Happy Hunter

Neither would I!

Half of me doesn't want to believe this but seeing how speedway is run I expect it's true!

According to the Lion's website there has been a problem with uploading the fixtures. Also the dates are not provisional, as shown on some websites (BSPA in particular), but confirmed dates. Wish someone would get their act together!

You need to look on http://www.speedwaygb.co/home.php .

They are on the BSPA website.

It's not all of them - just most of them! But, as you say, it looks as if something's going on. As usual we are left guessing as there is nothing on the Lion's website.

Thanks Glyn. Lets hope we get some dry weather soon then!

I am trying to stay calm and carry on but my paranoia went up a notch when I saw that Glyn was hoping to hold some training days in February. He will need the new bits of the track to have settled down by then so it does not leave a lot of time.

Yes I know that and Glyn has posted that he needs to wait for dry shale. The point is that none of the photos on the Lions website show any alterations to bends 1 & 2 - not even a line of red flags showing where the bends will be cut back to. Also on the Lions website it states "The foundations and a top dressing of shale have now been laid and all that remains is to re-lay the inner kerbs.". If Glyn is just waiting for dry shale before doing bends 1 & 2 why did they not do the earthworks and alter the drains on bends 1 & 2 whilst the machinery was on site for bends 3 & 4. O.K. I might be paranoid about all this but as far as I can see, and nobody has come on here and proved other wise, only bends 3 & 4 have been done so far and bends 1 & 2 remain untouched.

Its still not clear to me if bends 1 & 2 have been changed as well as 3 & 4. Could we have a photo to clarify things please?

If the season ticket holders are going to have secret perks how on earth are potential season ticket holders going to find out what they are without the management telling people on their website or Facebook pages? Also perhaps a nice kind season ticket holder might come on here and tell us what the perks are so that we can all have a good laugh!

Having followed the discussion about changes to the track and how the circuit at Beaumont Park compares to the one at Blackbird Road I have been digging into Alan Jones' History of Speedway in Leicester and have discovered that the size of the track was changed 5 times after it was originally laid out at 348 yards (356 metres) in 1928. In 1930 it was increased to 353 yds. (361m)and in 1937 it was increased to 360 yds. (368m). When the track re-opened after the war in 1949 it was increased to 382 yds. (391m) and then in May that year reduced to 364 yds. (372 m). In 1951 it was increased to 380 yds. (389m) at which distance it remained until the stadium closed in 1983.

Seems Lions fans are now complaining about concessions for season ticket holders instead of the lack of track alterations! Can't please all the people .........................

I wondered how long it would be before someone made the connection between Coventry riding at Leicester and the track alterations. Perhaps DH has had some rent in advance! Thanks speedflash. Its always good to get the news from the horses mouth!. With the weather we are having it might be some time before you get it all finished then! Where does the shale come from? Hope its not from Cumbria, Yorkshire or Lancashire!

Just looked at new photos on the Lion's website. Not sure if it will be bends 1 & 2 as well as 3 & 4 as work, so far, seems only to be on back straight and bends 3 & 4.

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In a nutshell then. Management have been in touch with several candidates with varying degrees of success. Supporters are no closer to knowing who will lead their side. Further talks last week to fill gaping hole at top of team. Lower end of team looks competitive. Walasek might not start the season as a second string. Allan understands the fans frustration. Perhaps the race night does not help. There aren't the riders of a reasonably high standard. Allan would prefer two leagues of 12/14 teams because some Elite Teams are no better than good Premier League Teams. The article ended with some mutual back slapping with Regional Recruitment Services. Nothing mentioned about the track bronze medal! Hope this helps! See you managed to get me to post again even though I wanted to hibernate!

I don't know why anyone is even bothering to try to guess who will be the other signings. We all might just as well save our energy for something worthwhile or hibernate until the middle of March. Had hysterics reading the article on Leicester in last week's Star which told us absolutely nothing we did not already know!

Tongue in cheek this but Jan the Man has not signed for anyone yet and he is, I think, a Lion's asset!

Not good news is it?

You must be a golden oldie like me then! I can go back a bit further than that to Pedlar Palmer, Harwood Pike, Jonnie Carpenter, Ron Wilson, Sid Hipperson, Reg Fearman etc.

Must say I was much amused by the photo in this week's Star of DH trying to talk to Szymon Wozniak through his woolly hat and ear defenders. According to a lot of people on here its usually DH who can't hear anything!.

I remember someone making the comment "Be careful what you wish for" when there was the discussion on here about Lions joining the Elite league. How true it has become!

Will those out there who are in the know give us a clue as to who DH might sign up for next season? I would like to see Masters back again. I thought he did a good job at no. 2 and could improve quite a bit. I liked his tangle with the man fans like to hate in the Aussie G.P.

Well it would not be Friday which, I think, is the only other night DH would contemplate running on. Hey ho back to the Premier League?