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flagrag

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  1. He just does not seem to think before making decisions, He was already going to have a poor crowd due to the football but he is now making it impossible due to work for some fans who were going to go to make it and would imagine this will be the same for some of his staff as well. Leicester traffic at night is chaos through the centre and around the ring roads so it's ok for the few that work on North side of the city but anybody it's a bit of a nightmare. Any Coventry fans braving this I suggest avoiding coming M69 and M1 and come the old Fosse Way route or come off at Hinckley go along the country lanes. They have also made it clear that it will be a rushed through meeting to get it done as quick as possible so making it worse value for money if they get it done in just over an hour will make it about 30p per minute
  2. I fear that this will make the crowd even worse with the earlier start time as people may now struggle to get there in time from work with the rush hour traffic. I would imagine that most Coventry fans will not bother now as too early for them
  3. I see Mikkel Mikkelson has posted that he is at the hospital with Max Fricke hopefully nothing to serious as he is having an amazing season.
  4. I am sure that common sense will prevail if new promotors not affiliated with the Hemsley family come forward then the fine will be waived to enable the club to operate in the future.
  5. Hopefully the SCB will change their stance of not allowing a new promotion to take over the club until fines and costs are paid as that is not something that they are responsible for and will only achieve in the club remaining closed. I can understand that they will not allow Yulia to take over and in my opinion that is a good idea as she is not very speedway oriented at all and is embarrassing in the pits with riders
  6. So the SCB have finally published Mr Hemsleys case on the website not good for the club or sport as he will not pay the fine. He deserves some of this but do think the fine is rather excessive and the ban means nothing to him as he is no longer the Promotor.
  7. So the revolving door at Leicester is unlocked again and back in use let's see which riders come through it this time. I had doubts over the last two signings as in my view are not presently up to EL standards and I have unfortunately been proved correct. The next move is crucial as there was a better crowd last night and need to get some more home wins
  8. From what I have heard Barker will not be returning back to Peterborough while Ged Rathbone has the club as there was some end of season disagreement over a rolling chassis that the club was theirs but the rider thought it was his. If Glasgow do drop Barker I think it's more likely that he will be riding along the A47 in the elite league. Although I don't think the Tigers will drop him unless they can a proven replacement
  9. mdmc82- It was the rider himself after the Sky fixture that made the statement to Leicester fans he said he wanted the B match changing as he was unable to come on the Saturday night planned. He also went on to say that he has told Swindon this and mentioned to the Leicester management as well. I presume Rosco has sorted it with Doyley to ride otherwise there will be a 28 day ban coming up.
  10. No DH will not be paying a lot out in points money but you still have all the travelling expenses,van leases,start money and often riders will do deals where they get a guaranteed minimum to make sure it's worth their while
  11. Nightshirt The biggest problem the Lions are going to face this season is staying operating as I understand that they are loosing around £3-4000 a meeting due to crowds dropping off due to the poor performances. The club can not continue many more weeks like that especially as still got to pay riders for the away meetings out of your home match revenue as if your loosing money at home the away has to come out of own savings.
  12. The problem is I can see a heavy home loss for Leicester tommorow and a poor crowd I have this feeling things are going to go bottoms up at Lions soon especially if BSPA decline Mrs H as Promotor
  13. This weekend is also Wroclaw massive Derby match against Leszno so is not really that unexpected as far as I know the rider himself wanted to ride for Leicester but without the PZM start permission he is unable to ride anywhere. As he is now banned and there is also some other meetings and practice sessions required I think no option but to replace him I have a feeling we may be seeing Greg Walasek again next week as well. It will be interesting to see if Jason Doyle rides at Leicester next week as after the last meeting he was quite adamant telling fans that unless the fixture got moved he won't be at Leicester as can't do Saturday nights
  14. No Wozniak for Leicester as recalled by Wroclaw so will be banned for 28 days as withholding his services so RR
  15. I am not going to get into a debate with some posters about previous information and will just add that it would be reasonable for all LIve Sky meetings to be £5 adults and free for kids but then clubs try to get a meeting sponsor to make it free. When meetings have been sponsored before Sky Always try their best to feature the sponsor like in the Coin toss,background boards and making sure their corporate banners get exposure as we know how hard it is for Speedway to get sponsorship. Vitality Life insurance sponsored Sky's Netball super league coverage and Badminton coverage which both finished when Sky Speedway coverage started. A lead was given to Speedway powers that be not sure if followed up
  16. It all seems wrong that they want to use an average from so long ago yet they allowed Adam Ellis join Eastbourne when he was an EL heatleader
  17. The only thing I can think of is that when you enter your viewing card number and postcode it recognises that offer is not applicable to you. As it does say it's a BT broadband deal for returning customers As it does check with Sky as I have tried entering my viewing card no and brothers address which throws up an error to say the two don't match. I am kind of hoping that once the football and Rugby union season finishes in a couple of weeks that BT may do some offers as its well known during the summer their subscribers drop the channel if they pay for it
  18. I know of some riders that are actually on 2014 GM engines as there has not been a big change in technology or design. Obviously these have been serviced and tweaked since also some GP riders have specific engines for set tracks and I remember Simon Stead telling me about an engine that he uses just at Sheffield he set it up with Ashley Holloway with the cam,piston and valves set exactly to Owlerton so it drives in the dirt lines so the rider can rely on the power being in the correct place
  19. He would have been in sooner if it had been anybody else other than Poole at Leicester last night. Hopefully this break will have allowed Davey some time to reflect and come back strong. I await the next move at the Lions He would have been in sooner if it had been anybody else other than Poole at Leicester last night. Hopefully this break will have allowed Davey some time to reflect and come back strong. I await the next move at the Lions
  20. Oh dear I have just had a read of the Leicester FB page very interesting and funny reading. Why would anybody from the club verbally attack fans just because they raise an issue on pricing for tonight's match which I have to admit is wrong on the Speedway fans that attend every week. A brilliant example of how not to do PR any Football fans reading those comments would think how unorganised the club are. It does seem the club is in real trouble you have a Promotor that has been forced out as cannot control himself and now you have club officials upsetting loyal fans all finished off with a team that is struggling to be competitive.
  21. I am full of admiration for David Hemsley as he put his money up and brought Speedway back to Leicester and has some good ideas. However he has made a number of wrong decisions and is very unwilling to listen to experienced advice on matters e.g Track shape,race night and how you deal with your customers. There is a lot more to his promotors resignation it was more of a case that he walked before he was pushed as his position in the BSPA has become unworkable. Unfortunately I do have concerns over the future at Leicester for the rest of this season and unless somebody else comes forward to buy it will it continue in 2017 as am unsure whether Mr Hemsley will be happy with current crowd levels to be just the owner.
  22. This is totally wrong on the BSPA part how can they block an asset to the premier league from riding in his own country especially when BV and rider are all in favour of the move. This just goes to show how the BSPA management team are only there to protect their self interest.
  23. Noodles/Danny Smith That link only allows you to have BT sport at the full £19:99 cost and £5 activation cost I tried myself today as has my brother. The only thing I can think of is this offer just for BT telephone customers as we are both on Sky for phone and Broadband as does say it is a return to us offer
  24. The question is with other clubs starting to make moves to make teams stronger should Leicester look at replacing Seb Ullamek ? Two options could be Nicholas Porsing who has no Polish racing at present as was at Peterborough on Sundays or do you take a gamble on maybe Davey Watt if he is interested.
  25. They will not be able to do a straight swap Cook for Porsing so expect more signings later to replace MPT
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