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9 hours ago, Winditon said:

All a bit baffling if you ask me. Their last statement said should hear something in maybe 3 days or 4 days. Not very convincing.

That was before the Ben Meeting was called off.  Maybe, just maybe, Final details with the rider(s) involved were due to be finalised (i.e. contract signing) at Peterborough this weekend. Not neccesarily a rider IN the meeting. Just a convenient meeting point. With it being called off circumstances have changed and the meeting up is yet to take place.

Newcastle have never been in the habit of announcing riders before all the i's have been dotted and the t's crossed.

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1 hour ago, jenga said:

i am sure george and co have it all in hand . george is like a swan, calm on top. but going like a steam train below the water line . i dont think george has ever let you guys down. something will be happening, just keep calm . you may see your new number one in the Cumberland Classic ( Saturday , March 31st ). who knows !

We are at Berwick that night, in the 1st leg of the Tyne/Tweed Trophy, so, hopefully, any new number one will be at Berwick riding for us!!

21 minutes ago, leander said:

That was before the Ben Meeting was called off.  Maybe, just maybe, Final details with the rider(s) involved were due to be finalised (i.e. contract signing) at Peterborough this weekend. Not neccesarily a rider IN the meeting. Just a convenient meeting point. With it being called off circumstances have changed and the meeting up is yet to take place.

Newcastle have never been in the habit of announcing riders before all the i's have been dotted and the t's crossed.

It's happened once or twice before - Metej Ferjan in 2004 was a mighty c**k up, but not totally of Newcastle's doing - and I remember we announced Savalas Clouting (I think it was) and they told Will Beveridge he was being dropped, only for them not to be allowed to sign him and having to go back to Will and ask him to carry on riding.  Once (or twice!) bitten etc.

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I know he rides in Poland, but would Josh Grajczonek be able to arrange his timetable to ride for both Newcastle and his Polish team?

Same goes for Bjarne or Masters

Other than these random names, I really can't think of another rider who might come in as an out and out number 1 :blink:

Although, I think keeping Ashley and Wilko at reserve will be very important because whoever we sign, we will still lack in top end power, so the reserves will be vitally important!!

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3 hours ago, jenga said:

i am sure george and co have it all in hand . george is like a swan, calm on top. but going like a steam train below the water line . i dont think george has ever let you guys down. something will be happening, just keep calm . you may see your new number one in the Cumberland Classic ( Saturday , March 31st ). who knows !

is Richard Hall riding then:D:D:D:D

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  • When Redcar were struggling for the final rider and brought in Bukhave on a 7, at least he made the team total respectable. Trying to bring in a new riders now uses up only 5.2. which makes it a harder problem.
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1 minute ago, cheekycobra said:
  • When Redcar were struggling for the final rider and brought in Bukhave on a 7, at least he made the team total respectable. Trying to bring in a new riders now uses up only 5.2. which makes it a harder problem.

Better to bring in a rider on 5.2 that achieves 5.2 rather than one on a 7 than only gets 3 regardless of the team total...

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9 hours ago, Tsunami said:

A guest for the Berwick meetings, and then followed by the U21 Semi at home, gives us a bit of time to get it right whatever the delay is for. I have heard of a possible 2 rider combination, but I don't think there would be any difficulties in signing them.

Has the rule that you can't have a guest for a rider who hasn't represented the team during the season been changed?

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4 minutes ago, KevH said:

Has the rule that you can't have a guest for a rider who hasn't represented the team during the season been changed?

The meeting against Berwick is a "Challenge" match, so an agreement between the two teams could be met, if necessary.

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1 hour ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

Better to bring in a rider on 5.2 that achieves 5.2 rather than one on a 7 than only gets 3 regardless of the team total...

I wasn't comparing the riders, just saying that if Newcastle go the same way their team total would be well below 42.5. that's one reason why it seems they are struggling to build the team

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9 minutes ago, StevePark said:

I tried to sign Wethers in 2003 for the Gems on his first visit to Brough. Welcome eventually, a 21 point max on a diabolical slimey track not so long ago. 

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5 minutes ago, Tsunami said:

I tried to sign Wethers in 2003 for the Gems on his first visit to Brough. Welcome eventually, a 21 point max on a diabolical slimey track not so long ago. 

2008 !!

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5 minutes ago, Tsunami said:

I tried to sign Wethers in 2003 for the Gems on his first visit to Brough. Welcome eventually, a 21 point max on a diabolical slimey track not so long ago. 

Very poor signing if you ask me. I will always support my team but dissapointed. He's only a reserve in my eyes. Looked at one time he was going to be half decent but then went right back. He's the typical saying of a white liner. That 21 point score was a long time ago before everyone keeps mentioning it.Let's hope our last rider  is something special or it could be a long season.

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