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Everything posted by StevePark
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Not bitter at all. Knew the rules before we started. We blew it in the Play-offs. End of. American Football and Baseball are regionalised, so a Play-off system is the only way to determine the overall champions. Speedway's PL play-offs originally were introduced NOT to determine the Champions, but to who would meet the bottom EL club to decide (although it was NEVER going to happen, as the likelihood of the PL team going to the EL was virtually NIL) who would ride in the EL the following year. As I also point out in an earlier post, Sky said "If you bring Play-off's in, we will televise them LIve," something they, in the end, did not do, yet the Powers that Be have decided to keep them.
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Yes, but not to determine who the League winners are. Top 2 are promoted and 3rd - 6th play-off to determine who the third promoted team is. Team finishing top at the end of the season are still 'Champions'.
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That's not going to happen! Newcastle can't run on 22nd Sept (PLRC) and have already scheduled the League Cup Final 2nd leg against Ipswich for the 29th Sept.
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Leicester DID get all their fixtures in before the cut off. It's Redcar who have a match left after the match at Rye was postponed. If Redcar had been hammered at Rye then Leicester might have got 6th spot.
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Keep clutching at those straws.
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It goes on Race Points difference, which is why the League Table shows Redcar in 6th and Leicester 7th. The re-staging date has been provisionally arranged for 28 Sept. Cut off date is 16 Sept. That's after the cut off, so the current 6th and 7th places won't change.
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Because? http://www.speedwaygb.co/pltable13.html
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No decision to make. Redcar are 6th in the table. They are in the Play-offs. Leicester are 7th in the table. They aren't in the Play-offs.
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It's 2 mini groups of 3. Winners of the 2 groups meet each other in the Final. Top team picks from the teams finishing from 3rd to 6th, first, the 'runners-up' get their pick, top team pick next and the 'runners-up' get who is left.
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I thought the idea was to turn up with Newcastle riders, not a team with guests in it? . It's not as if Plymouth are going to be in the Play-offs and seeing as Newcastle are just about there it surely is up to Newcastle whether they accepted the date offered, or not. Why pay a guest (possibly paying him more than Richie would get) when they should be looking after there own. From memory, George E roughly said that in the afternoon it looked like the wrong decision to call it off, but rain later on meant that it was the right call.
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Workington V Edinburgh (pl) 9/9/13 @ 7.00/7.30pm
StevePark replied to Mr Blobby's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
If you can't run a meeting in 2 and a half hours, there is something sadly wrong. Yes, accidents can happen, etc., etc., but 2 and a half hours should be ample enough time. Most (with the odd exception like Kent and Sheffield) midweek teams run with a 7.30pm start and I'd guess have a 10pm curfew and they, generally, seem to manage ok. -
Workington V Edinburgh (pl) 9/9/13 @ 7.00/7.30pm
StevePark replied to Mr Blobby's topic in SGB Championship League Speedway
The meeting starts at 7.30pm! -
I thought there was a few decent races tonight. Richie going in between two Lions riders going into the 3rd bend, when the Lions made the gate, took some b**ls. Lewi keeping the tactical Ricky Wells at bay for four laps in heat 5 and Ludvig's outside overtake in heat 15, all worthy of a mention I think.
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A bit contradictory that (no offence). How do you tell supporters a meeting is off if they are at work? Newcastle, a few seasons ago, tried a great idea. Fans gave them their mobile phone number and if a meeting was called off they were sent a text telling them so. Otherwise "telling the supporters at the same time as everyone else" is obviously pointless in your eyes, as they are at work and not on Twitter/Facebook/Official website etc., etc.
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Correct me if I'm wrong - but weren't the PL play-offs brought in because Sky said they would show the Final live if they did.... and then Sky didn't show the final live? I'm against the play-offs personally. Although, at least, the team finishing top this season will get a trophy, as in the last few seasons the teams finishing top got sod all. Different 'Kettle of Bananas' I know, but it's like the PLRC, when a few years back, Peter Carr won it after he'd scored 8 pts. The team finishing 6th could be crowned 'League Champions' just doesn't sound right to me, but we all know the rules of the competition before it starts and all clubs agreed on it, so we just have to get on with it.