Plymouth v Glasgow

[JanAndersen]

11 minutes ago, Mr Blobby said:

Pumped

Didn’t realise Blobby beat me to the mature addition to the thread. Sorry not sorry. 😉 

[IainB]

The Plymouth track staff aren't going to win any prizes for air bag replacement!

Pretty sure Kerr touched the tapes in heat 3

KJP looks a class act on and off the track

Got to question Leon Flint missing bread and butter Glasgow matches chasing qualification for a competition he has almost zero chance of qualifying for and if by some miracle he did would probably miss a load more matches 🤷‍♂️

Klima a surprise packet especially on such a tight technical track

@lewy got some good exposure tonight... money well spent 😂

Edited April 25 by IainB

[Gazc]

26 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

Isn't Cami  moaning about the track yet?

Not sure if Cami moaned but the kids running in the kids race did say it was a bit  on the slick side and were concerned about a couple off ruts on the second bend

[Gazc]

19 minutes ago, JanAndersen said:

Didn’t realise Blobby beat me to the mature addition to the thread. Sorry not sorry. 😉 

Humped I can accept but Blobby has to take it too far with Pumped.

[Bellers101]

Has it finished yet?

[oldswindonsupporter]

40 minutes ago, marko said:

Three and a half hours to run 15 heats, and only one pass.
 

Three actually.

[oldswindonsupporter]

39 minutes ago, gmarsbar2 said:

He'd have every right to. The only pass of the night ended with an exclusion

Incorrect, Kyle Newman's pass didn't earn him an exclusion.

[oldswindonsupporter]

40 minutes ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said:

Any newcomers through the door will have to have suffered a severe brain injury between heats one and fifteen (an almost four hour duration) for them to even consider returning.

Meeting started at 19:00, finished 22:00, that's is 3 hours, not 4.

 

[gjcone44]

14 minutes ago, Bellers101 said:

Has it finished yet?

No they are having a old folks race now, still half a lap to go.

[TheWellBehavedWorrall]

7 minutes ago, oldswindonsupporter said:

Incorrect, Kyle Newman's pass didn't earn him an exclusion.

Jesus Christ.😂

”No, no, no… sir, I think you’ll find there were in fact two, yes two, passes executed - one legally, the other not - during fifteen heats this evening. Well worth the three hourss duration”.

Edited April 25 by TheWellBehavedWorrall

[Noelinho]

Let's be honest, we knew we hadn't done enough last night. I have no love for the KO Cup anyway. Of all the competitions, it seems the most pointless, with the number of teams we have. Never mind.

[Fromafar]

39 minutes ago, Noelinho said:

Let's be honest, we knew we hadn't done enough last night. I have no love for the KO Cup anyway. Of all the competitions, it seems the most pointless, with the number of teams we have. Never mind.

🤔Not sure the Management look at it that way though.

[HGould]

9 hours ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said:

I’m so disappointed in the performance, I can’t bring myself to criticise the track because it’ll appear bitter, but as an event, that might be the worst advert I’ve ever saw for speedway.

Any newcomers through the door will have to have suffered a severe brain injury between heats one and fifteen (an almost four hour duration) for them to even consider returning.

Well done Plymouth. Solid last night at Ashfield, then head and shoulders above us tonight.

Speedway Forum, with all due respect a lot of dinosaurs , like all social media, full of negativity.

I wasn't at Plymouth last night, I never watch BSN, I am occasional Speedway attender these days.

I went to Plymouth earlier in the eason VIBRANT . PACKED , FULL OF NEW FANS...

 

Now go and take a look at Plymouth Gladiators Social Media. Excellent non Speedway Fans media Team started last season, combined with and overseen by the always excellent Andy Hague.

Bumper Crowd again last night 

Did they moan about "no passing" "long air fence delays" " three hours to finish a meeting" "queues to get in"??

Well if the did nO ONE seems to have moaned

"Brilliant"

"Exciting"

"First Time i'll be back"

"Great Atmosphere"

"Fantastic spectacle"

"Great night thanks to the electrician who found my childs earbud under the NHS Stand"

 

Massive positivit from NEW fans, returning fans , curious to have a look at what its all about fans.

 

No extinction level event in Devon

Dinosaurs face extinction.

 

Plymouth, as i've banged on about for 12 months , bucking the trend , MAKING EACH RACE NIGHT A ONE OFF EVENT!

The Score doesn't matter

The Delays don't matter

It's like a one off Concert / Theatre / Circus / type Event.

Speedway as E N T E R T A I N M E N T not as a Sport!

Gloaters can gloat, moaners can moan, Plymouth seem to have found a magic elexir!

 

(No disrespect meant to any poster, just trying to open up minds !)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[lewy]

24 minutes ago, HGould said:

Speedway Forum, with all due respect a lot of dinosaurs , like all social media, full of negativity.

I wasn't at Plymouth last night, I never watch BSN, I am occasional Speedway attender these days.

I went to Plymouth earlier in the eason VIBRANT . PACKED , FULL OF NEW FANS...

 

Now go and take a look at Plymouth Gladiators Social Media. Excellent non Speedway Fans media Team started last season, combined with and overseen by the always excellent Andy Hague.

Bumper Crowd again last night 

Did they moan about "no passing" "long air fence delays" " three hours to finish a meeting" "queues to get in"??

Well if the did nO ONE seems to have moaned

"Brilliant"

"Exciting"

"First Time i'll be back"

"Great Atmosphere"

"Fantastic spectacle"

"Great night thanks to the electrician who found my childs earbud under the NHS Stand"

 

Massive positivit from NEW fans, returning fans , curious to have a look at what its all about fans.

 

No extinction level event in Devon

Dinosaurs face extinction.

 

Plymouth, as i've banged on about for 12 months , bucking the trend , MAKING EACH RACE NIGHT A ONE OFF EVENT!

The Score doesn't matter

The Delays don't matter

It's like a one off Concert / Theatre / Circus / type Event.

Speedway as E N T E R T A I N M E N T not as a Sport!

Gloaters can gloat, moaners can moan, Plymouth seem to have found a magic elexir!

 

(No disrespect meant to any poster, just trying to open up minds !)

Nobody likes us but we don't care.lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[gjcone44]

i agree, if people who were there enjoyed their evening, thats excellent. 

[marko]

It was three and a half hours because they started late and punished those who got their on time in order to reward those that did not, and didn’t even seem like that big a crowd, it look busy because its such a small stadium, I don’t think they would have filled the grandstand at Peterborough.

Im sure the locals enjoyed it but for the neutrals, I hope I speak for a few when I say I would rather watch speedway at a proper track where you can race two or more side by side and not a glorified training track.

[lewy]

10 minutes ago, marko said:

It was three and a half hours because they started late and punished those who got their on time in order to reward those that did not, and didn’t even seem like that big a crowd, it look busy because its such a small stadium, I don’t think they would have filled the grandstand at Peterborough.

Im sure the locals enjoyed it but for the neutrals, I hope I speak for a few when I say I would rather watch speedway at a proper track where you can race two or more side by side and not a glorified training track.

You are so far off the mark with this statement it beggars belief,stinks of envy of a club on the up in these challenging times rather than a club in decline like the majority of teams,crowds and positivity. Plymouth bucking the trend long may it continue. 

[Nickinho]

13 hours ago, LisaColette said:

Glasgow need to change the reserves before it wrecks their season.

Also why is Cami replacing a rider scoring 0 with a rider scoring 0? 🤷‍♀️

Cammy is a tactical mastermind and he's playing 4D chess. Rest assured the Tigers will comfortably win tonight and his genius will finally be recognised.

Edited April 26 by Nickinho

[foreverblue]

29 minutes ago, marko said:

It was three and a half hours because they started late and punished those who got their on time in order to reward those that did not, and didn’t even seem like that big a crowd, it look busy because its such a small stadium, I don’t think they would have filled the grandstand at Peterborough.

Im sure the locals enjoyed it but for the neutrals, I hope I speak for a few when I say I would rather watch speedway at a proper track where you can race two or more side by side and not a glorified training track.

Personally I think Plymouth are doing a good job most of the time, it looked a decent crowd because it was, yes it is smaller than most but usually produces more passing than last night. The good thing about speedway in this country is the variety of tracks, doesnt mean the racing is poor or not enjoyable because it is a small track.

You mentioned Peterborough which was a great track that seems to be lost now and unfortunately it is highly unlikely there will never be anyone watching speedway from the grandstand in the future.

[IainB]

32 minutes ago, foreverblue said:

Personally I think Plymouth are doing a good job most of the time, it looked a decent crowd because it was, yes it is smaller than most but usually produces more passing than last night. The good thing about speedway in this country is the variety of tracks, doesnt mean the racing is poor or not enjoyable because it is a small track.

You mentioned Peterborough which was a great track that seems to be lost now and unfortunately it is highly unlikely there will never be anyone watching speedway from the grandstand in the future.

There was certainly plenty of "incident" last night to keep folk interested even if the "racing" (passing) wasn't up to much. If it hadn't had taken them around 20 minutes per pop to replace the airbags there was nothing much else to complain about... they're certainly not going to get a job in an F1 pit crew with the amount of time it took them to replace the bags, they really need to be addressing that, I remember seeing the Birmingham track staff replacing an airbag in a matter of minutes a couple of years back, literally 2 or 3 minutes! Proving that it can be done.

When you've had a 20 minute delay to replace an airbag, a 52 second race and then follow that up with a 10 minute track grade it's not really "fan friendly". Due to the tight, confined nature of the Plymouth track they really need to get on top of this issue.

Edited April 26 by IainB