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I am not surprised that this day has passed without strengthening the team as there is no one there now who cares if we win or lose. We have been taken over by a guy with an ulterior motive.. wouldn't have happened under Ged.

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1 hour ago, Lukas said:

I am not surprised that this day has passed without strengthening the team as there is no one there now who cares if we win or lose. We have been taken over by a guy with an ulterior motive.. wouldn't have happened under Ged.

Who do you suggest could have been signed to “strengthen up” and willing to ride in the UK and for Peterborough?

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39 minutes ago, Lefty said:

In the original fixtures: Peterborough - Wolves (PL-A) was down as 16 May. This has now disappeared. Anybody know why?

MCN Festival of Motorcycling on 18th and 19th, guess the Landlords pulled the fixture to get the venue ready

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6 hours ago, John Scrutton said:

What has happened to Colin Pratt ?  I thought he was in Charge of the teams     Like Chris Louis is at Ipswich 

Carl Johnson is the team manager,  Colin Pratt is in charge of the running of the sport at P/Boro. 

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3 hours ago, Lukas said:

I am not surprised that this day has passed without strengthening the team as there is no one there now who cares if we win or lose. We have been taken over by a guy with an ulterior motive.. wouldn't have happened under Ged.

I certainly don’t think Buster is the saviour by any means, but why do all Peterborough fans treat Rathbone as the messiah? It was him who sold the club to Chapman and ultimately is to blame for anything and not Buster, as he shouldn’t of sold in the first place.

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5 hours ago, wtf said:

Colin's main role at the moment seems to be handing out wristbands in the pits

More tracks should use wristbands.It stops all the hangerones blocking the pit areas. Seen many times riders having to dodge around folk just chatting and not taking any notice whats going off around. When the Ref puts the 2 minute buzzer on and a rider has a problem who needs people in the way.

As for Colin handing out the bands, he knows who should be allowed..........Not every Tom Dick and Harry.

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8 minutes ago, Najjer said:

I certainly don’t think Buster is the saviour by any means, but why do all Peterborough fans treat Rathbone as the messiah? It was him who sold the club to Chapman and ultimately is to blame for anything and not Buster, as he shouldn’t of sold in the first place.

Good post.

Wasn't Rathbone the one that allegedly took money from a Polish club rather than have his best rider ride for the Panthers ? Not thinking of the fans or the other 6 riders if that's the case.. 

Could you imagine if Buster did that :blink:

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36 minutes ago, Najjer said:

I certainly don’t think Buster is the saviour by any means, but why do all Peterborough fans treat Rathbone as the messiah? It was him who sold the club to Chapman and ultimately is to blame for anything and not Buster, as he shouldn’t of sold in the first place.

They don't and I think that he has a lot to answer for but what's happened since can't be ignored either.

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2 hours ago, Bald Bloke said:

Good post.

Wasn't Rathbone the one that allegedly took money from a Polish club rather than have his best rider ride for the Panthers ? Not thinking of the fans or the other 6 riders if that's the case.. 

Could you imagine if Buster did that :blink:

Allegedly! So you're not in possession of the facts but you use it to justify your argument anyway.

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2 hours ago, Najjer said:

I certainly don’t think Buster is the saviour by any means, but why do all Peterborough fans treat Rathbone as the messiah? It was him who sold the club to Chapman and ultimately is to blame for anything and not Buster, as he shouldn’t of sold in the first place.

Ged and team did a great job running and saving Peterborough. They decided to sell up for reasons stated. Surely if you are lucky enough to tempt a buyer in this game, you take it. Can’t see why the seller should be blamed for the buyers thereafter actions. 

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17 minutes ago, Hodgy said:

Ged and team did a great job running and saving Peterborough. They decided to sell up for reasons stated. Surely if you are lucky enough to tempt a buyer in this game, you take it. Can’t see why the seller should be blamed for the buyers thereafter actions. 

But surely if you care about the club and fans (and selling up wasn't as reported a necessity) as stated then given the problems we've had since Frost 2010 to Holdergate then surely that raised some alarm bells of what might follow? If Rathbone chose an unkown without a known history then I'd agree what you say.

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2 hours ago, Najjer said:

I certainly don’t think Buster is the saviour by any means, but why do all Peterborough fans treat Rathbone as the messiah? It was him who sold the club to Chapman and ultimately is to blame for anything and not Buster, as he shouldn’t of sold in the first place.

It wasn't Ged Rathbone who decided to strip the team after what I would describe as a very good team Ged had put together and hand Ipswich Chris Harris was it, and as for the Cook saga from mid December when  Chapman bought the club , he should have been aware of who had signed contracts and who had not before deciding to dismantle riders from the team and give  Harris to Ipswich. Chapman is a total numpty and I hope he gets his fingers burnt,

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7 hours ago, New era Panthers said:

It wasn't Ged Rathbone who decided to strip the team after what I would describe as a very good team Ged had put together and hand Ipswich Chris Harris was it, and as for the Cook saga from mid December when  Chapman bought the club , he should have been aware of who had signed contracts and who had not before deciding to dismantle riders from the team and give  Harris to Ipswich. Chapman is a total numpty and I hope he gets his fingers burnt,

Harris going Ipswich isn't a problem in my eyes panthers have a better rider in tungate biggest problem they've got was having a consistent heat winner in cook and ending up with another reserve .i can understand why carl says what he does but I haven't heard anybody say they believe him .its not as though he's gonna say buster is taking the p155 I wouldn't be having a team 3pts under limit if it was up to me 

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16 hours ago, wtf said:

Colin's main role at the moment seems to be handing out wristbands in the pits

Reminds me of a video someone once produced with their version of a job decsription for the role (I got the idea btw that they weren't great fans of the person in post at the time). I just watched it as the post prompted me and it did make me chuckle: Director of air fence cleaning operations, Director of painting, Director of tractor polishing and maintenance, and also part of the catering staff making tea for us after the meeting :D

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Crikey who would want to own a speedway club !more negative than positive from Fans ! Why bother going if its all just moani about the owners the track .the weather. the world. jesus!!

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As with most things Speedway we will never know the truth. Subterfuge and deviousness are the norm even when being up front is the best way.  Neil Watson told me that he and Ged  were to carry on as promoters and I do not believe he would tell me an out right lie. Ged  told me that the team he put together was done so very cheaply and I believe that as well. He has been naïve in the extreme to put his faith in those he should not have. He  also told me that he regretted selling the club.

As regards the veracity of the new owners they sat at a fans forum knowing full well there was a problem with Cook but chose to pretend all was well.

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