Jump to content
British Speedway Forum

Glasgow 2022


Recommended Posts

3 hours ago, Arthur54 said:

Yes seems to have gone Very quiet at Glasgow regarding cook's none appearance 

To be honest, the club have been very quiet all year, more so than usual. Not much on the website, social media very sporadic too. No mention of the Plymouth match at all, in fact, on Twitter at least. The did post this on the website:

Quote

 

GLASGOW have ended their league season with a defeat at Plymouth.

The 54-36 result had no bearing on the final standings but had to be completed in order to finish the programmed fixtures.

The Tigers made the league’s play-off semi-finals but went out to Poole.

 

Which is a nicer way of saying "we had to go, but none of us really had our hearts in it". Which I fully understand, and especially for someone like Tom who was focused on Belle Vue's playoff final.

The Glasgow promotion do a lot of stuff really well, but external facing comms/PR isn't their strong point. They don't come out with anything bad, it's just there's not a lot said. I think it's a reflection of the owners to some extent - they keep themselves to themselves. I think they'd benefit from having someone to push the club's profile and output a bit more.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

12 minutes ago, Noelinho said:

To be honest, the club have been very quiet all year, more so than usual. Not much on the website, social media very sporadic too. No mention of the Plymouth match at all, in fact, on Twitter at least. The did post this on the website:

Which is a nicer way of saying "we had to go, but none of us really had our hearts in it". Which I fully understand, and especially for someone like Tom who was focused on Belle Vue's playoff final.

The Glasgow promotion do a lot of stuff really well, but external facing comms/PR isn't their strong point. They don't come out with anything bad, it's just there's not a lot said. I think it's a reflection of the owners to some extent - they keep themselves to themselves. I think they'd benefit from having someone to push the club's profile and output a bit more.

I am afraid it’s commonplace amongst speedway clubs in general, the communication is generally poor to its supporters.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, Noelinho said:

To be honest, the club have been very quiet all year, more so than usual. Not much on the website, social media very sporadic too. No mention of the Plymouth match at all, in fact, on Twitter at least. The did post this on the website:

Which is a nicer way of saying "we had to go, but none of us really had our hearts in it". Which I fully understand, and especially for someone like Tom who was focused on Belle Vue's playoff final.

The Glasgow promotion do a lot of stuff really well, but external facing comms/PR isn't their strong point. They don't come out with anything bad, it's just there's not a lot said. I think it's a reflection of the owners to some extent - they keep themselves to themselves. I think they'd benefit from having someone to push the club's profile and output a bit more.

They come up with effusive quotes from the Team Manager when the team wins, but barely acknowledge a defeat - Plymouth being the most recent example - and no mention of Cooks absence, for which it seems he has received a suspension, something unlikely to be recorded on the clubs FB page. Similarly no statement about the Jubilee Final. 

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Glasgow were excellent pre Covid including a film of the 2019 season. I gather the young man who did that has gone on to bigger things. 

Redcar have been very good for a number of seasons. Berwick similarly are very good. 

Eastbourne were very good prior to their closing. Edinburgh are excellent and hopefully they'll find a way to stay open or reopen in 2019. 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

7 hours ago, mikebv said:

That would be his catalytic converter....

Smells like sulphur when it goes...:D

more like a rotten egg !

 

21 hours ago, Mike0310 said:

Regardless of the politics of it all and when it should have been held the riders have lost out on 3 pay packets and that’s not fair, but I must admit cook not turning up at Plymouth on Tuesday stinks.

 

7 hours ago, mikebv said:

That would be his catalytic converter....

Smells like sulphur when it goes...:D

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Cookie came up tonight to Armadale, did an interview of his time with the Monarchs, which was appreciated by the home crowd who gave him a round of applause.

Pity some of the pond life on here can only gloat on the negatives.:sad:

 

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

16 hours ago, Noelinho said:

To be honest, the club have been very quiet all year, more so than usual. Not much on the website, social media very sporadic too. No mention of the Plymouth match at all, in fact, on Twitter at least. The did post this on the website:

Which is a nicer way of saying "we had to go, but none of us really had our hearts in it". Which I fully understand, and especially for someone like Tom who was focused on Belle Vue's playoff final.

The Glasgow promotion do a lot of stuff really well, but external facing comms/PR isn't their strong point. They don't come out with anything bad, it's just there's not a lot said. I think it's a reflection of the owners to some extent - they keep themselves to themselves. I think they'd benefit from having someone to push the club's profile and output a bit more.

There's a simple solution to that - move Mr Brown from the manager's position to that of publicity officer.

He seems to like (self) publicity.

  • Like 1
  • Sad 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

8 hours ago, cyclone said:

Cookie came up tonight to Armadale, did an interview of his time with the Monarchs, which was appreciated by the home crowd who gave him a round of applause.

Pity some of the pond life on here can only gloat on the negatives.:sad:

 

I’m not sure it’s just “pond life”. How do you turn the fact one of the top riders wouldn’t be riding after all, actually wouldn’t be allowed to ride, into a positive? Cook was advertised in the line up but where and when (other than at the track) was it announced that he wouldn’t be riding? 
Surely it’s reasonable for supporters to feel cheated, “pond life” or otherwise?

  • Like 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites

9 minutes ago, Arthur54 said:

Its ok for fans to turn up expecting him to ride, only to be told he's not, not even why 

The Monarchs noted this in their website post previewing the fixture first thing on Saturday. They didn’t say why, but they did make it clear he wasn’t going to be racing.

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

35 minutes ago, Wee Eck said:

I’m not sure it’s just “pond life”. How do you turn the fact one of the top riders wouldn’t be riding after all, actually wouldn’t be allowed to ride, into a positive? Cook was advertised in the line up but where and when (other than at the track) was it announced that he wouldn’t be riding? 
Surely it’s reasonable for supporters to feel cheated, “pond life” or otherwise?

I think there were several hints on the Monarchs' Facebook page I picked up on 

1 He was not featured as were previous winners in the preceeding days.

2 There were only 15 riders in the photograph of participants in a Sat morning post.

3 A later photograph included Craig but it was a b&w photo while all other riders photographs were in colour.

Coincidence or am I just being sceptical?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

23 minutes ago, Arthur54 said:

Its ok for fans to turn up expecting him to ride, only to be told he's not, not even why 

It wasn’t called the Craig Cook farewell meeting so wether Cookie was riding or not wasn’t the reason fans of the 3 Northern clubs attended.

You really seem intent  on creating an issue on anything related to Glasgow.

As stated above by Cyclone nobody had an issue with it well except you.

  • Like 5
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, Wee Eck said:

I’m not sure it’s just “pond life”. How do you turn the fact one of the top riders wouldn’t be riding after all, actually wouldn’t be allowed to ride, into a positive? Cook was advertised in the line up but where and when (other than at the track) was it announced that he wouldn’t be riding? 
Surely it’s reasonable for supporters to feel cheated, “pond life” or otherwise?

It was on the website and socials yesterday morning that he wouldn't be riding but was still planning to attend the meeting. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

29 minutes ago, Mr Blobby said:

he got banned for 10 days by the scb for not riding at Plymouth. Is what it is. End of the season who cares.

Exactly Blobby…….gets really boring listening to the Cook haters prattling on and on and on at every opportunity. 
Same with the Cami haters…..I’m fed up with this football type “we didn’t win….sack the manager”  kinda crap.

Loads of teams don’t win so let’s sack all their managers, eh?……….Nonsense!

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

4 minutes ago, ragdoll64 said:

Exactly Blobby…….gets really boring listening to the Cook haters prattling on and on and on at every opportunity. 
Same with the Cami haters…..I’m fed up with this football type “we didn’t win….sack the manager”  kinda crap.

Loads of teams don’t win so let’s sack all their managers, eh?……….Nonsense!

Wanting rid of him is nothing to do with winning and losing!!

  • Like 2
  • Confused 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Privacy Policy