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Hopefully both the Spring Trophy and Scottish Cup are in the past now. Its a new start for us and don't want to ruin it with matches the paying fans don't want to see. Twice a season seeing the Monarchs at home is more than enough for me.

[quote name="Gazc" post="2559607" timestamp="1419712288" They might be new owners off the Club but have experienced Promoters on board assisting them in Stewart Dickson & Alan Dick and knowing both these two i would be very surprised that the proposed dealing's with Redcar haven't been done by the book. Different promoters have different books!

Wishful thinking it would be someone else!

Fair point, Theo it is then!

Vissing 7.09 Theo 7.09 Rusty 6.50 - best home rider by far last year Time for common sense to break out and move on to another rider.

No one is owned by anyone, slavery is over. Footballers are contracted to a club for the length of their contract, should they wish to move to another club during that contractual period the pursuing team will have to pay a transfer fee based on the players ability and the length of time remaining on the original contract. At the end of the contractual period, the player is free to sign for whom he chooses without any transfer fee due to the previous club.

He isn't bound by any law or obligation so why would it be illegal? He never signed a contract to ride for Redcar next year. If he had, different story.

No one is an asset of any club, their 'asset' status has no monetary or legal value and you couldn't take it to a bank and borrow against it. It is an archaic system that the administration of British speedway has failed to adapt from, having been outlawed by EU law most notably football around 20 years ago as a result of the Jean Marc Bosman ruling. Poland as an EU nation operate a system where riders are free to move after the end of their contract following the season end, why doesn't Britain. With Glasgow having deep pockets this year perhaps some of it could be spent on strong legal advice, then hope they don't get ostracised as Sands did around 2001. Should they part with any money for Summers they want their head looked at.

Great point though how long do you wait? There are only a few other options left we could pursue for the last spot. Regardless no money should be changing hands.

He should go to court if that happens, be the test case and stop it happening to anyone else in future.

True but if it could happen the extra rent could contribute towards funding the losses of speedway and/or improving the facilities.

A return to Shawfield? Why are Clyde leaving Broadwood anyway?

Seems Jack Holder won't be going to Somerset. Would come in on a 7.00. What a Christmas present that could be, and we wouldn't need to pay Redcar any money. Hmm!

We have nowhere to go if two 3.00 reserves don't cut it. We could have fitted in Rusty then had at least 4.00 to play with at reserve. We had top heavy teams throughout the 2000's, I don't remember any successes, I won't count the Pairs for this. 2006 was a decent year with Parker and Bird though mainly with Kauko chucking 2 points on his average. We still didn't win the league.

The rules of the jungle definitely apply. The outside bit is segregated by wire fencing all the way round.

Bulldoze it and force much of the pond life who frequent it away from the speedway and its punters. During the summer months coming out the gate at the fourth bend into the secure car park, the speedway fans regularly get it from those sitting in the outside bit.

Mr Pairman doesn't own the stadium.

Good to hear a frank opinion from a Redcar fan regarding Summers. I'm still astounded we are in for him. He does ride Armadale fairly well and I'm beginning to wonder if that's the only attraction bearing in mind the return of our previous promoter!

You shouldn't, its just another legacy of the prehistoric asset system that still runs because that's the way it always has been. One couragious individual is all that's required to bring it to an end.

It should be considered by all as being consigned to history and no one should pay any credence to it, far less pay out any money. Come on Glasgow, move on from this and sign another rider.

They don't need to, do a deal with Summers, declare him in the 1-7 and that's it. What are Redcar going to do, take Glasgow or the BSPA to court over a baseless asset system? Hopefully common sense prevails and we don't get Summers anyway.

On the face of it yes, but AS is rotten at Ashfield and suspect at many tracks on the road so I wonder what it is we see in him. He is very good at Redcar but making Ashfield his home circuit wouldn't help us as a team to win all our home matches IMO. He has upped his average this year by 0.61 and I could see it only going down in joining Glasgow. Theo on the other hand has been over the course and will bring in points at every track, the only negative for him is disappearing for several weekends to that longtrack shyte. I've not heard if Rusty has retired but I would have him back should it be a no for TP. He is illustrious at home, fast and entertaining though can go missing on some away tracks, though like I said with 2 heatleaders above him in the riding order, the pressure is off. The old boy is probably trying to cash in having heard rightly or otherwise that Glasgow are investing a few pounds. However he could end up shafting himself as no one pays transfer fees anymore and if the delay means Summers doesn't find a team, no loan fee either.

Reading about the debacle with Kus going/not going to Berwick, seems Redcar will be looking for a transfer fee for Summers. Whilst transfer fees for riders are a complete load of nonsense, I still don't think Summers offers good value on 7.78 if that's who we are after. Rusty can't be fitted in at Worky and would be a decent signing, as would Theo on 7.20. Both would be riding without the pressure of having to win every heat and would more than cover our arse in heats 12 or 14. Please please no Summers.

As do the Germans and the Spanish, and is another reason for us to leave the EU at first opportunity.

Absolutely, but needs a test case to make it happen just as Bosman did in football. Going back quite a few years I think it was Jason Crump who threatened to 'blow the whole system wide open' when he wasn't getting his way to sign for whoever. Never happened though.