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  1. Its a joke that his 4+ average is available for a replacement for Clegg having come in on a 3 and scored less that that in just a handful of meetings
    7 points
  2. I just can't wait for the reply. Every week for seasons we are told the track is amazing and then when the TV camera's arrive low and behold its bumpy that week but better the next!! Don't get wrong, the meeting was miles better than anything we have seen at Swindon over the last couple of years, which isn't saying much. But maybe it wasn't sour grapes from NKI the other week.
    6 points
  3. Haha even you cant deny the track was bumpy especially in turns 1 and 2. Everyone saw it plain as day on the TV. But are you saying it wasn't?
    6 points
  4. Isn’t it crazy how we are praying for good weather to get our fixtures in after the glorious summer we have had with no meetings
    6 points
  5. In a period of 9 weeks covering half of May, June and half of July, they managed two home meetings! So who didn't see this coming? The same thing happens every bloody year.
    6 points
  6. So £25 for 25 heats is not VFM, Yet £18 for 15 heats is ok ?..... Can I ask what were your maths results at school actually like ?
    5 points
  7. Not at all just fed up, like many on here, with you posting CRAP
    5 points
  8. Odd that, Walker fit same time as Flint and Hume fit, must think fans are idiots
    4 points
  9. Any newcomer watching on Bt sport would be put off for life after that meeting. A small number of passes during the meeting.. entertainment value 2 out of 10
    4 points
  10. And then you have Guestfest after Guestfest as all three Leagues try to cram fixtures in on the same nights using the same riders.. As you say, "happens every bloody year"... (With less and less people understandably watching it happen)... The best summer for years too.....!
    4 points
  11. It just shows how important the 'flagship' Premiership is doesn't it? With such nonsense who really cares who wins it? Not really a great selling point with which to attract a crowd is it? Or indeed attract any major media coverage ..
    3 points
  12. Give it a rest for Christ sake, do you have a b side on that broken record of yours? Even if, and it is an if, Brum pulled a fast one then we sure aren’t the first and most definitely won’t be the last to do so.
    3 points
  13. Or it could be a completely made up story from the start which is entirely in keeping with the poster in question.
    3 points
  14. I'm glad the season doesn't run into deepest October..... Saddlebow is not the warmest place to stand out in around October time. Has its own micro climate there and always seems to be 5 degrees Cooler than anywhere else. As for the double header, It is what it is. Buster will be dropping a few quid to put it on. The Riders will be happy as they get 2 pay days in 4 hours. The fans get to watch 2 meetings for cheap money and only have to pay one lot of fuel, one lot of food, one programme. What's not to like ? Seems Like some people wanna moan for the sake of moaning. If the racing is good, what does it matter if its the same team twice ? Most people only go to watch the home riders anyway, so what does it matter who the opposition is ? Come on Guys, get a grip. How much is the entry ?
    3 points
  15. Quite a lot to do with it. A number of Wednesday's were unable to be used due to clashes with Denmark. If Thursday's were the FRN, there would be no clashes!!!
    3 points
  16. Er no it wasn't. The best league meeting was the first televised meeting this season and it was from Bellevue. The close score line in last night's meeting kept it interesting.
    2 points
  17. Thoughts from a Wolves fan.... After another wasted journey, following Somerset (a) rain-off last Wednesday, we stopped in a Pub just of the A14 and discussed the strong possibility of a 'dreaded' double-header next Wednesday. Our ideas for getting the 30 heats run efficiently included:- 1) Moving the starting gate to the other side as it shortens the distance from pits to tapes. 2) Reducing the 2 min time warning to 1 minute. Both teams to agree: Clerk of the course to do his job! * saves 30 mins on the night. 3) First race starts promptly at advertised time. 4) Frank Ebdon as referee. 5) Back-up Medical cover 6) Limited on-track tractor time. 7) Riders to get to the tapes and stay there! 8) Heat 15 line-up to be sorted before heat 14 finishes. ** Team Managers to 'gee;' their riders up. 9) Wolves not to use Sarjeant as a guest! ... yes the 'Church End' beer was good. See you next week for "Midnight In Norfolk".
    2 points
  18. Zdenek Kudrna: As a Wolves fan I was always amazed to see him turn up at Birmingham Speedway in his Austin Allegro with a bike rack on the back; knowing he had driven from Czecho overnight. I would have been frightened to cover the distance from my home to Perry Barr in an Allegro in that condition. Fair play to him! Sam Tesar: The only speedway rider to have the same nickname as the track lighting at where he rode..... Peterborough - "The Dark Shadow".
    2 points
  19. Did they force you to post it on here then? No? So then it IS your fault.
    2 points
  20. watching the stars ride against the same team at home twice consecutively is bad enough, but twice in one evening isn't exactly inspiring. double headers against 2 teams is one thing, and there is always the option of a "spare" rider for the 2nd meeting if anything should happen,rather than dragging a national league rider out of the crowd and Phoning his dad to bring his bike over! From a fans point of view there would be more interest if wolves could come back for a double a couple of weeks later .
    2 points
  21. The lumps and bumps were there for all to see last night. Vindicated what Iversen had to say a couple of weeks ago.
    2 points
  22. I liked watching the riders bouncing and bucking around on the bumps and ruts. A true test of the men v the boys, with boys getting badly freaked out. They need to get practicing on ploughed up fields to stop them becoming like a bunch of mummy's boys whenever a track isn't like a billiards table. In fact what speedway in the UK needs is to have more tracks like ploughed fields. Otherwise it gets like the Andrex league in football, full of spoiled little mummy's boys. And don't get me talking about covered wickets in cricket. Incidentally I saw a programme on the gogglebox a couple of weeks ago about some race down a steep hill near Gloucester. The competitors have to chase a piece of cheese and although they start off by running, they soon just roll and bounce all the way down. If Chris Harris ever decides to give it a try, I'm sure he'd win. So why don't these new GB trainers take young riders out to steep hills and get them doing that sort of thing as well as practicing on ploughed fields? This is the entertainment business, so well done to Poole.
    2 points
  23. Yayyyy some positives, at a guess Buster, Robin n Dale wouldn't be putting this double header on without having their hand being forced., ie only way of being able to get the meetings on before the cutoff date. We're in a great position in the league and need more points to keep us there, I'm pretty excited about it all, I'm sorry that some of you don't feel the same! The team are happy and give 100%. Wild horses wouldn't keep me away from the double header woooooooo, so what if I start work at 6 next day lol... COME ON OUR STARS Just want to add: YOU'LL BE A LONG TIME DEAD PEOPLE, our friend Star Fever would've been loving it if he was here, remembering you m8 xx
    2 points
  24. Don't think Zmarzlik is a throttle jockey and he is entertaining,pay money to watch riders like him giving 100%.My definition of a throttle jockey is Jason Garrity and that is the reason he spends most of the season injured.
    2 points
  25. It is to an extent in general although Ipswich's plan to have 5 meetings through the school holidays with 1 reserved date seemed the right call to me (1 was a rearrangement anyway) Dont think you wouldve reasonably expected 2 consecutive call offs in August (and hopefully wont be anyway)
    2 points
  26. Will the last person leaving the building please turn the lights out. British speedway appears to be over!
    2 points
  27. I think we can probs blame the Championship promoters who voted against Mondays and Thursdays for this predicament!! I would move the cut off date, the league should be able to run til the end of October after all and after the terrible weather at the start of the season, it makes sense.
    2 points
  28. You also said Grajczonek should go! He has been your best rider in the last 2 meetings and Poole would have lost without him last night.
    2 points
  29. Not me though, only decent races were at the end and you liked my FB post pointing that out. However the result was much needed after all the recent tonkings and that is what maybe affects people's judgement on the actual quality of the racing.
    2 points
  30. Nice to see a fair size crowd in tonight, thought after the recent drubbings it could have been thin on the ground. Track didn’t produce in the way of passing, which after the decent Poole meeting was a shame. Nicholls in heat 13 round the outside was superb though. Anyways we won a bloomin speedway meeting for a change!! Reasons to be cheerful
    2 points
  31. £1293.31 on website. Well done to Berwick and Edinburgh fans.
    2 points
  32. Can't we just give Andre a call and ask him to fill in until end of season ? Could still do a job that fella.
    2 points
  33. Looks like the old policy has been chucked in the bin then?
    2 points
  34. No, there have been quite a few incidents with aggressive pit crews, eg Sayfutdinov, Holder, Masters to just three. If riders want some handbags, then let them get on with it, but third parties have no right to get involved. Do that in any other sport and you are in hot water, and rightly so. An idiot pumped up on steroids is never going to make a wise decision is he ...
    2 points
  35. No you did not break any rules, it’s clever, but you’s have clearly just used and abused a young Brittish rider because you knew his average was going to rocket up after a couple of meetings so you could then get who you really wanted in, and then masked it as Clegg’s fault and Scott Frame looks like a very silly man with his comment regarding the loyalty from promotion comment.
    1 point
  36. It seems that Cook signed to ride for Glasgow before this fixture was arranged, plus Thursday is not a premiership fixed race night which means Glasgow get preference. Don’t know whether we can use a guest, but the sport is a complete joke, Potential race off decider and we lose ourNo. 1 which our management must have known before agreeing to this fixture———- or did they???
    1 point
  37. Depending who you are ,the rules are made up to suit on the day.
    1 point
  38. Dont forget that these changes were made before last nights meeting, before the transfer cut off and therefore last nights scores were not taken into consideration. I was impressed with both Robson and Mountain last night.
    1 point
  39. Tears, snotters everywhere. We’re going to win the league.
    1 point
  40. I'm leaving for the track in a few minutes, hold your thumbs for no more rain.
    1 point
  41. 1 point
  42. There won't be one because there isn't one. He is probably at home now trying to work out how he can doctor a tweet to make it look real, bit like editing a post on here!!
    1 point
  43. Terrible news. I remember Tomasz riding for Lakeside in 2008 . A really nice guy . One of the outstanding memories of all the years I have followed Speedwáy is Tomasz beating Leigh Adams in the 2008 play off semi final at Lakeside, passing and repassing throughout the whole race with never more than a bikes length between them, and Tomasz just getting it on the run in to the line. So sad that this sort of tragedy should come upon such a nice man and such a great competitor .
    1 point
  44. haven't heard of any of the riders complaining about, not even Doyle after heat 15
    1 point
  45. That's my reservation, as imo Father Lawson's dominance in his son's senior career, prevented Willie making a serious go of what could have been an impressive journey to a higher level. Well Clegg has previous on where his priorities lie, when for the last match at home for 2016, he left us further short handed against Glasgow, as he opted for the Wolves end of season function, instead of riding for us
    1 point
  46. Give the riders a decent track and they will perform. Seeing the puddles before the meeting you could tell there are many low spots in the track. To be fair the track is much improved from the last two years but still work to do imho
    1 point
  47. Len has always done early call offs as far back as I can remember. Sometimes it's the wrong call but it's better IMO than getting everyone there and then calling it off. Only so many times you can handle the forum melting down. If it's called off and the forecast is wrong everyone moans. If it's match on and forecast correct so match gets called off everyone moans.
    1 point
  48. Bit of overnight rain will probably do it good. Hope you see some good close racing and the Lions can pull it off.
    1 point
  49. Ah good point, and to keep things consistent pay the riders in cash making sure they declare a lesser figure.. Tax man will never catch on and speedway will go from strength to strength
    1 point
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