Daniel Smith

People need to get into their heads that times are very very different even to 3-4 years ago. There is no money about to purchase assets at the moment & would be disasterous to force that on any club. Speedway is awfully short of money. The money bags of speedway Rick Frost is now starting to understand to his own cost what speedway can do. In some way I feel sorry for Frost. As a new promoter he was bullied into purchasing asset but he was willing to throw money at almost anyone of talent too. Wasn't it £20,000 for Sundstrom. Was willing to chuck the same into purchasing Ward???? As I've said before, the asset system is crashing and in my opinion there is only 1 option to the BSPA (& Peterborough were right to request regarding Iversen) scrap the asset system and increase loan fees until a reasonablee amount has been compensated to the previous asset owner. Is that not just common sense etc?????

Batch has been well screwed over with this one & none of his own fault. Really do feel for the lad.

Did I not say that in my first couple of lines?????

Absolutely, if ya hear something share it. What it's all about. How boring would this place be if press releases are to be waited on. Sometimes they just never come.

Sure did and I don't have a problem with that at all.

Image of Kenneth Bjerre's 2013 bikes that he'd put on Twitter today. There's 2 Peterborough Panthers bikes right at the front just waiting for the covers to go on (The seats are a bit of a give away ) <again oversized image removed. post links, not large pictures>

Although one side of the story there's nothing in the KL statement about illegal approach. To be fair, would you add that to an offical club press release?? It does seem as though no illegal approuch was made though. We asked for permission in December BSPA granted loan deal We speak with the dirties and they cry foul and want a review. At this point Iversen must have been made aware of the situation. We announce our team saying we hope to include Iversen. Iversen puts statements out saying he wants the opportunity to jion King's Lynn again. Permission was granted by the BSPA again Nowhere does it say terms were ever discussed before hand. It does come across as though we went through all the right channels to get the Iversen deal done

Yep, that's the offical site so the team is complete. Welcome our final rider Niels K Iversen. Happy dayz

This just adds to the point that the decline is more down to us than the sport itself. As newbies the sport has the wow factor but the longer someone hangs around turning up becomes a chore & they end up lost to the sport. We start to expect more for our money even if the price remains the same year on year. If you've been going to speedway for 50 years, 2002 is the same as today. 50 years ago was way better. If you've been going to speedway for 20 years, 2002 you may have seen as the decline because it's nothing more then your own perception. If 2002 you first went to speedway those first 2-3 years where the best ever, why is that. Correct, no expectation. Is there a decline in speedway itself or a decline in attendances because there's so much to do now without even leaving the house. '

I have a very different approach to Speedway's decline. I honestly feel it has nothing (maybe a little bit) to do with rules, regulations, admissions costs etc. I personally think it's more to do with the supporters expectations of the sport. As time moves on there's more & more other things to do but speedway has remained the same concept. Most tracks still churn out 50's, 60's, 70's music, no pre meeting entertainment, to much hanging around between heats etc. These to me are the main reasons for speedways decline rather than equipment, rules etc

Completely unbiased view EL Iversen Klindt Stead Korneliussen Schlien Alden Smith PL Smith Stead Kerr

They are the 2012 prices. Promotion did say at the supporters meeting that nothing had been confirmed until the 1-7 were to be completed

so, it looks as though most EL clubs admission prices are going to be £17 per adult. We all OK with that????? I've always said £20 is my limit. Once the EL reaches that point that's me done.

Sam Masters is a brilliant final signing. I think at Poole the pressure was on for him to be as good as his mates. He was expected to pump in double figures at reserve & he couldn't cope with that. His average will only go up and I believe he'll easily be a 5.5 come the end of the season. At Wolves he'll be required just to do his job, 4-5 points home & away & all will be well again for Sam & perfect ffor Wolves

Harkness Gets Involved http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/2183/harkess-decision-time-for-panthers%20#speedway

Harkness Gets Involed http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/2183/harkess-decision-time-for-panthers%20#speedway

Harkness Gets Involved http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/2183/harkess-decision-time-for-panthers%20#speedway

How much are Anderson, Batchelor & Iversen worth roughly in transfers??

There isn't really a top 20 rule as such. It's just the selection of riders from last season. Rory Schlien is the start point for choosing 2 riders in the team. Any rider with an average above (inc assessed riders) Rory is include within that group. That affectively take the total number of riders to around 40(ish)

The problem is there are more & more teams / promoters as time goes by unable to afford to purchase assets. Finances are getting harder to control & are spiralling year on year. I believe the reason this has all gone up in the air has nothing to do with the tapping up etc, it's more the desperation from Peterborough needing the finances. Before anyone bangs on about Peterborough / Coventry were forced to by so & so the economic climate at the time was very very different. All promoters are scratching heads & asses to make ends meet. Sky is about to drop the sport for 2014 which is a major pot of money to the EL clubs. Seriously, if you use common sense before loyalty to a club surely you can realise forcing clubs to purchase assets isn't the way to go right now. The way forward in my opinion is to increase the value of loan fees. At this present time, this has to be the most logical option?????

Transfer Turmoil http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/2180/transfer-turmoil

Transfer Turmoil http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/2180/transfer-turmoil

Transfer Turmoil http://speedwaygp.com/news/article/2180/transfer-turmoil

Yep, have to say well done to Swindon in taking that stance

Here ya go blupanther http://www.peterboro...ubbed-1-4654494