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  1. Bearing in mind how easy it's been for Fisher to get a deal done this winter, it's "remarkable" that, in less than 72 hours, the trouser-dropping clown of the PL has started negotiations and concluded a deal. Or, maybe, Fisher has had a reality check, Bowden got wind of that & out came the Tippex on Ashworth's contract…
  2. Can't be bothered doing stats, but always enjoy laughing at your rider assessments… is this one based on Ashworth's sole trip to Plymouth last year which had two wins, a second and a fall ??
  3. Unless Berwick are thinking of competing with Bowden for the jester's hat, whatever noises might have been made publicly / to Smith, that's only going to be an issue when Smith is fit & ready to go. Until then (& who knows who'll either NOT be fit & ready or riding badly), they've GOT to go without him. If they're foolishenough to be speaking to people about "until June or July, when Smith might be fit", they deserve whatever mediocrity they find. That might sound harsh, but it's for Smith's benefit too. Say Berwick are struggling, with someone signed as a stopgap. That's only going to put pressure on Smith to come back, maybe too early.
  4. Bobby Garrard: But that'll be because at the time they didn't have a choice: they were representing the ACU which encompasses their colonial homes. In much the same way as the Scottish are an integral part of TEAM GB rather then the 4 or 5 Englishmen representing England. Bunyan is in NZ and even if he's returning to his place of birth for a little while, his gear will still be there - cheapest option.
  5. How many times was Ted Howgego British Champion? Is he likely to achieve that title this year? Whether it's a sensible idea to be holding this sort of meeting in a backwater - and particularly one thousands of miles away - is a different debate & one that's gone on arguably since Norden in 1983. Now that it's going ahead, it's a well established precedent for the backwater to include the backwater champion.
  6. Id guess it's simply a case of Jason Bunyan is best qualified to represent New Zealand. Of all the riders currently in New Zealand. Let's face it, if they want to go down the route of having a "local" representation, let's be realistic with the expenses (I'm guessing points money won't be a big factor in the calculations). Bunyan - in New Zealand Wells - in USA(?) Mudgway - in England
  7. Wouldn't have thought for a second he will be going anywhere - was wondering if "threat" was a traditional Devonshire expression for "late Christmas present on offer". I believe that any prospective promoter would be vetted. Before there's another round off BSPA "only in speedway" bashing starts, it's topical to say "Football League", "fit & proper person guidelines" and "George Reynolds at Darlington". Fit & proper replacement for Bowden? I wonder if Ronnie Biggs has anything stashed away in the Post Office.
  8. Interesting use of the word "threat" in the article on the www.thisisplymouth.co.uk website. I think there's a spare "h" in there. If fans are annoying Bowden, maybe it's time to organise a roadside stall on Friday nights, selling effergies & burning crosses - should do a roaring trade.
  9. While Steve had a few meetings for Scunthorpe towards the end of 2010, both Birks and Richie saw the year out in the Saints team - Richie getting most of his gigs as a replacement for Steve. It's a stretch to describe Steve as a PL REGULAR at the beginning of the season, but as Richie and Birks had no PL experience whatsoever at the start of the season, perhaps I don't have a grasp of the meaning of REGULAR.
  10. God, don't encourage even more outpourings! In only the way that a super-hero can, he's pointed out that PHOTOGROPHERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS are two distinctly different aspects of the speedway meeting experience - or perhaps in a signature patronising way he's pointed out (gulp!) a spelling mistake. It is through this method that his powers as Supreme Being manifest themselves which is why all us mere mortals hang on his every pronouncement and accept everything he graciously hands down to us as facts - which are indisputable. In his own mind.
  11. Always a good idea for the sometime-when-not-in-a-huff web wizard to antagonise the club sponsor!
  12. I know this thread isn't for comment, but I think that's a fitting tribute to Sweetman for his services to British Speedway last season - and long may it continue.
  13. So we've lowered our expectations from a "small" amount to a "very small" amount. How much? £5k? £10k? So, you want the EL teams to be effectively "taxed" to subsidise some mythical NL team, who'll ride where? At a track that previously didn't want / couldn't afford / has no market for an NL team? Maybe EVERY EL team should be FORCED to have an NL team - would that be better? Presumably even you would acknowledge that it might be somewhat problematical for Wolves to have their own NL side. So that leaves nine clubs. Ignoring the fact that Birmingham have experimented (apparently with resounding failure in terms of fan interest), there's still 33% of EL teams involved in running NL teams, as opposed to @ 25% of PL teams (and reducing next year). But don't let that get in your way
  14. Oh yeah, I fogot: they're awash with money. Whether it's right or wrong, in keeping with any other sport that "benefits" from the "Sky riches", it's ploughed into wages. Or maybe you're suggesting a further weakening of EL levels (if that's possible & still be able to differentiate from PL sides) to save cash to put into "the pot". So you're just ignoring that, however small, a higher percentage of EL teams have connection with NL teams than do the PL. Never let a fact get in the way of a prejudice...
  15. Pot? There's a pot? Dateline Saturday, AGM: first point of order: WHAT POT?
  16. Excellent answer. Pithy & to the point. Insightful. Setting aside Hackney being shared between Rye House & Lakeside (the latter looking at establishing a team of their own for next year), we have Belle Vue & King's Lynn on one hand (9 teams & Lakeside in the EL)& Scunthorpe & Newport on the other (13 teams & Rye House in the PL). Now, only two of those four are either considering of have already not running next year. But, damn those money grabbing EL promoters
  17. Yes, an excellent reassessment of the situation. In the first report if the Saints don't run, it's because Rob Godfrey pulled the plug. In the second report if the Saints don't run, it's because Rob Godfrey couldn't persuade Neil Machin to continue.
  18. Really? I don't remember you bringing it up more than 5 times a day. Such earth-shattering decision making as what to put in the programme notes that no one reads, I'm just surprised that Sheffield fans weren't to be found outside Scunthorpe on Friday with placards & banners demanding equal status for their alphbetically - challenged representation. It's one of life's great ironies that Morecambe & Wise were taken from us before such tumblin', hilarious hi jinks could have provided them with such a rich vein of material. For someone as pedantic, doesn't your last comment suggest you would have been in favour of people becoming in debt to show their support for the team / teams / town / city respesentatives / club / clubs? Are your fascinating postings going to exceed comments about the actual meetings by as great a margin as they did with the semi final? And yet folk persist it's the rulebook that drives the hoardes of new fans away - nothing to do with their coming into contact with bobble hat wearing, nylon clad obbsessives with their multicoloured pens & spreadsheets
  19. And if it had gone ahead last week, they would have been at full strength. Suck it up - it happens. For that matter, it's not as if the Saints have got this far with a full team - the last time Belle Vue visited the Scorpions were at Edinburgh, needed a guest … & pulled Richie Worrall from the Saints!
  20. Did he even know he was meant to be there in the first place. Nice to see David Howe avoided all the traffic problems this time around LOL! Of course "did not arrive" gives the promoter the chance to slag off a rider & trouser the guarantee. Announcing a couple of days earlier his withdrawal only leaves the question "so, who have you booked to replace him?"
  21. No he's not - he's replacing Gary Irving for Workington at Sheffield.
  22. Will they at least be able to broadcast the damn thing in 16:9??? I think it was the Nordic SGP that was in 4:3 but Sky decided squashing the pictures into 16:9 would suffice for the poor saps who have paid to watch. "Lack of HD Studios"? FFS! I look forward to an adjustment being made to my direct debit in that case. HOW LONG have Sky been charging extra for an (incrementally increasing) HD service & they STILL Haven't geared their own studios up to cater for it? Pathetic.
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