Fromafar Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Lefty said: Would a name change from 'Monarchs' to 'Sturgeons' help in finding a new track? If they could sign 7 Ukrainians it would help swing it,with Sturgeon Edited September 10, 2022 by Fromafar 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnorthstar1970 Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 Fingers crossed they get somthing sorted out ,I commented on this on speedway pro boards about how horrible there track was and they banned me from the forum ,truth must hurt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noaksey Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 If the Monarchs knew it was a best bids situation then there can be no complaints 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 1 hour ago, noaksey said: If the Monarchs knew it was a best bids situation then there can be no complaints Don’t think they are complaining,just disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noaksey Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Fromafar said: Don’t think they are complaining,just disappointed. Fair enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 (edited) Given how well the presentation was put together by Gordon Campbell i am guessing there will be a plan B but with all the bad mouthing of West Lothian council on here I hope it is in a different council area. Edited September 10, 2022 by snapper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted September 10, 2022 Report Share Posted September 10, 2022 1 hour ago, snapper said: Given how well the presentation was put together by Gordon Campbell i am guessing there will be a plan B but with all the bad mouthing of West Lothian council on here I hope it is in a different council area. When they had a talk after the site was announced, it very much sounded like all their eggs were in the Livingston basket. When asked about a plan B, the response was along the lines of starting later, not another area of land to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted September 11, 2022 Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 How about a move to Northside? Though didn't work well for Glasgow in the 80's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted September 11, 2022 Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, iainb said: How about a move to Northside? Though didn't work well for Glasgow in the 80's! They could maybe share the names too, as sometimes when teams move they alienate their potential fan base by keeping another areas name... If you took the T, H, E, I, N, R, G, M, O, C, and S from The Edinburgh Monarchs... And then added just the W and K, from The Workington Comets... You could call the team.. The Workington Comets.. Pleasing both sets of fans.... Edited September 11, 2022 by mikebv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty Posted September 11, 2022 Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 Similarly 'Northside' alienates three other 'sides' particularly us from the South! It could have been called Westside'. .. but that's another story! 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted September 11, 2022 Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 15 hours ago, snapper said: Given how well the presentation was put together by Gordon Campbell i am guessing there will be a plan B but with all the bad mouthing of West Lothian council on here I hope it is in a different council area. Do you really think a councillor gives t#ss what is said on a Speedway forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted September 11, 2022 Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 40 minutes ago, Fromafar said: Do you really think a councillor gives t#ss what is said on a Speedway forum. Indeed... To know there might be a Speedway forum means you firstly have to know that there is a sport called Speedway... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted September 11, 2022 Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, mikebv said: Indeed... To know there might be a Speedway forum means you firstly have to know that there is a sport called Speedway... You might know there is a sport called speedway, but think it is the US car one. Like i think two breakfast tv presenters did years ago when they had some obscure speedway rider on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted September 11, 2022 Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, iris123 said: You might know there is a sport called speedway, but think it is the US car one. Like i think two breakfast tv presenters did years ago when they had some obscure speedway rider on At least it wasnt some gadgy off the local fairground waltzers..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted September 11, 2022 Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 really dont want ANY Scottish speedway teams @ northside . you have had plenty of time to get it sorted , so swivel on that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted September 11, 2022 Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 32 minutes ago, jenga said: really dont want ANY Scottish speedway teams @ northside . you have had plenty of time to get it sorted , so swivel on that Get a little bit of your point jenga, but just imagine how much rent would come into northside for another track to run speedway!! At no cost to northside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted September 11, 2022 Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 7 hours ago, Fromafar said: Do you really think a councillor gives t#ss what is said on a Speedway forum. You'd be surprised. It certainly isn't uncommon for an applicant to present the less savoury comments from the objectors on local community forums and the like in an effort to undermine opposition. And I can assure you that morons wittering on about brown envelopes did not endear me to their point of view when I was considering applications. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted September 11, 2022 Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 6 minutes ago, arnieg said: You'd be surprised. It certainly isn't uncommon for an applicant to present the less savoury comments from the objectors on local community forums and the like in an effort to undermine opposition. And I can assure you that morons wittering on about brown envelopes did not endear me to their point of view when I was considering applications. I will take note of that .! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupy Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 23 hours ago, Fromafar said: Do you really think a councillor gives t#ss what is said on a Speedway forum. Councillors do not give a t#ss and only in it for themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 7 minutes ago, soupy said: Councillors do not give a t#ss and only in it for themselves. That seems to be quite a generalisation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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