stevebrum Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 Clearly the joke is still on you as you didn't get what weatherwatcher said but do read it again if you can and I am sure the penny will drop if not I will have to explain it to you. Feel free to share the evidence that Tai has dual citizenship. Another of your made up stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert72 Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 Feel free to share the evidence that Tai has dual citizenship. Another of your made up stories. Steve just keep trying to work out the post of weatherwatcher as its making me laugh at you again. Tai who ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teromaafan Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 Lions were woeful tonight. Continually out gated and when we weren't, passed (often) without much resistance. Three away team riders unbeaten by an opponent! can't remember anything like that before (and I go back long enough to draw on plenty of dark days!). Whilst we were up against the league champions, who admittedly appear to be an even stronger unit than last year, the manner and margin of defeat at home is unacceptable from a promotion that vowed at the start of the season to send us home entertained. What makes this more frustrating is that we have come very close to a couple of away wins, although I can now see why the Lions have rolled over after being in front for large periods of these meetings. On the positive side, I got to see the (current 7) Lions without any guests or R/R which has become (and is likely to remain) a novelty due to the number of double uppers we have. I may not be available/bothered about the Rye House fixture and if not, I will endeavour to provide a guest supporter for my seat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beowulf Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 Lions were woeful tonight. Continually out gated and when we weren't, passed (often) without much resistance. Three away team riders unbeaten by an opponent! can't remember anything like that before (and I go back long enough to draw on plenty of dark days!). Whilst we were up against the league champions, who admittedly appear to be an even stronger unit than last year, the manner and margin of defeat at home is unacceptable from a promotion that vowed at the start of the season to send us home entertained. What makes this more frustrating is that we have come very close to a couple of away wins, although I can now see why the Lions have rolled over after being in front for large periods of these meetings. On the positive side, I got to see the (current 7) Lions without any guests or R/R which has become (and is likely to remain) a novelty due to the number of double uppers we have. I may not be available/bothered about the Rye House fixture and if not, I will endeavour to provide a guest supporter for my seat. Yes, but they will have to be shorter than you, weigh less than you and have not been to Leicester in the last 8 days. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
False dawn Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 Yes, but they will have to be shorter than you, weigh less than you and have not been to Leicester in the last 8 days. But only on average! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teromaafan Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 Yes, but they will have to be shorter than you, weigh less than you and have not been to Leicester in the last 8 days. Stop making me laugh when I'm trying to have a good old fashioned rant! If I can't get anyone to replace me, the promotion are apparently going to exercise/enforce the supporter replacement facility which equates to other supporters paying increased admission and they will also be expected to spend more on refreshments etc to cover for my absence. Anyone smaller than me who can demonstrate a strong appetite on the night could of course be encouraged to consume up to seven burgers, with the possibility of two minute buzzer allowances introduced between burgers if necessary to ease digestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keef robin Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 What was attendance last night, are crowds up on last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Sounds like they're getting bigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glennylion Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Attendance last night was poor and a vast majority of those that were there wished they weren't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justathought Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Honestly............Can't think of many other speedway meetings I've enjoyed less. The only thing I can come up with on the plus side is that it moved along pretty fast, other than that I'll have to get back to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glennylion Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Honestly............Can't think of many other speedway meetings I've enjoyed less. The only thing I can come up with on the plus side is that it moved along pretty fast, other than that I'll have to get back to you. 100% agree with that. Strange how tapes infringements and 4-5 other re-runs and the meeting still finished half hour quicker than normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbuck Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 ITS about time that certain rules were brought in to prevent promoters treating riders like rubbish.When they sign a rider it should be a binding contract for say minimum three months.These lads spend thousand of pounds and a lot of time and effort just to get on track.If they are released before then they should get a payment settlement for breach of contract. I know promoters are strapped for cash but it would stop them just dropping rider so easily.Riders have family's and mortgage's,We will never get a good England team whilst we allow British riders to be replaced by more foreign rider at the drop of a hat. I know people will rubbish this post ,but i can see the affect it as on riders and family who rely on them to earn a living,its the same with the doubling up riders ,some ride in other country's and double up in this country at the expense of some rider only having one team in this country. I think we need to change rules like the Poles only allow any riders only three teams world wide. Lets see what comments this brings agree or not agree. I couldn't agree more with this post. Doubling up is a monster out of control and has done nothing for speedway except create the rider shortage that promoters are griping about. We should be working towards scrapping it - not extending it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish McRaker Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Is it too late now for Leicester and Sheffield to swop leagues? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40-38 Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Honestly............Can't think of many other speedway meetings I've enjoyed less. The only thing I can come up with on the plus side is that it moved along pretty fast, other than that I'll have to get back to you. It wasn't quite as bad as Glasgow in 2011, we didn't win any races that night if I recall. Last night wasn't far off though, I don't know if they're having trouble getting shale still but it looked quite patchy and we didn't seem to have any speed at all. Somebody told me Lasse blew an engine the other night which might account for him looking out of sorts. We had a bit of bad luck, Wolves moved twice at the start but never touched the tapes we did it three times and demolished them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobrakeshere1 Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Attendance last night was poor and a vast majority of those that were there wished they weren't. First time I've been for two years (other than practice days) and I didn't think it was so bad, I've certainly seen far worse racing wise although the team were just abysmal. The track shape does look better now and when shale is available again from Breedon I feel that racing will improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hunter Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Honestly............Can't think of many other speedway meetings I've enjoyed less. The only thing I can come up with on the plus side is that it moved along pretty fast, other than that I'll have to get back to you. I thought the home match against Poole ran this one pretty close! A look at the Lion's averages reveals all. Everyone apart from the 2 reserves, has an average lower than the one they started with. King is -4.14, Bjerre -1.97, Nilsson - 1.87 & Riss -0.95 (I have excluded - (no pun intended) Garrity). Ayres (10%) is the only rider to have a lower race win percentage than King (14%).. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrow Boy 2 Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 ITS about time that certain rules were brought in to prevent promoters treating riders like rubbish.When they sign a rider it should be a binding contract for say minimum three months.These lads spend thousand of pounds and a lot of time and effort just to get on track.If they are released before then they should get a payment settlement for breach of contract. I know promoters are strapped for cash but it would stop them just dropping rider so easily.Riders have family's and mortgage's,We will never get a good England team whilst we allow British riders to be replaced by more foreign rider at the drop of a hat. I know people will rubbish this post ,but i can see the affect it as on riders and family who rely on them to earn a living,its the same with the doubling up riders ,some ride in other country's and double up in this country at the expense of some rider only having one team in this country. I think we need to change rules like the Poles only allow any riders only three teams world wide. Lets see what comments this brings agree or not agree. I couldn't agree more with this post. Doubling up is a monster out of control and has done nothing for speedway except create the rider shortage that promoters are griping about. We should be working towards scrapping it - not extending it. In last night's match against Wolves there were 11 riders out of the 14 who also ride in the lower leagues. I agree something needs doing to this rule. Perhaps a 2 D/U rider per team rule should be introduced. I would also like to see a rule which prevents certain international class World Cup Stars and Grand Prix Qualifiers from riding in the Championship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner85 Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 ITS about time that certain rules were brought in to prevent promoters treating riders like rubbish.When they sign a rider it should be a binding contract for say minimum three months.These lads spend thousand of pounds and a lot of time and effort just to get on track.If they are released before then they should get a payment settlement for breach of contract. I know promoters are strapped for cash but it would stop them just dropping rider so easily.Riders have family's and mortgage's,We will never get a good England team whilst we allow British riders to be replaced by more foreign rider at the drop of a hat. I know people will rubbish this post ,but i can see the affect it as on riders and family who rely on them to earn a living,its the same with the doubling up riders ,some ride in other country's and double up in this country at the expense of some rider only having one team in this country. I think we need to change rules like the Poles only allow any riders only three teams world wide. Lets see what comments this brings agree or not agree. I couldn't agree more with this post. Doubling up is a monster out of control and has done nothing for speedway except create the rider shortage that promoters are griping about. We should be working towards scrapping it - not extending it. Sadly when they introduce new averages after 4 home and 4 away with rolling averages now defunct it opens up a shedfull of fiddling to strengthen up..... back to the bad old days of easy to fiddle averages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMW Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Sadly when they introduce new averages after 4 home and 4 away with rolling averages now defunct it opens up a shedfull of fiddling to strengthen up..... back to the bad old days of easy to fiddle averages.I'm sure that is what King is doing. I think he wants out riding poorly drops his average and hopefully gets him kicked off the team with a more attractive average. Win, win for King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedibee Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 ITS about time that certain rules were brought in to prevent promoters treating riders like rubbish.When they sign a rider it should be a binding contract for say minimum three months.These lads spend thousand of pounds and a lot of time and effort just to get on track.If they are released before then they should get a payment settlement for breach of contract. I know promoters are strapped for cash but it would stop them just dropping rider so easily.Riders have family's and mortgage's,We will never get a good England team whilst we allow British riders to be replaced by more foreign rider at the drop of a hat. I know people will rubbish this post ,but i can see the affect it as on riders and family who rely on them to earn a living,its the same with the doubling up riders ,some ride in other country's and double up in this country at the expense of some rider only having one team in this country. I think we need to change rules like the Poles only allow any riders only three teams world wide. Lets see what comments this brings agree or not agree. I couldn't agree more with this post. Doubling up is a monster out of control and has done nothing for speedway except create the rider shortage that promoters are griping about. We should be working towards scrapping it - not extending it. they do , but you would also need a set of rules that stops riders treating promotions like rubbish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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