waytogo28 Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 A reward for sponsorship. Cannot be anything else other than Alex's ongoing love affair with what is left of the sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semion Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 How come Roger Warnes never got the job? He’s ploughed 100’sK into Lynn Speedway. Does he still have to pay to get in these days ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 36 minutes ago, semion said: How come Roger Warnes never got the job? He’s ploughed 100’sK into Lynn Speedway. Does he still have to pay to get in these days ? Have to agree - was a main sponsor ploughed a lot of money into the club -he lived and breathed KL speedway and was dropped and had to pay to get in as you say . Money talks I guess and if a bigger offer comes in to sponsor the club I guess most would go with it - But there wasn’t a more loyal sponsor than Roger and his wife but loyalty counted for nothing in the end . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Haza said: Have to agree - was a main sponsor ploughed a lot of money into the club -he lived and breathed KL speedway and was dropped and had to pay to get in as you say . Money talks I guess and if a bigger offer comes in to sponsor the club I guess most would go with it - But there wasn’t a more loyal sponsor than Roger and his wife but loyalty counted for nothing in the end . Roger keeps coming ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 12 minutes ago, Trees said: Roger keeps coming ...... I guess that’s a dig at me and many many more that’s stopped going for various reasons over the last few seasons - As for Roger I’m pleased he does go he loves his speedway - but should he really have to pay to go into a meeting? after all the sponsorship money he put into the club ? I no the line has to be drawn somewhere on letting people in free obviously but I personally think Roger has been put on the wrong side of the line . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Haza said: I guess that’s a dig at me and many many more that’s stopped going for various reasons over the last few seasons - As for Roger I’m pleased he does go he loves his speedway - but should he really have to pay to go into a meeting? after all the sponsorship money he put into the club ? I no the line has to be drawn somewhere on letting people in free obviously but I personally think Roger has been put on the wrong side of the line . Why would that be a dig at you and many others?The way i read it is Trees just said Roger keeps coming so must be happy paying.Roger is a good man and maybe he prefers to pay anyway rather than going in for free.Has anyone asked the question or are people just assuming.Other former main sponsors pay too you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semion Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 Of course Roger would pay. What’s 20 quid to a man like him. More a principle at stake here. As I understand it that was the reason Mrs Roger stopped going. Not sure if she now attends again or not. Just great to hear a man like Roger still keeps coming. I hope I still have that level of enthusiasm when I’m his age. Where would the Sport be without the likes of him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedtiger Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 KL are in a desperately sad situation, run in an amateur way by the clown Buster who has also overseen the biggest downturn and destruction of speedway in history as recent chairman of the BSPL, a poor team thats bottom of the league by a mile and appointed the new team manager who’s a bit of a ‘fan’, what a joke, the true KL fans must be ashamed. No wonder fans have walked away from a Micky Mouse club. To boot the club must be loosing a fortune and clueless Chapman hopes an estate agent will save them, IMO he’s not got a chance. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byker Biker Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 38 minutes ago, Speedtiger said: KL are in a desperately sad situation, run in an amateur way by the clown Buster who has also overseen the biggest downturn and destruction of speedway in history as recent chairman of the BSPL, a poor team thats bottom of the league by a mile and appointed the new team manager who’s a bit of a ‘fan’, what a joke, the true KL fans must be ashamed. No wonder fans have walked away from a Micky Mouse club. To boot the club must be loosing a fortune and clueless Chapman hopes an estate agent will save them, IMO he’s not got a chance. It could be worse, he could still have that "Richard head" Brundle in tow! My God what a narrow escape that has been .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Speedtiger said: KL are in a desperately sad situation, run in an amateur way by the clown Buster who has also overseen the biggest downturn and destruction of speedway in history as recent chairman of the BSPL, a poor team thats bottom of the league by a mile and appointed the new team manager who’s a bit of a ‘fan’, what a joke, the true KL fans must be ashamed. No wonder fans have walked away from a Micky Mouse club. To boot the club must be loosing a fortune and clueless Chapman hopes an estate agent will save them, IMO he’s not got a chance. Remember when we last appointed a bit of a fan and won quite a bit.Use to stuff one of your teams on a regular basis.One being a 75-15 remember that one,think you must still be upset about that.Not bad having a bit of a fan in charge.Time will tell obviously,but not expecting anything from him this season anyway with the team he has been handed. Edited July 20, 2021 by tellboy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hackett Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 Perhaps the new manager is hoping he can get a few short term letting deals with riders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, tellboy said: Why would that be a dig at you and many others?The way i read it is Trees just said Roger keeps coming so must be happy paying.Roger is a good man and maybe he prefers to pay anyway rather than going in for free.Has anyone asked the question or are people just assuming.Other former main sponsors pay too you know. Definitely having a dig which is fine by me Edited July 20, 2021 by Haza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted July 20, 2021 Report Share Posted July 20, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Speedtiger said: KL are in a desperately sad situation, run in an amateur way by the clown Buster who has also overseen the biggest downturn and destruction of speedway in history as recent chairman of the BSPL, a poor team thats bottom of the league by a mile and appointed the new team manager who’s a bit of a ‘fan’, what a joke, the true KL fans must be ashamed. No wonder fans have walked away from a Micky Mouse club. To boot the club must be loosing a fortune and clueless Chapman hopes an estate agent will save them, IMO he’s not got a chance. Your a true speedway fan, by the sounds of it .Crowds have been pretty good apart from the TV meeting. Loosing a fortune lol. It's Busters, it's free.It's a multi use venue...... How much is your rent. Clown Edited July 20, 2021 by Bald Bloke 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedtiger Posted July 21, 2021 Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 12 hours ago, tellboy said: Remember when we last appointed a bit of a fan and won quite a bit.Use to stuff one of your teams on a regular basis.One being a 75-15 remember that one,think you must still be upset about that.Not bad having a bit of a fan in charge.Time will tell obviously,but not expecting anything from him this season anyway with the team he has been handed. You seriously can not defend the incompetence of Chapman both at KL and as Chairman of the BSPA. He’s been useless and reckless and has run the sport into the ground. He's operating a micky mouse underachieving club and has proved conclusively that he is clueless. Anyway regarding racing we’ll soon see how your bit of a fan manager performs tomorrow. No matter who wins it will be interesting and will surely bring in many fans just to watch the World Famous BV Aces. Good luck. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dog Posted July 21, 2021 Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 Whether the new manager is a fan or not, it's how the riders respond to him. Some of the best managers in the world never get their riders to perform so it's worth a shot surely. Didn't Ipswich use their photographer one year as team manager not so long ago? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semion Posted July 21, 2021 Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 The one positive could when a new man arrives at the helm you tend to see a New Manager ‘bounce’. So watch Belle Vue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted July 21, 2021 Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Speedtiger said: You seriously can not defend the incompetence of Chapman both at KL and as Chairman of the BSPA. He’s been useless and reckless and has run the sport into the ground. He's operating a micky mouse underachieving club and has proved conclusively that he is clueless. Anyway regarding racing we’ll soon see how your bit of a fan manager performs tomorrow. No matter who wins it will be interesting and will surely bring in many fans just to watch the World Famous BV Aces. Good luck. Well if you think one man has run speedway into the ground that's your opinion.Personally I think speedway in the UK has been on the decline since the 90's.To many things for people to do since then.If it was an easy ride to be the chairman we would have seen Ford there by now.It is a poisoned chalice at the moment and who ever has the job will get lambasted for any decisions. But at the end of the day I thought it was a committee that made decisions collectively not just one person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted July 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Speedtiger said: You seriously can not defend the incompetence of Chapman both at KL and as Chairman of the BSPA. He’s been useless and reckless and has run the sport into the ground. He's operating a micky mouse underachieving club and has proved conclusively that he is clueless. Anyway regarding racing we’ll soon see how your bit of a fan manager performs tomorrow. No matter who wins it will be interesting and will surely bring in many fans just to watch the World Famous BV Aces. Good luck. Clearly know so little. Chapman & Godfrey tried to implement 100's of changes for the future but you do realise that final votes go through all voting promoters & the SCB. I'm not Chapman's biggest fan but you do realise that it doesn't matter who the Chairman & Vice-Chaiman are they're at a lose already?? The blame lies with all voting promoter's & SCB. Don't be so deluded. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedtiger Posted July 21, 2021 Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 42 minutes ago, Daniel Smith said: Clearly know so little. Chapman & Godfrey tried to implement 100's of changes for the future but you do realise that final votes go through all voting promoters & the SCB. I'm not Chapman's biggest fan but you do realise that it doesn't matter who the Chairman & Vice-Chaiman are they're at a lose already?? The blame lies with all voting promoter's & SCB. Don't be so deluded. It is a fact that under Chapman and the equally useless clown prince Godfrey divisive ‘dictatorship’ they oversaw the biggest fall in crowds and the demise of a number of clubs. He also wasted all the ‘rainy day’ funds on paying out wrongly sacked management staff and the bizarre engine fiasco that cost the BSPA hundreds of thousands of pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted July 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, Speedtiger said: It is a fact that under Chapman and the equally useless clown prince Godfrey divisive ‘dictatorship’ they oversaw the biggest fall in crowds and the demise of a number of clubs. He also wasted all the ‘rainy day’ funds on paying out wrongly sacked management staff and the bizarre engine fiasco that cost the BSPA hundreds of thousands of pounds. Again, all these issues were voted through by the boards. Similarly the Anlas tyre fiasco this season. Suppose this is Chapman's fault too?? Get ya head out ua a$$ & realise the issues overall are not down to a single person. Edited July 21, 2021 by Daniel Smith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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