Paulco Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 13 minutes ago, Fromafar said: Do you not think the riders attitude has a lot to do with it these days? Well there is that too . The guided missiles they ride now dont work as well in wet conditions as the old uprights did 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 14 minutes ago, Fromafar said: Do you not think the riders attitude has a lot to do with it these days? I do, and that's why the sooner we move to awarding these matches and not trying to put them on in perfect conditions the sooner the riders will realise they're missing out on a pay packet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 1 minute ago, Paulco said: Well there is that too . The guided missiles they ride now dont work as well in wet conditions as the old uprights did Then we need to find a way of declaring it a wet meeting, with a wet setup, whatever that may be. Can't just keep calling them off based on forecasts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyretrax Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 7 hours ago, iainb said: 1 point each and move on Why not just have a panel, like the old pools panel, go through the fixture list at the start of the season and award the points? no need to worry about the weather, bad tracks and poor crowds and the owners won't lose money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 35 minutes ago, tyretrax said: Why not just have a panel, like the old pools panel, go through the fixture list at the start of the season and award the points? no need to worry about the weather, bad tracks and poor crowds and the owners won't lose money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 39 minutes ago, tyretrax said: Why not just have a panel, like the old pools panel, go through the fixture list at the start of the season and award the points? no need to worry about the weather, bad tracks and poor crowds and the owners won't lose money. The ULTIMATE forecast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W9 Lion Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 4 hours ago, Lenny Lion said: I totally agree with you Iain. Stewart is calling meetings off from 300 miles away & IT’S GOT TO STOP !!! Where i am in Leicestershire its overcast but the cloud is breaking . OK, so what you are suggesting is that The Gaffer drives 323 miles to the track, stands on Bend Two and then calls the meeting off based on the forecast. Also I type as someone who drove to Glasgow for the Friday night meeting and it was called off. It was the correct decision based on the forecast. It looked horrible in Glasgow from 5pm onwards but the heavy rain did not happen until 22:20 when I was walking back from Mr Singhs India. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 12 minutes ago, W9 Lion said: OK, so what you are suggesting is that The Gaffer drives 323 miles to the track, stands on Bend Two and then calls the meeting off based on the forecast. Also I type as someone who drove to Glasgow for the Friday night meeting and it was called off. It was the correct decision based on the forecast. It looked horrible in Glasgow from 5pm onwards but the heavy rain did not happen until 22:20 when I was walking back from Mr Singhs India. You sound like George Bush and Tony Blair with their WMD's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Lion Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 13 minutes ago, W9 Lion said: OK, so what you are suggesting is that The Gaffer drives 323 miles to the track, stands on Bend Two and then calls the meeting off based on the forecast. Also I type as someone who drove to Glasgow for the Friday night meeting and it was called off. It was the correct decision based on the forecast. It looked horrible in Glasgow from 5pm onwards but the heavy rain did not happen until 22:20 when I was walking back from Mr Singhs India. No John I suggest Stewart comes down & calls the meeting off when the track is waterlogged & beyond repair. Fact remains if Stewart could be bothered to come down I would be getting ready for the start of the meeting on bend 2 instead of being sat at home because it has hardly rained & certainly not anywhere near enough to threaten the meeting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 It's 7pm, I'm a mile and a half from the stadium and this 100% could and should have gone ahead. We've not had anywhere near enough rain to waterlog the track, the ground is almost dry and the sun was trying to come through. Ah well, I shall settle in and watch The Hundred final as they didn't call their event off based on a weather forecast... consequently there's 30 odd thousand that have turned up to watch. Does anybody know what the forecast is saying for next Saturday? But the GP is on from Russia, may give Leicester a miss and watch the GP instead... losing a bit of interest in Leicester now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Lion Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 19 minutes ago, iainb said: It's 7pm, I'm a mile and a half from the stadium and this 100% could and should have gone ahead. We've not had anywhere near enough rain to waterlog the track, the ground is almost dry and the sun was trying to come through. Ah well, I shall settle in and watch The Hundred final as they didn't call their event off based on a weather forecast... consequently there's 30 odd thousand that have turned up to watch. Does anybody know what the forecast is saying for next Saturday? But the GP is on from Russia, may give Leicester a miss and watch the GP instead... losing a bit of interest in Leicester now. The 7 days forecast is not good so they will call It off in the next few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 1 minute ago, Lenny Lion said: The 7 days forecast is not good so they will call It off in the next few days ... from a different country! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hunter Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 It's not just about a dodgy weather forecast. Given the forecast and the sort of day it's been, cloudy all day with the occasional shower, how many fans would have turned up with their umbrellas and rain gear, compared to how many would have turned up on a warm, sunny evening, especially when Glasgow are in town? After all running a speedway club is a business! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewy Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 What is the forecast for Saturday 28th August planning on coming up to watch the gladiators against the lions,probably stay over and have a night out aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Lion Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) What a beautiful evening i am sat in clear skies in my garden having a BBQ . Thank you again Stewart another great decision Edited August 21, 2021 by Lenny Lion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted August 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Happy Hunter said: It's not just about a dodgy weather forecast. Given the forecast and the sort of day it's been, cloudy all day with the occasional shower, how many fans would have turned up with their umbrellas and rain gear, compared to how many would have turned up on a warm, sunny evening, especially when Glasgow are in town? After all running a speedway club is a business! Can you say what the right sort of day is? And how many days notice they'd need to arrange this fixture at short notice. And how many fans would have turned up anyway as this fixture received ZERO promotion... couldn't even be bothered to preview it on the website. We had this at the beginning of the 2019 season if my memory serves me. An early season fixture called off based on an incorrect forecast and all of the apologists for the Leicester "promotion" were on here saying that it was too cold for speedway anyway... consequently we were scratching around at the end of the season for a day to race on when it wasn't actually raining... and the fans STILL haven't seen the trophy! Come on! Wake up to what's actually going on, you'll realise one day and it'll probably be too late! Edited August 21, 2021 by iainb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hunter Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 7 minutes ago, Lenny Lion said: What a beautiful evening i am sat in clear skies in my garden having a BBQ . Thank you again Stewart another great decision You wouldn't be in Birstall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 14 minutes ago, Lenny Lion said: What a beautiful evening i am sat in clear skies in my garden having a BBQ . Thank you again Stewart another great decision Good BBQ probably better than watching paint dry at Leicester 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Lion Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 42 minutes ago, Happy Hunter said: You wouldn't be in Birstall! Its been a beautiful warm night here near Anstey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.D Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 1 hour ago, lewy said: What is the forecast for Saturday 28th August planning on coming up to watch the gladiators against the lions,probably stay over and have a night out aswell I think you will find that dark clouds are over most speedway tracks now and in the near future.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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