Northampton vs Ipswich June 29th

[marko]

It’s not about Belle Vue, and that’s the issue, the league is bigger than just one team, it’s in the interests of all promoters that all teams are competitive enough to at least win home matches and provide some sort of spectacle away. 

That was always the way back in the day, keep the home fans happy and they will keep coming back.

[mikebv]

1 hour ago, Phannan said:

Bet you believe in fairytales. Have you considered that Doyle may have had a say in all this? Maybe he’d only race over here again if it was at Belle Vue. Slating Lemon and Belle Vue is obviously your agenda. 

"If" there is someone in the background looking to run the club next season, as was alluded to pre season, (as long as the club is a viable venture), then I would imagine a "GP rider" would stretch the budget somewhat...

And "If" as was suggested, the crowd was 1000-1100 for their last meeting, then paying out £7k and maybe more, for a GP rider (for a home and away meeting), could leave the venture looking less appealing come the end of the season accounts..

You also have to ask "Who" was going to come over and ride? Who isn't already doing three leagues?...

And, of those only doing two, would they want to potentially ride Mondays and Thursdays over here in a single week? 

And Doyle loves riding at the NSS so maybe could see more scoring potential for him (and thus, more money), than riding a brand new circuit to him.. 

Maybe those saying that Northampton should get a bona fide No1 could suggest one that doesnt "break the bank"....?

[YeOldPitGate]

I seem to remember prior to the current bunch stepping in Flagrag mentioned polish connections so it could be something was afoot similar to what's happening at Ipswich. (Correct me if the old memory is off Flagrag).

Re the old big promise of help we all knew it wouldn't be coming when the crunch came , Doyle is probably the only world class rider who could have been persuaded back this year given based in the UK and he's been loyal to British speedway for years.

They really need someone in the Anders Thompson mould he's never going to be world champ but should be a 9-10 point man in UK league and equally doesn't seem to be a rider who only fancies it 50% of the time.

Its a shame Tolley isn't involved as there does look to be a fan base to build on at Northampton which wasn't the case at Brum and he clearly has the kind of deep pockets needed to get a top liner over who would probably want 5-7k per meeting.

[ouch]

2 hours ago, Phannan said:

Bet you believe in fairytales. Have you considered that Doyle may have had a say in all this? Maybe he’d only race over here again if it was at Belle Vue. Slating Lemon and Belle Vue is obviously your agenda. 

Northampton & Ipswich.

Edited 19 minutes ago by ouch

[ouch]

1 hour ago, marko said:

It’s not about Belle Vue, and that’s the issue, the league is bigger than just one team, it’s in the interests of all promoters that all teams are competitive enough to at least win home matches and provide some sort of spectacle away. 

That was always the way back in the day, keep the home fans happy and they will keep coming back.

We don’t like losing riders, nobody does but if it makes our league more competitive, especially those new to our league then we will act accordingly. 

Seeing our lads line up at number one for the opposition is equally gutting and heartwarming and sorry for this, I think it should be replicated by other clubs. Leicester, Northampton, Birmingham/Ipswich & Kings Lynn, we are in this together. 

[Bagpuss]

Belle Vue's track is a massive draw for tempting riders over/ back over.