bigcatdiary

Like a few others on here I can’t stop laughing, bloody hell thats the funniest thing I have seen in ages. Well folks if you wanted proof that Buster has completely lost the plot, it’s arrived

Season ticket sales are always reported as good, when was the last time you read of a club report that said ST sales were awful.

I should think Douglas would be fully aware of such going ons as you put it bearing in mind it’s his club.

Inclined to agree.

Legal action, Scott Nicholls knows a good one I am told.

In which case riders should consult a solicitor, this just isn’t on and it’s only the fact that it’s not being tested that the BSPA keep getting away with it.

Exactly. I personally think Nahlins stance is the correct one, if owed money for more than a week or two they should refuse to ride.

Not so much steps in it as talks it non stop.

Could be right, really surprised that haven’t gone for Allen.

Well you make some points in the reply that I take some issue with 1. Scott Nicholls himself states he was contacted by Damien Bates before the AGM asking if he was interested in riding for Sheffield in 2018, it appears he wasn’t adverse to the idea but said his preference was Peterborough, he heard nothing more from Sheffield from then on, so if a new member of the MC didn’t know about the proposed rule how on Earth was a suspended promoter likely to know. 2. You and me both know from experience that challenging the MC or the BSPA gets you nothing but aggravation as the promoters who do so know from bitter experience. They don’t follow precedence and make decisions on the basis of who is asking rather than general common sense or fairness to everyone. The fact that Ged Rathbone made some serious money from the Holder deal is what sticks in the BSPA throat, that and the fact he picked up two trophies didn’t help either. The organisation as far as new rules is pathetic as last years Fours was with rules not coming out until a few days before the event and we’ll after the date teams declared their teams, then we had the laughable situation where teams were in, out and then back in in the space of a week during which some of the teams had riders then committed to Poland. And he were in March and the 2018 regulations are still not published. 3. It’s clear that the governing body for Speedway in the UK (the ACU) don’t hold either the BSPA or the SCB in a good light and after all the problems of 2017 and recent events it’s no real surprise is it. As for publishing results of some hearings, it’s been plainly obvious to some that the BSPA have no stomach at all in publishing its own shortcomings as the recent Rathbone appeal and Godfrey finding showed, for some reason the BSPA seem to think that if they don’t mention it no one will be any the wiser but in this day and age nothing is secret for very long with most discretion’s being fully dissected on the BSF and being taken to task by the Speedway star. I have said before until the BSPA start acting with honesty, openness and fairness nothing will change and this sport will lurch from one PR disaster to another.

Nicholls is 9.72 & Grondal 5.04

Of course their is The BSPA issued a press release saying they and the SCB had thrashed out a solution, when in truth the SCB/ACU had said it was unlawful and wouldn’t be included in this years rulebook.

Cook wasn’t at the AGM, Lakeside at that time wasn’t in either the Premiership or the Championship.

Ged talked and agreed terms with Nicholls well before he found out about new rules not allowing it, he wasn’t aware of what happened at the AGM until weeks after the event and I do mean weeks. Here we are nearly in March and this year regulations are still not in print. I agree with you that they should all work together to run Speedway but I am afraid the reality is the complete opposite and until they do learn to work together the sport will flounder on.

A team manager recently said to me “It isn’t the team that starts the season that wins trophies it’s the team that it finishes with”

I think the difference is team points limits are reasonable and fair across the board. Its rules that only effect some riders and not everyone that they take issue with.

Indeed

Having listened to his inane drivel on too many occasions I will second that

I don’t often agree with EI Addio but he is spot on with this one, although if my information is right it was only announced on the 23rd Feb, it was decided a while ago

Still don’t understand why the GSA issued regularly cannot show an average (assessed or amended if needed) for both leagues so enabling team managers, officials, referees and supporters easy access to one reference point.

You unfortunately don’t seem able to grasp what’s happened this year despite the fact that you appear to have had sight of much of the evidence.

5.04

I also like matches that are not done and dusted by heat 5, close matches or those where it’s a definite possible that the away team has a good chance of winning is surely the better spectacle, watching the bottom side getting a complete pasting at one of the better teams is like watching paint dry.

You also need to serve up competitive and decent racing and let’s be fair most of what was served up last year just didn’t cut it. Borefests, riders struggling on difficult tracks and racing being shown in front of one man and his dog does nothing to promote the sport at all.

Grondal is 5.04 Lunna is 5.90