WalterPlinge

Really? Let's not forget JPB put a prominent posting on facebook a good few weeks ago with words to the effect of "I'm not ruling out wanting to go back to Birmingham, but I'm just wondering if any other NL clubs out there want to make me an offer". And apparently he's contacted several other clubs asking if they want to make him a better offer than Brum. Perhaps that's annoyed the Masons and led them to believe he'd be better off elsewhere?

Either that or he'll be off down Herbert Avenue before the end of May.

Is that a euphemism?

Lying too, now. More laughable verbal abuse. Usually the sign of low intelligence and a lost argument.

He probably thinks (or claims that he knows) they haven't.

Oh dear. Resorting to verbal abuse. The sign of a lost argument. (p.s. I hope you get the irony of you calling other people "clowns"). You stated as a fact that Cook hadn't signed and asked why. But it isn't a fact that Cook hasn't signed. In my opinion he probably has. Now you're asking "if Cook had signed, why wasn’t it announced at a packed PC suite with the man himself there??????" So you're already backing down on your (false) claim that you knew he hadn't signed. Why was it not announced at Cook's social evening whether he'd signed or not? Because it's up to the Promoters to announce signings, and they're not going to make individual announcements until all riders are signed maybe? (They made it clear that the meeting you refer to was A Night with Craig Cook, and not a meeting called by the promoters). No, you didn't directly say that Cook would retire, but you did claim that he would be unaffordable without a TV deal. So that equates to retirement. Anyway, your resorting to verbal abuse tells us everything....

More making up stuff with no facts I see. Why do I think Cook hasn't signed? I don't. I think he has signed for Belle Vue. You think Cook will retire from British speedway if there is no TV deal? daft!

Is this a troll post? teams on a shoestring budget? The Aces have been in the play-offs 3 years in a row Crowds were shocking last year? well clearly they weren't. They were up by a decent percentage. Why do people make up nonsense like this which can easily be factually discredited?

You send his christmas card to Suffolk then. As far as I'm aware he lives just a few miles from King's Lynn. (Though I think his address might actually be Lincolnshire as he's right on the Lincs/Norfolk border).

Yes. Although Scott is British and from Nofolk, he has some American ancestry (a parent or grandparent?). About 4 or 5 years ago, when teams nominated 10 riders for the SWC squad, America only had about 5 riders, and Campos' ancestry was enough to be able to add him to the squad.

So, Laurence Rogers departure from Plymouth answers this topic's two main questions.... 1. What was the arcane matter stopping Coventry having a promoter at the AGM? 2. Who'd be stupid enough to work with Horton at the ill-advised Coventry at Leicester venture?

Comparing a rider who has signed as a No.1 (but isn't good enough to be a No.1) with a rider who may sign as a 3rd heat leader/second string (and is much better than that).

So what fiddled average does Linus Sundstrom come in on?

So at this moment Mildenhall have signed a potentially ineligible rider for 2018? If Danny Ayres signs for a PL or CL club, he can't sign for Mildenhall as well?

I spotted your little joke there!

Spot on. People suggesting grading systems are idiots. What possible benefit do they think they gain from 0.5 point grades? SCB has perfectly explained how stupid this is with his example of the 4.25 rider and the 4.74 rider.... which do you sign on a 4.50 grade? obviously the 4.74. And why would you unfairly treat them both as 4.50 when we already have a sensible system which treats them as 4.25 and 4.74 thereby taking into account the difference in their ability? And if the conversion between leagues is 0.8 one way, then it is 1.25 the other way. (not 1.20). This isn't even opinion. It's mathematical fact. Anyone with a primary school education knows what a reciprocal is surely?

Don't think it's just the floodlights. When the generator trips out, the airfence also seems to deflate, and presumably the referee loses the control panel too and couldn't activate the red lights in the event of a crash?

No. But it wasn't a competition to attract new fans. It was a competition run at various shared event speedway meetings to reward 5 of the speedway fans, who go to the events. Personally I wouldn't have run the competition at all. I don't see the point in giving something away to people who are already paying for it anyway. Instead I would have run a promotion designed to attract new fans. But that's not what this was. I assumed you'd have the intelligence to read my post and take it in.... I knew I'd be wrong. If you (by your own admission) never go to speedway meetings, how are you going to enter a competition held at those meetings?? (Just as I don't watch Great Bake Off, how am I going to know what cakes were made therein?) If you don't go to speedway, what good would a prize of tickets to speedway be to you? And why would you whinge about not having entered? (Just as I don't bake cakes, so what good would it be for me to go onto GB Bake off? And why would I whinge about not knowing how to enter a baking contest that i never wanted to enter?)

Put these two nuggets of information together and surely it all makes sense? it's a bit like me pointing out that I don't watch the Great British Bake-off... and then complaining that I don't know who won it, don't know what he/she did to win it and I didn't even know how I could have entered. Does that not say something about the programme makers PR - I think it speaks volumes .....Well no it doesn't actually.

Really? Spitting blood maybe. Can't think of any reason why they'd be thirsty!

Monstrously bad choices. Can't think what influenced them to make such a monster cock-up of the wildcard picks.

The points limit for a "static" league where the same number of teams and the same riders compete each year should be 42. However the NL is about development. Riders start out on 3.00 and progress through to the higher leagues (e.g. Bewley has done it in record time and is now too good for NL with a high CL average). Every year each team should be moving a 9 or 10 point rider on to the higher league, and replacing with a 3.00 newcomer. So the average we should be looking at is 42 - 9 pt rider + 3 pt rider = 36 Obviously every team isn't going to be able to move their No.1 up, (although they all should be introducing a new 3.00) so we need some wiggle room and I'd say we should be looking nearer 37.5 or 38 for the ideal points limit. If any teams drop out of the league (Lakeside or cradley etc) then the limit needs to be nudged upwards. If new teams come in it needs to be nudged downwards.

Well for a start, if the limit dropped to 36 as stated, and Kent had Bowen, Rowe, Laker and Andrews on the averages stated, they'd have 13.84 for the final 3 riders, not 9.84 So none of it adds up or makes sense.

That post makes no sense whatsoever.

Yep. We all believe that. Honestly, we do. Hopefully Sam will make it on time and get a ride this week. He made it on time for the semi-final, but was mysteriously limited to spannering when he should have been allowed to take his rightful place.