Fenway Bleachers Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 Time to move this meeting to Manchester. I last attended in 2011 and like Piotr vowed not to go back as the organisation was dire then and it seems to have gone backwards since. A meeting of this stature should be at Belle Vue......and maybe the night before Cardiff, since Somerset via the M5 is now out of bounds unless you have a helicopter. !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Mr Blobby said: Get your head out his backside he’s acted unprofessional again today. Apart from not scoring very well, I'm guessing due to mechanical issues, what's he done wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSC67 Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 13 minutes ago, Fenway Bleachers said: Time to move this meeting to Manchester. I last attended in 2011 and like Piotr vowed not to go back as the organisation was dire then and it seems to have gone backwards since. A meeting of this stature should be at Belle Vue......and maybe the night before Cardiff, since Somerset via the M5 is now out of bounds unless you have a helicopter. !! If it was held at Belle Vue on a Saturday night then there's a chance I and a few others might be more interested in attending 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB252 Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 40 minutes ago, Trees said: Apart from not scoring very well, I'm guessing due to mechanical issues, what's he done wrong? There was nothing wrong with his equipment. He didn't fancy the track apparently and there is word his ban might kick in soon so maybe that contributed to the toys coming out of the pram. I've defended him in the past but he was thoroughly unprofessional today which, according to what Cook bangs on about constantly, is completely against the Glasgow ethos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB252 Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 One of the most poorly run meetings I've ever attended. 13 heats run in two hours. In the meantime I watched 10 heats from Zielona Gora on my phone in half the amount of time whilst waiting for something to happen at Owlerton. The great thing about not having a team anymore is that you can make a decision to never go to a track ever again and stick to it without feeling guilty. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxiboy Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 Every year after this meeting the reports are that it’s processional dross. I went a few weeks ago for the first time since in about 7 years & couldn’t believe how bad the track was, it looked more like a ploughed field. I’ll never waste my money there again. About time this was shifted to a decent race track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 19 minutes ago, CB252 said: There was nothing wrong with his equipment. He didn't fancy the track apparently and there is word his ban might kick in soon so maybe that contributed to the toys coming out of the pram. I've defended him in the past but he was thoroughly unprofessional today which, according to what Cook bangs on about constantly, is completely against the Glasgow ethos. Think the screw is working loose again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry1603 Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 Another bad day for speedway it seems. Well done to Riss, but one or two others need to think of their actions were in the best interests of the sport (effectively their employers). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H20 Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 There is a reason Cook struggles to find top teams especially in Poland and Sweden and its because of his attitude. There are many riders who ride in both Poland and Sweden who are far less talented than Cook but dint come with the baggage. Belle Vue got shot of him for exactly the same issues that he showed today. Attitude !!!! There were loads of fans that had travelled from Glasgow and other places including Workington to support Craig today for him to spit his dummy out yet again. Shocking behaviour he was only just about going through the motions coming out last from the pits in his first three rides showing no commitment at all pretending to do them starts then disappears from the pits. He should be fined for that today. In fact should he not be banned at the minute anyway ? What's happened to that incident ? He totally made himself look a right t@at today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flagrag Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 Not sure if this is correct but there was reports going round after the meeting that Craig had his SCB hearing this afternoon before the meeting and that may have been the reason for his performance. What I do know was that SCB chairman Jim Lawrence was in attendance along with other SCB appeal members Mick Bates and Rob Godfrey as was the SCB administrator so there may well have been some truth in these reports. If correct I expect a statement in the morning as obviously he will not be at Wolverhampton for Kings Lynn on Monday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bringbackHalifax Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 One of the riders said that the payment for yesterday was a flat £250 per rider who did not make the top 6. No travel money. Rich Lawson got 9 points, so less than £30 a point. Scott Nichols opted to pull out and in the interests of the sport and his personal health, should now be given 28 days off ( ban) to recover from his back injury. Promotors, there were many, stood laughing and joking around the pit fence for most of the meeting should take responsibility for their riders and should not be allowed a facility for riders who crap on the paying public. Lots of riders did not want to ride, were told they must do three races or come to the tapes 3 times in Craig’s masterclass of mischief and p ss taking. At least after the 3rd one he did not pretend to have a bike issue. Sheffield is a pale shadow of its former standing in the sport, Tatum said in programme he thinks Sheffield should be in top league, Bates said its one of if not THE best venue in Britain and all year ( maybe longer ) fans have been saying the one thing you really need is a decent racetrack. The stadium improvements around the first bend are not the speedway people’s doing, but the race track is. Noticed it said in programme track curator is Stewart Dickson. Where was he ? agree with others I will not go again if it is at Sheffield. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cj69 Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 Completely unconfirmed report but seen elsewhere written that Cook blew 2 engines. Wasn't there myself as been disapointed to often at Sheffield recently to bother going back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelShoe Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 Agree with other comments on here that this and other top meetings for that matter should be at the NSS, not quite sure why it was called this really. Only two sides open at the stadium, in excess of 3 hours standing on sloping concrete does zilch for your back, people openly smoking on turn 4 with not a steward to be seen, track not great, some riders attitude showed no respect for the paying public, really some of these guys need to look at their attitude because they are contributing to the demise of the sport from which they make a living. This title doesn't appear to have the prestige with riders or the BSPA that it once had which is a shame. Well done Erik Riss a deserving winner from a small band who really looked like they wanted to be there. Like others I won't be back if it's held at Owlerton again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityrebel Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 To think, this meeting was originally moved from Hackney to Wimbledon, because the capacity at the wick was a mere 13,000! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff100 Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Cj69 said: Completely unconfirmed report but seen elsewhere written that Cook blew 2 engines. Wasn't there myself as been disapointed to often at Sheffield recently to bother going back. On bspa site it says he wasnt well with an illness guess we will never know , but if its personel who are we to judge . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 11 hours ago, Piotr Pyszny said: Nought out of ten to Sheffield Speedway, who, despite this meeting starting at 5pm, wouldn't allow anybody to take food into the stadium. Not everyone, Sheffield Speedway, wants to eat the sort of tasteless, overpriced fast food invariably served up at speedway meetings. Wake up. It's 2019! I think that's down to the Stadium owners, rather than Sheffield Speedway. It happened a few years ago and Neil Machin (the then promoter at Sheffield) came out to sort it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piotr Pyszny Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 15 minutes ago, StevePark said: I think that's down to the Stadium owners, rather than Sheffield Speedway. It happened a few years ago and Neil Machin (the then promoter at Sheffield) came out to sort it out. To the casual, occasional visitor, the stadium and the speedway club are one and the same. I'm afraid, as an excuse, "it's down to the stadium owners" won't wash. We'll never go to Sheffield Speedway again. Sorted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Piotr Pyszny said: To the casual, occasional visitor, the stadium and the speedway club are one and the same. I'm afraid, as an excuse, "it's down to the stadium owners" won't wash. We'll never go to Sheffield Speedway again. Sorted. I thought all stadium were very much the same - no food or drink policy. Make you buy from the stadium - no matter who owns or rents it- thats the business side of it. Now the safety side - If food and drinks were allowed I would think there would be more bags to search (security in this modern age and security searches cost money), and especially drinks in glass bottles or glass drinking receptacles are considered a potentially dangerous weapon ie broken glass can cut throats. Sounds crazy but we live in that society now and speedway fans are not immune from it. I can remember our visits to Cardiff in 2013-14-15, certainly the last 2 years it was full bag search. And recently I been to a city centre venue for a 3 day convention, and it was full bag search every day as you enter, and if you go out at lunch time and come back carrying a bag again it was full bag search. These were security checks, we had a concession re food/drink. but the bag search was checking for any sort og glass as well. Its all a pain, but thats the world we live in at this moment. If at an event where anything could be brought in without security and something bad did happen the cry would be "where was the security checks, security checks would have stopped them". Edited September 2, 2019 by OveFundinFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montie Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 35 minutes ago, geoff100 said: On bspa site it says he wasnt well with an illness guess we will never know , but if its personel who are we to judge . its a new illness that seems to recently have appread with some riders,and i say some as that is the case I have no idea where this GrippyTrackitus came from Cook needs to have a long hard look in the mirror this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinny Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 Cook is a w@nker , end of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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