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some workington fans are only happy when we win easy for me aslong as we put up a good fight and we get the entertainment we paid for then ill take defeat on the chin but last night and the home defeat by edinbrugh the team just wernt good enough ashley rode better than in the past and most the others had good rides but we had too many last places some from riders that looked like they didnt want to be there

if this thread saves a few fans from getting points and loosing the ability to get to speedway on a regular basis then its served its purpose i know some like some banter but im all for alerting people of potential speed camera /income generators ive had 4 speeding convictions in my time 1 yes fair play i was going well over the limit and got a outright ban but the other 3 were all within a few mph over the respective limits but thats part of being a motorcyclist you get let of easier when driving cars as i know from experience

i totaly understand where your coming from but its been happening to prem league teams for years now its a lot more of a fair deal the club who owns the riders contract gets first choice too many rules have been biassed towards the elite leagues favour

but that was 1 rider newcastle have dropped 2 and the averages wouldnt allow the sacked rider to still be in the team listing slightly different and they used r/r not a guest

suerly he must have been declared as no guest facility would be allowed for a position left open by a rider who has been sacked ?

ive said for a few years now all teams should have a number 8 if not when riding with a full 7 man team then certainly when using r/r

this meeting has been cancelled next speedway at workington i believe is friday 23rd 7.30 pm

entertainment is the reason we all should go to speedway not just to see our own team win regardless good post abbott

not just wells wells is better at prem level than howarth at the moment and morris scoring good points for wolverhampton i know morris has 2 heats that are efectivly national league level but he can score in other heats too bit unfair listing morris as hes only a prem reserve and is scoring ruffly his average and in my book if a reserve does score his average and a bit more now and then there not doing too bad a job aslong as the rest of the team are scoring ok theres photo evidence of lawson about a foot or more over the white line on the 2nd bend but hey we won that night and the ref didnt penalise lawson for it lawson in his prime around derwent park was never as good as stoney james wright or simon stead at there best and thats no disrespect to richard just pure fact

have you been to workington this season we dont look as good on track as we do on paper but the lads are all scoring well when riding in that other league thats supposed to be far stronger if they all get there finger out then we should be strong title contendors but from the meetings weve had so far we need to improve

this is a problem through out speedway not just clubs like glasgow far too often any investment is direct from the sponsers or supporters speedway is geeting to expensive for to atract new supportors and some die hards just cant afford to keep going prem league speedway should be around £10 a meeting if it wants to atract new fans just how people can pay £17 a meeting to watch at belle vue i dont know i fully understand that people need paid and i also understand most speedway riders dont earn enough from speedway alone to repair and improve there equipment

in all fainess i think claus was slowing and maybe developing the engine trouble which cost him later on when he clashed with morris that was the 3rd attempt of that heat 1st attempt claus and rene clipped going in to 1st bend then in 2nd rene fell then 3rd morris was all over claus after catching him they clipped and morris bounced off fence and went on centre green how he never hit anyone was a miricle defenatly deserves praise for how he avoided all the centre green staff

watching the racing rather than doing there job and feeping a eye on the lights ?

few miles from track and sky is starting to get a colour thats not nice for speedway and also a few drops starting to fall from the sky looks brighter towards derwent park though

so did most of the stadium from the 2nd bend it looked like campton got it by half a wheel but angles are deciving and campton himself along with the grandstand spectators thought so too and the same when sam masters and cookie were team riding ht 13 was it sam slowed to let cookie take the win after he let him past early on and watched his back but the ref gave the win to sam masters lets face it the score line dosnt do edinbrugh justice they wer far better tonight than a 7pt victory we were never at the races too be honest

morris at times looks like hes about to make a step up but instead of making that next step drops back a little which as a spectator is frustrating reserves cant be kept year after year if they dont improve not looking to drop ash but he must start to be more regular in the points even if hes not moving out of reserve berth he was more on the pace as the meeting went on at workington its just a pitty the workington riders were not

only in recent years we used to go well at armadale

or maybe a trip to the track doctor for some pain relief

pritty fair and acurate post anders thomsen got better every race and was right on the pace towards the end kevin wolbert wasnt very impresive mind maybe a bit too much traveling from poland the day before

any info on last weeks rain off is there a reduction with last weeks ticket

being a nice person dosnt mean your good at what you do

both james and charles wright were very good riders who should have went further than they did james did reach a high prem level and did ok in the elite at times but obviously lost something which a few riders do at some point was it lost interest or confidence/ability due to 1 too many knocks we may never know but 1 thing for sure is he was once a good rider and dosnt deserve some of the coments earlier in this thread he was poor when he last rode for workington and a real disapointment but i remember him starting at reserve and was a match winner all the way up to gaining the number 1 spot

didnt see anything too impresive at press and practice air fense looks good and takes less track space than i expected hopefully next saturday will see the riders really getting to grips with racing rather than just bedding gear in

how many returns has he made ? cant remember him taking time out before and once upon a time james wright was a good rider but i agree in his last season or 2 he was poor most of the time

taylor pooles signing was classed by sheffield statement as subject to visa so i would take it from that he has not yet got 1