the hobbit Posted July 21 Report Share Posted July 21 5 minutes ago, Woke23 said: Batch gets a lot of hate on all public forums/social media platforms. As a comets fan, I dont have a bad word to say about him. Yes its frustrating when he pulls up at the back, but the guy has quite often saved us from being an embarrassment over the last couple of seasons. He hasnt missed a single meeting for us and often scores 8+ points a meeting. We would have had a lot of thrashings last season, more so than we got, if it weren't for batch. Can you keep him up there whenever we have a meeting please. 🙏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbi Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 On 7/21/2026 at 10:54 PM, the hobbit said: Can you keep him up there whenever we have a meeting please. 🙏 Batch is Batch he’s like marmite love him or hate him and he hasn’t endeared himself to fans over the years me included. He is not professional, he’s arrogant, he’s not a team man and he doesn’t give a 🤬. He has a bad rep in speedway and not just the UK. According to Batch he only wants to win races and isn’t interested in coming 2nd or 3rd. As a fan I can’t support riders like him that do not try, let alone does wheelies at the back instead f doing what he is paid to do i.e. score points! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbi Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 On 7/21/2026 at 10:54 PM, the hobbit said: Can you keep him up there whenever we have a meeting please. 🙏 Batch is Batch he’s like marmite love him or hate him and he hasn’t endeared himself to fans over the years me included. He is not professional, he’s arrogant, he’s not a team man and he doesn’t give a 🤬. He has a bad rep in speedway and not just the UK. According to Batch he only wants to win races and isn’t interested in coming 2nd or 3rd. As a fan I can’t support riders like him that do not try, let alone does wheelies at the back instead f doing what he is paid to do i.e. score points! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted July 24 Report Share Posted July 24 40 minutes ago, Debbi said: Batch is Batch he’s like marmite love him or hate him and he hasn’t endeared himself to fans over the years me included. He is not professional, he’s arrogant, he’s not a team man and he doesn’t give a 🤬. He has a bad rep in speedway and not just the UK. According to Batch he only wants to win races and isn’t interested in coming 2nd or 3rd. As a fan I can’t support riders like him that do not try, let alone does wheelies at the back instead f doing what he is paid to do i.e. score points! Obviously you have not seen him ride for the Comets many times he has kept us in the meeting or help us win, yes he does have off times but most riders do, look at klindt 😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 10 hours ago, Neila said: Obviously you have not seen him ride for the Comets many times he has kept us in the meeting or help us win, yes he does have off times but most riders do, look at klindt 😜 Or when he was at Ipswich - he was the top BP scorer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelinehugger Posted July 25 Report Share Posted July 25 13 hours ago, Debbi said: Batch is Batch he’s like marmite love him or hate him and he hasn’t endeared himself to fans over the years me included. He is not professional, he’s arrogant, he’s not a team man and he doesn’t give a 🤬. He has a bad rep in speedway and not just the UK. According to Batch he only wants to win races and isn’t interested in coming 2nd or 3rd. As a fan I can’t support riders like him that do not try, let alone does wheelies at the back instead f doing what he is paid to do i.e. score points! Very well documented Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted Monday at 10:09 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 10:09 PM 10 +2 for Northampton tonight good old batch proves the doubters wrong again 😄 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted Monday at 10:18 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 10:18 PM 5 minutes ago, Neila said: 10 +2 for Northampton tonight good old batch proves the doubters wrong again 😄 Was that 10 from 7 rides at reserve🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted Monday at 11:02 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 11:02 PM 43 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said: Was that 10 from 7 rides at reserve🙂 would that be a 10+2 in beating the Stars 😉 Lets be honest a lot won't have expected his scores of late for thew Foxes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjcone44 Posted Tuesday at 06:45 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 06:45 AM ben cook taking the pi55 out of this league 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hobbit Posted Tuesday at 09:23 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 09:23 AM Having slagged him off, I have to give credit where due. The last few meetings, he has done the business. Let’s hope that continues 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hobbit Posted yesterday at 08:31 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 08:31 AM Well unless batch ride abroad between Mondays meeting and Thursday afternoon, ( I can’t find any such meeting), I want to know when this knee injury occurred. He certainly had no injury after Mondays meeting the club announced the team line up twice on Thursday , including Batch the official report from the club on last night’s meeting makes it clear it was a last minute change of plans. was batch genuinely injured and if so , we fans deserve to know when snd how or, did he simply decide he wasn’t available? if he simply decided not to ride and let the club down at the last minute, he should be sacked immediately even if it meant us having to sign a ride as inexperienced as Freddy hodder who at least wants to ride and, learn snd develop don’t treat us like mushrooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheDeepStuff Posted yesterday at 08:56 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 08:56 AM Batchelor definitely threw the Northampton team under the bus last night. Know he hates riding Owlerton (as was clearly seen in his 2021 season there) giving them just about zero opportunity to get a suitable replacement is a disgrace. They’d be better binning him off after that and picking up an available Championship rider to take his place (Sedgmen, Allen, McDiarmid, Mountain even Kennett) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksman Posted 20 hours ago Report Share Posted 20 hours ago 12 hours ago, the hobbit said: Well unless batch ride abroad between Mondays meeting and Thursday afternoon, ( I can’t find any such meeting), I want to know when this knee injury occurred. He certainly had no injury after Mondays meeting the club announced the team line up twice on Thursday , including Batch the official report from the club on last night’s meeting makes it clear it was a last minute change of plans. was batch genuinely injured and if so , we fans deserve to know when snd how or, did he simply decide he wasn’t available? if he simply decided not to ride and let the club down at the last minute, he should be sacked immediately even if it meant us having to sign a ride as inexperienced as Freddy hodder who at least wants to ride and, learn snd develop don’t treat us like mushrooms. Batchelor has aggrevated an years old left knee torn ligament injury riding the last few weeks at Northampton. Ultimately it's flared up over the last few weeks riding on a rough surface. Comets team boss has confirmed that is the case in a local interview, this weekend is due to be the first meetings he's ever missed in 3 seasons riding for the Comets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 11 hours ago Report Share Posted 11 hours ago 8 hours ago, Marksman said: Batchelor has aggrevated an years old left knee torn ligament injury riding the last few weeks at Northampton. Ultimately it's flared up over the last few weeks riding on a rough surface. Comets team boss has confirmed that is the case in a local interview, this weekend is due to be the first meetings he's ever missed in 3 seasons riding for the Comets. Some riders just seem to get more grief than others... Which is strange, given these riders take up two team places that, otherwise, both their teams would struggle to fill with someone of their capability... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelinehugger Posted 7 hours ago Report Share Posted 7 hours ago On 7/27/2026 at 11:18 PM, Bald Bloke said: Was that 10 from 7 rides at reserve🙂 A one off performance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted 6 hours ago Report Share Posted 6 hours ago 5 hours ago, mikebv said: Some riders just seem to get more grief than others... Which is strange, given these riders take up two team places that, otherwise, both their teams would struggle to fill with someone of their capability... Some people just ‘assume’ and it helps confirm their biases! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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