Crump99

The EoES has been under threat for 15 years or more since Mercer and his crew turned up and started selling off the land. I'm surprised that we've lasted so long as it's been a world of grief since he arrived (even though he's no longer in post). How under threat we are these days is open to question. I suppose that the landlords could say at any time that they just can't accommodate us in the shrinking Showground. Then there is the current situation around our Peterborough City Council Local Plan (LP30: East of England Showground 2016-2036). What's the current thinking on that. If we're affected then what's the timescale? Whatever the situation is, the higher profile the club has then the better chance it has of surviving long term.

Sunday was a double edged sword. Yes it made good business for the reasons that you state but damaged the strength of the club's local fanbase if the club wished to progress back from where it came as is now rumoured. Sunday was never going to be an option in those circumstances.

There's a world of difference between wanting the club to close (which nobody wants btw) and not liking who is at the helm. As long as it's at the right level then I'm sure that we'd all take Mick Horton again if it kept the club going for the prospect of better things.

Didn't somebody buy the Swingers golf range land (grassy bit on the right as you drive inside the EoES for those trying to picture it) with the intention of building houses? That never happened, as yet anyway. Thought the problem was that the market bombed at the wrong time to put a hold on the plans. However, given that nothing has happened and doesn't look likely to, then perhaps you're right.

How are we defining many? The view of a very very small queue at a burger van is hardly representative.

Sounds a bit like Brexit and a right dogs'. The cry for a people's vote will start on Monday after the "best AGM ever to take the sport forward until Christmas" statement. The sport has needed stability for years without the annual carnage of the AGM but we're allegedly going radical once again

Would have thought that if there is a new owner/owners then they will be making the decisions. Given that the AGM only basically rubberstamps decisions already taken then Rathbone & Watson's role is surely as a club presence after being briefed rather than in a serious decision making capacity. I suppose the alleged deal could go 2010 style pear shaped over the AGM weekend which could leave them back making the decisions.

Think that you're confusing authority with stupidity

That I don't know but it depends whether he knew the full story or not to make a judgement. Probably adding 2+2 and making 7 here anyway!

You sure about that Rodders? As THJ would say: " I am minuspeptic, frasmotic, even compunctuous to have caused you such pericabobulations."

Not a bad shout when you think about it. Don't think that he's short of a few bob though and didn't Rathbone say something about the offers being less than he hoped or valued the club at? That would just lead you away from anyone not known or with money. A speedway arm of Balfe Motorsport would be an interesting project though.

I wonder if Rick Frost fancied another go now that he has the time on his hands that he didn't when boss of Readypower. I'm sure that he'd happily miss the shark infested custard of the AGM.

Struggling with any logic here! Sounds like a Colin Horton job

Would save me a few quid though!

Good to see diplomacy and the caring society alive and well in Suffolk.

Wash your mouth out! Frost told Rathbone to watch his back, not do business with them.

Didn't know anyone was rumoured.

If reality then it'll be one of those worst kept secrets that those who think that they are in the know skirt around before it's made public. However, we as Panthers fans are more aware than most that there is many a slip between the BSPA AGM emblazoned cup and lip.

Can a cake dance? Can a cake get you drunk? Will a cake let you put your hand up it's jumper?

Don't know where you've been for the last decade but Mick Horton was saying that 15 years ago and it's been a fact of life at the EoES ever since! Bugger, but that bait did look tasty

Now you knew that anyway and we don't care, so where's the surprise?

Poland etc has not suddenly crept up though. The problems of Sunday speedway and anyone half decent being tied up elsewhere at some point was well known when it was decided to race then. With Friday not being a regular option then Weds or Thurs are the best bet. Tuesday was a disaster and can't see Monday being a hit. Surely cleaning up the showground after the weekend will impact on a Monday. Running Mon or Weds will require deep pockets and enthusiasm. Thursday will require slightly less deep pockets. I hope the deal is done because we're not selling it very well

In the UK it is. Compared to abroad or the UK 12 years ago then no. As with the EL as a title, we're playing word games again.

How many times over the last 15 years have the distress signals been out about crowds and finance? Virtually every season. And although I could unfortunately take or leave Peterborough Speedway from 2013, from 2015 Rathbone did seem to find a level and way of running that calmed the ship and allegedly balanced the books. The only slightly similar significant distress signals from Rathbone's tenure IMO came with Lakeside (who never did anything over the years but cause distress signals when visiting anyway) and, as has been pointed out, with an injury free Panthers team out the crowd would have turned up. I said when we went Sunday at the lower level that in the short term that's fine but it changes the dynamic of the club and mindset of the fans and is a negative for going back the other way, if that's what does happen? I hope that your many is a few hundred regulars and not a full people carrier sized occasional many!

Good luck with that then. Hope that they've got deep pockets.