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  1. Posted · Edited by heathen52

    It seems to have gone quiet with regards signings that have been made but not yet announced and rumoured signings, I cannot for the life of me see what advantage the holding back of announcements has, it certainly won't help them sell more season tickets in fact it probably has the opposite effect. I will assume therefore that they have NOT actually signed the top two riders that they badly need, they have 17.59 points available for these two riders and if they don.t use most of that up then it won't matter how many season tickets they sell. I see many comments about Birmingham having the strongest bottom four in the PL, well I'm sorry but that won't get them off the bottom of the League and won't put bums on seats.

    Laguta simply has to be persuaded to sign as No1 along with another decent rider at No5 that would mean they should be strong at Home and more competitive away from home, yes I have read the comments about Laguta picking and choosing his meetings but basically beggars cannot be choosers and Brum need someone of Laguta's ability.

  2. Posted

    12 minutes ago, GiveusaB said:

    Things that most likely put the neutral off going (as already mentioned)

    Traffic is dire in the area.

    Viewing (outside) is poor

    Track has been inconsistent since Terry left (but 'hooray', he's back next year)

    Things that most likely put the 'Home/Brum' fans off :

    Poor sides assembled over the last 2 seasons!!!

    Hoping it's not going to happen this season!?

     

    P.s If you dont mind a 5/10 mins walk, there's plenty of street parking if people make the effort to look !?

    Yes agreed with everything you say, I know the outside viewing does not help where there is a distinct lack of atmosphere, but people will put up with some of the issues if they have a winning team, if not ( take me as an example as a neutral) I think why bother Brum will lose anyway.

  3. Posted

    26 minutes ago, justathought said:

    I think I'm correct in saying that Birmingham have had several different homes over the years. When you consider that Birmingham has a massive catchment area, you would think that gates of 1,500 is possible.  Does the location of the stadium have anything to do with it, is it especially difficult to get to, is the traffic at that time of evening a nightmare ? 

    The location of the Stadium is not the issue it's the congestion in the PB area and local Motorway network that is the nightmare, as an example from Cradley Heath the shortest route is about 11 miles via Blackheath & M5 Jct 2 along M5 to Jct 1 which is now notorius for Traffic delays, then past the Hawthorns (WBA) to Island road, Hamstead Hill, Rocky Lane to the A34 in PB, that route can take anything from 35 minutes to over an hour. The second route about 13 miles again Takes you to the M5 Jct 2 but this time continue to the M6 south at Jct 8 and leave immediately at Jct 7 for the A34 down to Perry Barr this again can take anything from 30 minutes to over an hour depending on Traffic, there are ways to Perry Barr that do not use the Motorway but at 6-00pm of an evening it's not really any quicker, yes shorter maybe but lot's of stop start driving if you fancy that after a day's graft.

    It has been suggested that it would be a help if Birmingham could stage some home meetings on Bank Holiday mondays to help with traffic congestion.

  5. Posted

    6 hours ago, mc131 said:

    It's not that bad, obviously decent heat leaders are needed but the signed riders are not the weakest in the league definitely not cannon fodder.

    I agree the signed riders are not the weakest in the League, but if 1 & 5 are not double figure scorers then where will the wins come from ?, lets not forget if Birmingham are not competitive this will impact not only on Birmingham's crowds but on other Teams crowds when the Brummies are visiting.

  6. Posted

    3 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

    If the Pawlicki's are the last two signings, I don't think the team looks that bad. Probably will finish bottom, but I think they'd still be competitive.

    Competitive! Yes in the Championship, in the Premiership they will be cannon fodder for the big guns, and the supporters won't be wasting hard earned money watching them lose most weeks at Perry Barr, a long hard season ahead unless Lindgren or/and Laguta can be persuaded to sign.

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  7. Posted

    16 hours ago, GiveusaB said:

    Ha ha... all these rumours are a load of bollo# ! Lol

    Guess...guess...guess... !!!

    Lets just wait and see... the club know what they need and are obviously  working on it...

     

    As we someone else said earlier in the topic, one rider to be announced on Wednesday gone which it was Zach Cook, another will be announced next Wednesday which will probably be Rory Schlein, It's the Club itself creating this guessing game by delaying these announcements, What we all want to know and where the guessing comes in is who will be the No1 and second heat leader these two riders will basically make or break Birmingham's season, plenty of choices out there but getting them to sign is a different kettle of fish, I personally think the No1 has to be a top GP rider, and the 2nd Heat leader has to be a rider that can bang in double figures at home week in week out as a minimum.

  8. Posted

    2 hours ago, noaksey said:

    I've seen a couple of people mention that Freddie has said no, one of them I know is well connected to someone in the sport so it might be true 

     Yeah someone connected said it was'nt Freddie that said no, it was someone else that did'nt want him to ride in the Uk.

  9. Posted

    1 hour ago, Pauldoveyspeedway said:

    Freddie  and P.Pawlicki would make a decent  team ...Need Z.Cook at number 6..

    I heard previously that Freddie turned them down, so if that still stand's then it has to be Laguta and Pawlicki Jnr which them leaves Schlein or Lampart if its Schlein then Cook starts the season at reserve, if its Lampart then he will start the season at reserve. If Brum have not signed a genuine No1 with a good back up second Heat leader then they are wasting there time and money being in the PL.

  10. Posted

    2 minutes ago, Pumpy said:

    All this worry before team is fully announced . GiveQuote them a chance . Also.  We don’t know how the poles will perform

    . nobody rated Tarrasenko yet he turned out pretty good at Pererborough. Let’s wait and see . For the sake of the sport , Birmingham

    need a competitive team

    The worry is that so far Brum have announced a decent team of Championship riders but Brum are now in the Premiership.

  11. Posted

    3 hours ago, the hobbit said:

    The team has been signed for ages now, just not released to the fans yet. 
    i don’t know if Sam  had any input on the team but I do know who did have a big say  and that name was neither Sam or, Laurence. Sam may have been involved but to what level, I don’t know. 
     

    the last four riders in my opinion will be the two Pawlicki brothers, Viktor lamoart and Zac cook 

     

    Zagar or Jan  Kvech could replace one of the pawlicki brothers 

    You do realise that if that's the team the combined average will be some 5+ points under the limit, Pawlicki Bros last averages combined I reckon were 12.32 Piotr last rode for Wolves average was 7.32. Pawlicki senior Rode for Coventry way back on an assessed average so 5.0. Lampart will be 5.0 and Cook is 5.10.

  13. Posted

    I know Laurence reads what's on here not so sure about Nigel, so far Brum have announced 2 inexperienced Team Managers, a good RS a good young improving British rider Brennan, and a steady 2nd string come 3rd heat leader in Worrall with probably Zach Cook (reserve) to come, now lets be honest so far that's a half decent Championship Team, but the crunch will be who the 3 other riders are, I suggest Laurence and Nigel take a look at the 2024 predictions topic, granted we don't yet know the full Birmingham Team but no-one I repeat no-one has predicted anything other than the wooden spoon for Birmingham, can SE and Co prove them all wrong ?, assuming Zach is the 4th rider that leaves Birmingham with 22.59 for three riders, if and I say if it's Zagar he is in on a 7.20 that leaves 15.39 for 2 riders, It will take more than Pawlicki  (7.32) and Zagar to make Brum competitive.

  15. Posted

    While I am hoping the Brummies will have a decent season and Zach Cook will be rider No4 then I still have hope for them, if however Zagar comes in at No1 then not only will Brum be last to announce the whole team, they will be last in the League and get Hammered in there very first home meeting against Sheffield, I will wait and see what the rest of the team is, but if it as rumoured then it's going to be a long long season and Nigel needs to be prepared to lose a lot more than he has lost so far..

  17. Posted

    13 hours ago, Pauldoveyspeedway said:

    You been a Brummy fan .Do u think there is enough  interest  in the area to make it pay at this level ???.Costs are high in the prem ..

    I'm not a Brummie fan, but my observation over the years has been give the fans a winning team and they will come and watch, but the opposite also applies in that they won't pay good money to watch the team get turned over week after week. The mistake Nigel may be making again is under estimating the role of a manager (Laurence is not the man) he should already have appointed a Team manager who could then have built his own Team, asking a manager to manage another persons team is not easy, yes we know it's not going to be Laurence as TM but Nigel should have made the appointment by now.

  18. Posted

    49 minutes ago, *JJ said:

    If you ever went there, you would realise that this is not true. The reality is that Perry Barr is a much better shape than Monmore, which is much too small and with very tight bends. It was usually, though, well prepared.

    I have been to both tracks on many occasions, Did I say anything about the shape?, what I said was I have seen better racing at Monmore, Perry Barr should produce better racing but it does not for a variety of reasons, and I IMO gave a few of those reasons, I forgot to add that over the years Monmore had very good track curators. The real question should be why does a Track with such a decent shape not produce good racing and why have riders shall we say not been overly impressed with the track over the past few years.

  19. Posted

    8 hours ago, Bagpuss said:

    With Kubera now in the GP series I think there are two hopes of getting him to ride over here and one of those died twenty years ago.

    On the subject of the track, if prepared properly Brum is in a completely different league to Wolves IMHO.

     Yes, but it aint and has'nt been.

  20. Posted

    1 hour ago, phillipsr said:

    Ones still open and one isnt…. 
     

    dont be bitter about it and Birmingham is 10x the track Wolves was 

    I have watched lots of meetings at Monmore and Perry Barr and in my opinion the better racing has been at Monmore, for whatever reason Perry Barr does not lend itself to overtaking except on the odd occasion, whether it's down to track prep, or maintenance I don;t know but the Monmore track has had far more time and money spent on it than Perry Barr has, one of the reasons being that Perry Barr is limited by access issues and another would be lack of money plus inferior equipment, another from reading comments are riders don;t know what to expect from one meeting to another, I read Nigel intends to spend time on the track in the close season, it not only needs time spent but money and for goodness sake lets see more banking on the bends..

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  21. Posted

    3 hours ago, bringbackHalifax said:

    100% believe Flint, Tom, Steve and Zach. ?The other 3 need to be higher ave so these are bottom 4 otherwise this is gonna go pear shaped before March

    That leaves 22 ish for the last three, 2 x 8 pointers (Dudek & Laguta) and a 6 ish could be Richard Lawson, That would be my Team, but I,m not Nigel Tolley :D.

    1. Dudek

    2. Brennan

    3. Laguta

    4. Worrall

    5. Lawson

    6. Z.Cook

    7. Flint

     

    I think with the british reduction Dudek and Laguta would just about fit, and that would probably be good enough to get the Brummies in to the play off's but would it Bankrupt NT ?. It's a good mix of 2 genuine top enders, 2 middle order come 3rd heat leaders, and 3 improvers in Brennan, Cook and Flint.

  22. Posted

    6 minutes ago, bringbackHalifax said:

    100% believe Flint, Tom, Steve and Zach. ?The other 3 need to be higher ave so these are bottom 4 otherwise this is gonna go pear shaped before March

    Yep, have to say I agree with you about those four, it's the main three where the Brummies will sink or swim, I don't see Pawlicki at No1 being a lifesaver it has to be a top top rider, I know for a fact Nigel or whoever has approached fast Freddie and I don't mean allegedly.

  23. Posted

    No matter which way the appeal result goes the upper hand is still with Brandon Estates, they own Brandon so it's down to them what they do with the site, I just hope that SCS have not done what CRASH did at Dudley Wood which was put there eggs all in one basket, then when the appeal was lost the there was no other site that was suitable to relocate to and by then the interest in Cradley had cooled, what I,m trying to say is that IMO the best time to find a new site is the time when the existing stadium has been lost, just as an example I note at the Coventry end of Brandon several Rugby pitches and Clubhouse used by Broadstreet RFC, when Brandon was given notice to close I would have been knocking there door down to try to get a Track around one of those pitches, and got the owners of Brandon to foot the bill.

     Anyways good luck with the decision I just Hope BE are willing to come to some arrangement with SCS should they lose, but with prime building sites fetching upwards of £1 million pounds an acre I have my doubts.

  24. Posted

    3 hours ago, TTT said:

    I don't think that will be the team because the Oxford team comes to 40.30 after reductions so I think one of them must be heading to Brum in place of Zach Cook or Wiktor Lampart.

    Yeah, the points limit is 40 plus the RS.

     

    The Premiership points limit has been raised to 40 (for six riders), with teams to be completed by a Rising Star, and the league will continue to stage the KO Cup competition plus an unchanged play-off format.

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