Jump to content
British Speedway Forum

foamfence

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Content count

    4,181

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    10

Posts posted by foamfence

  2. Posted

    1 hour ago, johnyson66 said:

     

    Wishful thinking ? I think it's the fact I've followed speedway for many years and actually know what I'm talking about , gives me a good basis to form an unbiased a reasonable opinion,  Leicester supporters will be very worried about the second leg as they are well aware of the fact we have riders in our side who go well round their track , add to that home track advantage won't be so big for them considering the bad weather we've had lately meaning the track will be riding differently to how they've been used to , add to that they beat us by 8 points in the league after 12 heats when our guest got injured and we were using r/r for Bacon , we are a lot stronger now , so no wishful thinking my opinion is based on a lot ofor speedway knowledge and it will be tight but points in the bag puts all the pressure on Leicester 

    Really? Well I started as a spectator in the 50s and eventually did a bit as a mechanic and sponsor, now at my (quite) old age I don't get to many meetings and all my local tracks are long gone. So we all have a little experience, anyway you strike me as an assuming and know it all type so I won't be bothering you again.

    • Like 2

  4. Posted

    3 hours ago, orderly said:

    may be if the hierarchy in speedway was replaced by ex riders who are familiar with the every day problems with speedway  and the costs involved and the promoters could reduce the entry fee , we are not a rich country and most of our supporters are on a low income and a night at speedway may be the only family night out that they get, I know that when I was a child for me, my sister & my mother it would cost 5 shillings including fish & chips but the stadia was always full, maybe they should realise that even today less could be a lot more

    Actually we are a very rich country, you can't turn the clock back you can only go with things as they are and can be. Experiments HAVE been made with lower admission prices but they make little difference. Many of the leading promoters and managers ARE ex riders.

    • Like 1

  8. Posted

    5 minutes ago, johnyson66 said:

    My all time favorite rider was the brilliant Kelly Morgan of the USA, he was just magic on a speedway bike so smooth it was effortless,  I would have picked K Carter but didn't for obvious reasons , my favorite Tiger or Bear is and I'm going to pick 2 because I can't split them Bruce Forrester is first just always remember thexactly red and white scarf tied round his neck and he was our no1 when I first started going , and then Mark Courteney just super smooth on the bike and made it look so easy, was going to pick Bernice Collier or Budgie but didn't for obvious reasons 

    You might wish to go over your spelling of some of these names.

  9. Posted

    9 minutes ago, johnyson66 said:

    I think it's the away form that's Newcastles problem but at home they seem to do OK ran Glasgow and Somerset very close , so hopefullya 12 point lead at least gives us a big advantage away , agree 3 meetings back to back isn't ideal but Leicester and Newcastle isn't to much of a trek 

    That's true but they're both awkward tracks.

    • Thanks 1

  11. Posted

    7 minutes ago, johnyson66 said:

    Riss and Wright are former Leicester riders and Jake Allen won 3 races last time he raced there , I think we are well in the tie and if Greavesy hits a bit of form I think we go through to the final , time will tell , apart from Leicester getting battered at Eastbourne they lost by 10 at Berwick that's the biggest defeat they've had so 8 points for me is better than I expected 

    You can't go on other meetings.

  13. Posted

    2 hours ago, johnyson66 said:

    It was just a suggestion,  obviously speedway fans still think it's to difficult to stick a few covers over a track to keep it getting soaked , but it's okay that discussion was yesterday I'd rather concentrate on the result and I think any Bears fan would have taken being 8 up for the 2nd leg , and in Wrighty and Riss we've got 2 riders who go well round their track and a decent guest with Greaves chipping in a few I think we are slight favourites to go through 

    That's very assuming of you, I was disappointed with eight points and I doubt I'm alone in that.

  17. Posted

    26 minutes ago, johnyson66 said:

    Pickering scored paid 12 at Leicester for Edinburgh,  any replication of that score and we are right in it especially with Wrighty and Riss who generally go well there , add to that Nicol and Stewart who seemed to find some form at Somerset last week and any sort of lead would in my opinion mean we have a good chance of going through to the final , just my opinion 

    I really hope so and I'd be delighted but often guests don't perform to their current form, let's hope this time they do.

  24. Posted

    14 minutes ago, oldtimer said:

    Has anybody in last few days been unable to access this Forum?  Had a 1032 configuration of server error when trying to bring up the web page. Thought it was my PC but works Ok today.

    I often find it's too slow to load when all my other favourites are fine.

×

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