Crump99

Apologies, I'd forgotten that humour, however vague, would be wasted

Now you knew that anyway and we don't care, so where's the surprise? Why hero's welcome? He hasn't done anything for the club in this instance! If they've got any sense and the brown stuff hasn't, or doesn't hit the fan before then, they'll keep it low key with just the usual introduction lap and announcement from the pits. I wouldn't bother with a victory lap or tune until it calms down a bit. If they don't do that, which they'll not, then that's possibly disregard although the Facebookers will still be clapping away.

Agreed but it depends how much notice anyone takes of this forum?

We seem to have done a pretty good job of that on our own over the last decade or more tbh without the resident looney. Colin Horton winning the 2006 EL was the start and it's been a rollercoaster ever since, with Holdergate just being another low point that the club didn't need.

Plus the situation is still ongoing "We may be prepared to allow him to race for them on two further Sundays when we ride at Newcastle and Scunthorpe."

I'm not sure of the confusion either because the Suffolk dialect sounds very similar. Anyway, back on thread "I take it it's as you were chaps" - until Sunday.

Get back to entertaining your sheep and stop dissing Mr Unwin

Windy stairckey up to the ceily, fine glinty scintillabe up the dangly chanderlabies...

He's just deflecting the thread away from its title.

Don't feel bad, he's used to it.

What is the agenda?

And then people say why bite. It's because some will believe and actually use as their evidence what the looney posts. It's often tw*ttish to ignore. That's true so why feed the fire. Rathbone didnt want to explain why and Chapman said that they had evidence of the reason but that's it. The only place that money was mentioned is on here wasn't it? Not the most reliable source for facts.

Yet. They'll have to do something, even if it's just tightening wish washy rules so that it doesn't happen again. Going by Chapman's Sunday rant they hadn't benefited up to that point and will look less than toothless and incompetent if they don't act on their statement.

Rathbone's quotes is the first statement (5/8/17) suggest that there was some benefit to the club although the PR was missing any detail.

Trouble is that amongst all of the hot air, whatever contract was allegedly in place it wasn't worth the paper it was written on, If "Contractually and by agreement the rider should be at Peterborough, not in Poland." then I'm sure that he would have been and the action by the authorities would have been swift and decisive if he wasn't. It wasn't, Holder has missed another fixture and we're still waiting one week on which suggests that there's a big loophole to close off.

Are you, why's that?

Jeez, nothing like getting your facts wrong.

Certainly not but he didn't because the rule wasn't there was it. That's why they seemingly got away with it. Holder should have got 28 days regardless of who gives permission. Rathbone should have been put on licence for 12 months and warned of future conduct. If he chooses to then walk then that's his choice. If he's a speedway man (as Tsunami says) then he'll take it on board and carry on. If speedway's not for him (Tsunami's verdict on Rick Frost) then he'll move on. The point that you seem to be missing is that we're only discussing this because Rathbone kept peterborough running in the first place when the sport was already dieing a slow death, so that's a funny way of being part of the cause of it!

A very small part that can be rectified by the powers that be and less wishy washy rules and a strong slap on the wrist. I don't agree with what Rathbone did, why or what were the perceived benefits? However, without Rathbone there may not be a Peterborough Speedway, so if keeping a track going with all of the benefits to the sport that provides then that's a strange way helping the sport to die.

Panthers lost at home (1st time) to Sheffield on June the 18th and it was clear enough then who the top 4 were going to be, "Post by Bigcatdiary on Jun 23, 2017 at 12:58pm I have copied the latest league table and added the plus and minus points which tend to show a better reflection of who the front runners are,Any points gained on the road are plus whilst any points dropped at home are minus At the moment Glasgow are well clear and the other members of the current play club are Edinburgh, Ipswich and Sheffield. Panthers will need several away wins to even get close to the top 4 and will need to start picking up something even if they lose, I rather suspect our two home losses to date could cost us dear come September. Just one league away win and 3 points from 7 away matches is a very poor return so far."

Usual procedure is deal with it when it happens isn't it?

No because the BSPA will have introduced a discretionary 28 day ban ruling (irrespective of who gives permission) by the end of the week

Should be with a like for like replacement so as not to short change the home fans and promotion.

They blew it to stop the rot in 2010, which is ironic considering who's kicking off now and who's involved.

Let's hope the BSPA get to the bottom of it and grow a pair and find the missing page from the rulebook which deals with exceptional circumstances. I know that speedway promoters are a law unto themselves but I don't think Rathbone would bow to Poole, but who knows? As Chapman seems a bit upset and it's a Holder, how about Chris having a plan to p' him off as well? (That's my conspiracy theory )