stevebrum 6,824 Posted June 25, 2014 From BSPA site: THE British Speedway Promoters’ Association can confirm tonight’s Poole v Birmingham Elite League meeting WILL go ahead as planned at Wimborne Road. Representatives of the BSPA are currently in dialogue with relevant parties with the sole aim of ensuring the continuation of the sport at Perry Barr Stadium. Very sad news. But Phillips has been hinting this has been a near formality for quite a while now. Get behind your team if you want it to stay folks! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve0 5,517 Posted June 25, 2014 the SOLE aim? suggests at any cost.. ie a cheap team that won't be competitive...hmm. i suppose if it means they get thru season...but can only see more fans gving it a miss They already have a cheap team! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,637 Posted June 25, 2014 ..And at least theres no danger of them not getting paid this evening!!!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheScotsman 2,483 Posted June 25, 2014 Watching the "action" on bet365.................. ......... fell asleep after heat 5. Is it always this BORING at Poole? Even the tractors have stopped racing. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdmc82 2,878 Posted June 25, 2014 Same here. Have seen better racing at Poole. Both teams just look like going through the motions, no real excitement Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCB 0 Posted June 25, 2014 TBF, the Poole riders are half a lap ahead. If the Brimingham riders are not going to turn up what do you expect them to do? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markyb 323 Posted June 25, 2014 So what sort of crowd tonight ? Even Matt Ford giving "fans" 10 quid to attend rather than charging them 10 quid may have more suitable. British speedway is in a right mess ! Time for a shake up at the highest level and do something major (but sensible too) IMO there needs to be major scrutiny of how the Poles run their speedway. A defined race night and a squad system - why can't it operate in the uk. Fans being cheated left right and centre. Not so many years ago where I witnessed Coventry away at Peterborough where Cov had Hancock, Hamill, Richardson (rip) and Jonsson and that was regular sort of team for uk supporters - nowadays we lucky to have just one star performer in a team. So sorry to have hijacked this Poole message board, but hey it affects all of us as speedway supporters. Let's hope for "happy days" M 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foreverblue 6,096 Posted June 25, 2014 Watching the "action" on bet365.................. ......... fell asleep after heat 5. Is it always this BORING at Poole? Even the tractors have stopped racing. Only boring when we ride against a premier league team Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tellboy 3,662 Posted June 25, 2014 Only boring when we ride against a premier league team Suppose they had the option to call it off? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve0 5,517 Posted June 25, 2014 Ah! But the FTR is the way ahead - it will have us all flocking back in droves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
broadsider 55 33 Posted June 25, 2014 Suppose they had the option to call it off?Well just got in from the meeting have to say is was as bad as some of you who have been watching it on 365 have said , the worst part for me is they just couldn't be arsed to water the track it was like a dust bowl from heat 1, this im afraid is not acceptable as the forcast for this week was sunny till at least Thursday, , very poor track prep yet again MF come on get a grip man Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lionheart 86 Posted June 25, 2014 Suppose they had the option to call it off? It would only have been called off if Lord Fraud could see there was a chance that the Pirates would be beaten. With this sad Brummies team there was no chance of that 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brummie Kev 519 Posted June 25, 2014 Its hard to criticize the team tonight, it was clear before the match we were so much weaker without Bart and Dan and given the events today I suppose we should be grateful a Brummies team even rode. BSPA are paying the riders for tonight and will do up at Belle Vue on Monday, hopefully a takeover can happen before the Leicester meeting. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
New Science 1,059 Posted June 25, 2014 Well just got in from the meeting have to say is was as bad as some of you who have been watching it on 365 have said , the worst part for me is they just couldn't be arsed to water the track it was like a dust bowl from heat 1, this im afraid is not acceptable as the forcast for this week was sunny till at least Thursday, , very poor track prep yet again MF come on get a grip manThink the promoters are following the fans and slowly giving up ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdmc82 2,878 Posted June 25, 2014 Feel for Birmingham tonight. They were always going to lose against a full strength Poole side when they had to put out a PL side tonight. What happened to Ford "not wanting to rob the paying public?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
