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I must be missing something here. Yes it's not the best of situations at the moment but we've seen worse. It wouldn't take too much to put things right so I can't really see the point of throwing in the towel just yet. Give it another few months at least and if it doesn't improve then review the situation.

This is all in almost complete contrast to the Ipswich situation With us all the worry was about not naming a team early and little or no news coming out - very different to our normal approach But once Santa Buster produced the Harris parcel from his sack that soon settled most nerves even if the team was seen as 'cannon fodder' Aside from that you wouldnt think Buster was involved at all with everything seeming business as usual and the club still very much 'ours' Crowds are up, performances have exceeded most expectations and racing quality has been up a notch or two and very enjoyable meetings has been the order of the day

Now we are only 0.07 below the limit does that not tempt you back?

You maybe right. However, the point remains : the get what you are given and be grateful, if you don't like it, don't come attitude remains a reason why speedway is on its knees.

Huge result away at lower league team. Poole have turned the corner.

I think James Shanes deserves a break. We even have someone who spent most of last season saying Swindon should sign him already talking about him being dropped. The fact is there is a minimum average of 3.00 this year, with no rider below that eligible for the top flight. Whoever comes in at 7 for Swindon is going to struggle, virtue of being the lowest averaged ridrr in the league. Do people really think Tom Bacon could come in and start beating the likes of Bradley Wilson-Dean? At least give James a chance before calling for his head. Swindon have a very strong top 3, and because of that other teams have had to go with a more solid line up. Any 3 pointer will find points hard to come by, and the best way is to stick with James and help get him up to speed. I thought he rode ok against Ipswich, even if the points aren't there yet. Zach and Dawid have started to score a few now. Who's to say James can't start soon. The level the league is this year, any opposition rider he beats will be a good result. At least wait until David Bellego drops low enough to come in!

Take away Doyle and perhaps Fricke and there's not much of a difference between the leagues at all. With the Championship being strongly Northern based racing at that level would certainly see far better crowds as far more away supporters would travel, the racing would still be excellent and we wouldn't miss the GP riders as there is only one in the so called top league.

Don’t think the promotion justified it by saying it was cold. But those who were able to go on Sunday benefited from the warm weather. So like me (who would have gone on Saturday) was grateful it had been called off due to the forecasted heavy rain. Is it forecast to rain this Saturday?

Posts like this make me Basically, get what you're given, pay up and be grateful for it. People who attend speedway pay for the privilege, so they have every right to complain if things aren't up to reasonable scratch . Lets face it, we would about anything else. As to putting the club for sale, that's a bit like a butcher being forced to sell up and pinning the blame totally on customers for refusing to buy his rotten meat. One other thing : all those being critical on this thread should beware. SKJ and I know only too well what can happen to a fan who complains about the state of Sheffield's track.

Did you get the BOGOF deal of same time next year for the relegation parade

I have to agree. Give the kid a break, he's riding with an injury at the moment & we don't seem to be suffering carrying weaker reserves. The team was chosen to be top heavy by Rosco & I trust his judgement. Come on folks, you're beginning to sound like "Poole Whingers"! The teams done well so far.

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4 possibly 5 of the teams are looking at it the same way so it really isnt a Lynn issue Remember to accomodate that something has to give elsewhere (usually at the bottom end) and you already claim to be defficient there too!

Kasper and MPT are more than adequate to fill the reserve berths, and I'm sure if either can up their scores then Kerr will be more than efficient to occupy them spaces. But that not the problem. We need a No2 capable of scoring descent points every meeting. especially away from home....

Excellent news. Thanks for posting that. What would we do without you? I'm sure that any disaffected Panthers fans feel so much better now

But in the return Bagpuss i believe the Stars will be found wanting at the Abbey with to much pressure heaped on Robert.As much as i like both Jorgensen and Riss neither are second headers not yet anyway and i see the season for the Stars petering out unless a change is made.

Good spot. I was working on his 4.55 which he started the year on. So basically he would have fitted until today. Often the difference between winners and losers is the winners do not hesitate when an opportunity arises.

Im sure many Lynn fans would of been unhappy if an out and out Peterborough man purchased your club not because he really wanted it, but to as its been said just keep top flight speedway running and not bringing the team upto the points limit to be competitive Also if that person had also been doing sly things to enhance the chances of his beloved team to win a League they have never won before then im sure you also wouldn't be happy with that Chapman is even dividing Peterborough fans now making him even more unpopular and if the track manipulation is also true then what do you expect. Im sure he doesnt give a toss about Peterborough or Ipswich at the moment and will see it as job done with the league still running but if Peterborough goes under for whatever reason as has been said his beloved Lynn team will also suffer financially as well.

I think the sums will be - Leicester may have brought 100/150 with them and we need it dry and sunny to make most of that; but Eagles might bring 20-30 so we'll keep everything crossed and wait til the last minute that we are obliged to pay the Rent b4 deciding.

This team is a collection of riders who are known for their battling qualities, not for their renown brilliance. All the riders are capable of having a brilliant meeting, but they wont do it every week. In Lambert they have a top rider, a No1 any team would be proud of, but then we have a massive problem. Riss and Jorgensen are two quality riders, but they are not renown heatleaders and usually struggle when riding against established top riders. Procter and Kerr will never be good enough to become heatleaders, leaving us short of a second top rider. Until that position is filled we will continue along this same vane . Helped by the grippy track, we should win the majority of home matches. Whether we can win enough away points to reach the top 4 is another matter....

Just go up the M18 and M180 in 40 minutes from Sheffield to see a real racers track. Ex Sheffield Promotors, Team Managers and ex riders seem to be at the EWR in Scunthorpe every meeting.

He's off Zach now he got 6 last night.

I think most people accept that things can go wrong occasionally. Lights blow, tapes don't work, ambulance doesn't turn up, a good track is suddenly rubbish. We are, however, talking about once or twice a season. Sunday was Sheffield's 5th home meeting. Damian Bates commented in the Redcar programme that the racing 'wasn't what we wanted'. You can probably tell what it was like from that. Reading the threads on here, Scunthorpe was decent and Redcar nondescript. Leicester & Top Gun simply attracted angry and disillusioned comments. Once or twice a season, not 4 meetings out of 5. Sheffield can be a fine race track. They need to get this sorted, and soon.

Who was it that took the fifty pieces of silver to move his team up to the Elite League. ?

Good post. Wasn't Rathbone the one that allegedly took money from a Polish club rather than have his best rider ride for the Panthers ? Not thinking of the fans or the other 6 riders if that's the case.. Could you imagine if Buster did that

According to Monday nights programme it was at Peterborough's request

MCN Festival of Motorcycling on 18th and 19th, guess the Landlords pulled the fixture to get the venue ready

There is no one else in the team that will be consistent enough to become second heat leader.

Didn't realise Chapman has made the Peterborough fans that depressed and grumpy that its effecting their judgement of the racing. At least you have 3 points to play with.

Will come find you and say hello mate.

Totally agree Les the team has started well and i believe we can get better as the season goes along.The positive thing for me is we have lost two close away matches and came away with a point that augurs well for the future.

Should be a comfy home win for the best team in East Anglia ...

Will be happy with a 10 point win Cant see Lambert being as poor as last time and Riss always goes well at our place

Ipswich are fortunate in the fact that there management team on the whole stayed in charge of the club, Ged has messed up bigtime and not been no where near as astute in the negotiations when selling the club,

taxi or 20 min walk

I put Lampart in the position like a Wells at Belle Vue a real tough ask in the top five and with our reserves Dawid will be there all season.So 4/5 points most weeks will do me actually at home he has done ok fingers crossed i suppose.

Yeah quite possibly although we regularly clash with high profile CL fixtures and i have never noticed or heard it mentioned even to of affected the attendance. Most Brummies fans appear to hate football anyway with there fuddy duddy " you have a football fan mentality " if you dare to have an opinion. Ultimately i want as many people going to the Brummies as possible as i am sure you do and constant discussions about weather in my opinion do not help. I take it you have raised the white flag regarding local radio coverage ? only kidding up the Brummies and have a great evening.

DD would NOT be justifying the reason for the call off, probably only mentioned it as it meant you had missed a cold and windy night. NOT a justification. Your response is probably why some promoters get pissed off when they try and do the right thing.

Well I was grateful thanks as I wouldn't have gone on Saturday. I think I must be past standing around in freezing cold weather now because I had decided earlier than the call off that I wasn't going whether it rained or not. Perhaps the promotion should just keep quiet and not explain anything because when they do their words get criticised anyway. I had been thinking this season how well they were doing with their use of the media and even the reason for any delays during a match being explained over the loudspeakers, but perhaps it's not the best idea.

The trouble nowadays is you turn up because rain has ceased ,they “fix” the track, but the riders walk round and decide it’s not good enough9/10 Complete waste of effort from track staff.

Shanes is terrible I knew he would be a crap signing needs replacing ^ Bacon good shout.

He is not that talented! However, I believe that it will end in financial tears and prove to have been several steps too far! Before the end of the season, the average gate at all three of Buster's clubs will be clear to those who count objectively and unless the financial backers who supported the plan to "save" the Premiership dig deeper, it will all fall to pieces. Overextended comes to mind.

The next time you turn up to a meeting, wait for 30 minutes after the initial start time while they try to fix the track, and then eventually it gets called off with all the riders and fans already in attendance and waiting..... Don't complain

And its only April

Only speedway fans would moan that their club has gone up a division in the off season and had four last heat deciders in the first four meetings of the season.

Train stations have usually have places to keep your luggage. Hotels do... Big ones of both next to the Zloty something shopping mall. Which also is the main train station in warsaw.

Don't think it makes a huge difference whether it's Cook or Bewley tbh. They'll get the 1 ride against the USA in this round and that's it. When it comes to the final in Russia, Cook at least has the experience in Togliatti from when he qualified for the GPs.

I always find its much better to watch weather radar maps on the day rather then weather forcasts in advance, they might aswell predict the lottery numbers as they have a better chance of getting that right. Seems to have dramatically changed again in less than 24 hours, mostly dry in the day now. Only 25/30% chance of showers in evening.

And the promoters ( Associated or not ) are convinced they are right. Who are we to argue? How does that saying go " build it and they will come" in this case "put it on on Monday and they are unlikely to come".

Oh dear the amazing vanishing posts... It reminds me of the Joke about the Lady Cleaner who whilst undertaking her job in the local working men's club and upon entering the Gents toilet found a drawing on the wall of a mans appendage, so immediately, and to protect everyone's modesty she washed it off. The next morning she did her rounds again and low and behold the offending drawing had reappeared much to her chagrin, again she washed off the graffiti and completed her tasks. Next morning she set about her work and again on the third day the appendage had reappeared even larger and bolder than before and this went on for the whole week, each morning a larger drawing on the toilet wall of a mans appendage which was starting to frustrate the Lady Cleaner so she wrote a note on the wall which said "Please stop drawing rude pictures on this wall" to which on the eight day she found a picture of the offending article that filled the full wall with the comment underneath "The more you rub the bigger it gets" Happy trails Regards THJ