Youhave2minutes Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 1 hour ago, IainB said: It absolutely hammered it down at 6pm last Thursday... If you ask them nicely they may provide the phone number of their weather forecaster ☎️😂 That’s an old phone you supplied🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 6 minutes ago, TB1 said: If British Speedway had an advertising campaign and used the strapline ' subject to availability' would that be considered as taking the piss? Well here’s something to put that piss in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Irving Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 3 hours ago, Racin Jason 72 said: Lynn should be docked two league points like they were previously. With cooper an injury doubt and a team change incoming they had no intention of ever riding last night. 100%. They weren’t going to ride without their in form reserve, and an out of sorts Paco when they knew full well another home defeat would have in all likelihood ended their season in May. Very much the same as pit gate-gate, rather than run RR and a guest for two missing riders on Danish international duty, they make up a cock and bull story about a “broken pit gate”. Kings Lynn are a cowboy outfit run by absolute charlatans and they wonder why riders are constantly buggering off mid-season and show little commitment. It’s embarrassing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 11 hours ago, ShanoXtra said: Were they locked? Hanging off the hinges. Rotten posts been bodged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 20 minutes ago, TB1 said: If British Speedway had an advertising campaign and used the strapline ' subject to availability' would that be considered as taking the piss? Would that strapline also been known as a jockstrap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 5 minutes ago, Steve Irving said: 100%. They weren’t going to ride without their in form reserve, and an out of sorts Paco when they knew full well another home defeat would have in all likelihood ended their season in May. Very much the same as pit gate-gate, rather than run RR and a guest for two missing riders on Danish international duty, they make up a cock and bull story about a “broken pit gate”. Kings Lynn are a cowboy outfit run by absolute charlatans and they wonder why riders are constantly buggering off mid-season and show little commitment. It’s embarrassing. Well said about time the truth came out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 1 hour ago, IainB said: It absolutely hammered it down at 6pm last Thursday... If you ask them nicely they may provide the phone number of their weather forecaster ☎️😂 This amount of hammers Iain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Irving Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 18 minutes ago, mikebv said: I agree, but.... How many fans does it really impact? 1500 at the most? 1500 who will more than likely be there for the next meeting regardless, given the sport is pretty much down to the die hsrds who accept "anything", so very little impact in reality.. Measure that against flight costs, hotel costs, basic travel expenses for UK based riders, and referee costs, and you can see why clubs call off the meetings early... Even more reason if you rent your stadium..... NO. You’re the first one on here criticising the Mickey Mouse product we have over here, but you can fully understand why clubs just call meetings off because they’re missing a rider? If the sport is EVER going to sort itself out again and be taken seriously, then absolute pi$$ takers like Chapman need to be driven out of the sport. I’m sorry but you just can’t have owners running and not running meetings on the fly whenever it’s convenient/inconvenient and basically cheating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Steve Irving said: NO. You’re the first one on here criticising the Mickey Mouse product we have over here, but you can fully understand why clubs just call meetings off because they’re missing a rider? If the sport is EVER going to sort itself out again and be taken seriously, then absolute pi$$ takers like Chapman need to be driven out of the sport. I’m sorry but you just can’t have owners running and not running meetings on the fly whenever it’s convenient/inconvenient and basically cheating. That’s why I walked away. Can’t stand the prat. Such a smug f****r Edited May 19 by Youhave2minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 51 minutes ago, tellboy said: Maybe so,but it was called off the night before on a forecast.And you said it was nice one Thursday,they just got lucky with the rain coming late on Thursday.Lynn were unlucky with the predicted rain coming a few hours later than predicted.IMO no team should be allowed to postpone a fixture the night before on a weather forecast,not just Lynn. Precisely, there was 60-80% chance of rain from from 11am-8pm yesterday according to every forecast you wished to look at. I'm no fan of calling meetings off the day before but its not unique to Lynn and others have done it only for the rain to not arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 Just now, Bagpuss said: Precisely, there was 60-80% chance of rain from from 11am-8pm yesterday according to every forecast you wished to look at. I'm no fan of calling meetings off the day before but its not unique to Lynn and others have done it only for the rain to not arrive. How can you follow a sport when it’s run like that. Weathermen rule eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Steve Irving said: NO. You’re the first one on here criticising the Mickey Mouse product we have over here, but you can fully understand why clubs just call meetings off because they’re missing a rider? If the sport is EVER going to sort itself out again and be taken seriously, then absolute pi$$ takers like Chapman need to be driven out of the sport. I’m sorry but you just can’t have owners running and not running meetings on the fly whenever it’s convenient/inconvenient and basically cheating. The sport is beyond salvaging as a "proper sport" given the infrastructure around it that has been allowed to pervade over the past couple of decades... Therefore. Those who fund the sport make up the rules as they go along to suit their own requirements, which is fair enough as it is their money... They clearly have zero intention of the sport "being taken seriously" given the operating model they use, and the absence of any independent arbiters... "Being taken seriously" would be too expensive to implement, and would attract wider scrutiny, hence we have what we have... All promoters use the rules and regs to their advantage whenever they need to, and answer to no one but themselves, therefore can pretty much do what they want. And, as I say, it is their money funding their hobby and the sport, and, as we have seen, if any of them decide to walk away there isn't a large queue to take over their clubs... Edited May 19 by mikebv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 We go through this every year. Regardless of possible underhand reasoning, what is it Speedway fans want?? We see hundreds of comments of ban RR / guests, makes the sport a joke. Then there's moaning (rightly so imo) that meetings are called off for rain from 5-8pm. People need to stop being selfish pr!cks and realise the financial implications just for fans alone. There are 100s of fans at King's Lynn that it's costing £40-£80 round trip for these meetings. Taking whole / half day holidays from work Absolutely, 100%, calling a meeting a day before is beneficial for the wider public, regardless of reason 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 (edited) 8 minutes ago, mikebv said: The sport is beyond salvaging as a "proper sport" given the infrastructure around it that has been allowed to pervade over the past couple of decades... Therefore. Those who fund the sport make up the rules as they go along to suit their own requirements, which is fair enough as it is their money... They clearly have zero intention of the sport "being taken seriously" given the operating model they use, and the absence of any independent arbiters... "Being taken seriously" would be too expensive to implement, and would attract wider scrutiny, hence we have what we have... All promoters use the rules and regs to their advantage whenever they need to, and answer to no one but themselves, therefore can pretty much do what they want. And, as I say, it is their money funding their hobby and the sport, and, as we have seen, if any of them decide to walk away there isn't a large queue to take over their clubs... Running it there way will only see a demise in the crowds especially when the die harders die. Edited May 19 by Youhave2minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 3 minutes ago, Daniel Smith said: We go through this every year. Regardless of possible underhand reasoning, what is it Speedway fans want?? We see hundreds of comments of ban RR / guests, makes the sport a joke. Then there's moaning (rightly so imo) that meetings are called off for rain from 5-8pm. People need to stop being selfish pr!cks and realise the financial implications just for fans alone. There are 100s of fans at King's Lynn that it's costing £40-£80 round trip for these meetings. Taking whole / half day holidays from work Absolutely, 100%, calling a meeting a day before is beneficial for the wider public, regardless of reason Plus, if anyone has booked a hotel you can get your money back the day before if you have to cancel... As long as you have paid the extra obviously, which, if you follow Speedway, you really need to... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 5 minutes ago, Daniel Smith said: We go through this every year. Regardless of possible underhand reasoning, what is it Speedway fans want?? We see hundreds of comments of ban RR / guests, makes the sport a joke. Then there's moaning (rightly so imo) that meetings are called off for rain from 5-8pm. People need to stop being selfish pr!cks and realise the financial implications just for fans alone. There are 100s of fans at King's Lynn that it's costing £40-£80 round trip for these meetings. Taking whole / half day holidays from work Absolutely, 100%, calling a meeting a day before is beneficial for the wider public, regardless of reason Once a holiday is booked your f*cked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 2 minutes ago, Youhave2minutes said: Running it there way will only see a demise in the crowds especially when the die harders die. Undoubtedly.... But. Unless a radical overhaul takes place, (which won't/can't happen), then what we have is what there always will be till it organically finishes.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 4 hours ago, tellboy said: Should Leicester last week then? Big difference there is Lynns appalling track record on dodgy call offs they’ve a long history of doing this for various reasons . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther1997 Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 https://www.kingslynn-speedway.com/news.php?extend.31840 - Young Stars vs Lion Cubs off Pit Gate issues, Dodgy weather forecasts & now lack of air fences... At least they have been honest in this statement. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 2 hours ago, Haza said: Big difference there is Lynns appalling track record on dodgy call offs they’ve a long history of doing this for various reasons . Maybe if Lynn had called it off on a different excuse.But if any other club can call it off the night before on a dodgy weather forecast,why can't Lynn.So your saying Lynn can run the risk of losing thousands of pounds but other clubs don't have too🤔 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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