21st century heathen

I'm losing track with all the different threads but I don't think it's been mentioned that Haines is a Wolves rider too, nor that Steady was 3 times British U21 Champion. Actually Stead is a former Wolves rider too. It looks like it could end up being Wolves v Australia at this rate!!

Taken from the Dudley website. TONIGHT IS ON! TUESDAY 19 OCTOBER 2010 DUDLEY Heathens are keen to emphasise tonight's Staffordshire Cup tie with Stoke at Monmore Green is ON (7.30). The weather forecast has so far proved to be correct with heavy showers due to clear the region by 5pm to leave a dry evening. Heathens Chairman Nigel Pearson said: "We are making every effort to ensure our wonderful supporters get the chance to see the boys in home action one last time after what has been a wonderful season. "We will give the meeting every chance to run and if the situation changes we will issue a further update. But the message is, the meeting is ON."

Every now and again something happens in the world that puts a smile back on your face.

At least in team speedway we get the full line-up announced.

It's no wonder the sport is seen by many as on its knees. This meeting is always one I pencil in but the Wolves management have seen fit to not even bother announcing the full line-up. Thankfully the inclusion of Bomber, Scotty and PK means it's a no-brainer when deciding whether to go or not but it's somewhat disrespectful to the other riders and hardly the best piece of PR/advertising you'll ever see.

It may help your marketing team to know that Freddie Lindgren topped the averages again this season, and unless there's shock news still to break here this morning Baby Lindgren is still a Wolves rider.

Oh c'mon mate. It's obvious what he's referring to. Everybody is free to read it and make up their own minds though.

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It's funny that neither Matt Ford nor Peter Adams (also put pen to paper to moan about Pawlicki) can cite any rule-breaking. As I said on the other thread regarding PA' comments - don't hate the player hate the game. If you want to moan then moan about the rule that allowed Coventry to leave Pawlicki out at will. Good post home straight.

It's now listed under Results as Off. But not a word by way of explanation which looks bad.

Not according to the man himself. http://www.taiwoffinden.com/profile.php ------------------------------ Back in the summer I said I'm half expecting Tai to go Aussie. So if what has been stated here is true I'm not at all surprised. Why has Bridger been dragged in to this?

Ouch!! To be fair Kylmakorpi's average is higher than PK's, the same as King's and only just short of Woffinden's. It's not too far off Shields' either.

Thanks for the info.

Gutted to go so close and miss out but congrats and best wishes to Buxton. Good to see Evans and Anderson in the points because they have come in for some criticism, rightly so, lately.

Sadly the BSPA MC add the small print that basically allows them to do whatever they want regardless of the rules. It's a farce.

Any idea who will be riding in the Rob Woffinden Classic on the 20th?

You might want to take yours off mate. Almost everybody, even a Buxton fan on Updates, agrees that he's reckless. To answer your question - When beaten to a corner you are supposed to shut the throttle and accept you were beaten to it, not plough into people (even a team mate) regardless. He clearly has the pace and ability to pass people safely, just not the patience.

Congratulations Buxton. You were simply too good for us. I have no complaints about the result. I will be amazed if Buxton don't do the league and cup double now. It would take a bigger shock than Poole choking for them to screw this one up. I will, however, reiterate what I said about Garrity on updates and FB last night. He's fast and an obvious talent. But he's a danger to himself and others at times. Last night alone he caused Morris and Perry to fall, forced Branford to shut off, bumped Dyer and ran straight into Branford on another occasion (how they both stayed on I don't know). Even Matt Davis (Oxford fan and part time amateur rider when he's not digging up weeds ) said to me last night on FB "...I'm told it's quite scary being in front of him in a race...". And he's a member here so feel free to ask him to confirm he said that to me. That said...sign him up Will.

Conkers - That was actually one of the least entertaining meetings from the point of view of racing. Great if you're a Buxton fan obviously. ------------------------------------------------- Desperately hoping our boys bring their A game tonight. It's such a big meeting. I can't imagine Smart, Evans and Anderson will score so low again but you just never know. We got turned over by Mildenhall mid-season but we ommered Newport. Go figure!!

Not wanting to be side-tracked into a debate here but I find that a strange comment. It would represent a perfectly 'normal' pattern for this time of year. ------------------------------------------- Can anyone more familiar with the NL and PL explain the following to me please? 17.4.7.1 Where a Rider is declared in both a PL & NL Team, then if the NL Team pays a Loan Fee, the NL Team shall have 1st call on the Rider. That rule would seem to indicate that Lee Smart could ride for us (as I assume a loan fee was agreed), but he's not. It would seem a strange decision to me for Will to choose not to use Lee if he is available to us. Genuine question.

That's many people questioning it apart from the many fans that have enjoyed seeing the like of Dyer ride this season. With one or two whispers of the points limit dropping it seems the NL will be next to take a 'watering-down' hit from the powers-that-be.

That's fair comment. Yes, I spotted that. I didn't even know he'd had a crash this week.

I hope they have the decency to offer a full refund to anyone that bought tickets in advance, but I doubt it.

Are we going to play our annual game of who pulls out of the meeting? I'll start. Zagar...