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39 minutes ago, GiveusaB said:

Less said about the Berwick performance the better....

Hoping Auty can get an engine that goes forward in time for Wednesday.

Main website states that new-owners are hoping for a big response from fans...well as a fan, I'd like to flip that statement and say that the fans are hoping for a big and far better response from the team/riders!

Auty has lived on his home form for Scunthorpe for a few years now.Not looking good for Brummies with him.

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22 minutes ago, GiveusaB said:

Hoping its just the equipment and that he can get it sorted.....early days.

 

Very early days and as you say new mach8nery. Couple that with him riding just a handful of meets at the start of last year and the covid season he is going to be very rusty.

As long as the riders get dialled in at perry barr you cant ask for more

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1 hour ago, GiveusaB said:

Well, looking at the weather forecast, I think that Josh is going to get another week to sort his equipment out!

depends which forecast you look at!  few showers in morning ( saves John watering) then dry from 2 with a possible shower after 9/10 . 

Negative postings don't help with weather !!

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40 minutes ago, Speedway fan said:

depends which forecast you look at!  few showers in morning ( saves John watering) then dry from 2 with a possible shower after 9/10 . 

Negative postings don't help with weather !!

Ok! I wont mention the weather again :t: 

I was looking at it from a positive angle though.....Auty getting another week to sort a competitive machine out.....

For the record, I looked at the usual reliable Met Office. I think most keen speedway fans look at the forecast first thing on a Monday regardless of whether I/someone else posts their findings.

As for the fixture? a poor display at Leicester (making this a dead rubber) will have done more to the attendance record than the weather forecast IMO.

I do hope I'm wrong of course :t:

 

 

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1 hour ago, GiveusaB said:

Ok! I wont mention the weather again :t: 

I was looking at it from a positive angle though.....Auty getting another week to sort a competitive machine out.....

For the record, I looked at the usual reliable Met Office. I think most keen speedway fans look at the forecast first thing on a Monday regardless of whether I/someone else posts their findings.

As for the fixture? a poor display at Leicester (making this a dead rubber) will have done more to the attendance record than the weather forecast IMO.

I do hope I'm wrong of course :t:

 

 

To give it a positive spin it can be classed as a challenge match where the home riders are out against good visiting opposition to get dialled in to the track with no pressure of league points on there back!

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53 minutes ago, Gerbat1875 said:

Cant really see a massive attendance to be fair, Brummies fans know the tie is gone and Leicester fans know they have the tie in the bag, I get the feeling about 200/300 maximum attendence

I doubt very much that any Championship club could survive on crowds like that long term.

 

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By heck the dismal jimmies are at it again, dead rubber or not fans will turn out to see if we can beat a top club with an attractive team and to see our lads stretch their legs for the first time,  in my opinion the weather will be the biggest factor on crowed level.

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Several months ago a new free newspaper the "Chronical" was launched, it is I believe distributed around the whole West Midlands, this week it featured a full page article on Wolverhampton Speedway and there has been a couple of other reports on Wolves. A few months back it featured a full page article on the fight to get Speedway back at Cradley. So far not a single word on the Brummies. This paper is pushed through every letterbox  in the districts surrounding the stadium,  someone is missing a trick , please note, Mr Tolley

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6 hours ago, Historian said:

Several months ago a new free newspaper the "Chronical" was launched, it is I believe distributed around the whole West Midlands, this week it featured a full page article on Wolverhampton Speedway and there has been a couple of other reports on Wolves. A few months back it featured a full page article on the fight to get Speedway back at Cradley. So far not a single word on the Brummies. This paper is pushed through every letterbox  in the districts surrounding the stadium,  someone is missing a trick , please note, Mr Tolley

Don't think I've seen it and I'm by the Tennis Court pub on A34!

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Looks like its run by the Wolverhampton based Express & Star, who don't really cover Birmingham.  They don't have Birmingham City FC match reports for example (although they do cover Aston Villa).

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15 hours ago, Historian said:

Several months ago a new free newspaper the "Chronical" was launched, it is I believe distributed around the whole West Midlands, this week it featured a full page article on Wolverhampton Speedway and there has been a couple of other reports on Wolves. A few months back it featured a full page article on the fight to get Speedway back at Cradley. So far not a single word on the Brummies. This paper is pushed through every letterbox  in the districts surrounding the stadium,  someone is missing a trick , please note, Mr Tolley

I don't think it's a NEW paper.

Various free editions of the Chronicle cover specific areas and have been free and widely distributed for years.

Some cover Wolverhampton and include Wolves. Some include the "Black Country" and include Cradley. Most of the non football/cricket reporting is generic accross various areas.

The Express and Star Group has always been less in evidence once cross over into the "Greater Birmingham Area" long the area covered by the old "Birmingham Post and Mail". 

Many Brummies fans will live in the area covered by Post and Mail; and some who come  across from the West of the M5/M6 areas like Walsall / Aldridge / Lichfield etc will be far more likely to get a version of "The Chronicle" that you refer to.

The best example is the old PINK sports paper on a Saturday - the hugely popular Sports Argus that was a Birmingham Post and Mail production widely popular all accross the western Midlands and further out and the less popular Sporting Star - produced by the Express and Star Group who produce the Chronicle.

Any publicity in these free rags is welcome.

 

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