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Even the late great Bob Willis described those that watched county cricket as "social misfits"... imagine what he would have made of Speedway?

He's not got to "guess" how long of the 2 mins is left in Poland

Like all sports it's about the integrity and the meaningfulness of winning, if Speedway had a fraction of the integrity of Ashes Test Cricket or Major Championship Golf and the history behind them the terraces would be packed

And the 4's in 2011... but apart from that and the pairs last year and the pairs in 2015 what have the Witches won since 98?

The track is a disgrace, the racing is crap, there's no passing, where's the crowd, rider x is a gating tart, why did the camera's miss that pass, Tatum's said this, er um er, Tatum's not said that, how can Louis say that about Chapman... blah, blah, blah, next match please

So, really you have no business credentials, yet are happy to criticise him for for his "very limited business acumen". And what exactly is the financial mess at KL? Have you thought that Buster may need to liquidate some of his assets and/or move actual cash into the club, to dig the club out of the mess it has clearly been left in? This is not the work of a moment. The "incompetent fool Chapman" has kept Lynn in business for over 30 years, and saved Peterborough. This is not speculation or hear-say it is a fact. Yet many on here want to see him out of the sport... and for who? Nobody is queuing up to buy these clubs, there's some show ponies who are talking the talk, but when push comes to shove are not walking the walk

Don't forget the clapped out old tractors... they must be worth quite a bit at the vintage classic tractor auctions

One thing's for sure... confusion rules the day

I'm not sure it was though

You can't have it both ways... and your business credentials?

King's Lynn: Premier Trophy Champions: 2006, 2007 & 2009 Young Shield Champions: 2005 K.O. Cup Champions: 2000, 2005 2006, 2007 & 2009 Premiership Winners: 2001 Premiership table winners: 2018 Premiership Play-Finalists: 2018 Premiership KO Cup runners-up: 2018 Premier League Champions: 2006 & 2009 Peterborough: Premiership Champions 2021 Also if you could let me know the name of your company just so I can look it up at Companies House Thanks

It'd only be the usual can't say too much, a lot going on behind the scenes etc. etc. Blah blah blah

I thought you watched it illegally... being a Pirate and all that

Yes

So you'll be Introducing prospective owners? Getting your cheque book out? Buying a lottery ticket?

Watched this last night while reading the comments on here and as usual it was the usual mix of hysteria, mis-information and negativity. The track was fine, there were no incidents caused by poor track conditions, you could put Gilkes spill down to inexperience, a great lay down by TJ btw. What Howarth was going on about when complaining about the track I don't know, his manager when interviewed said the track was fine, nobody seemed to be having issues with it. The way he was describing it you could almost imagine he was talking about the Sheffield track, he's been around long enough now that he should be adapting to these type of tracks. The racing was perfectly fine, there were a few good tussles. There's no doubt the track is not as conducive to good racing as it used to be but it is what it is. Laguta & Lambert were excellent for the Stars and TJ rode like a Lion in the re-run of 14 and had a pretty decent night before that too. Lynn's problems stem right back to the start of the season for me and the initial team selection... who in their right mind would have Klindt & KK (KKK?) in the same team, they're both notorious for their yo-yo scoring, KK in the head and K for being a demon gater... or not. To have KK as your "big" star when other clubs were bringing in Bewley, Sayfutdinov, Fricke, Holder, Doyle, Pedersen etc. Lynn were always onto a loser. I think if Laguta had been there from the start the season may have turned out very differently. The team as it stands currently, Thomson, for me is not PL quality yet, especially in the main body of the team, Klindt, just not reliable enough for consistent points, if he and Thomson and "Big" Ben Barker had scored 10 between them last night all of a sudden it's a 43-47 thriller. 2 points from 3 riders (2 very experienced riders) is just not good enough.

I don't know how or why but I think that's just a problem with British society today a general apathy to everything... you only have to look at the news agenda to see that, there's so much to protest about (I'm not going to name specifics as everybody will have their own particular thing that gets their goat). Why the masses are not on the street protesting, like the French, I will never know... we seem to have been beaten down so much in this country that generally it seems pointless in protesting about anything... it's too much trouble, nothing will ever get done, money will out... what's the point... and I include myself in that. Hats off to the Coventry team are like a dog with a bone trying to "save" Coventry Speedway, but, it's been 6 years now and the team are, in reality, no nearer to returning today than they were 6 years ago... and it maybe another 6 and they may be in the same position.

Nope, he was clearly sat in his pit bay on his phone with both bikes in front of him just prior to the heat 14 rerun

I get it... the whole sport is in a mess, seeing any club go out of business through non attendance surely can't be the answer though, not if you really want to see Speedway survive and flourish. We all have our own ideas on what should be done but unfortunately as none of us are club owners there's very little we can do about it short of some kind of fan petition/demonstration

I think there's a third base, and I've just referenced it in my previous post... supporters of the club, which is different to the team, the club, it's history, the volunteer staff that make it all happen, it's just a shame that some of the mercenaries that ride for the club don't share the same passion as some of the clubs followers

I'm not throwing anything at KL fans I'm specifically addressing @Bagpuss and fans like him who clearly bleed green & gold () that at this moment if they don't support their club... not team... there will be no club. I'm currently catching up with last nights meeting, I'm at heat 7, track seems perfectly fine, there's been a couple of good races, the stars are just getting stuffed due to a poor team being put together

I'm specifically addressing those fans that don't attend because their team ain't winning. If every fan took that stance the team finishing bottom of the league every year would close

It's alright to hold this view if you are prepared to kiss goodbye to speedway and not miss it. I would say you shouldn't hold this position if you are planning on attending again once a team starts winning. Speedway changes the rules so often that a club is not in the doldrums for that long and things can change very quickly when the right people are in the right positions on both sides of the fence. You only have to look at clubs that have won things in any league in speedway and then compare that to other sports... the only serial winners in speedway had been Poole

I wonder if this latest crisis is the way the KL promotion are going to announce to the Speedway world that Laguta won't be riding away matches?

What would you spend 22 quid plus petrol on? A winning team and poor racing? A losing team and great racing? You can't just support a team when they're winning and leave everybody else to support them when they're losing to keep that club alive for you to attend when they start winning again... that's just not right for me. As a follower of Leicester & Long Eaton (in the bad old days), I've had my fair share of losing. Normally I'd agree with you but this seems to be pretty existential stuff for Lynn