allthegearbutnaeidea Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 Missed 3/4 perfectly fine Saturday nights in the past 2 months with no racing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topsoil Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, allthegearbutnaeidea said: Missed 3/4 perfectly fine Saturday nights in the past 2 months with no racing Apart from last Saturday (when Edinburgh were at Eastbourne, so they couldn't come anyway and it clashed with a gp and you know fans love to use that as an excuse to stay in the house), both postponements were after those "free weeks". Last Saturday Leon was in Poland, NBJ was ill, Gary Flint was probably in Poland as well with Leon? so there's probably two guests and a new team manager you would be looking at. Cue more moaning about the use of guests in speedway. Edited July 12, 2019 by topsoil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topsoil Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 8 hours ago, Bandit59 said: Does not matter if they keep watching weather forecasts we might still be trying to fit meetings in October And risk losing the money they did against Edinburgh? A fast way to go out of business. Like it or not, this is the way speedway will be run now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topsoil Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 8 hours ago, allthegearbutnaeidea said: Missed 3/4 perfectly fine Saturday nights in the past 2 months with no racing Out of those 3-4 weeks, one we were away to Eastbourne, one was the Saturday May Bank Holiday, when it rained all Saturday night and one clashed with the GP qualifier at Glasgow (would that have affected the attendance, given that folk often stay away to watch the GP's on the TV?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penchev Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 12 hours ago, Tellitasitis said: I think he means that Nick Morris had an input in track preparation yes i had gathered that ha ha, sarcasm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjcol Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 Just now, penchev said: yes i had gathered that ha ha, sarcasm lowest form of witmmmmmmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tellitasitis Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 1 hour ago, penchev said: yes i had gathered that ha ha, sarcasm Sorry my mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balderdash&piffle Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 15 hours ago, penchev said: It’s 2019 Nick Morris doesn’t ride for us That's the point, if he did, we might have a well prepared track, as it was when he did ride for us 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topsoil Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 9 hours ago, balderdash&piffle said: That's the point, if he did, we might have a well prepared track, as it was when he did ride for us He cost Berwick a fortune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit59 Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 5 minutes ago, topsoil said: He cost Berwick a fortune Do you think he was worth it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audiscore Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Bandit59 said: Do you think he was worth Edited July 12, 2019 by Audiscore None Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penchev Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 10 hours ago, Tellitasitis said: Sorry my mistake Sarcasm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penchev Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 12 hours ago, bjcol said: lowest form of witmmmmmmmmmm Truly lost for words 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topsoil Posted July 12, 2019 Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 46 minutes ago, Bandit59 said: Do you think he was worth it? He was brilliant to see at Berwick, it was the first time we have had a genuine number one in the team for a while (since Adrian Rymel), but unfortunately he did not add many to the attendance, so Berwick simply couldn't afford him. I just wish we could find a sponsor or a big enough crowd to afford riders of his calibre. Unfortunately... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balderdash&piffle Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 11 hours ago, topsoil said: He cost Berwick a fortune The fan however, experienced much better speedway, even it was for only half a season. My understanding was he was individually sponsored X amount per meeting and not on point money.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit59 Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 Don't know who payed or sponsored Nick but glad they did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topsoil Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 1 hour ago, balderdash&piffle said: The fan however, experienced much better speedway, even it was for only half a season. My understanding was he was individually sponsored X amount per meeting and not on point money.. The fans, however they might have enjoyed it, didn't turn out in sufficient numbers and the promotion still lost a bucketload. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balderdash&piffle Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 14 minutes ago, topsoil said: The fans, however they might have enjoyed it, didn't turn out in sufficient numbers and the promotion still lost a bucketload. Remember, it was a pretty disastrous start to that season, by the time the changes came, the fans had lost faith and voted with their feet. Probably down to bad decisions at the beginning, when changes came just to late to stem the damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topsoil Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 5 minutes ago, balderdash&piffle said: Remember, it was a pretty disastrous start to that season, by the time the changes came, the fans had lost faith and voted with their feet. Probably down to bad decisions at the beginning, when changes came just to late to stem the damage. Could be, but with the money lost, there was no way they could afford to bring him back again, unless a big sponsor could be found. There again, I would point out again that some of the racing even in the first half of that season with Lewis Bridger coming from the back was good, but fans at that time wren't appeased with good racing, they only wanted a winning team. Sometimes you just can't win. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjcol Posted July 14, 2019 Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 On 7/12/2019 at 9:35 PM, penchev said: Truly lost for words no like you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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