Plymouth 2026

[Mr Blobby]

Must have money growing on trees down Plymouth these days. 

[Bagpuss]

4 minutes ago, Mr Blobby said:

Must have money growing on trees down Plymouth these days. 

I've never known anybody to be as obsessed about other people's money as you.

[Mr Blobby]

4 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

I've never known anybody to be as obsessed about other people's money as you.

Say it how it is, don’t see the problem with that. 

[Bagpuss]

34 minutes ago, Mr Blobby said:

Say it how it is, don’t see the problem with that. 

It makes you come across as bitter and jealous.

No doubt the Monarchs have paid all their top riders over the years with magic beans 😂

[Neila]

59 minutes ago, Mr Blobby said:

Must have money growing on trees down Plymouth these days. 

Maybe @lewyhelping them out 😜

[szkocjasid]

3 hours ago, Marky_Mark said:

Interestingly this puts them about 1.5 points below the limit, could replace Tom Spencer with Paul Starke 

Starke's average is too high. Ben Trigger would fit! However would be very harsh on Spencer to get replaced so early in the season.

[TheWellBehavedWorrall]

Slovenian riders give me PTSD since Matic Ivacic, but this boy can’t be any worse.

[lewy]

2 hours ago, Mr Blobby said:

Say it how it is, don’t see the problem with that. 

We let cluff go so you could sign him at least he won't cost you much in points money!

[Mr Blobby]

2 hours ago, lewy said:

We let cluff go so you could sign him at least he won't cost you much in points money!

2 meetings in and not a penny spent 😂

[HGould]

9 hours ago, Mr Blobby said:

Must have money growing on trees down Plymouth these days. 

You miss one obvious fact

When 16 - 17 year old British lads turn up with the sponsored van festooned in Stickers, 3 CL Class bikes festooned in Stickers, dad and mom and 10 relatives all wanting free tickets and a couple of PL level mechanics and wanting more a point than most CL teams pay an experienced second string plus bonuses and all other sorts, then actually keen potentially progressive early 20's European riders who are here to race and learn can overall be a far more economical option.

Then when these 16-17 year olds do anything remotely notwworthy they feck off to one of the "big clubs".

That's after they have signed for your NDL team at 15, only agreeing because you promise them a CL place if they perform well, and when they do, they still feck off to another CL Team, then its not hard to wonder why some young british riders who think the Sport has the money it had 20 years ago are quite simply pricing themselves out of the market.

 

 

[Mr Blobby]

9 minutes ago, HGould said:

You miss one obvious fact

When 16 - 17 year old British lads turn up with the sponsored van festooned in Stickers, 3 CL Class bikes festooned in Stickers, dad and mom and 10 relatives all wanting free tickets and a couple of PL level mechanics and wanting more a point than most CL teams pay an experienced second string plus bonuses and all other sorts, then actually keen potentially progressive early 20's European riders who are here to race and learn can overall be a far more economical option.

Then when these 16-17 year olds do anything remotely notwworthy they feck off to one of the "big clubs".

That's after they have signed for your NDL team at 15, only agreeing because you promise them a CL place if they perform well, and when they do, they still feck off to another CL Team, then its not hard to wonder why some young british riders who think the Sport has the money it had 20 years ago are quite simply pricing themselves out of the market.

 

 

Some of the Europeans boys that have had a taste of polish money over the last year or so have been demanding silly money/can’t fit in their schedule when being told the going rate for someone on their average. Then appeared at an alternative club in the UK all of sudden a couple of months down the line. Plymouth’s latest signing being one of those. 
 

Anyway all the best to the kid as think he’ll actually do okay. Talented rider imo. 

[torpointfanatic22]

On 4/19/2026 at 12:09 AM, szkocjasid said:

Starke's average is too high. Ben Trigger would fit! However would be very harsh on Spencer to get replaced so early in the season.

Harsh? Maybe, but he's had 3 matches, 12 rides and scored 3+1 where every point scored was as a result of an exclusion or faller. If he was on the pace, competing, you'd have to say yeah give him more time, but he's been a mile behind and nowhere near being competitive, I mean at Poole he was 1/4 of a lap behind after the first lap in the reserves race, and even at Plymouth he's been tailed off a long way.

It would be harsh, but the best teams make tough decisions no matter how early on and while the spare points are there, we should be all over a stronger number 7 especially with this new Slovenian lad who is unlikely to produce the kind of points Tobias would have got us (at least early on). 

Trigger isn't pulling up trees but he'd definitely be a better option at this stage imo. 

We've 3 cup matches this week and assuming we don't make a change prior to those, if Spencer doesn't at least get competitive he's got to be gone before the league action starts.

[Fromafar]

On 4/18/2026 at 9:53 PM, Mr Blobby said:

Must have money growing on trees down Plymouth these days. 

Just broke a branch of Monarchs tree.🤔