roguetrader

We rarely disagree and on this occasion you are again right. I meant to say the fans, whats left of them deserve it! I have given up despairing at the Stoke management because they just dont care! The sea change wont happen until the Tantrums depart. Really sad because it could be a great place.

Pleased to see Luke at Stoke. Good rider and great team member. Stoke need and deserve a good season.

I think it is a great idea and an indication of the professional approach you are taking. However, there are two issues for me. The priority must be the air fence. £4000 would go a long way towards that. Also it is inevitable that you will not finish the season with the team you start with for various reasons, injury, performance availability etc. Would every change to the team require a team suit? If not then half a team with and half a team without would look odd, unprofessional and defeat the point of what you are trying to achieve.

You most certainly are correct. However....the last two on your selection cannot fit in the points limit!! Boxall is a great signing but i am with halifaxtiger on the reliability issue. Also, what happens if he has a stunning start to the season and is tempted to the Championship? The he is only doing national league soon gets forgotten. Ask Stoke about Ben Wilson who said the same a couple of seasons ago!

Are you really that unfortunate to share your name with that of the Yorkshire Ripper?

Well they could always ask you to chair the meeting to ensure that they all fell asleep with your boring trolls!

Perry is a very good signing for the Heathens.

How about fairness rather than win at all cost! The National League needs teams that compete on a level playing field. What you are supporting is not level but biased. Joe Lawlor is not a 3 point rider so let him join your team on what is his match average rather than trying to manipulate the system and have him racing against genuine 3 point riders and leave them feeling demoralised. You really need a little bit of research before posting!

I do trust you are going to make an apology for yet another misinformed post? The smell of mischief and jealousy is never pleasant. Time to move forward, support the new promotion and get behind Plymouth Speedway. There is no time or space for mischief makers.

British under 21's Plymouth 15/03/13 Brendan Johnson - 2, F, F, F = 2 I am not the one poorly informed.

Darren alias noname is not in the know. If he was he would know that Plymouth is one of Brendan Johnsons most hated tracks.

Ah! dazzafl! And the light bulb comes on! So you were related but not anymore.

There is an awful lot of sense in your posts. However, your support for Bowden tends to suggest you are related to him because they are the only people in the past that have posted positive posts on the forum.

Plymouth is a great little race track. I have always respected Halifaxtiger posts on numerous subjects but this one is a gem with no response yet from anyone to answer his simple questions. Come on Plymouth supporters club, do yourself justice.

Well done Coventry on taking a point from this meeting. Ellis Perks at reserve made the difference. However, he wont be there long and then Cradley look a very average and vulnerable team.

Well done both teams tonight. Great advert for National League speedway. Fantastic effort from Birmingham.

I have never read such contemptable utter rubbish. If the Heathens did not cover their expenses then how much were they paying their riders?

It is complete and utter panic by the Management Team. They realise they have completely misjudged the National League this season and built a team, I have to say a great team, that will wipe the floor of the National League this year. It should have been no suprise to anyone this season to realise that the National League was not going to be as strong as last season. However, the Cradley Management Team did not take any account of that. They now have a situation where they will score 60 plus at home and probably away every meeting and the supporters will start picking and choosing which meetings they attend. I notice with interest from the updates last night that the crowd was down. You can only have so many double headers because there are many teams heading your way that have been built with the interests of rider development rather than a team that has attracted the best riders for the highest points money. The BSPA should investigate if Teams are applying the guidelines of points money that are paid to riders which exists to ensure a level and fair playing field. It most certainly does not exist at this moment in time.

Strange, but that is what most National League promoters will be saying when Cradley visit their tracks this season! If you are going to cherry pick the best riders available enticed by over the odds points money then you run the risk of unbalancing the League which is what you have done. That is detrimental to the National League. There is not a level playing field and it is a dreadful shame when money buys the best team.

A very true post which is why I think your Management Team have not chosen wisely. Technically Ashley Morris cannot guest for you as he is ineligible for National League. Can only be permitted by agreement in challenge matches. If Starke is missing official fixtures who will guest?

NLRC is dictated by the top averaged rider from each team followed by the best averaged riders from the League.

waco, your points are very understandable and I have every sympathy with the views you make. However, until you experience for yourself the way the Stoke promotion, messrs Tattum, Tattum and Crabtree behave to loyal paying fans you will not really understand. It is quite frankly staggering. I have not included Malcolm Vasey in that disaster zone because I am unclear of his involvement. I know he is a man of integrity and I am sure he will rue the day he became involved in the vicious and ever decreasing mess that Stoke speedway has become.

Very sad that you have lowered yourself to that of the Stoke promotions level. Halifax Tiger is one of the most respected members of this forum and in my opinion always offers a sensible balanced view. Sadly since joining Stoke your credibility has diminished and your current ill informed postings will not be missed.

And back to reality once again. Monmore Wood does not exist. You ride at Monmore Green, Wolverhampton.

Firstly Cradley ride at Monmore Green, Wolverhampton. The last time Cradley rode at the Wood was I believe 1995. Scunthorpe has produced some of the best riders in the Country and now the World. I applaud Richard and his team for all his efforts. Scunthorpe are likely to finish the season with their starting seven hopefully unlike Cradley who sadly have little chance of achieving that having selected two riders riding in three leagues and three further riders riding in two leagues. Mind you it could have been worse as they tried to sign an Australian ringer!