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We obviously got duped by the same guy pretending to be Freddie as your official twitter admin. Oops. “Pirates saw off competition for Jakobsen from both @TheAces and @casesrebels” 29/06/18 8.23pm

For as long as I’ve been going we have always had a problem bringing in new fans in any kind of significant numbers. Twenty years ago we were already down to the hardcore fan base and it has taken a lot of work to drive them away. These fans were dyed in the wool types with a sense of fairplay and moral values passed down by their parents, parents who had seen the country pull together during the war. The other thing about these fans is they didn’t like change or new ideas. Play offs, jokers and the like really turned these fans off whilst they also failed to bring in newbies. The cheating and rule bending so prevalent this century also made it difficult to get behind it as a sporting contest. The result is no new fans whilst actively pushing away the anorak, board waving diehards. Like I say it’s taken a lot of effort to prize these guys from their anoraks but unbelievable they did it. Now we’re bollocked, there is no getting away from it. We are no longer in a position where tweaks will do, we need to draw a line under it, take stock and start from scratch - with the wishes of the current fan base paramount. We no longer have anyone within the sport capable of doing this and if the current bunch don’t relinquish control then speedway as a professional sport in this country will end.

He should have been 4. We tried to sign Freddie and it would have been on a 4. Once we knew Poole were in on it we knew we’d never match their terms. He’s a good lad who will do well.

We could have cut down on the amount of guestfest fixtures just by adopting a more efficient fixture planning method but as usual we have taken the approach of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. If they want me to do it for them I will.

When you have blocked someone, is there a way of blocking their posts when they are quoted?

You don’t say.

The point about engines and tyres though valid should be discussed on a separate topic. For us to change the whole speedway world to our mode of thinking will take a hell of a lot of work but I’m led to believe it is being looked into in the UK. I think it’s easier (not easy) to rectify the issues with the Stoke circuit which given the call off and press release seems to be being done. Fingers crossed, as I’ve seen so good speedway there.

Those “people” being poole fans, irritatingly.

It the (racing?) surface, not the size or shape.

My original comment about Flint wasn’t about where he rides but the fact he is in the Birmingham lineup. I’ll say the same once he moves up. Far better rider than Dicken as was shown last night and no doubt tomorrow.

Declared in the Leicester team 02/04/18 on last years 5.57 average. He kept this average when joining Lynn 30/04/18 but then it dropped to 5.23 13/06/18 as it only used his 3 (yes 3) meetings from this year.

Does anyone know why MPT’s rolling average doesn’t include his meetings from last year? If it had his average would be 5.51 thus altering his place in the line up. Also this makes his guest replacement of Summers (5.44) at Poole illegal. It really screws up other meetings as well so I’m not sure if they will alter the score, run them again or just brush it under the carpet as seems likely. I’ve emailed the BSPA about rider averages (there are a lot of anomalies) but they just ignore me. Any explanation would be appreciated.

Flint will decide this.

Though it didn’t fully cover for Steve, Jason’s paid 8 last nigh was an improvement on the 3 & 4 we have been getting away from home in that position. Another score closer to Steve’s ability and we will always be fairy confident of a win.

Great result, awful speedway. Felt so sorry for our little entertainer.

If your paying riders more in line with Championship rates, you should be in the Championship and not polluting our waters?

Nope.

Yep. Auty currently 5.80. 7.55/1.3

Over the limit anyway. What would people think if the stars tracked an illegal team, wouldn’t look good on the BSPA boss? Lol.

Ex Rye House rider and rides Wolves well. Really pleased to see him in an Aces race jacket again. A great but so far wasted talent. I’d like to see the new GB set up get their claws into him and for him to listen.

As usual the debate gets side tracked due to emotion/hate/love/bias. Take out the names and insert rider 1 etc. You win the SON in the final heat by scoring 7-2, 6-3 or 5-4. From that you deduce if you finish last you lose. Objective, don’t finish last, all other considerations are irrelevant. If we have a rider at the back, are his chances of moving up the field improved if his partner attempts to help him, are they reduced or do they stay the same? If we are in losing position what do we have to lose by attempting to improve the situation no matter how unlikely a positive result? If 20 odd backroom GB staff couldn’t collectively work that out then we have work to do.

It is tricky due to it’s size and the lines it offers and probably the reason we didn’t see any team riding as we know it. With the track being so wet for the first two or three races you could have done it then by slowing whilst on the inside and offering your opponent a chance round the outside thus filling him in. I doubt anybody would have tried the outside for this reason but it would have been fun to see how slow the race could get. Shame nobody tried it.

What kind of score do people think Cook would have got had he been left it. Aside from Milik and Lindback if Cook isn’t beating the others then he won’t get a sniff of even the semi final on Monday. Lindback had only been defeated by the world champion leading up to his last ride and his subsequent last place was more down to the fact they had already secured first place so he was happy to leave the squabbles to Woffy and Freddie. Handed us some much needed points.

It’s difficult for Buxton to compete since the “big” clubs came along as money that used to be acceptable no longer is due to what’s being offered elsewhere. The irony is that these clubs bleated on about rising cost and wanted a level playing field. When this didn’t come they closed and/or dropped down. I can only think they have short memories as what they complained about a few years ago seems ok now the boot is on the other foot. The Colts got gazumped and rather than participate in a bidding war just said no, we have our (small) budget and that’s it. Probably will cost us another title but so be it.

Yes