marko Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 Facing the same club four times in a row has got to be a record that will never be broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KN1 Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, marko said: Facing the same club four times in a row has got to be a record that will never be broken. You sure, anything is possible with the bspa Edited September 20, 2018 by KN1 Spelling mistakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 1 hour ago, marko said: Facing the same club four times in a row has got to be a record that will never be broken. You can lay the blame for that firmly at Peterborough's door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New era Panthers Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 38 minutes ago, TonyE said: You can lay the blame for that firmly at Peterborough's door. Perhaps you would like to tell everybody how you worked that one out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waco Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 (edited) Apparently Peterborough are supposed to have.. turned down 3 different dates to race at lakeside ..how true that is i do not know.but there has been a fair bit said about it in this neck of the woods ,,and not favourably '' Some of that could arguably be blamed on Scunny.... Edited September 20, 2018 by waco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 1 hour ago, New era Panthers said: Perhaps you would like to tell everybody how you worked that one out. Note 'the smiley' You didn't have to pick Lakeside for the play-offs but the prospect of one home and one away leg for the Panthers and two away legs for the Hammers was too hard to resist no doubt! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 To a degree though when two clubs are successful in several competitions at the same time, the likelihood is they will meet a few times too, the shield I think was drawn out of a hat, the koc the same and although Panthers choose to race us again in the play offs, aside from the repetitive nature, it makes sense travel wise and they know they can do well at Rye. The play offs the biggies and so you could say the shield and koc could be used a practice sessions but with something on the line. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairboy Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 Whether or not we all like it, the League Champions are determined by play-offs - which effectively means a 2 legged knockout contest tagged onto the end of this season. For this reason, it is absurd to also have 2 other competitions which end with exactly the same format, at the same time of year (and often with the same teams). Ideally, if there were sufficient league fixtures there would be no need for the rather contrived Championship Shield. As for the KO Cup, in my view it should have cut-off points enforced earlier in the season, and a Final much earlier in the season, so it is over and done with long before the play-offs start. In a perfect world, of course. Next week, my solution to end conflict between Israel and Palestine. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waco Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 With all these meetings against Peterborough.it is even more important for the Hammers to win at ........home?????????... on sunday for the fans to retain any interest., for the rest of the season....my opinion only..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daytripper Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 8 minutes ago, White City Rebel said: Whether or not we all like it, the League Champions are determined by play-offs - which effectively means a 2 legged knockout contest tagged onto the end of this season. For this reason, it is absurd to also have 2 other competitions which end with exactly the same format, at the same time of year (and often with the same teams). Ideally, if there were sufficient league fixtures there would be no need for the rather contrived Championship Shield. As for the KO Cup, in my view it should have cut-off points enforced earlier in the season, and a Final much earlier in the season, so it is over and done with long before the play-offs start. In a perfect world, of course. Next week, my solution to end conflict between Israel and Palestine. You have just caused me to have this mental image of a BSPA Management Committee meeting like the Mad Hatters tea party, with Rob Godfrey as the Mad Hatter and Buster Chapman with his tie undone as he always seems to have it, as the doremouse dozing of with a few empty beer glasses in front of him, and Mad Hatter Godfrey yelling “Absurd of course it’s not absurd, let’s scrap the league and make every match a cup final then make Scunthorpe the winner “ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffdiamond Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 37 minutes ago, White City Rebel said: Next week, my solution to end conflict between Israel and Palestine. You might find that thats a lesser task than trying to sort speedway out 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New era Panthers Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 1 hour ago, waco said: Apparently Peterborough are supposed to have.. turned down 3 different dates to race at lakeside ..how true that is i do not know.but there has been a fair bit said about it in this neck of the woods ,,and not favourably '' Some of that could arguably be blamed on Scunny.... I've only heard of 1 date which was offered that Panthers declined through rider availability but it would have gone ahead long ago had Scunthorpe's Rob Godfrey not got involved and had the meeting postponed and as for picking Lakeside at Rye House in the play off semi's , well can you blame them for that . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRM Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 26 minutes ago, New era Panthers said: I've only heard of 1 date which was offered that Panthers declined through rider availability but it would have gone ahead long ago had Scunthorpe's Rob Godfrey not got involved and had the meeting postponed and as for picking Lakeside at Rye House in the play off semi's , well can you blame them for that . No you can’t blame them, 99% of us would have done the same. Whether it’s right is another matter and it seems to be instilled in the majority of promotions that success will be put above paying speedway fans the majority of the time 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 The awful forecast for Sunday will kill the crowd, even if it's on. The weather was bound to change at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waco Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 Can things get any worse for the..Hammers. ..What happens next if they can't run on Sunday.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 I would guess a doubler header the following Saturday taking on Panthers twice in different competitions, at least this time the Hammers will be no more tired in the second match than the Panthers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted September 20, 2018 Report Share Posted September 20, 2018 3 hours ago, marko said: I would guess a doubler header the following Saturday taking on Panthers twice in different competitions, at least this time the Hammers will be no more tired in the second match than the Panthers. My thoughts exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 Why not start at 2pm and have all three meetings on one day lol. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 40 minutes ago, liam said: Why not start at 2pm and have all three meetings on one day lol. Triple headers, why not. You could run the whole home season in five meetings. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 3 hours ago, cityrebel said: Triple headers, why not. You could run the whole home season in five meetings. Maybe we could have finished the season at Arena Essex after all lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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