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Buster's right to drop this guy. This is exactly the type of guy you'd have had & would have put your club in the s#!t mid-season. Total 'Big Time Charlie'. What a be!!end

Let's hope the track is as good as it was before buster took over,,, instead of a very fast follow my leader

The thing is,if he wants to criticise Wolves riders(and he has done ,also saying Douglas and Flint can't ride Monmore) then he should put his comments on the Wolves thread,just to see what reaction he gets from his fellow fans.(That's if he supports Wolves)...It has f... all to do with Peterborough.

I thought Tungate was the spanner

Sorry pal, my bad, maybe I just didn't understand how this forum works, must post 2513 posts chatting nonsense to qualify my news as genuine. Sorry I'm a bit slow, I'll try and catch up

Freddie Lindgren called the Panthers last week. The whole game changed. Panthers acted quickly.

Can I just personally thank the management at both Ipswich and Peterborough for delaying their team announcements for so long. If everything had been cut and dried by the end of 2022 this forum would have been as dead as a door nail! It's given us all something to read during the long winter days/nights so more of the same next year please.

Must be due a NDL Testimonial soon.!

I don’t think for one minute that anyone would suggest PC illness had no effect on his wellbeing BUT I can not and will not accept that should excuse his disgraceful behaviour at the book signing and his disrespectful treatment of Mr Casey who actually bought his book only to have defaced with an insulting message. PC issue was with BV not with Mr Casey!

Again, not here to answer your questions. You made a cheap shot and got called on it, get over it, your life will go on.

I am a big fan of Chris Holder, chatted to him at the play off final meeting, my daughter used to a big fan too, probably for different reasons!! I was at that particular meeting at Kings Lynn and if I was a Kings Lynn fan, I would also be appalled and disgusted by their actions that night and I don't blame Buster for being unforgiving especially as all our team didn't seem to have any issues with the track including Jack Holder.

He ends up looking like a d!ck because instead of a well worded statement, he’s sabotaged the launch of the new team colours out of spite and comes across as totally unprofessional. He’s got every right to feel aggrieved but have some respect. I never really liked Holder when he was at world champion standard but have grown to quite like him over the last couple of seasons in Poland - but you see things like this and remember why I disliked him before.

Two sides to every story. Buster gave Holder a job after Poole dumped him because of a high average.. He let Buster down the fans down, his team mates and himself down that night. He didn't give a toss. For all we know MT might of agreed with Holder( as i believe he has a connection with him) without clearing it with the owner . If that is the case then Buster hasn't done nothing wrong. Who would employ a person that acted like Holder did for a second time?. If Buster did agree then said no, then i get why people might be miffed off..

Goes to show Buster is a……….

https://www.instagram.com/p/Co2o_hJj9S9/

Excellent lunch at the King's Oak today to celebrate the 95th anniversary of speedway in this country. I found myself sitting between Bert Harkins and Jim McMillan with Len Silver on the same table. Len, who is 91, was in great form with plenty of stories and anecdotes. The after-dinner speaker, who gave an illustrated history of High Beech, was good too!

Also, this will probably be an unpopular opinion but... IF Ipswich do sign Emil (let's face it, many of us would travel to watch him, even across the whole country) would it not make sense to line him up at number 3 and Danny King at 5. Danny ain't a TERRIBLE number 5 compared to others, so should be capable of winning races in that position, particularly at home, however, lining Emil up at 3 means that Jason and Emil will be split up throughout the meeting (disregarding Heat 15 obviously). This means that there will be 8 races with at least one of Jason or Emil in, so there's 8 chances of heat victories rather than just 7 if both were in heat 13, I'd rather see Danny King coming in second behind Jason in Heat 13 rather than Emil, spreading the heat victories as much as possible seems sensible? 1. Jason Doyle 2. Keynan Rew 3. Emil Sayfutdinov 4. Erik Riss 5. Danny King 6. Danyon Hume/Cameron Heeps 7. Jack Thomas

But he won't have ridden any of the tracks before,,, and we know good polish form doesn't always translate

NKI looked rapid at the showground in the meeting he did with the stars last year, happy to have him on board

What's gone wrong? - mislaid your thesaurus of insulting words or simply unable to justify/substantiate your points of view?

Beware of people who say “ I know...so and so “ anyone who had info would not divulge on social media.

Having read the SCB statement dated 7th February I can see it being possible that both Sittingbourne and Plymouth tell the BSPL that either they are allowed to have the NORA and BSPL racing at the track or the BSPL can get lost and the only racing will be NORA sanctioned. If that happens then the BSPL will have shot themselves in the foot and that will open up the possibility that Mildenhall would jump ship which would practically destroy the NDL. Personally I hope that both leagues exist side by side and that both are successful as that is good for the sport and the more tracks that are successfully running increases interest in the sport. You only have to look back to the 1960s and the effect the Provincial League had on the sport leading to far more tracks opening.

Speedway is always a shambles!!

It wasn't so much the refusal but the way Holder and Batchelor went about it and held the fans who paid their wages in complete and utter contempt. All parties conducted themselves poorly that night. That I would agree with.

Doolan Kozza Rusty Harrison Masters Glenn Doyle Shane Parker Crump Adams Travis McGowan Boyce Generally any who don't think they are Bertie Big Balls. Even Darcy had a season without falling out with him. Wouldn't for a second pretend that Buster is easy to work with or for (and if you p!ss him off you're toast) but Ben Cook would be advised to get his head down and do his job I'd have thought. He can learn a hell of a lot from Iversen, Pedersen & Andersen if he does.

I hate to say it, but I have to agree with you. I personally know - and have known - many, many indivduals who have suffered major strokes and other life-changing events. I will admit that quite a few of them are a "little different" to what they were pre-stroke, but not one of them has turned into such a totally bitter and unpleasant individual.

How? He is allowed to be annoyed, and Aussie's tend to very vocal with situations like these. Is Josh Pickering the only Aussie Buster hasn't had a problem with?? Maybe he should realise the problem isn't them, it is most likely, him?? Edit - also noticed Batch commented on it pretty quickly!

i wouldn't be surprised if Ben chose Peterborough thinking Holder was in

The team that starts the season will be below, the team that finishes it will depend on performance and the takeover: it's not a bad team and does look stronger than last season. Actually think it makes the play offs. The NP signing will take the heat off of buster for sure and buy them some time to sort everything else out. Pedersen Andersen Basso Worrall NKI Cook Jenkins

Well it isn’t because that’s just the way it is. If Buster is the owner it’s his final say it’s as simple as that.

We lost Bjerre against Coventry r/r and Kurtz last season r/r which cost us two titles so brought in a guest with a lesser average this season with no rules broken. Badly written rules have been exploited for years Matt Ford and Ian Thomas are two that spring to mind and fair play to them despite all the stick Poole got they didnt break rules, interestingly the football authorities are looking into changing the wording of the financial fair play rules as clubs have been using lawyers to get around breaching the ffp, a poorly written rulebook doesnt seem to be just a speedway problem, Man City have been charged with over 100 offences puts all the hot air over Lambert into perspective,

You might even think that someone who had had a life-threatening and life-changing illness might have some sympathy for someone else with a terminal illness...

I liked his tapes but he was a bit Stanley Unwin

I do have a soft spot for Plymouth so their last signing means a lot to me. I'd personally like to see someone with a bit of track experience in the Championship already, could be important with someone as fresh as Ben Trigger at number 7. What about Josh MacDonald? He's posted on Twitter that he's looking for 2023, could be a risk though with a year out with injury, but could be brilliant equally.

Admittedly, I agree with you however, I've seen him ride a few times, in Denmark (small tracks), Sweden (dodgy tracks) and Poland (snooker tables) and he looks one hell of a talent every time I've seen him, I'm quite excited to have him in British speedway tbh. Obviously he might not master the likes of Monmore or Beaumont right away, but he will have the likes of Jason Doyle and Danny King in the pits to guide him on set ups etc, and talent + set ups must equal something... All he needs is 4 points a meeting, so he only really has to beat other reserves and possibly other number 2s anyway to start with. Just my opinion of course, he may ultimately struggle, who knows.

When you compare their Championship form, Hume is 1.5 points better than Heeps.

The commentary was by dick bott . Who was also Peter Collins manager and wrote for various national newspapers. That race was definitely the greatest race ever . I have followed belle vue for 65 years seen speedway all over the world . The other thing I remember about that night is my dad had his car stolen . We kept ringing the police to ask if they had found it but they kept saying no.. I had to go past Gorton police station and my dad's car was parked outside. The police were no better in the good old days.

Why not tell those that introduced the topic then? I was merely responding to another post about 'the Centurians in the NORA league' (presumably the final Gladiator could be another Centurian rider - or not?), and the SS article that attempts to clarify what SCB-licensed tracks are allowed to do - or not?!

"Croydon Hitmen" Race Jacket would be a Two Knives

As I said yesterday, the random post out of the blue from someone who hasn’t posted for an awful long time, and the posts he did make are all about Leicester and none on Ipswich or Peterborough until yesterday, makes it more believable to me. I can understand the scepticism because this has been going on for months now and here we are approaching March and we’re still doing it but the chap seems sincere to me. It’s a bit like Mr Blobby the Edinburgh fella who hardly ever comes on the Premiership section who came on here and said Ipswich had signed Keynan Rew. A fortnight later Ipswich announced Rew as their latest signing so there’s no doubt people do get genuine information and it’s not all “rumour” and mischief making although I appreciate you get some of that as well!

Of course there is better riders than him in the league but that doesn’t stop him from being an out and out no.1. People keep posting stats but only to back that point up further.

I am going to simplify as much as possible. You have either not read my prior posts or are unable to absorb information and facts presented. I am not too sure but I will give you the benefit of the doubt. You brought the word status into the conversation, so I will go with that if it helps. The promoter of the speedway club decides who comes in on a free pass. The ex-rider who has no status in this decision making process does not. The criteria I would use if I was the promoter would be - I own the P&L and I am responsible for the financial success or failure of the club. Therefore I will make the call as to who gets in for free. This will not be decided for me and certainly not by an ex-rider who wants 100s of his associates and cronies to come in for free week in, week out. I also will not be told what I can and cannot do by a long retired ex-rider. For 7 years, said ex-rider has pursued a quest that he is never going to attain and believes he can on the basis of his own perceived status of himself that he has the power to enforce this. That in my book is delusional. I go back to another post (which you should read or re-read) - he has issued demands and threats for the above to be enforced, not requests. He is not entitled to it. End of. If Peter Collins decides to buy Belle Vue tomorrow and has a successful bid accepted (watch out for pigs flying in the skies over Gorton) then he is fully entitled as the business owner to decides who does and does not enter for free. Based on 1988 when he did have the promotion status - he did not issue passes to many, many riders. Hypocrisy of the highest order. Great rider, fantastic achievements and represented his country on the world stage Based on my own experience - despicable human being.

Here you are, attempting to take the moral high ground - fooling nobody. Oh, and I'm not here to answer your questions so you'll have a long wait.

Yeah Sam struggles on the big tracks, only managed a combined 35+6 from 3 meetings at Belle Vue last year, shocking!!!! All this rubbish about Sam not being a proper No 1 is complete BS

Yeah sure you did. Might be easier to believe if Ian had compared their riding careers - you just took the opportunity to take a cheap shot. At least be big enough to accept that when you are called out, back pedalling like this makes you look, quite frankly ridiculous.

You really have got hold of the wrong end of the snooker cue. I make NO mention of comparing the riding status of Peter Collins and Mark Lemon. I will let you re-read the section :- I noticed in his book that ''all Mark Lemon needs to do is go to his house and sort it out with him'' which suggests he still believes he is the 'A' aide as they would say in boxing. He still believes he holds the power position and that is simply delusional. Please show me where I compare the respective riding achievements? Mark Lemon is the PROMOTER at Belle Vue Speedway and the person making the call on who does and does not enter on a free pass. Not Peter Collins. I also quote directly from his book. I do not compare them as speedway riders. For some strange and bizarre reason - you do.

Didn't Sheffield use up THREE of their allowed TWO changes last season?

I didn't say it was against the rules or illegal and Poole would have done the same back in the day.

I think it's safe to say Nikita Bogdanov would have been World Champion this year had the FIM not kicked the Russians out.