Sings4Speedway Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, adonis said: I know 1 who would have ridden for nothing ,given the opportunity way back Not that i want it to become a precedent but i suspect there are easily enough riders to fill every reserve berth who would ride the season for travel expenses only (including some of the lucky ones who have landed a spot) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Fan Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 3 hours ago, Sings4Speedway said: Not that i want it to become a precedent but i suspect there are easily enough riders to fill every reserve berth who would ride the season for travel expenses only (including some of the lucky ones who have landed a spot) The only problem is that those riders who will ride for nothing are worth exactly THAT.. NOTHING. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 1 hour ago, East End Fan said: The only problem is that those riders who will ride for nothing are worth exactly THAT.. NOTHING. Would have to disagree to a point, there are plenty of riders who have failed to land team places over the years because either their face didn't fit, were deemed in the wrong location geographically or more often than not over the age of 20. I think there is easily an equal a list of riders who have been paid for their efforts and are equally worthless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonis Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 1 hour ago, East End Fan said: The only problem is that those riders who will ride for nothing are worth exactly THAT.. NOTHING. Those riders who would ride for nothing are driven by ambition not by financial gain , there must be quite a few riders with great potential who have walked away because their face didn't fit , some of the people on the inside of speedway are downright vindictive , 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben91 Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 9 hours ago, Greg said: Nice and supportive . Why does Sings have to be supportive of a team they don’t support signing a poor journeyman? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurnTwo Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 Personally think embleton would have been a better choice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonis Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 26 minutes ago, TurnTwo said: Personally think embleton would have been a better choice and me . or james chattin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 Very surprised Chattin hasn't dropped in somewhere yet. Fear he could be another who's face doesn't fit as compared to several signings he looks a better bet both short and long term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffo Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 As Adonis has Quoted Previously the Lights went out after Shelby hit the Fence the reason being as he hit the fence the fence hit and severed the cable of the Red Light on the post behind the fence thus causing a short circuit that put the Lights out so were not the cause of the accident. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binman Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 More northern guys McDonald , Douglas all need a chance and could do a good job . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner85 Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Improving the team is good... changing promoters would be marvellous 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 On 1/12/2019 at 6:19 PM, Binman said: More northern guys McDonald , Douglas all need a chance and could do a good job . With the greatest of respect Kieran like many took a NL place before he was ready and now has been tarred with the brush of a struggling rider, a season or so back in the development leagues and he may feature again. Ryan Mac did largely the same in his previous years at Stoke but has been given several opportunities , he sadly is paying the price for his best year yet at Coventry and then the introduction of the 2.00 limit has partially frozen him out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonis Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Sings4Speedway said: With the greatest of respect Kieran like many took a NL place before he was ready and now has been tarred with the brush of a struggling rider, a season or so back in the development leagues and he may feature again. Ryan Mac did largely the same in his previous years at Stoke but has been given several opportunities , he sadly is paying the price for his best year yet at Coventry and then the introduction of the 2.00 limit has partially frozen him out. I think RyMac has had more than enough chances to come good , Douglas maybe not , might be a good thing for some of these kids to get left out if they really want it they will practise and take every other opportunity to ride ,ready for when a chance comes . lets not have anymore Ryan Burtons please , from a non speedway background and had other peoples opportunities thrown at him , then just walked away back to MX like Matt Willamson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWC Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 We used to have a thing called ‘second half racing’ where reserves especially would be pitched in against the best of novices and unconnected riders. Competition is the best way of gaining improvement and many riders got a team place this way. The sport is at a crossroads and it’s now more than ever we need riders, and local at that, to fill our teams. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 18 minutes ago, GWC said: We used to have a thing called ‘second half racing’ where reserves especially would be pitched in against the best of novices and unconnected riders. Competition is the best way of gaining improvement and many riders got a team place this way. The sport is at a crossroads and it’s now more than ever we need riders, and local at that, to fill our teams. Fortunately Stoke host an MDL team (although not overly cooperatively) so the opportunity is there IF the reserves take part in it. They will always have the advantage of getting dialled in to the track already so should be capable of taking care of any challengers but often hide from it as they are not brave enough to risk losing their place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkypotter Posted February 2, 2019 Report Share Posted February 2, 2019 (edited) On 1/30/2019 at 12:18 PM, Sings4Speedway said: Fortunately Stoke host an MDL team (although not overly cooperatively) so the opportunity is there IF the reserves take part in it. They will always have the advantage of getting dialled in to the track already so should be capable of taking care of any challengers but often hide from it as they are not brave enough to risk losing their place. excellent news that stoke have been handed the national league best pairs event this year. things are on the way up at stoke this year with a great team and a good track to race on. a big well done to dave tattum and the team and good luck for the new season. Edited February 2, 2019 by porkypotter spelling mistake 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waco Posted February 4, 2019 Report Share Posted February 4, 2019 Hopefully the improved track will continue and not revert to the state it has been in over the past seasons 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted February 4, 2019 Report Share Posted February 4, 2019 On 2/2/2019 at 3:30 PM, porkypotter said: excellent news that stoke have been handed the national league best pairs event this year. things are on the way up at stoke this year with a great team and a good track to race on. a big well done to dave tattum and the team and good luck for the new season. Just a shame Wolverhampton wouldn’t allow cleggy to come back for this year.Him and Perry would have been the best top 2 in the league . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 http://www.stoke-speedway.com/news.php?extend.1222 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sings4Speedway Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 Oooh new chairs......and a dreadful view out the window to really drag the corporate users in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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