Jump to content
British Speedway Forum

stevethelion

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Content count

    578

  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by stevethelion

  1. Posted

    15 hours ago, iainb said:

    Anybody know what's happening with the Leicester ticket booking website? I can only Buy Tickets for the Berwick match on the 6th of June and they want £26!!!

    On all of the others I click the Buy Tickets button and there are no tickets to buy... have they sold out already?

    The Berwick meeting is a double header with the cubs against Berwick Bullets following the Lions, so I presume that's why it's £26. Do they only sell tickets for 1 meeting at a time, so perhaps the next meeting doesn't go on sale until the Berwick meeting is finished? But why put a buy ticket button if that's the case?

  3. Posted

    For anyone who views Sky Sports & BT through Virgin Media there's now a link on their website to pause Sky Sports. I rang yesterday, before the link appeared, & after waiting about 30 mins eventually got through, they knocked off the £31 a month they charge for the next 3 months. The channels are still available to watch.

  4. Posted

    23 minutes ago, Mr Bump said:

    Certainly like the idea of a challenge match against Sheffield. Pedersen would be a great draw. Let’s hope the owners make it so

    Could we see an home & away challenge against Sheffield, similar to last season, when we rode against Ipswich. A win-win situation for the owners, potential big crowds at both venues to allow fans to see the return of Pedersen.

    • Like 2

  5. Posted

    33 minutes ago, RS50 said:

    What exactly are Leicester planning should they have any fixtures prior to the Thompson"s 16th birthday?

    The statement on the Lions website said " the club have a contingency plan for the early weeks of the season "  & goes on to say " the Lions will not start their official programme until that stage (22 April ) although there will be track action at BP in other competitions prior to that April 22nd date".

    By other competitions i'm thinking, if they are running a cubs side, they will take those early dates.Also i'd imagine a challenge match will take place as a warm-up, possibly against Sheffield, which should attract a big crowd with Nikki Pedersen riding for the opposition. Lions would need to strengthen for that anyway, so guests could be used for the Thompsons.

  7. Posted

    14 hours ago, flagrag said:

    Team is all sorted and so far just one person has got it correct. Certainly will have an Australian feel to it 

    Now Perks is signed, beginning to think the Howarth rumour was wrong. The only one who hasn't said Howarth was Mr Bump who said Proctor for Howarth & included Hume , Mountain & Lawlor.  He said Morris, Douglas, Proctor, Perks, Mountain, Hume, Lawlor. 

    Hope it's not right,  seems a bit weak.

    • Haha 1

  9. Posted · Edited by stevethelion

    Going by comments on page 3  of this topic by Flagrag in reply to one of Nick Morris's parents it's pretty obvious he's one of the riders. Also reading the Scunthorpe topic someone mentions Howarth signing for Scunthorpe to which the reply was no he's off down the other end of the A46, which implies Leicester. If that's the case there's no way Ellis Perks fits, unless it's 2 x 2 pointers at reserve, which isn't likely. If it's Connor Mountain plus 2 others, Zaine Kennedy who was at Sheffield last season & a 2 pointer would fit.

    Morris, Douglas, Proctor, Howarth, Mountain, Kennedy, 2 pointer.

     

     

    • Like 1

  10. Posted

    25 minutes ago, Teromaafan said:

    How about:

    R Douglas

    R Worrall

    C Mountain

    K Howarth 

    N Morris

    J Thompson

    D Thompson

    Averages add up to 40.82 according to my sums. Doesn't allow for any discounts (2.5% or whatever) for British riders and assumes that the twins would each come in on 2.00.

    The team balance looks suspiciously like the one Somerset finished up with last season. As we know, teams that are going to be successful will have riders upping their current averages. Is it asking a bit much for the twins to average 7.00 between them? If so, I think the Lions would be in business with the above line up. Lions fans might scream at the omission of Perks (rightly so) but you have to start somewhere!

    Just a bit of fun, but in Dickson we trust and the team is no doubt sorted already! 

    Worrall seems nailed on  to be at Edinburgh. I think you'll be right with Morris & Douglas. Thompson boys' don't turn 16 until April 22nd, so can't start with them. Think maybe it might be a year too soon, but won't be surprised to see 1 of them mid-season if any changes need to be made. Hope Perks & Mountain return.

    • Like 1

  11. Posted

    3 hours ago, flagrag said:

    From afar- Question is do you run in a Premiership with 4 teams around 1hr away   So possibly 8 local derbies home and away but then have increased operating costs and midweek racing.

    The alternative is to run in a weakened Championship with a lower points limit with no real local meetings 

    Flagrag, this sounds like a question you might ask if you were Leicester's promotion .Wolves, Sheffield, Peterborough & Kings Lynn all about 1 hour to 1 & half hours away. Only local derby would be Birmingham if they remain in Championship. I really hope they're not thinking about applying for Premier league again. I know you did hint a couple of days ago that there might be another team thinking of applying to move up. 

  12. Posted

    16 minutes ago, flagrag said:

    Steve the Lion spot on linking up with his best mate Josh Pickering it’s a shame as at one point they were looking like both Leicester bound for 2020

    Would have liked to have seen both at Leicester in 2020, shame it's not going to happen.

  14. Posted

    2 hours ago, False dawn said:

    An interesting debate. A couple of us were having a similar discussion about the Thompsons recently. The defining argument was that they would probably be racing against the same riders next years as this. We all know that "going up" a year (or 2) early is worse than staying down a year too long. But these kids are ambitious and we should do everything to make their progress possible. 

    I'll tell you this. Seeing Jordan and the Thompsons racing at Leicester on 23rd October certainly made me think they were all the real deal.

    Am I correct  in thinking you have to be 16 to ride in the Championship ? If so, the Thompson twins aren't 16 until 22nd April, anyone signing them would mean having a late start to the season, by 22nd April this year Leicester had already ridden 8 meetings. Could anyone signing either of them run with guests until they are old enough ? I doubt that would be allowed. So presumably a team would have to sign another rider then replace when they were old enough.

  15. Posted

    3 hours ago, 1 valve said:

    Shame if that turns out that way for the Lions but good luck to Ryan no matter what. if so then hope the averages allow Scotty back for both on track and off track contributions. great team guy who although perhaps in the twilight of his career in terms of top scoring he would be more than useful to the team overall

     

    team overall.

    Got my doubts Scott will be back, as good as he was this season, his best years are obviously behind him & to challenge for trophies you need riders to add at least half a point or more to their starting averages, as most of the team did this year. Scott is probably not going to add much, if anything, to his 8.35. Along with his TV duties on Saturdays i'd be surprised to see him back.  I'd like to see Perks, Mountain & Douglas back, although i'm not sure Douglas really mastered the Leicester track, as  his home average of 7.61 in comparison to an away one of 8.86 shows. I think Richie Worrall could feature again, if I remember when interviewed he said how much he likes riding  for Stewart Dickson, so if fully fit I could see him featuring. Whatever happens it's going to be hard to follow this season.

     

     

  16. Posted

    2 hours ago, BobC said:

    Some close racing at times.

    The Thompson boys showing their track knowledge and were good to watch. Ht5 they, along with Palin, were excellent. Very close for all 4 laps. Good race.

    Nasty tangle between Perks and Palin in Ht13. Hope he is ok.

    One big hole on entrance to turn one caused a fair few problems, the two holes on bend3 throwing riders all over the place.

    What I really dont get is why it was called off. Hume said over the mic that the rain was causing visibility problems and the track was very slippery. Yet at the Kent v Colts Play off the other week, the meeting started in far worse conditions and ran right through.  Thankfully, the meeting at Belle Vue tomorrow is off anyway. Heard last night that Tuesday was the only available date to run this meeting.

    Enjoyable meeting, the heat 5 clash with the Thompson twins & Palin, like you say was excellent ( video on SGB website ). I think the meeting would have been completed if Palin hadn't had fallen in heat 13, the rain started to fall much more heavily in the 15 minutes or so he was being looked at by the medical team. The heat times were 4 or 5 seconds slower by heat 12, so conditions were getting a bit greasy. The call-off probably helped the Colts because with Perks & Hume in 13 & 15, you would have expected the Cubs to have extended the lead to well over  20 points, so they were probably happier with the abandonment than Leicester were.

    • Like 1

  17. Posted

    38 minutes ago, NeilWatson said:

     

    No restriction on that, an eligible guest rider could appear in both semi-finals - and the final - of both leagues, averages and fixture dates permitting!

    Can a team use a guest  in the play-off final that as rode for one of the 2  losing play-off semi- finalists? so could Riss guest for Worrall, which would only fit at Leicester not the away leg.

  19. Posted

    32 minutes ago, Lefty said:

    Could Ipswich stage a home leg of the final this Saturday 12 Oct? This would allow Wolves to have 2nd leg on Mon 14th or Swindon to use Thur 17 Oct??

    Championship play-off S/F, Leicester v Redcar on the 12th, so if Wolves won, no  Douglas , if Swindon win Perks would be unavailable.

  20. Posted

    4 hours ago, SharpenRake said:

    And if the cubs reach the final of both competitions presumably they will again take priority over the Lions should the Lions make it to the championship final? Of course if the bears win that would make life a lot simpler, one can but hope. 

    If Lions win, the final will be the following weekend, Saturday 19th, I'd imagine.If Redcar win, the final will be the same friday / weekend so no difference really.

  23. Posted

    1 hour ago, GlasVegas said:

    With respect, that double header (or at least one half of it) should have been pushed back to allow the higher priority (sorry, but it is the case) Championship play-off to take place; alternatively why couldn't one or the other be staged mid week (I'm sure Leicester have staged a few mid week meetings this season) just as Glasgow had to last night? 

    Both Cubs meetings have already been abandoned once, one is a cup S/F the other a play-off S/F, so other clubs are waiting on the outcome of these matches so competitions can continue. Lions have run midweek  meetings but it has a big impact on the crowd & they will want a big crowd for the play-off S/F & will only get that on a Saturday.

  25. Posted · Edited by stevethelion

    58 minutes ago, wtf said:

     

    Might still see Lawson now guesting in the Redcar meeting for MPT ;)

    If that's the case Lions better pile up those points tomorrow, because they'll need them!

    Lions guests looking a bit limited for next Friday. Edinburgh v Newcastle now rearranged for same day, which rules out S.Worrall & Pickering. If Redcar decide to use Lawson then Allen could swap sides. Only other candidates are Howarth & Ellis.

×

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Privacy Policy

  I accept