BWitcher

This IS the old thread. Once again, just quote one post that said he was 'drunk' when tested.... you're claiming there are many.. so it shouldn't be very hard.

All the hallmarks of Ryan Braun in MLB. They got him in the end however, so my take is if Ward escapes on a technicality he is going to have to keep his nose very, very clean indeed.

You were asked to quote earlier, you've still failed to do so. Back up your statement, or as it stands, you're making it up.. Again. Meanwhile, following Phil Risings posts, it's looking more and more clear the ground is being prepared for Darcy to be cleared.

Please quote me someone who has said he was very drunk when tested. Otherwise, once again, you're making things up to enflame.

That's my birthday so afraid they will have to reschedule.

No WK. There is no agreeing to differ. You need understand there is a difference between opinion and fact. You are effectively making something up.. creating a fantasy. It is stone cold fact that the attendances at speedway in the UK dropped massively from 1980 to 1994. Way before a GP was introduced, way before playoffs, way before any of the changes you wish to accredit to being the decline of. speedway. Speaking of Stone Cold.. I'll throw in.. And that's the bottom line because.....

That you are wrong Wrong again. The crowds dropped massively BEFORE the GP's. BEFORE any top riders left. The top riders have left because Britiain still operates using an antiquated schedule and has failed to move with the times.

Nope, the BSPA's continuing reluctance to move with the times sped things up.

Depends how you view it.. Definition of crime being:- an action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law. The law in this case being the rules and regulations of the FIM.

You are rewriting history again WK. The rot had started a LONG time before the GP's started.

In answer to your earlier question... He has opted out and doesn't have the desire to be World Champion. Thus he is a non-entity at this point.

A flawed answer. Ask yourself how many fans the sport had lost BEFORE any changes were made. The reality with speedway is, in the UK especially, it hasn't changed enough.

Quite simly Emil doesn't deserve to be World Champion and is a non-entity when it comes to it.

Ah the thread was progressing nicely with sensible comments.... but looks like the asylum is open again.

Looks that way. It's all Arsons fault.

No sign of the thread returning either..

Spot on waiheke. When is the penny going to drop... Year after year of cost cutting has resulted in year after year of declining attendances.

An opinion Some of us know the difference lol. I fear for Arson.

That would take around 2-3 mins though surely...

Is the forum now run by the inmates? A couple of trolls lose the plot, one in particular and an entire thread is removed, plus one asking where it was? What happened to deleting the offending posts and banning the offenders?

I don't need to Sidney, you've backed it up for me.. Unless you have been making it up that crowds were a lot bigger in 1979 than 1989???

Yes they did. That is an undisputable fact once again.

To be fair any fan who has respect for the sport of speedway should be anti-Poole.

Sadly WK, it's folk like yourself who are one of the main reasons the sport is in the mess it is in now in this country. Stuck in the past and NEVER changed. You can continue to harp back all you like to the days before team leathers etc.. yet you seem to forget the majority of the sports fans abandoned it long before any of the things you love from back in the day were changed... Why did they do that? Quite simple, the sport didn't adapt, it kept serving up the same old, same old and the majority got tired of it and moved on to something else that was adapting with the times.

I agree with you there Sidney, although you don't have to go back that far for that. I may have been fortunate growing up watching the Sam Ermolenko led Wolves teams, which were very much teams. Sams team riding was second to none.