Theboss

A leader leading you to where though Tsunami.... is it good to follow someone who may not have a well thought out strategy? Personally I think all leaders with no strategy may maintain respect but will however lose their battles 9 times out of 10, and after reading Flagrag's latest comment we can only hope British Speedway has not fallen into this trap.

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I think it beggars belief that 2 weeks after the announcement that Leicester had been saved the full details have not been released. I know tsunami believes we should be grateful of the new leader and his hard work, however I have no idea why the communication with fans has been so bad. Unfortunately, I think the damage from this will far outway any positives and the sport will remain on life support for the foreseable future. As I often advise businesses, just because someone is a great guy to have in the trenches with you, it does not mean you would want then planning the attack.

This is a great idea, however the fans need to know the real situation at the club and a window of opportunity opened for this to progress.

If was silver,never the less you have said enough to give the game away on who is hiding behind this name. Wish you would grow a set and post under your real name, but I guess you will come up with some excuses as to why you shouldn't have to.... Nothing new there ✌

I guess we will find out from the forthcoming statement from Mick... Sooner rather than later I hope Can't believe you have used this opportunity to have a dig.... SAD MAN

A statement from James Crocker, lawyer for Brandon Estates, has confirmed that deal is now dead. He said: I can expressly confirm that Mr Mick Horton did not take up the lease of Brandon Stadium on January 3, 2017.It would obviously be improper for me or my clients to comment on Mr Hortons decision. I can however say the decision not to take up the Lease was Mr Hortons and not Brandon Estates Ltd and Brandon Estates Ltd had offered a substantial and extremely generous sponsorship package to Mr Horton/Coventry Speedway Ltd. The statement added 'I do not believe that a new lease will be entered into prior to the start of the forthcoming Speedway season' I truely hope Mick Horton has an explanation for Coventry fans as to why he did not offer to loan the speedway promotion out to someone who would have been happy to take up the lease on what sound favourable terms? Unless that is forthcoming I fear he will always be known as the man who shut down Coventry Speedway and not Mr Sandhu.

Tarmac would cost about £50k so don't know where that crazy idea has come from, no wonder negotiations are still ongoing! Hey Steve Thanks for taking the time to put all that information together, has certainly made interesting reading for me.... and explained quite a few things. Bottom line is DH told me about his plans to charge for construction waste in 2007, however he never explained that it would pay for the whole stadium build... I can only guess that is why he pushed me and others aside, he had found a way to build a speedway stadium for Free and still hold on to 100% of the shares and any future value. If this is the case then I think he owes the fans the decency to sign over the lease of the ground to the supporters club, instead of keeping it for personal gain. I wonder Steve if there is any way of finding out from the council (under the FOI act) if any details were kept on the amount of waste dumped on the site so the total value of what DH received could be calculated? PS feel free to PM me your mobile phone number if you wish to discuss further privately

You are the troll and complete numpty on here!

Think you have just let the cat of the bag. This is certainly something that should have been sorted out whilst negotiating the lease, so either: a) The lease has not been signed yet in which case new promotion have prematurely made the announcement and whole thing is at risk if one party does not back down and an agreement reached. the new promotion made a boo boo in signing a new lease and not putting this clause in it, in which case there is a chance the new season may start without any track alterations. Either way you can not blame Hemsley for this, if I was him I doubt I would spend my capital on it as it would not add a single pound to my return. Let's hope the comments Darcy made about Hemsley in the speedway star have not been taken to heart and the relationship stays 'good and positive'. Disclaimer: before anyone decides I am a scaremonger or a candy floss farting machine, flag rag is a reliable source who has reported that negotions are still on going.

Sounds good to me, I will open a few kiosks. Beats working for living.

I could also see it going down hill and still having a small emotional attachment I put olive branch out to DH by text and FB messenger last winter.I was back in the UK for a period and was happy to assist in getting the mistakes corrected and making it a success.... I never heard back. Like I have said before, without DH's financial commitment and risk the stadium would never have been built, so in my opinion he thoroughly deserved his opportunity at running the club. Just a shame for the fans he was reluctant to accept the majority of help or advice given to him, and in hindsight I would hope he realises that his biggest downfall was not respecting the people who helped him get where he was and listen to the people that matter the most, the fans!

I am sure it did but what about the 2 to 3 years previous, who do you think was behind getting to that point? Look maybe it was explained at the time and obviously you was not prove to all the work beforehand, but I can assure you this is what happened and Ermelenko only came along after the majority of the work had been done by DJ and many others such as Ken Naylor and myself. Actually thinking about it, it was definitely never explained as I never even got a 'thank you' and neither did many others, we were brushed aside as soon as DH got planning. Update: I can confirm ermelenko was introduced to the fans in November 2009 whilst this video from a TV news story in 2007 confirms majority of what I have previously said

That is totally incorrect, ermelenko arrived a long time after Hemsley was involved. I know because I assistied DH with getting the lease granted by the local council. I attended a couple of council meetings and also ran a Stars V Leicester meeting to raise public awareness (received good local TV news coverage). I was never in it to be the promoter but saw it as an opportunity to help, as I am sure many others did. Once the lease was agreed and planning consented DH went about raising the funds to build the stadium, at that point I was no longer involved and I believe that was when ermelenko arrived. Ken Naylor and others will back me up on this, and whilst DH may not have proved to be a good promoter, the stadium solely exists for the Lions team to race in because of the capital he invested (which in my opinion was a risk 999 out of a 1000 would never take).

Finally the fans have a well deserved statement, and in my opinion a positive one at that. Guess it shows the power fans have via the use of this forum, something I often personally used to guage feedback when I was a promoter and answer any queries when necessary.

Let's hope that this is true and their is still a glimmer of hope. As I say I it heard from a reliable source, not directly from Mick Horton or anyone else at the BSPA.

I don't know why it is LIVE when the questions are being pre-submitted which sort of defies the object of LIVE. Even MP's go on Question time and get LIVE questions thrown at them, which always makes for a more honest and frank discussion. The reason they do it (in theory) is to show they have nothing to hide and attempt to build public trust. More chance of getting blood out of a stone by the looks of it!

That is true but we have no lines of communication so it did not come from him, hence why I asked Watson to confirm or deny. I was on holiday that week, I have a stamp in my passport to prove it! I think this leaves fans realising the 'open door policy' was BS and that nothing has changed in terms of PR at the head towers.

I am sorry to say that I have heard from a reliable source that the Coventry riders have in the past 48 hours been told by Mick Horton to start looking for a new job. Maybe Neil Watson can do the decent and correct thing and either CONFIRM or DENY this? And before anyone starts to defend Coventry Speedway's stance on staying silent (which seems to be only with the fans in this case), I do not see how this would interfere with any legal technicalities if still ongoing.

Wanting to 'silence' fans sounds like a very strange way for a promoter to explain how he wishes to interact with them and provide reassurance that work is going on to save their club (which was there long before you arrived). I suggest Coventry Speedway employs someone with a much more respectful and friendly manor in which to deal with the public.... while you get on with helping Mick play with his toy train set. ps Yes I know I am not even a Coventry supporter but very P****ed at the way you see fit to treat them now and have done in the past. Enough is enough, they deserve better than you!

Yes but do you not think that the pots that are empty (for example local support for the elderly) should have money moved to them from ones which seem to be wasting money for the sake of it (such as buying old stadiums which need lots of further money spent on them to bring to a respectable standard). Why am I not surprised you are a councillor, it all makes sense now. Love to commission reviews, spend days on end drinking cups of coffee while you sit in public meetings discussing them and then deciding to postpone a decision until you receive some more reports. And in the meantime no idea how your budgets were over spent. No wonder you think this would be a good use of Tax payers money to buy Coventry Stadium. Sorry but this should be private enterprise only, absolutely no value in it to the tax payer! Ps you will recall I was part of the bidding process for the King's Lynn Town Football Club and so I am quite aware of councils work in these situations. I now know why they say people are career councillors, because it takes them their whole career to make one decision.

Like I say why we would we expect any news on Coventry from any official source when everyone is simply staying tight lipped and towing the line. Best face facts, apart from at a handful of clubs, fans are just a hindrance who pay for the privilege of watching their promoter play with their toy set. ps shocked Mr Rising hasn't been in touch to see if I can assist him with a long list of new stories he is investigating for future editions of Speedway Star (insert flying pig emoji)

Public money is public money. For example when I recently heard that £5.2m of public money was being spent on the 'Ethiopean Spice Girls' I was outraged and wanted answers as to why it wasn't being spent on the NHS. Not for one minute did I think 'thats's ok that money has been ringfenced for the Department of International Development'. May I ask how you felt about that one?

Agreed he has never been replaced and is sorely missed. How can he make anything but a good job of this.... he has the perfect face for Radio

Well they don't call her Mother Theresa for nothing God help her if she believes her own tax contributions would be better spent on a speedway stadium than on schools or health care.