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Its about the guidance but yes the whole club is tarred and the Masons get dragged into the sorry mess much like Eastbourne did when Jon Cook had his ludicrous opinions published and damaged the sport as a whole but Laurence has been pushing the limits of truth for far too long and far too often.

In all fairness it cannot have been as slow as it appeared, i suspect a large factor was Bombers lack of ability to set a bike up (especially abroad)

Losing Lee Kilby was a huge loss. He was the voice of common sense and with him there fans would not have been subjected to the rubbish excuses (lies) that Rogers spins. Time and time again its nonsense and he gets found out so why not be open and honest? If it makes him look a clown he will be a lovable honest clown rather than another deceitful liar.

did he have to give it back to the Russian 14 year old he borrowed it from?

Im certainly not saying the rules haven't been amended / badly written because we all know that is that case throughout the book but as per the regulations: 19.10 FACILITIES In the NDL, only a rider who is 18 years old and under may be absent for any reason providing 3 days notice is given. G No facility - Any rider not in a NDL Declaration and whose MA does not exceed 3.00

Be grateful that the lowest two riders have to be at reserve, i heard he has always wanted to be a Championship number 5

If the SON was anything to go by those bikes should arrive a week later than everyone else's

Can't argue with that. No way that Widman should be blocking up a reserve berth in the NL. Riders like him and the other non improvers are a big problem with that league. Not sure of the answer maybe increase a riders minimum average in line with number of seasons completed in that league?

Gazumped!!!!!!

Late call / acceptance into the league meant that Brum were behind with team signings and had to work with the scraps. Failure to build a team that was either full familiar or powerful was always going to make it hard for fans to back and a track that is fair to away teams means defeats at home were likely too. What needed to be managed was the expectation levels, word directly from the Mason's (rather than spin doctor Rogers) about how the step up was harder than they expected but we are building a long term future would help. Its unfair to expect trophies in year one but its also unfair to expect fans to turn out week on week without being appreciated / entertained.

At the current valuation rate i have £4.50 as an offer if he's interested? I personally hate all the turning back on fans, lets see what you know, don't like it don't come mentality belongs long in the past. Criticism via social media (justified or otherwise) is a thing of the present and needs to be handled properly by those involved with the club namely by giving honest and frequent updates even if the say things like we have been looking at our options but there are no current riders available within our pay structure.

Whilst that is very true Kemp will probably benefit from it in the long run. There is a balance from allowing riders to develop in time verses giving riders too easy a time at reserve and taking away the grit and determination required to make it.

Exactly as above. Riders in the NL can no longer miss a meeting for any reason unless they are under 18/21 (can't remember) so the Warriors had the choice of either declaring unfit through illness (which was the reason Georgie supplied) and be able to use guest replacement or unable to travel and have to use an unattached rider under 3.00. No brainer for the IOW really and RR probably won't hurt Eastbourne at home anyway.

One word i would never use for Wally is modest With Paco & Agertoft paying for their places Brum should be toasting a tidy profit come the end of the season.

Im not sure i could ever be disappointed with Danyon he is just an infectiously likeable person. He has also suffered from the numbers game whereas i think he would have improved as the season progressed. Yes he has a knack of being in th wrong place at the wrong time which means he has had a few injuries but a clean run will see him establish himself at another club with any luck.

Wallinger is very reliable in the Championship as its where his inflated ego thinks he belongs and you can also rely on him getting naff all week in week out. Nice work Brum (Rogers) ditching two rising Brits and replacing with two journeymen.

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As ever huge thanks for the effort put in to creating / documenting these. Always makes interesting reading especially when points & meetings raced are included as it gives a clearer picture of the averages. Few NL riders might wake up also as they are below or very close to a few knocking on the door for their places.

As ever huge thanks for the effort put in to creating / documenting these. Always makes interesting reading especially when points & meetings raced are included as it gives a clearer picture of the averages. Few NL riders might wake up also as they are below or very close to a few knocking on the door for their places.

The thing the Aussies have over the Brits is that failure isn't an option. Travelling around the world to the UK or Poland they have no choice other than to make it or head home, brutal but its true, there is no safety net whereas in the UK riders get chance after chance to find out if they are average or not. Aussies heading to Europe must be confident in their abilities and confident that they will make it. There are obviously those who don't and they either end up heading home (or loitering in the UK 2nd tier) but those who remain are then in with a genuine chance of pushing on to world level.

I have to admit the above post makes very little sense in many places. What other business has demands put upon it by customers? Every single one and if they do not deliver the product the customer desires for the correct value they don't get the sale. Speedway operate in the entertainment industry and relies upon repeat trade rather than one off purchases, this means that the product must be consistent for the money and that the repeat purchasers need to feel they are getting value for money and valued for their custom (something that is the bug bear across most supporters up and down the country). There may not be Speedway any further in Plymouth without the current promotion who knows but what is certain is that without the crowds there will definitely be no Speedway.

Im certainly not disagreeing that something needs to be done to sort the mess out. Although is making a mini comeback and most of the equipment is interchangeable bar the frame which is largely a throw away item in speedway these days as all the money goes on engines & clutches. Although UK grasstrack needs to revert a little to the older more solid frames (possibly win shock) rather than the hard mono's as essentially they are trying to use smooth longtrack bikes on rough fields and become shocked when the rides a bit bumpy.

Have to say after the criticism levelled against the speedway star for dropping the results this week they went above and beyond to make amends with a brief run down of the league standings and all the results so a huge thank you to those involved and of course mimmo for supplying the results.

Won't wash though as all riders starting out will want the fastest equipment. Its a sport where results are the only thing riders are judged upon (rightly or wrongly). The best hope of getting it off the ground is by making one or two factory teams, every rider in that team is supplied the engines and that is all they run at all tracks all season. The results at the end of the year will then be validated by the success of the team on track and by the club financially off track.

wow whats with the compliments....blow up dolls have a use!