Does anyone seriously expect Mr. Shovlar expect to come onto this thread?
I'm started to get a bit worried about some of the people on this forum. They seem to be taking some of the mickey taking on the forum rather too seriously, and then becoming obessed with other forum members.
Shovvy's a wind-up merchant, par excellence. I can only remember him really losing it once, and that was at the height of the Oxford v Poole arguments over Lukas Dryml's absences in 2001, which was pre-Speedway Forum on the old discussion lists.
Now Shovvy just receives personal insult after personal insult. Sometimes I wonder why he still comes on here. It seems people are more interested in him than in the actual results of the Speedway meetings.
I've noticed the number of personal insults increasing on this forum. Just this evening I've been called various names such as "Rob Peahead", because people couldn't take me taking the mickey out of their team losing a match. Not that it really bothers me, but it's just getting harder to trawl through all the crap sometimes to find the actual results.
Personally, I like Steve Shovlar. We argue like cat & dog on here, but I know that when I bump into him on Wednesday & Thursday, I can have an intellgient conversation about Speedway with him. He's dedicated to his club and has strong views on the sport.
All the best
Rob