THE DEAN MACHINE

Ashton is a rare talent, you can tell the way he rides the bike,he is a natural on a bike and that is very rare in this sport,he beat lots of big names in his short career but also lost to absolutely nobody’s by half a lap, that’s not confidence or lack of experience it’s because he has a mental block around riders,it’s not fear or experience or lack of talent, it is a mental block, I pointed this out before last season after watching him ride over a few meetings saying joining kings Lynn was a mistake because the track is a 100% commitment track and will bite you if you’re not committed, he has to get over that block and the only way to get over that is with a sports psychologist, you can’t ride it off, if he did he could of gone on to bigger things because he has got what it takes, I would of like to of known if he was the same in motox and I suspect he was, I’ve seen it in a couple of riders over the years, Justin Elkins was another but he displayed it in a different way

Then you don’t understand how psychology works in sport, it is now massive in top level sport, especially sports like speedway that requires ridiculous mental strength

Ashton is a natural on a speedway bike, he has that natural talent that so few have but he has a mental block around riders, a rider that lacks experience or talent will not pin it on the fence for 4 laps beating the opposite NO1 looking like a world beater and then the next race shut off for no reason, he did it do many times before he retired, a psychiatrist may be able to sort his problem out but racing with that mental block is good for nobody

Ashton doesn’t lack confidence or talent, he has some sort of mental block around other riders and until he gets over that problem he is best away from any form of motorsport, it will end up him or someone else getting hurt, his crash with Zack Cook at Poole when for no reason he shut off going into first corner and getting hit from behind by Cook was a prime example of the issue

He does have a championship spot it’s just not been announced yet

I don’t mind who rides in the league as long as they not breaking pay scales to do it and quite clearly they are, one thing speedway never does is learn from its own mistakes

Lambert to kings Lynn ?

Apparently they’ve got Hugh Edward’s to do the under 15s draw

I watched it too the end to at least see if she got her baps out, very disappointing

But as Godfrey says speedway futures are the completely independent organisation who will be running the sport going forward and they are completely independent with only Godfrey and lemon in it who are not independent

Godfrey gave the forum a mention anyway even if it not in a good way but then again why would someone who runs a sport be interested in anything the people who pay for it have to say

Not sure I’m going to be on anymore, I’ve spit my dummy out over not being asked on this week 😂 joking aside I am slightly annoyed at not being asked on this week and how they went about it,,what’s the point of doing it if people like Godfrey are not held accountable on it ?also I’ve really had the wind knocked out of my sails over other things in speedway over the last few weeks and it’s really tested my love of the sport, I’m sure I’ll get over it at some point but at the moment sod speedway

Couple of interesting points said by Godfrey, sport England are there to help - not true don’t want anything to do with speedway and the bspl and speedway futures are here to help any track get up and running - not true don’t reply and when they finally do no help at all (individuals with the sport are helpful)and speedway futures were asked by cradley for a supporting letter signed by Redknapp to help with their dealings with the council- didnt even get a reply and as I stated on an earlier podcast that the consultants that are working with cradley to find a track said they couldn’t believe that cradley had got so far without the help of the governing body whatsoever, that statement alone speaks volumes

Yes and ultimately it has led to a culture of entitlement, where you get mum and dads crowing that’s it’s costing them a fortune to set their kids up in the sport, yet if they chose motox or enduro or road racing then it would cost them 5x as much and unless that kid is something special and wins things they won’t get a penny back

Could be worse it could be big boy, well it definitely isn’t me even though I am by far the best qualified for the job 🤣

Yes I know but who is a better choice me or Laurence 😉

Well I wouldn’t of and I’m abit annoyed by the way it was arranged to keep me off doing it after I told him last week I would do this week, the whole thing was arranged by private message rather than the what’s app group that it always is, did Godfrey make it a condition of him coming on that me and crabby wouldn’t be on ? I expect we will find out what godfrey’s favourite colour is and that will announce lambert and garrity

I’ve already give blood sweat and tears and quite a considerable amount of money

When it comes to speedway my hats always in the ring and everyone knows that

It’s Godfrey

Imagine if the sport was motox not speedway, how much do you get paid for that ?I more than most in this sport know all about costs, time and everything else that goes with riding in the national league, I’ve ridden more meetings in the national/anatuer/conference league than any other rider ever,over the years I posted on here and numerous platforms how the league should be run, what riders should be in it, the maximum they should earn, how riders can actually make money at this level or at least break even and just about every other aspect of the 3rd tier but it always fell on deaf ears

Buxton need a good team manager 😉

Yes, I honestly don’t know who it is but I would think it either Louis, morris Godfrey or rob painter, all have agreed to come on at some point so I think it will be one of those

There is someone of significance on the recording of 360 podcast tonight to be aired on Friday, Simon lambert and Stuart Robson are other 2 that were recruited secretly to be on it not using the usual group what’s app that’s always used

I’m beginning to wonder if this 6th team talk is a smoke screen to deflect from they haven’t secured the 5th team yet and it stops people talking about the Ipswich situation until it is resolved,,if it was a done deal they would surely be able to release fixtures by now, so clearly all is not sorted