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Don't be taken in by the haters, Roy is a master of his art and I would imagine he is the first person recruited every year. There have been meetings when he's been absent and the atmosphere was subdued. Honestly some people have no sense of fun. If you are following this thread Roy keep up the good work, it's such a shame that some people lead such miserable lives that they feel impelled to have a dig at someone who lives life to the full, you are part of the show and the attendances at Redcar speak volumes

Seen it before I'm afraid! It takes a lot to change it around. I stand by my opinion when the signing was announced. What were they thinking??!

In fairness he had a pretty poor 2022 all round, he already looks like a different rider this season. Very shrewd signing for a month.

I do and going by the M8 between Edinburgh and Glasgow so do plenty others

Biggest of the season so far

Given it is British Speedway, could Chris Holder sign for both Peterborough and Kings Lynn? Same bloke in charge of both so technically some synergy to it... Could maybe do a double change and bring in Batch too for both teams... Worth asking Phil Morris?

Best action of the night after heat 14!

He wont have earned enough to get as far as Rotherham....

So do we

He did in the 2021 play off final. He scored 14+1...

He's the sort of announcer who makes you long for old age and the sweet release of going deaf... absolutely awful

I think it's a triple header with the 2022 Jubilee Trophy Final and the 4's isn't it?

The main source appears to be this thread!!!

He (Hancock) did... but I suppose once you commit you look a bit silly if you change your mind

Allit the same person who also celebrated Peterborough’s league win… chaps nothing but a fraud, who has his favourites which are untouchable, probably in the shower with Jorgenson now!

I’ll even drive Richie down the A47 for them

If Nicki P is not returning to Pboro and they are making two changes R Worrall being the other as rumoured I say dump KK and re sign Ritchie asap

Sack KK and sign R. Worrall. Easy for Buster to take Richie out of the Panthers 1-7 and place him in the KL 1-7.

You have to admire KK's consistency...

Always liked Scotty, always gives his best even when things are not going so well.

It's not like you dont have fair warning with KK is it?. "It depends which KK turns up"... "He could be a steal on that average".... Etc. Etc. Etc.... Until you hear... "Get Chris Holder in"....

Why would you have to explain? As far as a newbie is aware those are the 7 riders,all you need to say is so and so is injured so we need a guest to cover.you can explain exclusions or tacticals but this post is typical of this forum and other sites who jus go to the speedway book of phrases ie...another nail in..a joke.they make it up as they go along I can't imagine a newbie going home saying they can't understand why a guest was allowed in this case as they won't probably know what one is

Very quiet on here from the Poole fans on a home meeting BUT, then again, they are frequenting every body else's threads.

Looks a fairly easy routine home win. 55-35. Early results can often spring a surprise so Lynn fans will be hoping it’s a score reversal!

You might have trouble finding the new supporter.

A guest for a non speedway injury in another country! Try explain that to a new supporter !

It was pretty much business as usual for Pirates who were far from firing on all cylinders. Worrall and Lawson were below par. The Cooks continued on from last season and will only get better. Rowe unsurprisingly had a poor first ride from gate two in heat one but did his job. Kyle was excellent and will get lots of rides while at reserve until the first GS. Roynon was on a 5-1 in heat two but slid off when we’ll clear of the Oxford reserves. For Oxford, Masters looked untouchable until it started to rain and then didn’t want to know. Nicholls was brilliant all night. Heeps did his usual start the season well meeting. Jenkins was woeful but is better than that. Killeen was unlucky when on a 5-1 having an ef then in another ride sliding off when challenging Steve Worrall. Pirates will be at the top end of the league, there’s little doubt. A good crowd last night, and when you consider the forecast and many crying off what it could have been. Think Oxford are in for another successful season crowd wise. Yes there were a lot of Poole fans there swelling it, but good anyway.

That may or may not be the case - I don’t know! BUT who appointed Tomalin and Johnson in the first place? All I do know is if this is to be Panthers last season at the Eoes it’s already looking like a huge disaster after just one meeting which is so terribly sad!!!

Perhaps he is more than justified? Always more than meets the eye in decisions that are made like this.

Roynon would have had paid 5 if he hadn't fallen in heat 2. That would be a pretty decent contribution from the weaker reserve away from home.

I preferred it when the top 2 averaged riders had to be at 1+5 (either was round), guaranteed the top 4 riders (statistically) would be in heat 13 - good for the fans!

Good luck to young Ace on his first Championship meeting on Friday. Just go out and enjoy the occasion with no pressure it will be a big learning curve for him.

One is enough!

With respect to a tin pot club like Grudziadz, we we are the Peterborough Panthers.

Normal procedure at the late lamented Coventry was for both teams to bring out their bikes and be presented in front of the main stand. When the intros were over, they would all get on their bikes and do as many practice laps as they wanted until the CO (or later Colin Pratt) appeared on-track to signal the end of practice. Usually 5-10 minutes. Strictly no practice starts on the bends or the CO would have your wotsits for garters.

What an awful poster this is. It’s 2023 and people are still running with the “no brakes no fear, fun for all the family” line. Why not go the whole hog and advertise the opening match of the season with two guests too?

Check the date, April 1st has been and gone

The home riders are doing so well, BSN have them averaging more than 3 points a ride

'Hmmm, that's weird. What is a pig doing so high up in the sky for'

Good all the generations going, but a lot of tracks ( none stated) you'd probably be related to the whole crowd.....

That's because I am speedway fan first

Outside of Edinburgh's heat leaders I don't see much in the team at all. Lasse was not great at all.Kyle was dropped by Berwick and Jacob wasn't the greatest either, Paco should hopefully show up before his last programmed ride. If you compare both teams with a 2 point reduction from 2022 team building which would you take? Claus and Marcins averages are nowhere near what they should be. That being said neither like Armadale. Looking forward to some live speedway it's been far too long an off-season and the coffee at Armadale (from the stand) is the best in the league.

All too often in British Speedway, you hear reports of tracks not being up to scratch at the beginning of a meeting and riders unhappy with conditions - whether this be poor prep, weather conditions or any other factors. I notice from today’s match at Redcar, riders were given a chance to spend 1 minute out of track according to speedway updates. Before the start of every league match in Poland, every team can nominate 2 riders to go out on track to check out track conditions etc. Why are we not doing this over here? This can help to eliminate a whole host of potential issues on the horizon (like Peterborough the last week with heat 1 and riders not being happy with the exit to turn 2) and give riders a chance to get on track before heat 1. This adds abit of a tactical element too - do you send out your experienced guys to pass on knowledge or send out a junior to get some much needed track time before their first ride? There is no shame in following in the Poles footsteps if it helps to solve problems and benefits the beginning of meetings. How often do we see matches where the first 4 heats are follow the leader around the inside until the track starts to bed in and dirt moves wider? This one seems abit of a non brainer to me and can only be a good thing.

Or your wotsits for gaters!

Completely agree but why not have dirt out wide from the start?

TTT has got his knickers in a twist hasn't he.Plus a lot of the facts wrong. MT needs to put his money where his mouth is quite literally.I can spout the stuff he has come up with and also come up with the same amount of money no doubt. Well done Buster for keeping Peterborough going,had it have been handed to MT this year Peterborough would been absent from the league.Lets hope he sorts himself out.

You're right there, the Panthers are we we

Rockets northern tour around 10 years ago . Friday: Edinburgh, 2 heats, then rained off. Saturday: Berwick rained off mid afternoon. Sunday: Glasgow. Rained off while we were en route from our base at Berwick, so we turned round and headed for Newcastle where the Bandits were racing. That was called off before we’d even got as far as Berwick.

Exactly, might think about it for next season in the last couple of meetings if playoffs bound already, a rider of his age will want to win every race he's in, or at worst a 2+1 on his card I'm sure.

Start at 7:15 with the practice and then first race scheduled for 7:30 - that’s that issue solved.