New era Panthers

Answers on a post card to Ged Rathbone C/O Peterborough speedway .

Ban them for a whole season that will make it easier for clubs as those riders wouldn't be available . If they like riding abroad so much then i'm sure these choosey riders will understand British speedway can and will exist without them.

Well there will be nobody from Peterborough that's a fact.

It's not the riders that need sick notes it's it the poor suffering Panthers supporters who need them

Again what is the point of having a website that no one is updating at the correct times , very unprofessional IMO.

Depends if they have informed authority's of the situation , they certainly haven't kept the fans informed of there intentions so it makes people wonder just what they are doing . I'm quite expecting a national league guest to ride at no;1 and that's why they are not updating the website. The whole thing stinks , what a way to treat supporters .

Not without sicknote in place , where was the sicknote on Thursday morning when website still had him listed as no;1 . Looks dodgy to me.with J.H already in flight.

That can only work if there entitled to have a guest which is hard to fathom out the answer at the moment because little or no information is coming from the Panthers establishment and they are prepared to treat us all like mushrooms.

No point in having a club website that only supplies selective snippets , it's a total waste of space.

What I find strange about all this is according to the official Panthers website in an update this morning shortly after 10am Holder was listed as no1 , yet he was on a flight on Wednesday. Somebody is taking the pee here , The website has been very shoddy for some time now and they know about it as several people have complained about it in the past but they do nothing to try and improve it . They are good at trying to gee fans up when they want your money and they want you to turn up in droves and yet it doesn't matter about away matches as it wont effect there income . Now who's not being honest MR Rathbone , that's something you can tell the fans about at the proposed forum that will be arranged shortly . That could be very interesting. Or will it be cancelled in light of just what is going on . I never thought I would see the club in such a state as this, things can't get any worse can they.

If true then Panthers management should do the honourable thing for once and report him for withholding his services even though other clubs are doing the very same thing for there gain and getting away with it.

They wont do that it's too sensible

Well I can't say that he will be missed too much . R/R is more rewarding IMO

Can't see he would have made any difference anyway , ok at reserve but useless in the main body of the team.

I was thinking of coming to this meeting but with all what has been going on, off track I really can't be bothered and expect the Panthers riders will need a lot of geeing up otherwise it will be lambs to the slaughter and I can honestly say i'm not proud of this statement.

You really shouldn't listen to rumours unless you want to get your fingers burnt yet again.

I feel sure if your beloved Witches had endured the experience of having the (benefit ) of having Mick Horton as a promoter you would not want him ever to return and given the history of his past involvement in helping other clubs closures it should leave you in no doubt. If it turns out it's Mick Horton or no speedway at all then i'd rather go without . Should I wish to go to speedway i'd rather pay the occasional visit to Rye House as there is no way I would spend any money on anything Mick Horton is involved with.

NO WAY

Well that would be the hard core of supporters gone for a start, and it wouldn't take long for the rest to follow suit.

To which it will obviously swept under the carpet and never to be brought out in the open.

But surely you just can't send a representative , I thought this meeting was exclusive to promoters only and as he's not a promoter then he wouldn't be allowed to represent the club.Have to agree with you though Mick knows the business has been there before and he lives locally but would he want to be involved again .

As Trevor Swales is about to step down as a promoter, who will Panthers have to represent them at the BSPA conference as Ged is not in a position to will this mean we will have no representation . I don't disagree with what you are saying Ged was in the wrong, but at the end of the day it's the fans who suffer the most especially the ones that do all the unpaid work behind the scenes and supporters club members who arrange functions to raise cash and all other volunteers who put a lot of time and effort in and then find the club have been hit heavily with fines, it must make them wonder why they bother.

He's probably not that far away from Ipswich , there's one in Australia about 20 minutes from Brisbane I passed through there earlier in August on my holiday.

That would be good news if it's true.

Yep pantomime season is with us again.