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4 hours ago, Hamish McRaker said:

So, who is on Rob Godfrey's list of 16 riders who should be first in line to be offered Championship team places, should vacancies arise this winter?

i have heard that all championship meetings are going to be held on Fridays !

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11 minutes ago, Mr Blobby said:

He Can’t force teams to pick riders he thinks deserve a place who’s to say other clubs feel the same.

Have to agree,it’s a bit of a silly statement from Godfrey.He has no control over Clubs terms and conditions regarding signing riders.Riders averages would also have to be taken into consideration.Just a nonsense statement.

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typical Godders , he and trump would make a great team in speedway management .  one could finance it and the other could run it into the ground . you choose who the manager is and who is the clout behind the club . .

enjoy it while you can , it will be bankrupt in a few years .  

2022  restart ?

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7 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

Have to agree,it’s a bit of a silly statement from Godfrey.He has no control over Clubs terms and conditions regarding signing riders.Riders averages would also have to be taken into consideration.Just a nonsense statement.

The forthcoming AGM may introduce new team-building rules and procedures....

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8 minutes ago, NeilWatson said:

The forthcoming AGM may introduce new team-building rules and procedures....

They may ,but they can’t make teams sign riders they can’t agree Terms with.They could ban all Foreigners then watch all hell let loose!!!
They couldn’t run a raffle.IMO .It’s all about self interest.

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15 minutes ago, Fromafar said:

They may ,but they can’t make teams sign riders they can’t agree Terms with.They could ban all Foreigners then watch all hell let loose!!!
They couldn’t run a raffle.IMO .It’s all about self interest.

Self interest! Thats the problem with the management committee in a nutshell 

 

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1 hour ago, NeilWatson said:

The forthcoming AGM may introduce new team-building rules and procedures....

All the pronouncements have been about same 1 to 7s.

Would not put it past some to have been busy assembling new teams to reduced limits to suit themselves in the slightest.

Don't have to be Einstein to work out which teams will be in on the secret. 

Lower team average would mean MORE riders out of a job, not less. A crazy prospect.

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It has been said that the promoters have been having Zoom time meetings during the covid19 situation so I would surmise that all would have had some input in these discussions.

http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.38468

Have some of you actually read the statement? It says that there could be team changes! We know Leicester COULD be making a change because of the situation with Perks sponsors. It also says it is his OPINION so not a rule or regulation.

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29 minutes ago, IronScorpion said:

It has been said that the promoters have been having Zoom time meetings during the covid19 situation so I would surmise that all would have had some input in these discussions.

http://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/news.php?extend.38468

Have some of you actually read the statement? It says that there could be team changes! We know Leicester COULD be making a change because of the situation with Perks sponsors. It also says it is his OPINION so not a rule or regulation.

If it was MY opinion you could knock it all you want ,but when the people like Godfrey give these kind of thoughts it doesn’t give much hope for thE Sport.

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9 hours ago, Fromafar said:

They may ,but they can’t make teams sign riders they can’t agree Terms with.

Yep, It was a situation like such as this that finally saw the demise of Rider Control at the end of 1976.

This lot clearly don't do history...

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Ah...Rider Control. I was only a school boy at the time, but couldn't get my head around Dave Jessup (who would go on to be a whisker away from being world champion) going to Reading from Leicester, with Reidar Eide joining the Lions (from Newport?) for the 1976 season. I understood that this was associated with Rider Control. I don't know what the respective averages were, but even as a kid I thought we had been shafted. 1976 turned out to be most disastrous season I can remember for the Lions.

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