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Kings Lynn Vs Wolves ( Double Header) 23.08,17
Grachan replied to g13webb's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
Somerset did against Swindon last week. -
Poole V Belle Vue 28/8/17 11am.
Grachan replied to Steve Shovlar's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
Dunno about the other Swindon fans, but to me they look like title winners with their new no 1/reserve. -
Poole V Belle Vue 28/8/17 11am.
Grachan replied to Steve Shovlar's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
Come on Poole. Need to keep Rye House out of the top 4!! -
I thought of mentioning this a few times but decided it was off topic. I guess you were waiting for someone to go off-topic too so you could mention it! Hans' 12 point away average will, I suspect, never be repeated. It was quite a small league that year I remember, with half the season taken up by the League Cup. Even so, remarkable. Never seen another rider of Neilsen's standard in league racing. Not even Mauger.
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Swindon Vs Kings Lynn 21 August 2017
Grachan replied to Steve0's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
Troy got some stick by some Swindon fans towards the end of the season because of a few things, but it wasn't anything to do with just a mass slagging of an entire nation. -
Kings Lynn Vs Wolves ( Double Header) 23.08,17
Grachan replied to g13webb's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
Didn't he play Ghandi? -
Rye House V Somerset 23/8/2017
Grachan replied to hammer1969's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
If KK continues like this and Rye get into the play offs they could well be favourites for the title. I wonder how much criticism they will get for bringing in 'a ringer'. -
Swindon Vs Kings Lynn 21 August 2017
Grachan replied to Steve0's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
Can't think why. Anyone would think something had happened in their team to account for this sudden dislike of all things antipodean! -
Relegation And Promotion Play Offs
Grachan replied to flagrag's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
So if it's rained off and re-arranged who gets prority as it's a rearranged fixture? -
Relegation And Promotion Play Offs
Grachan replied to flagrag's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
So if this has been dropped, what was the point of bringing the strength of the leagues closer together? -
Swindon Vs Kings Lynn 21 August 2017
Grachan replied to Steve0's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
It's just the latest craze by the forum sheep. Aussie bashing. And King's Lynn fans deciding an entire country from down under is responsible for the Stars predicament. He IS crap at team riding, though. -
Swindon Vs Kings Lynn 21 August 2017
Grachan replied to Steve0's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
No big deal. Just comments in an interview. Yeah, maybe he has developed a bit of cockyness, but maybe that's how he got himself from being a long time second division rider to possibly the best rider in the World. I find it amazing how people feel it is ok to hurl insults left, right and centre on this forum but, as soon as a rider says anything, everyone becomes such sensitive souls. Lighten up. Good news for you all is that he'll probably be forced out of the league next year, just as they tried to do this year. Then you can all enjoy how much speedway is without the top stars and not understand why crowds have dropped again. True about team-riding though. He is Shiite at it. What would you prefer? Adverts? -
Swindon Vs Kings Lynn 21 August 2017
Grachan replied to Steve0's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
Don't see why everyone's got it in for Jason Doyle all of a sudden. Nature of this forum I guess. -
Are they? Swindon are top of the league this year and I'd say crowds are about the same as last year. Rye House reportedly have larger crowds. Could that be because of an increase in rider quality? Poole's crowds are reportedly down, as is team quality. Because stronger sides mean larger crowds. Ever since 39.95 crowds seem to have gone down with each weakening year.
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In which case it would be the BSPA who insisted. Not Swindon. Ridiculous situation anyway - but at least they didn't go down the path of a double header against Somerset twice!
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It will just be last week's with an insert. While not exactly enticing, at least it will stop people being fed up they paid for an old programme.
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Who do you gather that from? It's certainly not the public face that was put on it. It was originally cancelled because Somerset couldn't get a side together, then put back in the schedule with Swindon publicly thanking Somerset for their co-operation.
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So why is it that every year, when they lower the points limit and even up team strengths more and more at the expense of quality, the crowds go down?
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Swindon Vs Kings Lynn 21 August 2017
Grachan replied to Steve0's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
I don't believe that there would be too many new supporters in the crowd. It would be people who know speedway. Many people, such as myself, don't go every week but choose which meetings to attend. With this being a £5 meeting, many part-time supporters would have chosen this one. If it was £5 every week you still wouldn't get the same people going every week. They would, I'm sure, still decide which meetings to go to and which not to. I'm sure that pretty much everyone who was there last night will go again, just not necessarily on the same night. with Monday's meeting, next Mondays double header plus guests in abundance, I reckon they'll be lucky to get 500 on Thursday. -
Swindon Vs Kings Lynn 21 August 2017
Grachan replied to Steve0's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
That's the flaw with the scoring system. If the home team lost a point for winning by 6 or less at home, Swindon would have had Doyle in heat 15. As it was, what do Swindon care if King's Lynn gain a point? Because he is one of only 2 World class riders in the league. -
Swindon Vs Kings Lynn 21 August 2017
Grachan replied to Steve0's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
Agree we are missing Zach a lot. If anything costs us, it's that. I just can't be having all these guests all the time. Hate it. It's saying necessity at no 7, but having 2 guests at reserve? Not for me, if it can be avoided. -
Swindon Vs Kings Lynn 21 August 2017
Grachan replied to Steve0's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
It doesn't work like that. Give Lambert 2 second places in his last 2 rides. That gives King's Lynn a 1-5 in heat 11 and 3-3 in heat 13. So it's 42-41 going into heat 15. Not an 8 point swing. A 6 point swing. Swindon then put Doyle out in 15 instead of Morris. 5-1 to Swindon. 47-42. -
Swindon Vs Kings Lynn 21 August 2017
Grachan replied to Steve0's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
I'd rather have our own rider having a go than another sodding guest. -
Swindon Vs Kings Lynn 21 August 2017
Grachan replied to Steve0's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
Yeah, we could have had two non scoring reserves then. -
Swindon Vs Kings Lynn 21 August 2017
Grachan replied to Steve0's topic in SGB Premiership Speedway League
I do wish Jason Doyle would team ride sometimes.