mikebv 10,278 Posted August 31, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, iainb said: Manchester City Football Club is not viable! I think you will find that they are... "Bob and Elsie"s Chippy" in Gorton has just given them half a billion quid a season to have their advert put in the programme... Edited August 31, 2023 by mikebv 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Noodles 1,337 Posted August 31, 2023 3 hours ago, Deano said: The unviable really needs to be shot down. How many sports clubs are profitable? Just about every sports club gets a benefactor’s money thrown at them. That doesn’t mean they should be built on. Supposedly unviable yet apparently we had Tomalin, then Ged/Neil and now an unknown consortium interested in taking it on. With no track and seemingly no future, what are they interested in and what do they know we don't? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeW436 595 Posted August 31, 2023 https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/other-sport/peterborough-panthers-meeting-off-as-team-boss-backs-artem-to-roar-into-action-when-racing-resumes-4272959 Interesting article, sounds like Artem was shopped around by his manager for a UK club once he left Kings Lynn. Do we think he’s just here for a bit more pocket money on top of his Ekstraliga wages or wanting to achieve something over here on like his country man and everyone’s now second favourite rider Emil? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
proud panther 1,505 Posted August 31, 2023 On 8/30/2023 at 2:13 PM, Mick Bratley said: I have been invited on to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire at 8:00am on Thursday 31st August (tomorrow) to discuss the Showground development. Good luck Mick, you are the best option to fight our cause in my opinion. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flappy 1,605 Posted August 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Noodles said: Supposedly unviable yet apparently we had Tomalin, then Ged/Neil and now an unknown consortium interested in taking it on. With no track and seemingly no future, what are they interested in and what do they know we don't? Peterborough Speedway has a future but it has to continue running next season preferably at the showground or elsewhere. If it stops it won't return 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scoobydoo 2,254 Posted August 31, 2023 20 minutes ago, JoeW436 said: https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/other-sport/peterborough-panthers-meeting-off-as-team-boss-backs-artem-to-roar-into-action-when-racing-resumes-4272959 Interesting article, sounds like Artem was shopped around by his manager for a UK club once he left Kings Lynn. Do we think he’s just here for a bit more pocket money on top of his Ekstraliga wages or wanting to achieve something over here on like his country man and everyone’s now second favourite rider Emil? Certainly seems strange that the article states he was actually sacked by Lynn but then joins Peterborough a club who is owned by the same person, In normal circumstances both Laguta and Chapman wouldn't of entertained agreeing to another contract for both parties if he was sacked IMO they came to a mutual agreement to part ways , Lambert made perfect sence at Lynn to possibly boost attendance figures. Laguta just needs to show up against Sheffield and be the rider he can be , which hopefully he will do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeW436 595 Posted August 31, 2023 5 minutes ago, scoobydoo said: Certainly seems strange that the article states he was actually sacked by Lynn but then joins Peterborough a club who is owned by the same person, In normal circumstances both Laguta and Chapman wouldn't of entertained agreeing to another contract for both parties if he was sacked IMO they came to a mutual agreement to part ways , Lambert made perfect sence at Lynn to possibly boost attendance figures. Laguta just needs to show up against Sheffield and be the rider he can be , which hopefully he will do. The only part of that article I think is fairytales is the sacking part. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deano 1,318 Posted August 31, 2023 3 hours ago, mikebv said: I think you will find that they are... "Bob and Elsie"s Chippy" in Gorton has just given them half a billion quid a season to have their advert put in the programme... Didn’t The UAE pump shed loads of cash in via Etihad or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crump99 4,476 Posted August 31, 2023 (edited) 13 hours ago, Flappy said: Peterborough Speedway has a future but it has to continue running next season preferably at the showground or elsewhere. If it stops it won't return It has to be the EoES for the few more years that Buster said was possible in Sept 2022. That will both save the track and stand, stabilise the club and give new owners time to plan for a future elsewhere, if need be that is should PCC capitulate and agree to the pointless 10 year concrete jungle which benefits nobody. I think that it's the EoES or the end irrespective at this moment in time. The whole process is just following the regular pattern with such developments. The difference here compared to most tracks that disappear is that we have the ammunition to make it very difficult and our opposition public as we have some clever people who can hold AEPG and PCC to account. That's what they don't want. Their PR on the radio & press has been pretty poor and the last thing that they want is strong public opposition or close examination of their rationale. I was told by someone who knows (no names no pack drill) that these things go through on the nod, until I pointed out some of the contentious issues and that changed the tone pretty quickly. Edited September 1, 2023 by Crump99 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crump99 4,476 Posted September 1, 2023 (edited) And the big sell continues https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/factfile-east-of-england-showground-redevelopment-plans-explained-4275569 Should be helpful with registering your objection on the PCC website planning portal. Edited September 1, 2023 by Crump99 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yaxley panther 17 Posted September 1, 2023 11 minutes ago, Crump99 said: And the big sell continues https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/factfile-east-of-england-showground-redevelopment-plans-explained-4275569 Should be helpful with registering your objection on the PCC website planning portal. The plans are ' Fantasy Island ' absolutely no way will they achieve this , it will just be a load of houses and cues of traffic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StarBoy 165 Posted September 1, 2023 56 minutes ago, Crump99 said: And the big sell continues https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/factfile-east-of-england-showground-redevelopment-plans-explained-4275569 Should be helpful with registering your objection on the PCC website planning portal. For confirmation and ensuring standardisation with objections, what is the sell we're going for? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikebv 10,278 Posted September 1, 2023 1 hour ago, yaxley panther said: The plans are ' Fantasy Island ' absolutely no way will they achieve this , it will just be a load of houses and cues of traffic That alone could have them snookered.. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deano 1,318 Posted September 1, 2023 (edited) There’s loads of other green spaces to build on. They should be asked why there? Why take away a useable facility when they could build that anywhere. create your 500 jobs by not taking away current jobs. keep the current 600,000 cars coming into the current facility and let the new one bring in as many somewhere else. Edited September 1, 2023 by Deano 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OldNutter 48 Posted September 1, 2023 5 hours ago, Crump99 said: And the big sell continues https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/factfile-east-of-england-showground-redevelopment-plans-explained-4275569 Should be helpful with registering your objection on the PCC website planning portal. There is an odd line in that article where the director of AEPG is quoted saying he is working closely with the Speedway. He seems to be claiming that the fans are disappointed that the Speedway is moving out of Peterborough. Question: Is the speedway "moving" out of the town or has it been effectively evicted by his fantasy vision of the concrete covered showground site. The answer to that one may have a distinct bearing on his view on the assessment of the Panther's viability. Or is something happening elsewhere that we do not know about next year? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
