Guest GiveusaB Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 I think the end of September for all League meetings.....giving all of October to arrange Play Offs and Final ! Sounds reasonable. Yes we've had a great summer, but a very poor first 2 months....this should reflect in an extension of the season...imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 1 hour ago, g13webb said: Those Rye House dates hasn't altered the schedule at all, Where once all 8 teams could play each other on a said day, now we have 6 team competing and 1 team spare. In actual fact since RH withdrawal it has made more of a problem. All RH withdrawal high lighted was the wasted race days some teams had used up. Whose responsible for fixture planning ?? Whose responsible for the calender schedule ?? We all know who were responsible for those FRN... Ok fair point regarding schedule but you can't arrange one meeting in a two month window! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 Fixed race nights has caused this problem ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 26 minutes ago, GiveusaB said: I think the end of September for all League meetings.....giving all of October to arrange Play Offs and Final ! Sounds reasonable. Yes we've had a great summer, but a very poor first 2 months....this should reflect in an extension of the season...imo Not to me it doesnt, because sure as Eggs is eggs it will P down in October. All fixtures should be done and dusted by mid September at the latest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 1 minute ago, ray c said: Fixed race nights has caused this problem ? Fixed race nights seem to have caused a lot of issues with the main reason seemingly to attract the top riders which hasn't been achieved. Only really Iversen who you would class as a top rider who is riding this season and didn't ride last season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 15 minutes ago, foreverblue said: Fixed race nights seem to have caused a lot of issues with the main reason seemingly to attract the top riders which hasn't been achieved. Only really Iversen who you would class as a top rider who is riding this season and didn't ride last season. I think the point was that fixed nights hasn't had an effect on whether or not a team completes their fixtures, and I don't see how it has. It's really not hard to get all the fixtures in. I remember at Swindon last year there were frustratingly many weeks with no matches - yet they still got their fixtures in before the cut-off despite this. With so few team in the league there really is no excuse. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviator Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 16 minutes ago, Grachan said: I think the point was that fixed nights hasn't had an effect on whether or not a team completes their fixtures, and I don't see how it has. It's really not hard to get all the fixtures in. I remember at Swindon last year there were frustratingly many weeks with no matches - yet they still got their fixtures in before the cut-off despite this. With so few team in the league there really is no excuse. I totally agree. The people who makes the rules must comply with the rules they have made. We had a situation at Poole where a meeting was postponed because a bunch of overpaid primadonas were kicking a ball about in Russia. The fixtures should be pre agreed at the start of the season and only changed because of bad weather. In the event of bad weather the meeting should be held on the next allocated race night i.e. the following Monday or Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 Is sept 10 the cut off date maybe it could go to the 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviator Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 5 minutes ago, ray c said: Is sept 10 the cut off date maybe it could go to the 17 I for one do not want to be watching speedway on damp autumn evenings when through poor planning the promoters have thrown balmy spring/summer evenings away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 The Premier League shut down for WTC / SON never helps fixture planning. Also likely to be good weather! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 8 minutes ago, Aviator said: I for one do not want to be watching speedway on damp autumn evenings when through poor planning the promoters have thrown balmy spring/summer evenings away. Too right, the best summer since 1976, and the promoters have wasted it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waytogo28 Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 4 hours ago, g13webb said: Be interesting to hear other posters views.... Be interesting to hear some promoters views! Or even the view collectively of the BSPA, but interacting with fans is far from their best attribute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 9 minutes ago, Richard Weston said: And it follows the worst start to the season, weatherwise, for many a long year. Make hay when sun shines They were lucky to have the opportunity to put things right, after a wet start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 1 hour ago, ray c said: Is sept 10 the cut off date maybe it could go to the 17 Of Feb 2019? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 22 minutes ago, mikebv said: Of Feb 2019? Thats a far better date the weather will be fine then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Aviator said: I for one do not want to be watching speedway on damp autumn evenings when through poor planning the promoters have thrown balmy spring/summer evenings away. The playoffs have always gone into october you must be new to speedway or got a poor memory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpecialOne Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 No reason at all to extend the season considering the weather this summer. If teams schedule meetings to the back end of the season then that is their issue. Plenty of dates this year where meetings could and should have been scheduled and that applies to most teams in the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g13webb Posted August 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Grachan said: I think the point was that fixed nights hasn't had an effect on whether or not a team completes their fixtures, and I don't see how it has. It's really not hard to get all the fixtures in. I remember at Swindon last year there were frustratingly many weeks with no matches - yet they still got their fixtures in before the cut-off despite this. With so few team in the league there really is no excuse. How do you make that out? Before FRN there were at least 4/5 days a week when team could arrange their racenights, now we have only 2. With there being only 7 teams there will always be a team spare with no fixture. That alone magnifies the problem of available dates. You say last year you got all your fixture in, but I remember you one rode 4 meetings in 9 days, that is something you wouldn't to able to do this year, so Swindon would have been in the same position than, as teams are now. Unlike a lot of posters on here, I try to be positive and think of the bigger picture. I see no sense for a team to compete in a league all year, only to be deprived of a PO because of fixture congestion. The sport struggles to be taken serious by the general public, yet we continue to shoot ourselves in the foot. This is not about KL, Poole, Somerset or any of the other teams, is about making decisions for the benefit of the sport . And if the 'Powers of B' cant do that, then each of us must question our sanity of supporting our teams in the first instance.... 3 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said: Its the away team that has refused Somersets dates. Again you only see one side of a problem. Just because Somerset has offered dates, it doesn't make them right or wrong. Obviously these dates were not convenient or else they would have been arranged. But no doubt Buster, would have offered an alternative , but these were not convenient either. It is so easy to be judgemental when hearing only one side of an argument. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoombdog Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Starman2006 said: Not to me it doesnt, because sure as Eggs is eggs it will P down in October. All fixtures should be done and dusted by mid September at the latest. I couldn't agree more. The rubbish weather in Oct must affect the play off crowds. If the final was the 1st week of Sep then there is a much better chance of better weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted August 15, 2018 Report Share Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, Steve Shovlar said: We have had a long dry summer. No reason to extend at all. Clubs could have planned better to fit fixtures in gefore panicking as time ran out. Think back to all those weeks when no fixtures were run. The playoff dates should not be moved imo. Clubs should simply plan their fixtures better. Rules are rules at the end of the day.. But if all the promotors agree to a weeks extension it would be in the interest of the sport .But we all know 1 that wouldn't. If it was Poole in that position I imagine you would see Ford's dummy half way out of his pram, playing the time to leave the club card like he did when Poole looked crap. People moan about Buster as chairman, but he looks like he is going to loose a lot of money by sticking by the rules. Could you see Ford as chairman doing the same.. Just saying like... Edited August 15, 2018 by Bald Bloke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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