IainB Posted May 22, 2025 Report Share Posted May 22, 2025 6 minutes ago, Mr Bee said: The end of the year will come and go and there will be nothing announced. He means well (I think) and fair play he's kept Brum going, but the reason that people don't go and watch Speedway in Brum has nothing to do with the word "Speedway" being omitted from the fans replica team shirts. His bit about the motorway service station and people not knowing what he was wearing was comical..... Its because year in year out he builds a crap team. Its poor management, it's the same in any business. No doubt, he runs a successful business, a world he understands, but when you listen to him, its clear he knows very little about running a Speedway Team. A little bit like when we had Mick Horton. If the team was winning, or at least has a semi decent chance of winning at home, more people would go. And in a city the size of Birmingham, there are plenty of other things to go and spend your money on. I appreciate its difficult though as Brum are always left with the riders no one else wants, and as a result all ride out of position. If it wasn't so sad it was quite comical listening to his interview, the shirts, that he's responsible for, not having the word Speedway written on them! His head completely in the clouds regarding the Alexander stadium! £6,000 rent per meeting, meaning tickets for his 600 crowd would have to start at £100 before you even get to thinking about paying riders, cloud cuckoo land, why even mention it as a possibility, he may as well have gone to Villa Park! A fool and his money are easily parted, he obviously knows how to make and sell badges, but like you say running a Speedway promotion not so much, he needed better people around him I think, and now he's talking about inflicting the same process on another club, it beggars belief! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiveusaB Posted May 22, 2025 Report Share Posted May 22, 2025 He'll have to eat a few more pies to model himself anywhere near Dan McCormack! 😀 At least we found out one fact from this interview? MJJ was only signed till MAY(initially)! So, season ticket holders were conned yet again! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitch Posted May 22, 2025 Report Share Posted May 22, 2025 (edited) 15 hours ago, IainB said: Has anybody heard Nigel Tolley on this week's British Speedway podcast? 32 mins in: Yes I listened to him, I thought what a great guy. He has spent a fortune on keeping Brummies up and running and still has the passion to try and find a new home for them to carry on. But could perhaps do with some help and guidance from someone so he can at least break even. Edited May 22, 2025 by Pitch Added more. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted May 22, 2025 Report Share Posted May 22, 2025 30 minutes ago, Pitch said: Yes I listened to him, I thought what a great guy. He has spent a fortune on keeping Brummies up and running and still has the passion to try and find a new home for them to carry on. But could perhaps do with some help and guidance from someone so he can at least break even. I could be wrong but didn't Neil Machin join somebody as promoter somewhere to kind of guide them in their first years of promotion and offer advice etc. Before standing back? I'm pretty sure he did, can't remember where though, it may even have been at Leicester or Sheffield when the Bates took over. That's what Tolley needed imo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bee Posted May 22, 2025 Report Share Posted May 22, 2025 1 hour ago, GiveusaB said: He'll have to eat a few more pies to model himself anywhere near Dan McCormack! 😀 At least we found out one fact from this interview? MJJ was only signed till MAY(initially)! So, season ticket holders were conned yet again! And he said MJJ indicated he would stay if he was happy. Well clearly, he wasn't happy and he's left. When he said that I thought, "he's just realised what he's said and how that sounds now that he's left". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie456 Posted May 22, 2025 Report Share Posted May 22, 2025 8 hours ago, PhilTheAce said: what cant he tell us till end of the season??? Maybe its that hes taking over the Raines at sheffield next season Could be some mileage in that as he is big pals with their promoter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted May 22, 2025 Report Share Posted May 22, 2025 2 hours ago, Wolfie456 said: Could be some mileage in that as he is big pals with their promoter. It’s a rumour certainly doing the rounds, him and one of his curry night mates who is currently involved with Sheffield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilTheAce Posted May 22, 2025 Report Share Posted May 22, 2025 3 hours ago, Wolfie456 said: Could be some mileage in that as he is big pals with their promoter. Oh. It’s deffo got alot of miles mate, Ryan guest clearly trying to get him to say it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LagutaRacingFan Posted May 22, 2025 Report Share Posted May 22, 2025 (edited) Just listened to the Tolley interview. A very smart guy who is super articulate. He seems to get a lot of stick on this forum, not sure why? Really nice comments on MJJ from Tolley. Tolley said the door is open for Michael to return later on in the season. Edited May 22, 2025 by LagutaRacingFan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS50 Posted May 22, 2025 Report Share Posted May 22, 2025 9 hours ago, IainB said: I could be wrong but didn't Neil Machin join somebody as promoter somewhere to kind of guide them in their first years of promotion and offer advice etc. Before standing back? I'm pretty sure he did, can't remember where though, it may even have been at Leicester or Sheffield when the Bates took over. That's what Tolley needed imo. Seem to remember that Machin may have been a promoter at Sheffield, when the Bates family first started there. Quite sure he was also a promoter at Leicester at some point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiveusaB Posted May 23, 2025 Report Share Posted May 23, 2025 Sheffield fans wont tolerate the teams that Rogers puts together! Its been dire at Bham since he arrived!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naffer Posted May 23, 2025 Report Share Posted May 23, 2025 (edited) His head completely in the clouds regarding the Alexander stadium! £6,000 rent per meeting, meaning tickets for his 600 crowdwould have to start at £100 before you even get tothinking about paying riders, cloud cuckoo land, ……………………. i make that £10 per head The rest might be right to be fair. Edited May 23, 2025 by naffer Spelling 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted May 23, 2025 Report Share Posted May 23, 2025 38 minutes ago, naffer said: His head completely in the clouds regarding the Alexander stadium! £6,000 rent per meeting, meaning tickets for his 600 crowdwould have to start at £100 before you even get tothinking about paying riders, cloud cuckoo land, ……………………. i make that £10 per head The rest might be right to be fair. Maths was never my strong point 🙃 I wonder how that compared to the rent at PB? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattB Posted May 24, 2025 Report Share Posted May 24, 2025 (edited) On 5/21/2025 at 10:06 PM, cowboy cookie returns? said: The radical overhaul should have happen after Covid, the promoters had an entire season written off where they could have used the time to come up with a blue print. That was the great chance the promoters had to really change trajectory of speedway in the UK, just like 99 when Sky got involved. Instead, they decided to just pick up where they left off. Said before though. The sad reality for me is that most people in speedway are quite happy for it to be run in this amateurish and low key way Edited May 24, 2025 by MattB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king junior Posted May 25, 2025 Report Share Posted May 25, 2025 (edited) So just to make things clear, weve gone from Sheffield is closing next year due as we're getting kicked out of Owlerton to now Tolley is taking over Sheffield... We're proper 'in the know' on this forum 🤡 Edited May 25, 2025 by spin king junior 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted May 25, 2025 Report Share Posted May 25, 2025 You have to take your hat off to Tolley, a nice bloke who is willing to throw some money at speedway. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted May 25, 2025 Report Share Posted May 25, 2025 31 minutes ago, eric i said: You have to take your hat off to Tolley, a nice bloke who is willing to throw some money at speedway. It could and should have been so much better than it was though, unfortunately the PL was just a continuation of their CL years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRJHP Posted May 29, 2025 Report Share Posted May 29, 2025 (edited) Any news who we might sign to replace MJJ? Edited May 29, 2025 by MRJHP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LagutaRacingFan Posted May 29, 2025 Report Share Posted May 29, 2025 1 hour ago, MRJHP said: Any news who we might sign to replace MJJ? Wouldn't surprise me to see MJJ back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted May 29, 2025 Report Share Posted May 29, 2025 1 minute ago, LagutaRacingFan said: Wouldn't surprise me to see MJJ back. Christ the man’s only been to the loo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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