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6 hours ago, hans fan said:

give me barker any day of week, he may have plenty of faults  but he has never let panthers down on track , he's a pleasure to watch

Apart from well he pulled out of a guest booking for us claiming to be sick and was then seen practicing elsewhere screwing us over. 

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6 hours ago, hans fan said:

give me barker any day of week, he may have plenty of faults  but he has never let panthers down on track , he's a pleasure to watch

Apart from not turning up at Glasgow, practising at Stoke the same day & later admitting he shafted us? 

Oh & what happened at the end of 2015? Seem to remember he didn't turn up/was asked not to attend dinner & dance. Something to do with not returning equipment I heard 

Yep totally reliable.

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42 minutes ago, Noodles said:

Apart from not turning up at Glasgow, practising at Stoke the same day & later admitting he shafted us? 

Oh & what happened at the end of 2015? Seem to remember he didn't turn up/was asked not to attend dinner & dance. Something to do with not returning equipment I heard 

Yep totally reliable.

My quote was on the track 

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3 minutes ago, hans fan said:

When wright is a proven no1 like barker and rides at no1 on a regular basis I'll agree ..not saying theres much between Them on talent (wright probaly has more) but barker has a ruthless streak when the chips are down

Barker 6.97, Wright 8.21. Wright is better - fact.

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5 minutes ago, hans fan said:

When wright is a proven no1 like barker and rides at no1 on a regular basis I'll agree ..not saying theres much between Them on talent (wright probaly has more) but barker has a ruthless streak when the chips are down

Last time I saw Barker ride for Panthers he turned up with 1 bike that didn't work & had to borrow bikes.

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14 minutes ago, Noodles said:

Last time I saw Barker ride for Panthers he turned up with 1 bike that didn't work & had to borrow bikes.

And still managed to beat a flying schlein....whatever happens i have been well and truely wrong about panthers this season thought scunny and sheff would be pushing for top spot and panthers would be fighting for wooden spoon with Berwick. How wrong could 1 be

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2 minutes ago, Flappy said:

I'd sign Barker over Ostergaard on that average for next season and get him some decent bikes 

I think the jury are out on that one, seem to remember Panthers loaning him some equipment before and he was devious or reluctant to return it, caused quite a bit of ill feeling with Panthers management at the time, great to watch him on good machinery  ,good to watch him when he is in full flow , but you have to look at the whole package with Ben

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7 minutes ago, hans fan said:

And still managed to beat a flying schlein....whatever happens i have been well and truely wrong about panthers this season thought scunny and sheff would be pushing for top spot and panthers would be fighting for wooden spoon with Berwick. How wrong could 1 be

You are not alone on that, lots of people got it wrong but that's the trouble with predictions pre season, the teams that start the season are all subject to changes along the way and it totally throws a spanner in the works.

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From what I have heard Peterborough are set to stick with Barker for the playoffs and are loaning him the Ashtech club engine that Nicholls was using in his few matches when he was flying.

I do agree that not much between Barker and Wright but Barker more prepared to put it all in and a better team man.

The 2015 situation people are mentioning was to do with a rolling chassis that the club provided that the rider failed to return but there is more to it with the club not keeping their end of the deal with things but all patched up now and I hear Ged was one of the first people in contact with Ben when he had a big crash at Sheffield earlier in the season.

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On ‎9‎/‎18‎/‎2018 at 11:27 PM, flagrag said:

From what I have heard Peterborough are set to stick with Barker for the playoffs and are loaning him the Ashtech club engine that Nicholls was using in his few matches when he was flying.

I do agree that not much between Barker and Wright but Barker more prepared to put it all in and a better team man.

The 2015 situation people are mentioning was to do with a rolling chassis that the club provided that the rider failed to return but there is more to it with the club not keeping their end of the deal with things but all patched up now and I hear Ged was one of the first people in contact with Ben when he had a big crash at Sheffield earlier in the season.

Panthers have listed for Rye House away k/o cup meeting  Ben Barker as guest at NO1 , I was under the impression that they couldn't use the same guest in away meetings for an 8 day period can Neil Watson possibly explain this .

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15 minutes ago, New era Panthers said:

Panthers have listed for Rye House away k/o cup meeting  Ben Barker as guest at NO1 , I was under the impression that they couldn't use the same guest in away meetings for an 8 day period can Neil Watson possibly explain this .

I read in this week's Speedway Star that they have booked Chris Harris for the meeting at Rye House, then Ben Barker for the one at Peterborough. If that's correct, it's a little odd that the Panthers own preview does not reflect this.

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