Paulco

Another thread that started off interesting , but wasted by the know alls telling everyone how stupid they are . I feel for poor Sidney , everytime he adds input to a conversation , the pack converge on him .

No he's not . Who actually is , is still uncertain

There is that , but not being able to use the t/r after heat 12 has helped in that respect

Why did the 13 heat formula get binned anyway ? Because that format had a tired look about it at the time . The second halves started with a reserves race , which featured the two number sevens from both sides and two track juniors . Then you had three rider of the night heats wich the three winners plus the fastest runner up made the final . You had another reserves race before the final . If we had a southern based team up at Glasgow , they were generally keen to get on the road and few tried very hard in the rider of the night heats . You normally ended up with mainly home riders in the final . Sometimes some away riders didn't even bother hanging around for the 2nd half , which turned the whole excercise into a farce . We tried 15 , 16 and 18 heat formats since then , but i think what we have now probably works best .

He told me a couple of weeks back he was doing the Ben Fund and then taking a back seat . He'll probably fill in now and again when necessary .

Especially when he started peeling the bandages off and there was nobody there

Swindon have previous with this kind of behaviour . They did the same when they said they were buying Jonasson from Edinburgh .

Think it's up to the individual track mate . I did for the Glasgow page about 4 years ago and was asked to do it by our centre green presenter .

I agree , it's fascinating at times to see the antics at the tapes before the start of a race and moving the tapes back to where they were before would be a good move . It would also , presumably , get rid of the Armadale optical illusion which awarded riders races when they looked about a wheel length behind . Of course there is the safety issue regarding the current 3rd/4th bend being turned into the 1st/2nd bend , but an experienced and capable track curator such as Doc Bridgett must be confident that particular problem can be overcome successfully or the change wouldn't have been considered . Any change to try and enhance the product for the spectators has to be applauded and it's in everybodies interest that this proves successful .

that's the reason for all the argument , there's no clarity

don't , it will start all the paranoia off again

It did seem strange the appeal for Horwood was successful in such a short period of time after the initial rejection of his application .

Great post Scotchopper . Speedway is riddled with the secret sam stuff and it is now in the best interests of everybody to have more clarity , plus having a governing body run by the very people decisions will have an impact on doesn't help the paranoia . Glasgow fans , well a section of them , feel aggreived as they feel the BSPA has some sort of bias against them . There was the brushing under the carpet of the Bellego ownership argument , which eventually went against us . There was the refusal to let us switch to a Friday racenight and now we have another battle to fight to have the 7 riders signed actually allowed to get to the tapes wearing the stripes . Having the BSPA chairman promoting at our greatest rivals only adds fuel to the paranoid flame when decisions go against us . I'm in no doubt any bias against us exists only in our imagination , but it's easy to see why there is a feeling of the world being against us when these issues arise . I fear the appeal against the decision to refuse Joey Ringwood will go against us next week , which will spark off yet another outburst of outrage . For that reason i hope i'm wrong .

I would rather do that

It's a choice between signing two riders with the 10.3 now at our disposal , or send Harley and Joey a copy of the Koran each and a couple of burkhas to make sure they get into the country .

Wouldn't think so mate . You said Koppe had been here and working for a while , so he should be fine . And you'll probably find your Argentinian laddie will acquire a Spanish passport from somewhere .

I suppose looking at it without the red and white goggles on , there is a bit of sense in this . If i was Charles Wright i would be very vocal in my disgust at not getting a team place when there's Aussies getting signed up , who on the face of it , aren't any better than him . With Harkess being Chairman of the BSPA and a promoter at the dump , it's very easy for my fellow Tigers fans to believe the evil , bony hand of Edinburgh is behind all this , especially when Fricke seems to be ok to start a British career . But lets just dodge the bullet we should have dodged last year , and sign another two riders that we can be reasonably sure will at least ride to their average .

Exactly , we are all getting a bit fed up with continual sob stories from promotions . We had it at Glasgow , Edinburgh and Workington last year as well . It's like promotions are putting all the onus onto supporters and potential sponsors if things aren't going right . Getting beyond a joke now .

Bellego can sod off

No , they would be stuffed . Which makes me feel it's a scare story .

Is this just a Peter Waite style scarestory i'm hearing , or is there really a financial crisis ? If the Bandits don't run what happens regarding the Benfund and the World Under 21 final ?

Weather permitting that work is ongoing tomorrow , though the forecast isn't encouraging

I can see that fluctuating between home and away meetings . Obviously Cook will be number 1 , but i can see Pijper riding at 5 at home meetings with Masters at 4 and them reversing that away from Armadale . Cook and Pijper will be a stronger heat 13 combination at home , while Masters will be more effective in that heat away . Elsewhere i reckon Sneddon at 2 and Fricke at 3 and Tabaka at 7 with either Helfer or Bekker at 6 .

Last year the programme was £2-50 and the car park was £2 . I would be surprised if that changed .

As long as they want me to go around counting folk