heathen52

A much better performance from the Brummies but Chris Adams said that he felt they didn't deserve to lose, what planet is he on ? the Brummies were at home against a team that they beat just over a month ago, why did they not deserve to lose according to him because they lost Ht 14, what about the other 14 Hts that they had a chance of winning ? it is such a sad way for the Brummies to go out on and we have just one more meeting for West Midland Speedway before we lose our last remaining Team.

I know at the start of the season Nigel Tolley was thinking along the lines of making "Alan Grahame Memorial" meeting the farewell, but for whatever reason he has changed his mind and now the Alan Grahame is being ridden tonight as a Junior 2nd half.

All kinds of rumours flying around in Greyhound circles about Oxford Stadium, it is a known fact that the MD is currently fighting a serious illness so he may be considering reducing his Stadium portfolio https://greyhoundscene.proboards.com/thread/89396/oxford-rumours-track-close This could have serious implications for Speedway in Oxford who currently field teams in all three divisions.

I feel for guys like you that have paid hard earned money to watch the rubbish served up nearly every week by so called home riders.

How the heck do the Brummie management and riders expect fans to keep paying hard earned money to watch what can only be described as rubbish served up by them tonight, there fans should be paid to watch that crap.

If every track was like Perry Barr, Speedway would have been finished in the UK years ago, you can sign almost any rider you care to mention if they can't race then what's the point ? the track has been a constant issue for years.

It was a poor decision to choose Hagon over Edwards and whoever made that decision should not really be doing the job, if it's Chris Adams then he does not have enough experience to be Team Manager and this decision proves it, if its Laurence Rogers then we all know Laurence has many good traits but being Team Manager is not one of them, and if it's Nigel Tolley that made the decision then he is getting what he deserves. I think Jason Edwards had a point to prove tonight and boy did he make the Birmingham management look silly 12+1 from 5 rides well done Jason, this was compounded by young Sam really struggling by failing to score in his four rides.

But what if the rider had a choice of Birmingham or Ipswich, who would you choose ?.

Greyhound racing does not need spectators to be sustainable, in fact it costs less to run without spectators as there is no need for lighting, heating nor support staff, the bulk of income for Greyhound Stadia comes from live streaming around the World to gambling outlets be it online or in shops.

The Cradley thingy which i have removed, but with regards Vacher he is no more than a Jobsworth.

Not relevant to the topic.

Yes it's long overdue, yes the riders are going to cry that can't make it pay, yes the tuners are going to cry, yes the standard will drop but in the long term this will be the only way Speedway will survive in the Uk because it has been unviable for many seasons now, semi pro riders is the way forward, perhaps the only way.

Unless Mr Tolley has changed his mind you will find you are wrong on this one Deanno.

If any Government department is involved they won't be in any rush, I can see Workington's results being expunged, meanwhile what happens with the riders ? they still have bills to pay, this cannot be allowed to go on for much longer.

With Birmingham operating RR for Rew who is riding in Poland I cannot see the Brummies getting within 20 points of Sheffield.

Good ride there from young Luke.

Well so far it's the usual follow the leader, almost like the track has an opposite camber, move off the line and go backwards.

They won't have anywhere to ride soon.

If it is indeed linked to HMRC and UKVI then i cannot see a speedy resolution to this.

If it is a visa issue then how has the said rider passed through immigration in the first instance ? and secondly if he has passed immigration what visa is/was he on ?. Then we have the suspension for 7 days and the cancelling of 3 meetings, that is a chunk of fixtures cancelled at short notice and leads me to believe it was ordered by someone other than the BSPL.

Yes, I suspect that is true but you could add it's safe as long as Stadia Uk (Osborne) is making money on the lease, he will not let it go (the lease) so long as there is an opportunity for something along the lines of Blunsdon and i suspect the closing of greyhound racing may be something along the lines of making the Stadium unviable therefore allowing it to be redeveloped, I may be wrong but nothing surprises me when it comes to Osborne, indeed seeing a return of greyhound racing without spectators wouldn't surprise me either, I think that is called keeping your options open and it would mean Osborn could keep his seat on the GBGB.

Zagar and Musialak making sure they have a nice average for next season, personally I don't blame them.

Even that money was mismanaged, it was alleged (that as a thank you) the guy ( Russell) who arranged the Sky deal allegedly pocketed a large chunk of it every year whilst grass roots got bugger all.

If it's BB that's signed then it is a very poor signing indeed, Ben is struggling to get points away from home in the Championship never mind scoring in the Premiership, his home average for 2025 is 6.82 and his away average is 2.93 he is on a big downward spiral and is barely a decent 2nd string these days and that's in the Championship, in my opinion they would be better off asking Vuolas back or an Aussie from Scunthorpe.