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Tbh just embarrassing yourself now

It’s quite clear that Louis won’t pay over the odds as he let Rew go because Brum offered him a better deal. In the time that I’ve been attending Ipswich they have been the opposite to cheque book speedway. One thing Chris has done is turn a well run club in to a highly professional outfit. You only need to look at the way they are all kitted out even down to matching club chairs for the pits. As for Tom I think it was clear he wanted to move to Ipswich & who can blame him wanting to be part of the most professional outfit in British speedway. If only the others & the sport in general could match it.

Monmore green was never dusty and always well prepared and dogs used to race on raceday

It was noticeable at Press and Practice how the old place has been spruced up a lot. Pits now very smart compared to before; the turrets are sparkling white, the 'stand' has been smartened up, and a new viewing area for the riders added on bend 4, which allows an additional viewing space on that bend for the public. Clearly a lot of hard work has gone on - a big well done to everyone. Now we just need a bit more material on the track after Saturday's wind.......

British speedway is a comparable league to the nba and nfl too with similar revenues and fanbase so will definitely work

That is a disgusting post, uou have no idea about mental health, I was a psychiatric nurse until I retired last year and I can assure you that a huge percentage of people with mental health problems use drink or/and drugs to deal with it , Craig has admitted to having ADHD, which my grandson also has and , they can be ok one day and head fried the next, I hope you or your family never have an issue with your mental Health, we certainly don't want another Paul Fry or Danny Ayres

That’s the problem we have with the cheque book clubs and their win at all COSTS mentality. We have a pick system in place for the RS process but that gets unfairly circumnavigated by waving £££££ at a rider, thus making the whole process redundant. The cheque book comes out again to lure a rider who had spent much of the season riding at number one to replace a reserve. To add insult to injury the reserve rider left without a club has to fill the void left my the missing number one. When we released Tom to Birmingham to aid their team building on their step up, we never imagined he’d end up being poached by a money club. To be honest we shared the opinion of most that Ipswich were perfectly capable of making a strong challenge for gold with their 2024 team (we’ve heard it often enough ffs) but greed takes hold of these kind and it’s an “I’m alright Jack” attitude. An attitude at odds with UK speedway in its current financial state. It beggars belief.

I never cease to be amazed by some of the comments which appear on this forum. I was at Perry Barr last evening, and thoroughly enjoyed the meeting which in my opinion was one of the most entertaining and eventful that I have seen for some time. I was at the stadium for 7 hours and was able to see for myself how much time and work was spent on the preparation of the track which was watered continuously from 6.30 in the morning. Yes, it did dry out towards the end of the meeting but what else do people expect with the long spell of dry, sunny and windy weather we have enjoyed of late? It seems to me that there is a hard core of so-called speedway fans who read negative comments and cannot help jumping on the bandwagon and adding similar ones themselves - being critical just for the sake of it! Birmingham's track curator John Priest does a good job under difficult circumstances which seriously limit the time he has to work on the circuit, and he is assisted by Terry Chrabascz and Terry's son Gareth who both a have deserved reputations for their work on track preparation, so continuous criticism from people who live many miles away from Birmingham and do not attend meetings themselves is unwarranted. I watched the meeting - I haven't watched the stream, but I enjoyed what I saw. Ipswich were the better team and they deserved to win, but Birmingham put up a very good fight and the meeting produced some good racing and a close finish. Of all the supporters from both teams I spoke with afterwards, had enjoyed what they had viewed.

Spoken like a true witch. Witch: I’m seething about Belle Vue. Mate: What have they done. Witch: Got someone from outside the sport to demand the rule book is adhered to. Mate: Right! Don’t you think sport should abide by the rule book? Witch : No, we’ve circumvented it many times. Mate: Ok, weird. What’s gone on? Witch: They are signing a new rider. Mate: Who and who have they dropped. Witch: Robert Lambet replaces Max Fricke. Mate: They can’t just drop a rider willy nilly. Witch: Max got injured. Mate: Not too badly I’m guessing from your reaction. Witch: Broken sternum, cracked shoulder blade, bruised lungs, sprained shoulder and concussion. Mate: Wow, how is he now and how’s his family coping? Witch: Don’t care! Mate: Er, really. Was he a weak link in the team, is that why you’re so bothered? Witch: No, he’s their number 1, in fact he’s the second best rider in the entire league. Mate: Right, so his injury replacement has a higher average, I can see why you’re upset. Witch: No, the replacement is nearly a point less. Mate: You do know you’re saying this out loud. I know you like to troll the socials, which isn’t cool by the way but what you’re saying to me is just wrong, very wrong. Witch: Great friend you are, you’re the troll and a prat, you’re just looking for attention, I hate you. Mate exits stage left.

Agree. The way KL's 1-7 has been built all the pressure is on the No.6 to score a dozen plus in every meeting to compensate for the lack of firepower at No.1/No.5. If the No.6 doesn't go well then King's Lynn will get hammered.

It should be interesting to see all the new track staff and volunteer track curators next Monday. So many experts willing to give opinions.

bold of you to assume he can read.

I once travelled with a meeting official and we were waved into the stadium free of charge. Team manager fair enough, but me? I went and paid like everyone else. Later on in the pits (before bikes started and fans allowed in) I was chatting to an acquaintance who had also come in with a meeting official only they had not gone to pay like I did. They could well afford it and were boasting about getting in for free. I'm not looking for a pat on the back just making a point that some people are freeloaders and British Speedway needs to be stricter about their guest list!

Quite enjoyed last night, racing was ok if not spectacular, think last night brum would of won against any other team than Ipswich, the 2 reserves won the match for the witches and away from home you would very rarely get one let alone 2 reserves being so dominant but unfortunately for Birmingham last night was one of those occasions

I know all the things he does and my grandson does the same and he almost committed suicide but was found before he could do it, the symptoms of adhd are not just hyperactivity, there are massive negative symptoms, you are judging Craig by what he does, and I get that is what you see, but you don't see the turmoil that causes his actions, try and be kind instead of crucifying anyone on social media

Obviously Lambert cost virtually nothing to get him to ride in the play offs, not to mention legal fees.

One option to counter that, would be top 4 into the final & do away with the semi final. While I don't like finals feel 4th winning is preferable to 6th winning.

I did say the racing would be naff,, that track is always the same after a few dry days,, tracks need to be watered the day before at least to get the moisture into the base

Gate 4 was a graveyard and yet he took a win and a second from there including one of the few genuine passes of the meeting. Superb performance. Him and Jenkins won us that meeting no doubt about it.

Think if Harris is on it KL win this

My own personal opinion is the person who signed him is a personal friend of cook and is trying to cover for him, he was made to bring in kemp at Leicester because Phil morris made him as they didn’t want the official press day to have this issue for all to see but Phil morris isn’t over the championship so he is using this silence to hopefully get cook out the pub(so to speak) and resume his career, which on a friend level I get but this is a professional sport (allegedly)not a rehab center for those with issues outside of the sport.the fans of Berwick deserve answers(they pay the wages remember)and have a team of riders they can get behind and the longer this saga goes on the more the fans are getting mugged

Finger slip, meant 2022.

Sheffield 2022 😁

Simple, it's highly unlikely that a rider competing in such a competition does not own 2 back wheels. They are issued with (pay for) 2 tyres before the meeting to fit and have ready to go in the event of qualification for the semi and/or final. If the tyre is not used it is used in their next meeting or bought back by the issuer. This should not be beyond the wit of man.

The only thing we do know is that the day before Leicester's press and practice his father informed the club that he wasn't ready to ride Speedway. I think the clubs he was contracted to ride for, and their fans, deserve some kind of explanation, even if it's just a "personal reasons" statement and in Bewick's case some kind of acknowledgement of the events at Leicester... it's not too much to ask from a professional sportsman and or club.

there is a big list of speedway riders with issues some are open about it others are not its not that long ago danny ayres took his own life lets hope craig finds a different way for his familys sake

He agreed to join Glasgow before anyone else had enquired, so don’t know how you have came to that conclusion. Or is it just a guess.

Can't blame any young rider going for the big bucks, especially after riding for 'basic rations' last season!🤣

More likely that Glasgow were prepared to pay a lot more.

Would you agree the amount of water put down was woefully inadequate? A blue groove is totally unacceptable but I’ve never seen one in April before in my 40 years of attending speedway

Ok fella you’ve made your point.

Whether the RS scheme is fiddled or not will always split opinion but if we're going with the theory that it's legit then the one thing that really is stupid about it is this. Going down the NFL route of rewarding poor performances over the course of the previous season. Whoever finishes 1st in the previous season should get first choice and whoever finished 7th should get the 7th pick, Not the other way round where the top team gets punished for having a successful season by getting the last pick the following year.

No point. Some riders moaned last night that it was to wet. If you heap dirt onto a track like the "good old days" these modern engines would die.

And he’s younger, perhaps they want to give him the experience to pull him along with the future in mind? And as I said, Harris wanted Boughen at Lynn so that explains that one. It’s not pure fantasy to suggest Jenkins was genuinely available when Ipswich got their pick but @therefused would rather just blatantly call Chris Louis a liar without any evidence to back up his claim.

On the Cook subject, it's all just speculation. Nobody who I spoke to on Saturday at the Pairs had any clue what's happening with him, and these are people who would usually know. Last I saw of him on social media he was out in the lakes in February time with Dan Bewley and others on BMX bikes. Hope the guy is okay.

I’ve seen some crazy ridiculous comments on this forum over the years but this one goes straight to the top Congratulations on winning prize prat of the week award

Chill man

@crescent girlyou’ve been extremely quiet on here recently I thought it was your job to come on here and give the happy clappers their opinion and keep us ‘forum fannies’ in our place?

Sorry but you only get 1 day to do a track, dog racing all other days.

It's all to do with money. I suspect Jenkins told the other clubs that he wouldn't ride for them.

Everyone knows the "rising star" draft was rigged. It was odd that the two clubs with the most money ended up with the best riders.

Indeed, the track was an absolute disgrace, very little if any shale just a light covering of dust which when dry after ineffective watering went home with supporters who were wearing it as they left. The racing was dreadful follow the leader crap, with the closeness of the meeting the only thing that kept it mildly interesting. It was also interesting that Staechmann kept mentioning the blue groove and said it could cause problems and shortly after Voulas tested that theory. Just how long does the SCB and the BSPL stand for this level of non existent track preparation, it’s hardly a wonder they suffer from poor crowds when they produce this type of meeting on a track devoid of any decent material.

Really nice to see Zagar and MJJ check in on Vuolas. Team spirit seems to be good.

So it's in the regs that transponders must be fitted,, but not the tracks? Ya couldn't make it up.. Oh actually yes you can.

So Mauger, Olsen and Briggs didn't deserve to win all those world titles because the meeting was over before heat 20, and someone finishing on 9pts was more deserving. Absolute tosh...

I've been on about the catering in previous threads over the last few seasons,it's been p..s poor ever since the old catering unit was replaced...curry sauce was second to none and the steak pie was to die for....not any more!!

Like you said each to their own & I know many people like finals, but I don't get excited about them as I feel the meeting should've been won by Worrall. I guess I feel like Harris was winning a competition set up to give a second chance for people who weren't good enough to win over a fair 20 heat format. I don't get the logic of rewarding riders who were near the top, but not the best. "Finals exist to not only crown the most consistent performer, but also the person who can prove it under pressure" I can agree they may prove who is the better under pressure, but finals don't crown the most consistent performer, Harris was quite inconsistent. You make a fair point about the mental aspect of a low pressure qualifying system vs an all-on-the-line-final, but if there was no final, then there wouldn't be a low pressure qualifying system. I agree the final can make an exciting end to the meeting, however they do take away a bit of excitement from all of the rest of the races, fans know that the first 20 heats aren't so vital. In Worrall's last ride instead of being excited about watching the Championship decider, fans know it's just another heat. So is a final "creating" excitement or just "transfering" it from elsewhere? Finally I was a Rye House / Arena-Essex but now really a neutral fan. I like the excitement of every race counting, not one more than others.

You're assuming that the Berwick management knows more. The impression is that Craig has just gone to ground.

You can never right ben off,he as good as anyone on his day.