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It’s all one step forward and two steps back. Fixed nights for the respective leagues then only one rider over 8, stop Nicholls etc doubling down and no tv deal. It’s impressive isn’t it. Absoloutly bloody clueless

All ships do WiFi, if he wanted to he could stay well in touch with everything.

Alex Davies was born in the UK, his dad Stephen was riding for the Panthers at the time.

Im not sure any rule in uk speedway would survive a legal challenge. Its crap, pretty much standard fare for the BSPA.

We had exactly the same when Rick Frost owned Peterborough, but money on its own doesn’t guarantee any success as he showed in his time at Peterborough.

Really, and what have Glasgow won since the new owners took over.

Not bitter, just dissapointed we couldn’t hang on to him, but I accept getting married and a new baby means he goes for the best deal for him and good luck to him the bloke is worth every penny. I am sure the big signing on fee had absoloutly nothing to do with his decision.

Your either living in cuckoo land or very naive if you believe everything you are told, Its no great secret why Harris has decided to sign for Glasgow and its nothing to do with a racing track and a nice stadium. No body really knows what riders get paid so talk about its well documented that Glasgow were not the highest payers is just that talk, their is some truth about paying on time and in full but from my experience all riders experience being owed money at some time of the season or their careers, unfortunately a lot of the time it goes with the job. Rick Frost stated several times that he wanted and expected Peterborough to be self sufficient at some time but it never was and to be fair I seriously doubt most Speedway clubs are.

I think that applies to most of the riders today.

Great financial backing only gets you so far, you also need balance, the right riders and more than a bit of luck to win things and lets be fair Glasgow despite the hype this year won nothing.

Agree with that, good post

Interestingly enough the star today seems to suggests it’s tactical substitutes rather than just one substitute. Certainly the way it’s written with quotes from Rob Godfrey. I dare say it will be properly clarified at some point.

Worrall and Allen are good signings no getting away from that Garrity is a risk who blows hot and cold and also collects injuries on a regular basis Auty was a reasonable heat leader in the past but struggled this year which led to a short retirement Nielsen this time is in the 1-5 with very little likelihood of dropping down to reserve, he will do well to maintain his starting average let alone improve it. That leaves them 7 something for the two reserves. I would say it’s reasonable but nothing outstanding at this stage, let’s see what everyone else does before we hand the trophies over

Gordon Pairman has answered that question on the Promoters AGM thread, it’s once only.

To be fair one is generally a waste of time, why not scrap it altogether or allow it multiple times whilst a team remains at least 6 points behind., they have even stopped teams doing it in heat 8 which was generally the time everyone used it. Total half hearted attempt to appease the fans.

Half the Championship is tipped for Glasgow

I understand the need to win regularly at home but big home wins and crashing away defeats generally wins you jack.

Cooks only priority is to win home meetings and keep his fans happy, looking at the thread so far it’s clear that theme will continue.

I think it was more the point very few teams could actually fit him in when he wanted to double up

My thoughts exactly

And if anybody wanted any further evidence that the UK sports ruling body are clueless their it is.

That’s twice he has now ridden for Panthers and the blokes a credit to any team that signs him, one of the nicest and most genuine riders to grace the sport as well as that he gives a 100% every time and is a joy to watch. If it was my choice he would be the first rider on next years team sheet.

If they blocked everyone that criticised them they would be down to 240 followers.

They say the same crap every year and being brutally honest I dont expect it to change anytime soon, Godfrey admits in the star this week they got it massively wrong at the AGM last year but I dont think the people running the sport are really capable of sorting it out. Lets be fair on recent history would you be taking any advice or leads from Chapman or Godfrey.