peterborough daz Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 I've heard NBJ wanted to leave to ride with his Danish buddies. Ostergaard, Grondal, MPT and even Thomsen who I doubt will be back all put in glowing references Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 I've heard NBJ wanted to leave to ride with his Danish buddies. Ostergaard, Grondal, MPT and even Thomsen who I doubt will be back all put in glowing references Not what he said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhamboy66 Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 I'd love to know the reasoning behind the decision to allow NBJ to leave. If, as I suspect, they were assuming signing up Lambert was a certainty before they knew how much he was asking. Either that, or they'd agreed terms, but Team Lambert upped their demands when they knew there was another club willing to pay up. I don't think we'll ever know for sure. The new promotion have been left with egg on their faces and will struggle big time unless they get someone in who knows what they're doing What surprises me is how they have managed to go about team building in such an amateurish way considering their experience in another motorsport. I know we have strange rules regarding team building / average requirements but you would have thought that with twelve months in the background learning the business and given their team experience in car racing that they would have gone about things differently. We now have the situation where only the introduction of a really top quality rider (and how many of those are knocking around awaiting a call) and another risky 3 pointer can save the season and we still have four months to go before the start of the season. Can't say i believe in any of this making changes in May either should it all go wrong. Although it would cost surely a restructure of the management would have been more sensible thing to do before they started team building but they burned their bridges by getting rid of probably the best, most obvious candidate mid season. Even though he made a hash of things long term Big Ron threw everything at it he simply didn't really know what he was doing. The difference with the new Promoter is he clearly doesn't know what he is doing but unlike Ron he isn't throwing anything at it either. A sure way to lose even more support Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 What surprises me is how they have managed to go about team building in such an amateurish way considering their experience in another motorsport. I know we have strange rules regarding team building / average requirements but you would have thought that with twelve months in the background learning the business and given their team experience in car racing that they would have gone about things differently. Is John Sampford still team manager? If so, does he have any input into team building? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iand Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 Does anyone know if the Raiders are running next year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hob Nob Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 Have any stadium improvements started yet? I'd hope so what with the weather being so mild, ideal opportunity to get cracking. Has anyone been down to look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waco Posted November 15, 2015 Report Share Posted November 15, 2015 (edited) I believe John Sampford will still be at Rye next year his knowledge of the rule book and work behind the scene will be important in the new set up...I think the Raiders are also a strong possibility also to maximise the use of the stadium.. Edited November 15, 2015 by waco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackneyrocket Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 How about Sam Master and Robert Branford for the last two places?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 How about Sam Master and Robert Branford for the last two places?? Masters could be Edinburgh number 1 now Cook has left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 (edited) Masters could be Edinburgh number 1 now Cook has left Think I read that he was not expecting to return to Edinburgh next year, and neither was Sedgmen. Edited November 16, 2015 by Tsunami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Jones Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 How about Sam Master and Robert Branford for the last two places?? That's my current guess after I got Lambert / Branford wrong, so probably not going to happen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barraider Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 Masters would be good, he likes our track and always seems to do well around it. Maybe Josh G is another rider that could fit into team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayleigh Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 I think Masters would be an improvement on Poundbert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barraider Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 Have any stadium improvements started yet? I'd hope so what with the weather being so mild, ideal opportunity to get cracking. Has anyone been down to look? I live 5 mins from stadium, nothing that i can see has been started. Will keep an eye on any works that happen in the coming months and update any progress. They really need to start improvements sooner than later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tocha Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 I think Masters would be an improvement on Poundbert Other riders now available following Ipswich's clearout are Tungate, Heeps, Ashley Morris and Nielsen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odds On Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Other riders now available following Ipswich's clearout are Tungate, Heeps, Ashley Morris and Nielsen. and there in lays the main systematic problem of Rye House, waiting for left overs from the table, isn't it about time we were sitting on the main table and passing on our left overs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudflaps Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 and there in lays the main systematic problem of Rye House, waiting for left overs from the table, isn't it about time we were sitting on the main table and passing on our left overs? those days are long gone with the Table propping rockets - how I yearn for the Woffinden/Neath glory years of Circa 2005 & 2007! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Stummings Posted November 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) Well……..All the hype from the first meeting this year, with Len Silver saying publically that every week you come to the stadium you’ll see changes. Well indeed that turned out to be true after the geraniums where planted in front of the Long Bar, they grew each week. Then we had included in the Rockets team towards the end of the season Robert Lambert. OK he signed all be it for a couple of meetings [and he was a dead cert to ride for the Rockets in 2016] and lots of people thought the new promotion was putting their money where their mouth was. Then we had the crater in the entry to the car park filled in [after the season finished, strange that] and that really made everything nigh on perfect, that was until a week or so later when once again the crater began to reappear! The utter insane decision to release NBJ before Lambert signed is truly unbelievable and unforgivable! Surely John Sampford must have been asked his views or is he not required in 2016? NBJ is a future world star! This guy will without question seriously up his average in 2016 with Peterborough. NBJ was one of the highlights at Rye House in 2015, yet the new promotion tell him “he’s not wanted!” Are they serious in their intentions of having a successful team at Rye House? Have they learned nothing from 2015? Then of course there’s the issue on track preparation? Are we going to have a new track person or will the new promotion decide as a cost cutting exercise to do it themselves. After all, it’s easy to prepare a track, you just turn up, ride round in the tractor, water the track from time to time and hey presto it’s done! I really do fear for the Hoddesdon club in 2016. I so hope they’re not a circus act and if they are let’s hope they’re not clowns! Edited November 17, 2015 by Dave Stummings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Are we still gonna have the nonsense of Edward Kennett missing meetings when Lakeside run on the same night, or will the new promoters tell em to get stuffed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tocha Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Are we still gonna have the nonsense of Edward Kennett missing meetings when Lakeside run on the same night, or will the new promoters tell em to get stuffed? No I imagine. The only reason it happened last season was that at the time Ed was signed by Lakeside (and Rye House for that matter) he was still a Coventry asset meaning the Hammers had priority. It was all down to which league the parent club rode. Once the Garrity/Kennett transfer was completed it would then mean Rye had priority. Therefore it was done by gentleman's agreement whereby, in the event of a clash, Ed would be made available to whichever club was riding at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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