Paulco

Philistine

Kevin Wolbert - you're having a laugh Theo Pijper - excellent at home , hit and miss away Rusty Harrison - see above Anders Thomsen - wildly inconsistant , but making progress Dimitri Berge - What a prospect , had a long injury , but going to be a top rider Kasper Lykke - worst gater i've ever saw in my life , but what a trier Viktor Palovaara - i wont upset Coalman again , just to say - baffling signing

Just left the Horseshoe Bar and it's still raining

And it's off The new ice hockey season is just around the corner , no need to bother about the rain then

Pretty dismal and wet scene out there that we're waking up to though

No problem Gaz , i'll post on here before you leave . But it's looking very iffy for either meeting as you say

Weather forecast for the north of the country is pretty horrendous for tomorrow as well

Nothing worse when that happens , but it's never a decision taken lightly in these circumstances

i do , and you're the one that's doing most of the moaning . Those awful Tigers fans that should just accept everything they're given without a word

We're not putting the boot in , we're voicing our concerns at our promotion's signing policy . There is a difference . Have you seen anything in Viktor's opening 8 rides which suggests he might be a bargain on a 7 point average ? Instead of having a go at our long suffering fans , tell us why you think the promotion have made a wise move the week before a KO Cup quarter final .

Not really , he was superb at Ipswich a couple of weeks ago and followed that up with zero at Plymouth the following night . He could easily guest for Sheffield next week and score two . You just never know which Kevin Wolbert turns up

That do you ?

I cant argue with any of that , but i'm just sick to death of us signing an unknown after unknown and many of them aren't anywhere near PL standard . I hope Viktor is , but the early signs aren't good . At a time when the KO Cup is really the last chance to salvage something from the season , we go and weaken the side shortly before the Quarter Final tie .

Your concern is touching , and of course logic dictates i am premature in my assessment . However the problem is that we've seen this all too many times before at Glasgow . And one point in eight rides means we could be heading into Michael Penfold country with this one . Obviously i hope i'm forced to eat humble pie and the lad turns out to be a solid performer , experience watching our Scandanavian acquisitions suggests otherwise though .

Same post on two different threads , why do you care ?

I'm afraid we may never see a rider have such an impact on and off the track , as Shane Parker was for our club . We were truly blessed for 6 seasons and the void he left has never really been filled and probably never will be .

I was at Berwick , and yes it appeared wet track Rusty wasn't exactly putting it all in . And his away form can be erratic . But for his home form alone , i would have him in my team . Rusty , Anders ,Dimitri and Kasper would be fine as over half the 2015 septet

Rusty's home form in the main has been very good . And for his ability round Ashfield , i would have him back next year

I'll go to the home leg , but signing another foreign duffer has all but killed my interest this season . Newcastle to qualify quite comfortably on aggregate

I think that's probably true . But we seem to get force fed more foreign duds than most

Exactly . Even rider replacement for Henry is about 6 or 7 points better off than bringing in another duff Scandanavian who doesn't look anywhere near PL standard .

The problem isn't the play-offs , well most of us seem to embrace them as we realise that is the way nearly all team sports are going , it's the fact that clubs pursuing the dream risk putting themselves at risk financially . Time BSPA looked at some structured prize money for league success . Obviously that would mean viable sponsorship , so maybe they should look at bigging the sport up and fulfilling their obligation as custodians of the sport .

Yeah you're probably right , i was just likening it to what happens with the play-offs in ice hockey . Where the four qualifying clubs do battle at Nottingham ice rink over the one weekend in April .

I would agree with that . I would take Edinburgh to beat Leicester over 2 legs

Is a forum not just about opinions ?