Bagpuss Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 A shame as I'm sure it would have been an excellent meeting but on the bright side I think our lads stand a better chance of getting through on what is a more 'British' style track if you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backless Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 So which meeting was it.or are you so Spineless you cant say,as i cant recall the track being worn out at any of the home meetings,in fact quite the opposite Would you be so kind as to point out also where anyone has said it was packed to gunnels?about the Mardi Gras evening,not see anything about this but your obviously speaking from experience of this event,seems like the kind of gathering you would get the name "backless" too,not my scene though but hope you had bum,sorry i meant fun Any need to resort to childish insults, simply because someone doesn't subscribe to the Scunthorpe best track in the country mantra? If you can't recall the track being worn out, it's immaterial which match I attended. It was the Berwick match. You seemingly think the track was fine. Or, it was the Newcastle match. Again, it would appear you thought the track was fine that night too. Who the visitors were, doesn't matter. I thought the track was considerably worse than on previous visits. That's my opinion - I wasn't aware that I wasn't permitted to express it without abuse. With regard to the crowds, simple maths would suggest that the gathering on the night in question wouldn't have covered the basic outgoings of points money and a few running costs Therefore, it's not much a leap to assuming all the other activity helps fund Friday nights. Considerably reduced in numbers over the last handful of visits, this "best track in the country" doesn't appeared to have held the attention of many locals - unless there's another reason for them to be stopping away in droves in comparison to other tracks. Im completely with you on this,its absolutely shocking that a meeting that happened weeks ago still hasnt been updated on the website,how are fans supposed to make travel arangements etc As for the track,i agree its awfull i just dont understand how the riders manage to produce some of the best racing the PL has to offer week in week out on that surface But finally and most importantly.. when is a crowd officially classed as 'big'?, Rangers FC get big crowds but are insolvent, so is a crowd of 2000 when you need 2500 to pay the bills 'bigger' than 400 when you need 300 to pay the bills?...just interested. If you could actually read what was posted instead of trying & failing to be ironic, you would see that I wasn't commenting on the unprofessionalism of the out of date nature of the website, rather than the constantly moving goalposts surrounding Kenny Smith. You might think its the best racing. I don't. It may have been a few years ago, now I think it's poor in comparison. I don't recall mentioning profitability at all. However, now that you've brought it up, if you think the "crowd" witnessed on the night in question covered the costs, you're kidding yourself more than about the quality of racing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostylion Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 backless,quite what your opening post has to with the club pulling out of the staging of this event is beyond me,seems to me that the financial outlay for a one off meeeting was to high and quite rightly it looks like the promotion,during these tough times,have decided its not worth it, im pleased a club isnt prepared to risk finance to keep some swedish inspector happy when u say a track is "worn out",what exactly do you mean as every time ive been its very well prepared and always looks good you constantly seem to want to drag clubs down,do you enjoy it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backless Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 backless,quite what your opening post has to with the club pulling out of the staging of this event is beyond me,seems to me that the financial outlay for a one off meeeting was to high and quite rightly it looks like the promotion,during these tough times,have decided its not worth it, im pleased a club isnt prepared to risk finance to keep some swedish inspector happy when u say a track is "worn out",what exactly do you mean as every time ive been its very well prepared and always looks good you constantly seem to want to drag clubs down,do you enjoy it?? If you're going to try & have a pop at me, at least try and get your facts right. Where does finance come into it? The press release on the website doesn't mention finance and it might seem to YOU that the financial outlay is unreasonable - the promoter in question doesn't: he been apparently trying to get the work done and supposedly it's purely down to timescale that he's pulled out. I bow to the superior knowledge and experience of a Leicester fan with regard to track preparation and excitement, blessed as you are with a regular diet of both. I'll ignore the riders from both leagues that I've spoken to who have voiced differing opinions on why the track is a shadow of its former self. I'll accept that it's the only track that hasn't suffered from Stock Cars being introduced, and that the bouncy castle strapped to the earth bank- mounted Armco barrier& bits of old fence add a bit of excitement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostylion Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 off you got again spineless,slagging someone or something off again,, are you a Newcastle supporter?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backless Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 ... so that will be another argument lost, so there's nothing left but to hurl pathetic infantile insults... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montie Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Backless Again,which meeting did you attend?any reason you cant answer that??? Funny how you accuse everyone of insults to you,!!!! i wonder why that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backless Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Backless Again,which meeting did you attend?any reason you cant answer that??? It doesn't make the slightest difference which match it was as, seemingly, in your opinion, the track is uniformily well prepared, but to calm you down a bit, Berwick were the visitors. As I recall, apart from one storming ride from Ashworth when he eventually got past his team mate & chased down both Scorpions, there wasn't a great deal to write home about. Funny how you accuse everyone of insults to you,!!!! i wonder why that is Because, in the last instance rather than address his own inaccuracies regarding finance - evidently more of a concern to him than the Scunthorpe promotion, as they didn't seem to think it was an issue - the poster lobbed out an infantile name-related insult. Look, if the good people of Scunthorpe (well, at least on the evidence of actually having been at the track, an increasingly small number of them anyway) think the racing is the best in the country, good luck to them. That's their opinion. I happen to think that it's going steadily downhill and has done for some considerable time. That's my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostylion Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 From memory correct me if im wrong track of the year 2nd in 2009 track of the year 1st in 2010 and track of the year 2nd in 2011 just shows what your opinions are worth,wish we could get close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backless Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Oh wow, a poll. To be ranked alongside the poll in the Speedway Star Big Issue. Still worrying about the financial implications of Scunthorpe's remedial work necessary to be deemed acceptable to the FIM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostylion Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 No your the only one worring about the finances ,you should worry about your own track ,thats if you got as as you seem to have opinions about everyone elses u definetly fit the profile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montie Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Oh wow, a poll. To be ranked alongside the poll in the Speedway Star Big Issue. I think this award comes from the marks given by the refs actually do you ever have anything nice to say about anything?? i should stick to the Mardi Gras which you seem such an expert on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backless Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 No your the only one worring about the finances ,you should worry about your own track ,thats if you got as as you seem to have opinions about everyone elses u definetly fit the profile I'm pretty certain that I don't care about the finances of Scunthorpe and their promotion. You're the one that brought up financial outlay. Difficult to comment on the remainder of your post as it seems to suggest that English may not be your first language. I think this award comes from the marks given by the refs actually do you ever have anything nice to say about anything?? i should stick to the Mardi Gras which you seem such an expert on I'm fully aware that it's a poll amongst referees, thanks, who aren't there to judge entertaiment. Kenni Larsen amongst others I've spoken to find it boring as its SO wide it ends up being ridden as a circle, and Shane Parker in the Speedway Star reckoned the material used leaves something to be desired as does the preparation. But they probably know nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montie Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 (edited) Backless,if the material is so bad as Mr Parker says Why do so many track buy the same shale?? no wonder on most threads i read your accusing folk or resorting to giving you abuse,your a first class nipple Edited April 27, 2012 by montie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Backless,if the material is so bad as Mr Parker says Why do so many track buy the same shale?? Probably because it`s cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backless Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Backless,if the material is so bad as Mr Parker says Why do so many track buy the same shale?? I can only apologise for being ill-prepared in referring to a quote in a magazine. I didn't realise that I needed to contact Mr Parker & ask him follow up questions to justify his initial comments. (can't help but notice the track preparation hasn't come under further scrutiny though). OK, you're one of the decresing number of locals who enjoy their speedway at Scunthorpe. Fine, get on with it. I wasn't aware that any other opinion wasn't to be tolerated. Seemingly that's an opinion shared by 80% of the locals who were there when I visited three years earlier, but there you go..... Enjoy your speedway, assuming it's on tonight - better hurry to beat the crowds flocking to The Best Race Track In The Country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montie Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 (edited) I can only apologise for being ill-prepared in referring to a quote in a magazine. I didn't realise that I needed to contact Mr Parker & ask him follow up questions to justify his initial comments. (can't help but notice the track preparation hasn't come under further scrutiny though). OK, you're one of the decresing number of locals who enjoy their speedway at Scunthorpe. Fine, get on with it. I wasn't aware that any other opinion wasn't to be tolerated. Seemingly that's an opinion shared by 80% of the locals who were there when I visited three years earlier, but there you go..... Enjoy your speedway, assuming it's on tonight - better hurry to beat the crowds flocking to The Best Race Track In The Country. Would you be so kind to point out n this thread where anyone has said it the best track in the country?? your such a sad little fool you seem to revel in that fact that number are decreasing at Scunny,which seem a nation wide trend sadly,with tools like you is there any wonder to be honest Anyway,back to a book ive just found "industrial images of Doncaster" far more enteraining than you On a final note,our farm rain gauge[2miles from track] is showing 53mm of rain since Wednesday,yet tonight it looks like meeting is on,not bad for a worn out track is it Edited April 27, 2012 by montie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backless Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 From memory correct me if im wrong track of the year 2nd in 2009 track of the year 1st in 2010 and track of the year 2nd in 2011 just shows what your opinions are worth,wish we could get close Would you be so kind to point out n this thread where anyone has said it the best track in the country?? your such a sad little fool you seem to revel in that fact that number are decreasing at Scunny,which seem a nation wide trend sadly,with tools like you is there any wonder to be honest Anyway,back to a book ive just found "industrial images of Doncaster" far more enteraining than you On a final note,our farm rain gauge[2miles from track] is showing 53mm of rain since Wednesday,yet tonight it looks like meeting is on,not bad for a worn out track is it Always happy to assist the hard-of-thinking - even the abusive ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
June Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Having posted on this thread days ago, then it disappeared, hey presto found it again. I cannot believe how bitter Backless appears to be against the Scunny promotion and the track. Why?.....Rob Godfrey has worked so hard to give us fans speedway after being without it for over 20 years. I never miss a meeting and as a supporter who started watching speedway in the late seventies, Ive got to say he's excelled in providing us with some of the best speedway. Take tonights meeting I didn't think it possible to have racing at the level we did. The track after weeks of rain was prepared very well and we enjoyed racing with lots of passing and very fast times. A huge well done to the track staff! Don't know which track Backless attends but if he watches better racing than we do at Scunny he's very lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darran Woffinden Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 doesnt say much when armadump won track of year last year and the shale u talk of is actually more of a mixture of road chippings and sand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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