BuxtonTiger Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 Or a shambles of a meeting in front of a small crowd. Who do they think is going to pay after all these years of bu------ and moving on how many meetings till it closes for good? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner85 Posted April 8, 2019 Report Share Posted April 8, 2019 Considering the ups and downs re the stadium and latterly the new track, it is no surprise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waytogo28 Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 11 hours ago, BuxtonTiger said: Or a shambles of a meeting in front of a small crowd. Who do they think is going to pay after all these years of bu------ and moving on how many meetings till it closes for good? Less than 20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 12 hours ago, thecoombdog said: Much better to delay a week than run a shambles of a meeting in front of a big crowd. Suspect the crowd will be much bigger a week later on the the Thursday of the bank holiday weekend. If it goes pear shaped expect some very ugly scenes or a much smaller than predicted crowd as every man and his dog(if they are allowed in) knows its going to be a balls up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyabb17 Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 14 hours ago, geoff58 said: so insistent lee kilby said it would be on !!! fans saying otherwise who's right ?? again fans not being respected !! I note you are a Belle Vue fan....surely after your clubs opening debacle you would see the sense behind the postponement. I would rather they allowed the extra week to get it right then turn up Thursday & the track isn't ready. I think the club has taken the correct decision. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, hyabb17 said: I note you are a Belle Vue fan....surely after your clubs opening debacle you would see the sense behind the postponement. I would rather they allowed the extra week to get it right then turn up Thursday & the track isn't ready. I think the club has taken the correct decision. to be fair, Swindon have had all winter to re-jig two corners, whilst Manchester CIty Council and their sub-contractors had a winter to build a complete stadium, lay a whole rack, bend 3/4 the last parts as machinery moved out of the stadium. Add to that, the rest of the track was race-able on that first night, just bend3/4 that the MCC sub-contractors messed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyabb17 Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, OveFundinFan said: to be fair, Swindon have had all winter to re-jig two corners, whilst Manchester CIty Council and their sub-contractors had a winter to build a complete stadium, lay a whole rack, bend 3/4 the last parts as machinery moved out of the stadium. Add to that, the rest of the track was race-able on that first night, just bend3/4 that the MCC sub-contractors messed up. Irrespective of the above, Belle Vue knew that the track wasn't ready & still tried to run the meeting. Swindon have obviously looked at this & decided that it's not worth the risk. That's where you are wrong. I believe that we were only allowed to start the track a few weeks ago, don't forget we have Stadia UK who have to grant permission for us to make amendments, work in the afternoon's etc. Edited April 9, 2019 by hyabb17 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 Weird how it seems to be mainly Belle Vue fans criticising Swindon. At least Swindon have been honest to supporters and said that the track isn't ready rather than taking the fans' money and making them stand around for hours. 7 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces51 Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) It was the Belle Vue meeting this week that was cancelled so I would expect their fans to have more interest than others in what has happened. In truth I don't see many fans from anywhere expressing a view about this and I don't really see any of the comments saying anything that many Swindon fans haven't already said about the construction of the new stadium and track. However, there is no criticism from me. I am just pleased that that the track work is being done and that Swindon will be running for at least one more season and hopefully, for much longer. Edited April 9, 2019 by Aces51 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 2 hours ago, OveFundinFan said: to be fair, Swindon have had all winter to re-jig two corners, whilst Manchester CIty Council and their sub-contractors had a winter to build a complete stadium, lay a whole rack, bend 3/4 the last parts as machinery moved out of the stadium. Add to that, the rest of the track was race-able on that first night, just bend3/4 that the MCC sub-contractors messed up. Morton and Gordon messed up ..they try to run a meeting on a track that was clearly not fit for purpose ,. Thou MCC were at fault for the building of the track but it was Belle Vue who should had ran test meetings etc etc to make sure it was ok before letting a massive crowd in . As I said on another topic ,Swindon have done the right thing by not running the meeting but you really do have to question why this work was started so late . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aces51 Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 1 minute ago, orion said: Morton and Gordon messed up ..they try to run a meeting on a track that was clearly not fit for purpose ,. Thou MCC were at fault for the building of the track but it was Belle Vue who should had ran test meetings etc etc to make sure it was ok before letting a massive crowd in . As I said on another topic ,Swindon have done the right thing by not running the meeting but you really do have to question why this work was started so late . I would say that you are still trotting out your rubbish about the NSS but that would only result in you replying and my having to repeat at length the true facts. You obviously didn't believe them the first time so there is no point. I agree with your second paragraph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poolebolton Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 Really don’t see what the big deal is. Swindon did the right thing. It’s a week at the start of a very long season. For once speedway is better than football look at Tottenham taking months to sort it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Aces51 said: I would say that you are still trotting out your rubbish about the NSS but that would only result in you replying and my having to repeat at length the true facts. You obviously didn't believe them the first time so there is no point. I agree with your second paragraph. You are the one who speaks rubbish ..It's common sense that Belle Vue Speedway are the ones who must make sure track is fit for purpose before they open (as Swindon will do next week ) no matter who built it in the first place .You don't have to have any facts just common sense , ,You don't and can't reply because there is no answer to that . If Swindon run the meeting next week and the track is not ready I will the blame the club not people who built it as the buck stops with them as it would do in any other business who have not fully checked and ran tests before opening . Edited April 9, 2019 by orion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 Really can’t see the issue here. Getting the track right and ready is the total priority. It’s no good saying they have had all winter to do this because nobody knows the circumstances that has lead to the work starting later. As expected there might be a delay to one or some of the fixtures due to this, but no surprise that some of those moaning are Aces fans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 Looking forward to the opening of the brand new Swindon stadium next week. Should be a huge crowd. Poole will bring plenty of fans to the grand opening. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 first meeting 0n there new track against local rivals poole perfect meeting to start there season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racers and royals Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, geoff58 said: the BSPA passed the track to race on opening night b/vue had to have a racing licence other wise no one would be allowed in and the meeting couldn't have been put on !! the problems happened with the track 2 hours before when the tempreture dropped and defaults in the 3/4 bends of which it as been well documented and explained even by phillip rising in the speedway star !! so again before blaming b/vue ask yourself why were b/vue given the all clear by BSPA that the track was fit for racing ???? give your head a wobble !!! swindon will also have to get the all clear as well by BSPA !!! Nothing to do with the BSPA. Messrs Gordon and Morton knew there was a problem with bends 3/4. SCB manager Graham Reeve i understand had to rush to Manchester on the night before the meeting because of the seriousness of the problem. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 Whilst taking neither side in the Belle Vue debate as that has been done to death previously i think everyone knows the SCB inspections are tick box exercises only. How many times have people seen a ref walk onto the edge of one corner then back to the box for a track inspection or poke at one air fence panel and deem it secured only to see them lift later in the meeting and riders disappear underneath them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, geoff58 said: the BSPA passed the track to race on opening night b/vue had to have a racing licence other wise no one would be allowed in and the meeting couldn't have been put on !! the problems happened with the track 2 hours before when the tempreture dropped and defaults in the 3/4 bends of which it as been well documented and explained even by phillip rising in the speedway star !! so again before blaming b/vue ask yourself why were b/vue given the all clear by BSPA that the track was fit for racing ???? give your head a wobble !!! swindon will also have to get the all clear as well by BSPA !!! ? the German Gp the other year was no doubt given a racing licence do think that track was ok ..? Not enough testing was ever done to know that it was going to be ok .the two riders who were asked to test the track the track told Belle Vue that the track had major problems and they never rode the track at night . Graham Reeve was also called up the night before as there were problems with the 3 and 4th bends ..so it's just a load of garbage to say that this problem just happen 2 hours before the meeting started . Have a look back 48 hours before the meeting and your see that the cat was out of the bag that the track had massive problems it was over this forum . Morton and Gordon took a risk to run the meeting due to the ticket sales without making sure the track was ok so the buck stops with them . Of course Phil Rising who happens to be great Friends with Chris Morton tends to miss out a lot of the facts what happened at the time . As I said if Swindon track is not fit for racing next week I won't be blaming the BSPA I won't be blaming the people who done the work I will be blaming Swindon Speedway as it's there job to make sure the track is tested before you let fans into the stadium something that Belle Vue never did . Edited April 9, 2019 by orion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouch Posted April 9, 2019 Report Share Posted April 9, 2019 Maybe Swindon could get a couple of riders to test the track before the first meeting and when they give it the thumbs up you know you’re good to go. Hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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