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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.

Ha. Maybe I am too forgiving!

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!

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

Think the biggest reason you lost was the non performance of your number 1 at the NSS, weve had bad luck in all our finals and suffered some controversal decisions but still lost with good grace, we even lost two riders last season one a Sheffield track specialist so bringing in a replacement for Max with a lesser average which was within the rules was good management, wasnt there some debate on the signing of Kerr at the time too?

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

Easily. First meeting of the season with Pedersen, NKI, Basso v Doyle, Sayfutdinov, King around the showground should be a classic.

Bickley confirmed as number one for 2023.

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.

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?!

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.

As far as I can see, the SCB has no power whatsoever to decide who benefits and who does not from the SRBF. I would be very surprised if the charity that runs the fund, the beneficiaries (ie the riders) and those who donate (substantially but not entirely the paying fans) would agree with the SCB's view.

I am not absolutely certain of this but I believe the SCB has a monopoly on 'speedway' events in this country. Its why the Isle of Wight termed their meetings for the last couple of seasons as 'dirt track'. The wording could therefore be important if not decisive. What you have quoted - I haven't seen the article - sounds very much like a restraint of trade which is, based upon case law, illegal. It won't be the first time that the SCB has tried to enforce something that they know won't stand up and from which they will back away from at the first sign of litigation (the attempt to bar Scott Nicholls riding Championship springs to mind). What they are doing, in no uncertain terms, is blackmail. Its a high stakes game, however, because the potential loss of 2 more tracks (reducing the number of stand alones to just 17) would be disastrous and they well know it. The statement 'part as friends' is so absolutely insincere and false the mind boggles, but then that sums the SCB up. (Apologies for the thread nap).

Post... Well done.... No one will know what impact such things will have...

Compare Masters away average to GP riders Jack Holder & Max Fricke, Nikolai Klint (only did 4 matches mind) or Chris Harris (number one last year, but not this year) & he doesn't seem so bad! Masters 7.36 (8.09) Fricke 7.32 (8.10) Harris 7.27 (7.87) Klindt 7.06 (7.53) Holder 6.34 (7.22)

Good post, very clear.

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.

You watch him round Leicester he's as good as anyone .

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.

Masters is absolutely superb around Foxhall. Lowered Doyle’s colours twice in one meeting last year, nobody else could manage that. He’ll be a big danger man again when Wolves visit.

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

Masters weaker than Klindt.....lol

More honest than buying the title

I can't remember where I read it (maybe in a Speedway Star) but Danny Phillips was hyping up the Bullets as play-off contenders. Naturally he's going to say something positive like that, as no-one signs for a club planing to do poorly. But I do feel he's gravely mistaken & that Berwick will be nearer the bottom than top. Built to just over 40 points, which means they need to put 2 points on their averages, just to be a mid table side. I honestly don't see much potential for riders to up their averages. The league certainly looks stronger than last year. Coles is a good number one, but rode at 3 last year, so by adding heat 13 to his races, if he keeps his average, he'll be doing well. Ditto for Blair, had a great season, but at the easier number 4 for half the season. Phillips is an acceptable 3rd heat leader. Freeman showed so much potential for Newcastle & Armadale I expected a lot more from him last season. Now out of the reserve berth, it's tougher. Like Coles I think he can improve (by keeping his average). The bottom 3 all have the potential to improve, but I see that as a slow & steady rise up the ranks, which is where they will miss Luke Harrison! So on the whole, the team doesn't look bad. But if you have 6 or 7 strong looking teams & 1 or 2 average looking teams, they'll be near the bottom. If I was a Berwick fan, I'd just be happy you're getting to see lots of Speedway in 2023. More matches than Glasgow & Redcar (not to mention Newcastle).