The Third Man

only one person connected with Sheffield Speedway has told me that my money was not wanted, and it wasnt a promoter, however he does like the sound of his own voice, and he made sure that everyone knew on Wednesday night, by announcing it, that he was giving his time for nothing, he was lucky i had to pay to give them my time

Couldnt agree more, hope you ends up somewhere soon, and he wasnt a friend just someone who you could talk to, and agree or disagree with

if the information i have is correct there is a fourth member of the consortium, and it is a very surprising name, dont think he has anything to hide as such, the name i have been told was there on Thursday night for everyone to see.

not the Hoggy i know, i disagreed with him many times and he never told me to go and support someone else, just talked and had a sensible discussion, perhaps i was a lucky one. Good luck Dave and sorry to see you go

if air fences are the answer to safety, why dont we have them down the straights, riders still get injured hitting the fence there, or would they cost too much to put all around the track? and if cost is a factor, how does that fit with rider safety?

Rumours around that Hoggy is no longer involved, dont know how true it is, but was surprised he wasnt there last night. hope the rumours are wrong

Re the programme The race card obviously costs the club money, drop the race card, keep admission prices the same and let anyone who wants to spend extra on a programme do so. no one has to buy it, we will get one between the two of us instead of the club paying for two race cards, how many race cards do you see lying around the terraces and the panarama room after a meeting, either not filled in or just not wanted? lets not argue against change just because we dont like change, lets give it a go then comment

speedway tracks die when they dont have enough support the ones that dont go dont care, so use it ot lose it doesnt matter to them, they have nothing to lose, they dont go anyway PS might have a bit more enthusiasm this season, it has been too easy to find an excuse not to go for the last two years

he knows how to solve the problem of the sun on the back straight

only thought it had been forgotten about because it hasnt been mentioned anywhere, happy that it hasn't ps happy new year

Once the team, and air fence, are sorted the next thing needs to be a well deserved testimonial for Ricky, something that seems to have been forgot about

i think i know my mind better than you vissing wasnt just dangerous, he watched cooper coming past him all the way down the back straight and then put his back wheel in his way forcing him into the fence at high speed, not just dirty but on purpose, i would never cheer for this rider. Gathercole wasnt far off doing the same thing to birko, he just speared him and sent him into the fence, both Sheffield riders were very lucky to walk away, not something i will forget even if they did ride for us, which i hope they will never do neither rider went to the other to see how they were, vissing even coming out for a lap of honour even though he was taken out of his next race

there was a worse one, vissing on coops, vissing is another rider i could never support after that move

The latest i have heard is that is still a lot going on behind the scenes, so i think Sheffield will be there come March / April

think you need to yalk to him before you decide the reason he wants to sell up, and he is not emigrating to Australia this winter, he has already said he would help the new promoter if he wants help

Just a thought, but do new promoters get a vote at the conference?

It will be a real first, never been known for Neil to buy a drink

RR used to be for an injured heat leader, guests for your number 1 then RR was for any of the top 5 and then guests for the highest scoring reserve as well as number 1 now we have RR for riders that are not injured, How long before we have guests or RR for any of the 1 to 7 for no other reason than they dont like the away track their team is riding at, i It would make the away team more competetive and according to the arguement for guests above, increase the crowd The untimate solution is to just name any seven available riders you can find for each match, and therefore do away with guests and RR as each team will not have to sign any riders, just choose from the available pool

i have heard that the bradford comeback is dead, if true it might leave someone interested in buying Sheffield, if it hasnt already happened that is

heard that someone is quite willing to operate at Sheffield next season, and that the deal may already be done, but we will see

Just that at the moment, if i can confirm it i will

might be a very good reason for this if the rumour i have heard is true

didnt the last time they played there, and its not a done deal yet

yes he would, because he has potential, thats all that matters whatever the nationality and he can entertain, which is what i go to speedway to be

Have to agree, everybody thinks that air fences are the graet thing with no investigation as to how many injuries they prevent, how many they cause, how many riders take extra risks because of them etc. not saying i dont suppoprt them, but the only major injury at Sheffield this year would not have been prevented by an air fence