battle few can. Remember addiction can come about from legit sources as well as illegal drugs.

    This case as it stands, it’s his family my heart goes out to. For their sake, I hope he proves to be in the strong minority 

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  14. Posted

    Went and watched this on catch up after seeing this topic. I remember Blair riding. I genuinely hope he does succeed but I’ll save my sympathy just now for his family. His dad especially. He came across as a lovely man who was broken by what Blair has become. He was given all the advantages in life from what was said on the programme. I just hope he (Blair) will be able to see soon just what he has away from drugs and that it’s enough to make him overcome his demons

     

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  15. Posted

    Cheers Jenga, I'll live lol. I'm a pharmacy dispenser and part time carer so sitting down isn't an option. Had a few in the care home laughing today as we had a pretend race out in the back gardens, three of them on zimmers and me with my crutches. Laughter is the best medicine and best care option. Kinda brings us neatly back to speedway lol

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  16. Posted

    14 hours ago, jenga said:

    the greedy riders make the decision to declare themselves fit to race . its all down to greed and the team comes second , followed closely by the fans who pay part of their wages .

     

    I can sort of see the riders point of view iro the quoted bit of your message. I'm currently on crutches after my knee decided to pop out again. I've got a doctors line and shouldn't be at work but I am for two reasons. One, I don't get paid if I'm off and two my work ethic has always been that if you can you do so I'm driving to work and leaving the crutches in the car.

    Actually there is a third reason, I get bored too easily!

    Maybe some riders are in the same position?

    its a no win situation really cos we are quick to criticise if riders aren't riding.

    personally just as an example I didn't feel at all cheated when Shane Parker declared himself fit ten days after breaking his collar bone and rode in (and won) the PL pairs

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  17. Posted

    On 13 May 2018 at 5:10 PM, PHILIPRISING said:

    APART from taking an eternity to exclude Jason Doyle for touching the tapes when it was obvious from the first replay that he had done so.

    And yet it took a few viewings and quite a bit of discussion from the pundits before they saw it. I think he was right to take his time and make sure he was excluding the correct man as it was a close call. Just my opinion

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    On 5 May 2018 at 8:47 AM, Gazc said:

    I would question why both riders were allowed to leave the pits with the same helmet colour rather than fine a rider, but I will agree with you it was shambolic (and just slightly comical).

     

    Refereeing standards have dropped alarmingly though do none of these buffoons read the rule book oh wait silly me of course they don't.

    It's in the comic err I mean rule book that it is the team managers responsibility to ensure his riders getto tape within the allotted time and wearing the correct helmet colour. Someone posted the regulation a couple of days ago

     

  22. Posted

    21 hours ago, MANSE said:

    You are the HOME track is it not up to you to publish who is riding [Heard the tea was bad but dont know who is riding that's worse ]:D

    In fairness it is in Workingtons best interests to do so. They are as you point out the home track and as such don't want negative comments affecting their business/crowd especially if inaccurate.

    They gave Glasgow 24 hours to do so first from what I can see so don't see the problem 

     

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  24. Posted

    On 30 March 2018 at 9:17 PM, jenga said:

    i was refering to pressure being put on dan and other riders from the faccues or dickson . sorry if it came across as dan wanting success with workington .

    I'm sure he does though, I doubt if any rider wants to fail! Hope the crowds and everything improve for Worky this year :)

     

  25. Posted

    On 11 March 2018 at 11:22 PM, Hamish McRaker said:

    I don't recall having to send a photo of my genitals when I set up a profile on here, in order to verify my gender.

    Mind you I forget a lot nowadays.

    Why do you think I chucked it? I'll be in therapy for years :o:shock:

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