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A couple defeats in the grand scheme of things is nothing,the win is having speedway to watch and enjoy if you make the playoffs great if not at least you got your team to support and follow. Keep the crowd levels up and enjoy it while you got it.

Ian he was 16 with 1 years experience in the sport! What about the 15 point maximum at Redcar? 13 points Glasgow? It’s people like YOU that completely ruins our sport for the young guns. He’s beat Jason Doyle while Jason was leading the GP if I remember rightly!? Chris holder, bomber, majic , Lawson and plenty more!!! he was 16/17 with no previous experience in speedway but still people like you didn’t give him a proper chance other than pick on his bad days and kept quite on his good! I really hope he doesn’t return to speedway as I’ve followed him from a young age and the talent he has on two wheels is outstanding. Speedway is 50% bike set up and 50% rider ability and with his lack of experience I am sure his bike was set up incorrectly a lot of the time. He was one of the best mx riders in the world for his age where his talent on a bike was shown by his ability. He can now do the same with flattrack as it’s not the bike set up that wins races it’s the rider riding it.

Im Jody's dad. I dont normally respond/comment on this sort of thing, but I would like to draw a line under this NOW................. There is NO friction/tension/bad feeling or animosity between Jody and Cooper or our families......They are mates and we have known each other for several years......

Don't think there's any evidence of substantial time out. I've seen it mentioned a week to 10 days out at most somewhere. The biggest challenge will be team bonding & friendship between Scott & Rushen. Some family members are feeling pretty angry. At the end of the day, this is one of the most dangerous motorsports in the world, accidents happen. If you can't handle it, find something else. For me, Rushen did absolutely zero wrong, people need to chill a little.

Looks like he's doing one every week if you check his channel out... it's exhausting just watching it, cant help but think he could do without the wasted trips to Poland though. DT comes across really well, something that just hasn't been transmitted by any other medium before, who only seems to be interested in if he's going to make any changes or what the track is like, the guy actually has a personality! Who knew 🤷‍♂️

Exactly the kind of thing every club should do on match day... 15-20 mins on YT...

Absolutely agree but this backing off on a speedway track went back more than last season. I really hope he's found his place because he's a natural on a bike and I wish him all the best.

Hauls is not going to turn the chance down though.Thats the chance all Clubs take with foreign signings.He is not the only rider underperforming or not living up to expectations so far this season.IMO

DT-TV great insight 👍🏻

You have no idea about mental issues, absolutely nothing to do with feeling sad, anyway it is a physical issue with Craig at present.

I doubt he would want another venture in a dying sport

Bloody ell @lewyyou feeling ok ? Your talking sense for a change 😃😃. Spot on, yes enjoying the speedway, yes we got beat, but once again some fantastic speedway 🔵⚪🏁😃 UTC

Good luck to the lad if he's found a type of bike racing that suits him, meself and Dean Machine and a few others were only saying what we'd witnessed last season when he jacked in speedway, no one was doubting the lads talent on a bike, hopefully if he continues to do well and excel in Flat Track racing he may well be tempted back into speedway at some point.

In case you missed it: Lublin v Wrocław: https://vksport.vkvideo.ru/video-53550004_456242618

I don't think it's lack of interest. it's nerves from having far too much pressure heaped on him.

Me thinks that if newman and Bowes can finish the season with averages between 4.5 and 5(obviously anything over would be great)with the strength in the remainder it's a medal winning team.Thunk some supporters expect every rider to be heat leader standard!

Yes, thanks for the correction, I've got my stats wrong, apologies, not intentional 👍🏻

Don't think you need a ringer, Cairns and Rushen will win your trophies this year

Yes I agree, we are always castigated for our track and told its not all about winning but if you dont win meetings crowd levels drop even if your track produces great speedway. I think Poole would make changes like bringing in Newman for Gilkes recently. We would not have employed Craig Cook and he would not have wanted to be at Poole, if he is out for a while then change him and Vinnie would be a good plan, no idea who for though.

I'm struggling to find the evidence @IainB but I'm sure Boughen had a purple patch in 2024 just before he had a nasty crash at the British U21 final at Redcar after which his scores returned to the norm. EDIT here's a 13+1 at Glasgow: https://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/22903/oxford-championship-08-09-2024

I wouldn't be adverse to signing Simon in place of Mario, obviously would prefer another Villads,( but one who was available), but Simon could have some cracking meetings,he is very much a team man, yes he might have an odd duff meeting, but to me Mario does not look interested, and a change for Simon could give him a boost. Let's face it , he would do a lot better than Mario at present.

British motocross champion, British super cross champion, world no 8 motocross, European mx champion, speedway 500cc champion, representing team GB speedway in Poland 15 points. now goes flat track for factory signing deal with Ducati. He tried flattrack just over a month ago and has only done two practice days on flattrack ever! Two practice days, One Italian championship for his 3rd outing finishing 2nd and his 4th day riding flat track he goes to the world championships in Roden and wins it. Maybe if we didn’t have so many idiots in this country who knock the youngsters on there bad days they wouldn’t disappear 🫠

Exactly, these days you should be grateful you have a team to support, a couple of home defeats early in the season is not season ending. The list of teams that are closed is very large, to avoid being the next one is paramount. I went to Oxford a couple of weeks ago and heard someone say it was the last meeting but thankfully that wasnt the case.

It wasn't the first time imo, I seen Mr Barker doing it in one of his earlier races. I thought the standard of refereeing was questionable today. The heat when Tate, Nicholls and Batchelor got to the first corner together Nicholls was in the middle and looked to be getting the elbows out, Tate went down just as they were turning the corner, the ref didn't put the red lights on. Tom Spencer then went into the airfence on turn two the ref then put the lights on. He subsequently decreed an unsatisfactory start and excluded both riders. For me a fair decision would have been all 4 back . Tate went down purely as a result of first bend bunching so to exclude both riders I thought was definitely unfair on Tate.

Agree 100%

Take your kings Lynn hat off mate I for one am not castigating Cooper … I believe he meant to go a bit left and when he did coupled with the looking behind him he went further over than he thought My youngest daughter now 17 did roller speed skating and was a multi british champion …. One of her very first outdoor races at the age of 6 she was coming down the final straight and looked behind to see her fast finishing rival … the looking made her veer to the left … her skill set at that stage meant she drifted …. She was pulled in front of the officials and given a warning and rightly so although her mum thought the officials harsh I believed they were correct … age is not a factor and should not be taken into account Cooper got this wrong and I don’t believe maliciously …. The fact he is the best youngster we have and is showing outstanding form doesn’t come into it … I’m sure those around him will have had a word and I expect cooper himself will see the reaction (some of which is way over the top) and learn from it Many many ex riders have all said Cooper was at fault ranging from Steachmann, Silver , Stonehewer .. down to the likes of James Brundle…… I’m inclined to go with ex riders opinion rather than a fan who can be biased to his or her club Cooper clearly at fault … not malicious or dirty and hopefully he has took it all on board

Personally don’t think it was an obvious turn left by Rushen he had daylight in front coming out the corner his mistake coming out of the corner made him drift across a little..Best wishes for speedy recovery for injured riders.

What a truly awful human you are.

As you can probably guess, i didnt type 'rubbish'

Same here.Not been great links this season for some reason

Wasn’t he an Italian racing driver from the 60s ?

I was at the Lynn match, I'd say between 1,300 and 1,500

No passing on this track today. No contest and little action doesn't make for a great meeting.

Or they thought replacing Doyle and woryna with Lidsay and Tungate was a good idea ?

You say that,I think we can Cairns riding like last meeting and the way Cooper has started we can and Newman at reserve will be a strong reserve,ideally we don’t want to but I feel Fraser has a bit of time to get things together,if he doesn’t who is there to come in…?

I seem to recall all the Tigers fans at the start of the season saying Hausl would be the best thing to emerge from Germany since lederhosen and David Hasselhoff. I urged caution because i don't base my assumptions on one u21 performance overseas. I agree about the body language, he looks like he has no interest in racing here.

Why was Craig Cook absent? Was he feeling a bit sad again?

Tracks not great. Start Marshall a proper jobs worth as well for the TV.

Sometimes a change is a good thing, he would get more than Mario anyway, but yes I would live another Nagel or Tarasenko but can't see that happening, we could sign Bartosz and Poole will still win everything if they stay injury free.

Fair play think we need to abandon the rookie manager experiment. Hopefully we can do your lot a favour tomorrow.

In response to the above regarding Luke he's back when I think he's fit

Is it strange that Mark Lemon is the sole shareholder of Northampton Speedway Ltd but is the team manager and CEO of Belle Vue... what a tangled web we weave... only in Speedway

That’s fair enough mate, never seen it happen at a meeting before so was unsure. They’re claiming because barker committed the offence before Grmek’s bike packed up he was allowed back in. But the red lights didn’t come on until the first lap was nearly completed.

Its a real shame your lot couldn't get Beau Bailey over as in my opinion good as your two youngsters are the aussie lad is on another level.

Comets had 10 heat winners, would’ve been 11 had JJ’s chain not went in Heat 6. And still lost 🙈 don’t know the stats but that can’t happen very often, think it shows how reliant on 3 riders we’ve been lately

Great racing though, more passes in one match than you would see all season at some tracks.

True but Nowak and Tarasenko were. There is just no knowing how it will go. After Worky next Friday we have four away matches before our next home meeting. If we are to keep the current 1-7 we need to work with them and not assume they can turn up on the day of the meeting after a 4 week break and outperform what they have shown so far. We could also help ourselves by prepping the track to suit our riders. Im not sure that has really been happening.

That's a ridiculous comparison. My choice to form a relationship with one girl when I was 16 was proven not be the best but I fail to see how that's related to racing a bike. Equally a 17 year old driver who's just passed their test may choose to drive around a bend on the opposite side of the road - when they kill others would you shrug it off, oh well they made a bad choice....? Every rider knows turning left on the straight, especially when another rider is so close, is a definite no no.

They should stick to the advertised start, if people miss the start then maybe they will turn up earlier next time, if not then the late starts will continue.

the failures at Northampton began long before a wheel was turned ,, it was almost a secret except to speedway fans ,that Northampton were opening . lots of potential fans not even aware there was going to be speedway ,,it was a massive investment to get Northampton up and running , and IMHO some of that money would have been better placed elsewhere , bribing a current championship team to step up . and investing in Northampton to start in accordance with the bspa rules and run in the championship , A championship season would give newbies a good few new teams to watch ,not the same 5 over and over , and championship fans a new venue to see , seems like a winner to me , a successful first season ,building and retaining their own fanbase ,and revenue from away team supporters while a home fanbase built up ,,season 2 a step up a league allowing the bribed team to step back down