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  1. He's a sad lonely man with nothing better to do.
    8 points
  2. Fraud,,,, he wasn't trying to sell speedway as a serious sporting event I hope.
    5 points
  3. Mainly because we are on here to protect our club & our Promoter & staff who receive plenty of criticism from posters without knowing the facts & jump to their own conclusions. When the facts are put in front of them, do they apologise on here? NO! They just hide away for a while.
    5 points
  4. 5 points
  5. Unfortunately, the turnip is not nearly as funny as he thinks he is
    5 points
  6. Comes out of both ends of Jenga
    4 points
  7. Funny or not, JC has a net worth of over $50 million
    3 points
  8. More guests than a downing street business meeting
    3 points
  9. Thank you for your considered response- see that you didn`t cover the FACTS. Yes i most certainly will along with Sweden and Denmark.
    3 points
  10. He's only back cos he knows something. Or he's missing us?
    3 points
  11. Brexit did creep up.on us... due to pure arrogance... the little Englanders who thought Britain was more important than it was and felt they would not be expected to follow the rules anymore in a rules based society were living in cloud cuckoo land... The forward planning was that everyone was sold the idea that GREAT Britain will be able to do what it wants once we broke from Europe... We are TCN's now as far as Europe is concerned... we lost our empire after the second world war and as much as I was not a fan of the European experiment I knew fully how hard it would be to extricate and untangle ourselves from the project... We are where we are and I'm happy to abide by the vote but we can't keep moaning on about how it was or how it should be... we are in this hole now and just have to make a fist of it... Europe wont be doing us any favours for a long time to come... certainly more than one generation... Just wait until Northern Ireland leave us and Scotland break away... it won't be quite Ukraine but there will be financial blood letting... however on the upside when Scotland do go independent at least there will be 14 more riders available for English clubs... We're doomed a tell ya doomed... Regards THJ
    3 points
  12. You did not so long ago, "you'd need to ask the home club". Read between the lines of the statement too pretty obvious who it's aimed at
    3 points
  13. I love how Glasgow are getting dragged into this when we agreed to move the meeting to the Saturday to suit the Monarchs but now they want to move it back after we have made arrangements to run on Saturday
    3 points
  14. The track did look good and well prepared BUT a bit dry and slight dusty to me? Can they not dampen it during the track grades, or do the riders not like that? Firstly, well done to Jason Edwards, really good night from him. He definitely kept Edinburgh in it til the end. Good to see a young Brit have a good night. What a race H9 was, no passing but for Ben Cook to keep Sam Masters behind him for 4 laps, should get paid double for that! lol. H14 going from 3rd to first in space of bends 3 and 4 was so good, Nij the announcer said 'does he think he's Bomber Harris' !! Lol. H15 - Edinbugh could nearly have pulled off that 5-1, at one point on first lap Pickering looked like he was going to go through the middle of Worrall and Lawson but they managed to keep the door shut. Oh and Paco Castagna, I've never seen one rider been gifted so many points in my life before!! Edit- gutted for Nathan Ablitt nearly beat Edwards for a full 4 laps just locked up a tiny bit on last bend and Jason sneaked though. But you can definitely tell Nathan is improving every week.
    2 points
  15. Got nothing to do with Poland. Main reason on the frustration is that Chris Harris will be unavailable to guest on Saturday.
    2 points
  16. Just ten league meetings to fit in and over six months in which to do it...? With the FIM meetings scheduled in advance...? And fixed race nights of Monday and Thursday so no clashes...? And yet they still plan a meeting whereby the likelihood would be "top level" riders may be elsewhere ? And on a TV night too? I bet Eurosport must be mightily impressed at such capability from their partners...
    2 points
  17. So all the Mondays we have free, and we ride at home and on tv, on a gp qualifier date. This sport does it's self no favours.
    2 points
  18. What else might they be covering it on?
    2 points
  19. Aye Ruff... it's not often ya right... but ya wrong... Again... On both counts... Regards THJ
    2 points
  20. Personally I try to defend my team when I think I need to, I don't defend them when they have bent or twisted the rules as they have done in the past a few times, I don't deny that but since we have been in the championship I don't remember any times when this has happened. I like the rivalry we have had over the years and the Glasgow Tigers rivalry is great and good for both teams and the sport in general I believe. We have been rightly criticized in the past for our bumpy track but that is not the case now. There are some who will always hold a Grudge against us and although we will always want to win a friendly rivalry with other teams is a good thing in my opinion.
    2 points
  21. Last night's heat 15 Masters/ Pickering 5-1 was simply brilliant speedway 2 very good riders team riding & quick. Will be worth a look when it comes on line.
    2 points
  22. As it happens i do agree that the choice is an issue, personally id like to see the meetings run the other way round, start a touch earlier perhaps then charge the double header fee for the start of the NDL fixture and normal CL rate from heat 10 onwards, offers the best of both to all supporters and gives the trickier track conditions to the "better" riders.
    2 points
  23. I maybe wrong but we have had an ambulance for a number of years? As stated the problem was having 1 paramedic who was attending Joe after the Morphine.It was "sods law" this type of accident happened having 1 paramedic...As soon as "lack of medical cover" was announced all you lot decided a lack of a second ambulance was to blame, just looked, 2016
    2 points
  24. There you go Iainb read that then shut it
    2 points
  25. Just so everyone is clear on Polish fixtures- Tarnow have had 3 home fixtures this season. SATURDAY 9th April SATURDAY 30th April SATURDAY 21st MAY and now SATURDAY June 4th Anyone spot a pattern !!
    2 points
  26. Sorry to hear your experiences but just for balance - how do you know it was a Poole fan that damaged your bike?
    2 points
  27. I started watching Newcastle Diamonds way back in 1964 when Ivan Mauger was riding and followed the team for many years, I gave up on the sport when they introduced the Play-Off's which have done nothing to sport except giving a chance of a lower league club winning the Championship if they have been lucky in avoiding injuries. I had to look at my finances when I retired and bought a computer and use it to keep a eye on how things are run, as the years have passed I can no longer stand outside for any length of time and I see no point in attending matches as to me it has got worse as far as entertainment value is concerned.
    2 points
  28. THJ is spot on about building the team with two strong reserves though. That has been the real clanger with the assembled team this year. Again a look at the riders switching to Longtrack for extra meetings offers potential KKH as mentioned, Franc? The tressarieu's still have something to offer as does Bukhave. Nobody is expecting a team to match poole but they are looking for a side that far exceeds the NDL.
    2 points
  29. There's no space between 'fly' and 'over' and no space between 'a' and 'go'.....also, it's 'has' and not 'as'....... Unless you use different lingo from Derbyshire ? (you started it....) P.s just a note to people reading this topic.... 'Turnip' took the p#ss out of the Brummie lingo on a previous topic!
    2 points
  30. Not on mailing list and don't do the cesspits that are Twitter and Facebook. So as I said poorly promoted as missed a large part of the support who, like me are in the same boat. Do you think there will be no announcement on the website or nationwide about that meeting? It's the first issue I've had in this regard, indeed has been no release on website since the Poole draw, not even a quote following the win at Berwick.
    2 points
  31. Was harping on about the same fixtures last year. Wouldn't have gone to Berwick if it was a standalone fixture anyways. Just a grumbler who doesn't want to pay an extra couple of quid for the Leicester home meetings.
    2 points
  32. I agree that £24 is probably reasonable.There are probably fans that not interested in the 2 matches and might only want to see 1 match.Not catering for them.
    2 points
  33. 2 points
  34. You always know when r&r starts a thread it means missing riders
    2 points
  35. Was poorly promoted IMO. Nothing on website I only knew was on from bspl website
    2 points
  36. that's fair but as a new promoter I don't think there was anything Rob Grant could have done to get that sponsors licence any earlier. Unsure when he effectively became promoter? 2020 or 2021? Maybe a ball was dropped but as a Sunday track I don't think having access to sign foreign riders would make much different. Even young Aussies head to Poland now rather than learning their trade in the UK. what did happen to ease the problem was rising stars. whether you liked it or not it did create opportunities for more UK riders. Take Jordan Jenkins as an example he'd been knocking about for 3 or 4 years as a young prospect but was never able to hold down a team place for whatever reason. He and others, are now reaping the benefit from having an extended run in the CL. Now he might never become even a CL heat leader but he's developed into a CL standard rider capable of beating heat leaders on his day. I think the majority kept their places or got a team place elsewhere so it worked on that basis but then the pipeline has been closed with teams unsurprisingly reluctant to give the next level of youngsters an opportunity when opponents are not obliged to. So an opportunity to introduce another group of riders into the rider pool was lost in a pool that wasn't big enough in the first place. So what forward planning was put in place was then abandoned.
    1 point
  37. Why not just add the link here?????
    1 point
  38. Medical cover that wasn't available. Do you ever watch the news and are you aware of the staffing crisis within the NHS, or do you spend 100% of your time stirring up trouble on here? No wonder the Leicester promotion banned you from their forum.
    1 point
  39. I've read Paul Hurry, Gordon Kennett & Ian 'boo boo' Barney are avin a run out.....maybe worth a call?
    1 point
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  41. While you have some point Ian , Also see the other side rather than spending 2 separate tickets, 2 separate evenings, 2 separate trips in the car, food out etc. For someone that is speedway mad and a Leicester fan for £6 more ( same price as 2 coffees now) they get to watch top level racing and the stars of tomorrow which yes isn't as fast , however can still provide top quality racing. They have offered this on 3 out of thier 19 fixtures its hardly taking the biscuit is it. While you have no interest in it where do you think the championship racers come from? perfect example for you right now is the Thompson Twins. I personally love watching progression of young riders from starting to GPs ie Dan bewley So maybe rather than being a scrooge and moaning about your £6 maybe support it and who knows it might help your commentating skills when a new young gun comes to the tapes and you already have a good idea what they are about
    1 point
  42. You mean consistently better ? he's quite capable of being consistently sh#te at times!
    1 point
  43. Decent replacement signing https://www.bellevue-speedway.com
    1 point
  44. How about just making it NOT a double header... And maybe fielding a full team... for a reasonable price?
    1 point
  45. Honestly Probably best off posting this here as it is the Geordie faithful who need inspired... Not been to any meetings (anywhere) this season (so no idea) however even though it is difficult bringing in riders the following are not new to the league and would potentially improve the team IMHO. That is if they aren't injured and don't have serious Polish commitments; KKH is in the same team as Tero so maybe he is available to do the UK 2nd tier which I don't think the Pole's recognise as a serious league? (will stand corrected) and the two Swedes both have previous with Newcastle. Just depends on how serious the promotion are to be fair in wanting a change Any Takers Luke Becker 11.58 Norick Blodorn Poss 4.00 or 5.00 Ass (as still an assessed rider in the top league) Victor Palovaara 6.25 Ludvig Lindgren 6.47 Kenneth Hansen 6.74 Smetana and Skorja Ass 5's Drop 1; 6 and 7 for 19.76 points including left-overs Bring in Hansen Palovaara and Lindgren for 19.46 NEWCASTLE 1) Kenneth Hansen 6.74 2) Matthew Wethers 5.52 3) Ludvig Lindgren 6.47 4) Victor Palovaara 6.25 5) Paul Starke 6.27 6) Max Clegg 5.26 7) James Wright 5.06 Current Total 41.56 Remaining Points 0.44 Team Total 42 This pushes both Clegg and Wright back into reserve giving genuine strength in depth The figures need checking out but where there is a will (an all that) there is a way. Potentially a bit more expensive with flights and the like but what do the powers that be do? Keep on ploughing ahead under the current situation? New team manager has been mentioned; paying riders as per contract and without delay may or may not be an issue; get some spirit back in the camp!!! can they or will they just roll on under the current circumstances. As an interested bystander it will be very interesting to see what transpires... Regards THJ
    1 point
  46. most riders just hope they get paid and on time lol no guarantees now
    1 point
  47. Well,,, the tractor driver has.
    1 point
  48. Only selected or i would be starting most of them
    1 point
  49. Ah, the Leicester track…crap… no passing…quality of racing etc, seem to recall this may have come up before. The best riders have never made an excuse for the BP track (which does seem to be getting better), attack it and find racing lines to pass. That goes for home and away riders. On the subject of the Scunny stream presenters, I watched the Lions league match recently (didn’t bother with tonight) and found them to be quite embarrassing. I accept that they may be doing it for free, fair play on that front, but they really need to up their game before they could be considered anything near amateurs. Most important thing about tonight of course is young Joe’s injury. Fingers crossed for him.
    1 point
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