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IainB

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  1. Rules are made to be Bro... er, changed at the last minute
  2. Didn't he elect to have his operation, weeks ago now, knowing he'd let both of his clubs (and fans) down... Would also be interesting to know when your number 1 booked his hollibobs
  3. Any coincidence that the professionalism in the sport moved ahead massively in these years with the emergence of Nielsen and Gundersen?
  4. Wouldn't of said he dominated though... No commonwealth final, no overseas final
  5. I suppose my point is, if one of the 2 matches is a crowd puller you've mitigated your losses on the other... To run 2 against the same team is asking for disaster
  6. Looking at PC's journey to the 76 world title it doesn't look that dominant (on paper)
  7. Can Peterborough use R/R for Nicholls as he's jetted off to the Caribbean on holiday?
  8. Did you see SoN? Not dominant enough for you? He did drop that point...
  9. I don't believe it! I'm not sure why you find his "I know stuff but I'm not telling" posts interesting, but if you find them interesting you"like" away and feed his ego. I'll wait until somebody in the know says something that is actually interesting, I'd even find speculation interesting ie. JD returning to the Lions... But flagrag is saying nothing
  10. I just wanted to quote this post to extend the thread by a few pages
  11. Not to mention the 13 riders in their "team" that they used to win the title and that's not including guests!
  12. I thought you'd be on here quick with your "I know what's happening but can't tell anyone" posts... If you've got something to say just say it or keep quiet
  13. Double headers used to work... I remember being at the Cov v Hull & Cov v Leicester in 1979(?) The place was heaving!
  14. And they don't tweet themselves, they employ people to manage their social media accounts
  15. I dunno... I could be tempted along to a T20 match on a nice sunny night for a few beers... I have zero interest
  16. Sometimes I think it's hard to recognise true greatness while it's happening in front of you. I remember Gary Havelock commenting on sky, I think, when TRick secured his 4th title that he had joined the greats of the sport and was a serious contender to Ivan Mauger, Tai's obviously not in that league yet, but I believe he will be. Also look at what Lewis Hamilton is currently doing, who'd have thought he'd be equaling Fangio's achievements At the risk of offending BV fans I would suggest that if Tai was riding in PC's era he'd be more akin to Olsen or Mauger but if PC were riding in Tai's era he'd be a Mark Loram who keeps forever missing the starts... That's not too say that Loram wouldn't have cleaned up in PC's era
  17. It's just too damn expensive, who'd pay £17 to go see something they have zero interest in, not me. Run weekends, slash the price to a tenner
  18. If you take that approach then what is the point in running any event at all? Surely that's the point of competitive sport and the against all odds come backs, yes they're few and far between but they do happen, Liverpool European Cup victory, even in Speedway, I remember watching a Peterborough vs Ipswich match many years ago when Peterborough needed 4 or 5 5-1's from the remaining races and they did it, the one where Chris Louis got excluded for fencing somebody at the start, and then there was the Peterborough come back Vs Reading in the play of final... So it does happen, which is why I'm not a fan of the heat 10 result stands rule. If you did call all matches before they'd even been ridden it would certainly help with fixture congestion though!
  19. I hope I'm not being naive but I really don't want to believe that is true, I think what is nearer the truth is that some riders in their inability to accept defeat claim they have been beaten in fixed races
  20. Yes... They've got the FRN right, just needs to be the right N! Surely it's time to switch to Friday, Saturday and Sunday and if riders don't want to do that they can find other jobs to do
  21. I seem to recall Preben Eriksen had a nice set of orange leathers... And an even better van 
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