Haza 1,774 Posted January 20, 2017 I really cant see what it is you think Horton has done . when the doors were due to close after the 3 years Sandhu was happy to take his 50 gold pieces and disappear , and by the way what happened to all his promises of a new home for the Bees ,,Nothing because he never had any intention of finding anywhere .. who worked with the council residents developers and MP to get another 3 year stay of execution ? if you would sign a lease on a stadium that has been vandalised and had fixtures and fittings removed that would cost a fortune , then you are a bigger fool than your postings make you appear I think Buster has done the sort of job as frontman of the BSPA that has been lacking for years , how many times have we heard of clubs in trouble and cried out for the Bspa to get involved , maybe if we had a chairman like buster long ago , some of the clubs that have been lost forever would still be going now Hate to repeat my self but just for you maybe he should have signed the lease on or before 1st Jan 2017 and we wouldn't be having this conversation if Horton had no intentions of running maybe he could and should have sold the promotion rights - just a thought but you think he's more ore less done no wrong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,637 Posted January 20, 2017 Why would any promoter least of all Horton sign a lease for a facilty that has none of the basics for running speedway, without some sort of 'guarantee' that the facilities (or cash equivalent) are made available. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CB252 1,376 Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) Hate to repeat my self but just for you maybe he should have signed the lease on or before 1st Jan 2017 and we wouldn't be having this conversation if Horton had no intentions of running maybe he could and should have sold the promotion rights - just a thought but you think he's more ore less done no wrongSo if you'd agreed to sign a lease on a flat on the basis that it was fully furnished and when you turned up and it had been stripped, you'd go ahead and sign? I'm sure Horton isn't blameless but to say he should have just signed is nonsense. He'd now be scrabbling around trying to furnish a stadium and somehow be trying to find the quarter of a million a year that he needs to even open the doors to the stadium. Edited January 20, 2017 by CB252 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedibee 3,091 Posted January 20, 2017 Hate to repeat my self but just for you maybe he should have signed the lease on or before 1st Jan 2017 and we wouldn't be having this conversation if Horton had no intentions of running maybe he could and should have sold the promotion rights - just a thought but you think he's more ore less done no wrong Sandhu was still the leaseholder until Jan 1st , when Horton was set to take over , he couldn't sign the lease before then and it was 3rd of Jan actually , because the 3rd was the signing day .not too difficult Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdmc82 2,878 Posted January 20, 2017 As reigning Champion, @Josh96bates has been seeded straight through to the 2017 British Under-21 Final. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Haza 1,774 Posted January 20, 2017 Sandhu was still the leaseholder until Jan 1st , when Horton was set to take over , he couldn't sign the lease before then and it was 3rd of Jan actually , because the 3rd was the signing day .not too difficult OK let's put in very simple terms for the 3rd and last time why didn't Horton sign the lease on the 3rd Jan 2017 ??? Sandu had already stated he'd make the stadium good So why didn't he sign ??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Shovlar 10,439 Posted January 20, 2017 OK let's put in very simple terms for the 3rd and last time why didn't Horton sign the lease on the 3rd Jan 2017 ??? Sandu had already stated he'd make the stadium good So why didn't he sign ??? No one with any type of business brain would have signed that lease after the place was vandalised. It would have been a recipe for disaster. I hope the council grow a pair if speedway doesn't run and throw out any opportunity of building houses on this site for the forseeable future. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shale Searcher 1,264 Posted January 20, 2017 Why did Sandhu rip the innards out in the first place, and in December? That makes no sense at all.... If he was gonna do that, he should have done it as soon as the last event staged was finished, not after the negotiations, and surely he should have taken them out without damaging/wrecking the substructures they were fitted to!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,637 Posted January 20, 2017 As reigning Champion, @Josh96bates has been seeded straight through to the 2017 British Under-21 Final. Which may well be at Poole, so don't expect him to perform that well will you?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Shovlar 10,439 Posted January 20, 2017 Why did Sandhu rip the innards out in the first place, and in December? That makes no sense at all.... If he was gonna do that, he should have done it as soon as the last event staged was finished, not after the negotiations, and surely he should have taken them out without damaging/wrecking the substructures they were fitted to!!!! Done out of spite because he lost the lease to Horton and didn't like to have stock car lease terms dictated to him. Vandalism to stuff Horton right up. Which may well be at Poole, so don't expect him to perform that well will you?! Has Bates ever done well at Poole? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCB 0 Posted January 20, 2017 OK let's put in very simple terms for the 3rd and last time why didn't Horton sign the lease on the 3rd Jan 2017 ??? Sandu had already stated he'd make the stadium good So why didn't he sign ??? Because Brandon Estates called in the police and that meant no lease could be signed. Apparently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdmc82 2,878 Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) Which may well be at Poole, so don't expect him to perform that well will you?! Wow that was super fast from you. Knew you would have a negative comment about the reigning champion but that was quicker than I thought Why would anybody give Poole and their rut filled track a big competition. Even Holder commented on how bad it is nowadays Edited January 20, 2017 by mdmc82 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisa-colette 6,032 Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) Wow that was super fast from you. Knew you would have a negative comment about the reigning champion but that was quicker than I thought Why would anybody give Poole and their rut filled track a big competition. Even Holder commented on how bad it is nowadays Holder said EVERY Uk track is rubbish!! Pretty sure we had a round of the U21 world final a few years ago. Anyway stop talking about Poole this is a Coventry thread! Edited January 20, 2017 by lisa-colette Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RPNY 608 Posted January 20, 2017 Mich Horton has a continued record of unreliability. The only big surprise here is how he was ever allowed to promote a Speedway team again. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woz01 3,589 Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) Buster says during Q&A that just before the start of it he received an email regarding Coventry that requires the attention of the committee. Interesting. Edited January 20, 2017 by woz01 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
