Fromafar Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 Jack Smith ,enough said. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEITH M Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 5:58 PM, Teromaafan said: How many Newcastle fans are now making plans for their next meeting? Next Sunday is Fathers Day. Don’t know what I’d think of my son if an afternoon at Brough Park was my present! Expand No home meeting next Sunday… The hoppings ( big fair , (to those who don’t know) and burger van sales suddenly spring to mind ( only joking I think ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon1983 Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 6:00 PM, lisa-colette said: Stewart Dickson said on the Poole stream last Weds that it is really hard to sign untried riders from abroad (or words similar)cos of Brexit and it is really hard to do what Poole did last season when we brought Basso over because of it. I'm not sure if it's mainly cos there is so much more paperwork to get through now. Expand Well I'm unsure of the process and there is always the issue of Poland on Sunday but surely riders like Keynan Rew, Michael Haertel, Nico Covatti, Matthew Gilmore, Brandon McGuiness are worth trying even if Covatti has said no, make him an offer he cant say no to 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 4:10 PM, ScottyJ said: I have no idea how you spread the talent. Only way I think of is reducing the points allowance in the championship teams so some teams only ride with 2 heat leaders which frees one up for other teams. It would encourage more teams to use younger British talent at the tail end. Expand 1000% what should have happened.. It was clearly the plan that should have been followed... But that wouldn't have allowed teams who should be in Div 1 due to their size and infrastructure, to try and win Div 2 would it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupy Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 5:58 PM, Teromaafan said: Sitting here with a glass of wine having followed my team for what was surely their biggest ever way win, I should be delighted, but feel saddened by the state of Newcastle Speedway and the state of the sport. Hats off to the enthusiasm of desperate promoters and supporters, but at what point does the saying ‘well at least we are running and have a team to support’ finally take its toll? How many Newcastle fans are now making plans for their next meeting? Next Sunday is Fathers Day. Don’t know what I’d think of my son if an afternoon at Brough Park was my present! Expand No meeting on the 19th Father’s Day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soupy Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 6:05 PM, Fromafar said: Jack Smith ,enough said. Expand Poor signing and worse than Congreve. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 6:08 PM, mikebv said: 1000% what should have happened.. It was clearly the plan that should have been followed... But that wouldn't have allowed teams who should be in Div 1 due to their size and infrastructure, to try and win Div 2 would it? Expand I wonder who you mean? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 6:11 PM, lisa-colette said: I wonder who you mean? Expand Birmingham.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enotian Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 5:52 PM, Falcon1983 said: Need to rip this team apart and get in 5/6/7 new riders with a view to looking at next season (if they feel they will run) if it's a team of tryers and exciting then the fans might support that cos quite frankly they cant do anything else this season But can Newcastle sign foreign riders? Coz that's where they have to go to get them Expand Foreign riders who don't ride in Poland. There's a couple of Swedes who've been and not done much. People will say move from a Sunday. The Diamonds can't. Plus how ridiculous is it that the amount of speedway operating on Saturdays and Sunday's in this country is so miniscule?? We know the top riders are accounted for elsewhere at weekends but there simply has to be a level where speedway supporters can spend their weekends following the sport in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 It's heartbreaking to say it, but I have believed, for a few years now, that if Newcastle speedway, stay at Brough park, they are on death row. Analysis of it shows, the stadium owners, merely tolerate the speedway. Charge a whopping rent for the privilege and literally give the speedway the lickings of a dog, for that. Due to the constraints placed on the promotion, they cannot attract top riders, most are not happy riding there, as it is a relic of a bygone era. The time that it can run meetings does not make it appealing to riders either. If Newcastle speedway has a future, then it is away from Brough park. It needs to be able to have some control, over its own destiny. I am certainly not saying, this is an easy option, but the alternative is a certain death, ( probably fairly quick). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HectorRacing Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 -well just got back And our next home fixture is poole! Will they score 60? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enotian Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 6:21 PM, HectorRacing said: -well just got back And our next home fixture is poole! Will they score 60? Expand Yes they will because they also have a quarter of the leagues top 12 riders. Although their reserves will not be as good as Edwards and Thompson. Surely....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HectorRacing Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) On 6/12/2022 at 5:17 PM, ScottyJ said: NEWCASTLE HAVE WON A RACE . CHANTS OF WERE GOING TO WIN THE LEAGUE! I love the humour from them fair play Expand We may as well keep our humour and sprit if any left alive. Cause without it, we’d just cry and be miserable. Edited June 12, 2022 by HectorRacing Humour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HectorRacing Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 5:13 PM, highside said: If there is no major team changes I can't see the diamonds reaching the end of the season,they can't survive on the people who only go because they get in free. I could name names but I won't. Expand How do they get in free? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HectorRacing Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 6:20 PM, sidewinder said: It's heartbreaking to say it, but I have believed, for a few years now, that if Newcastle speedway, stay at Brough park, they are on death row. Analysis of it shows, the stadium owners, merely tolerate the speedway. Charge a whopping rent for the privilege and literally give the speedway the lickings of a dog, for that. Due to the constraints placed on the promotion, they cannot attract top riders, most are not happy riding there, as it is a relic of a bygone era. The time that it can run meetings does not make it appealing to riders either. If Newcastle speedway has a future, then it is away from Brough park. It needs to be able to have some control, over its own destiny. I am certainly not saying, this is an easy option, but the alternative is a certain death, ( probably fairly quick). Expand Im worried too cause what if ‘said owners’ think ‘lets sell the land’ and it becomes housing/etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HectorRacing Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 3:56 PM, Shadders said: Was thinking the same. Complin only rides the outside line, wrong track for him. Wells was naive for a rider of his experience. Waved Howarth through Expand I dont think its working out for complin, yes he tries. But this outside thing leaves massive open gaps 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellers101 Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) On 6/12/2022 at 6:06 PM, Falcon1983 said: Well I'm unsure of the process and there is always the issue of Poland on Sunday but surely riders like Keynan Rew, Michael Haertel, Nico Covatti, Matthew Gilmore, Brandon McGuiness are worth trying even if Covatti has said no, make him an offer he cant say no to Expand Coty Garcia recently rode in a GP qualifier. Could do a job at reserve. Is Kus still retired? Edited June 12, 2022 by Bellers101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadders Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 6:34 PM, HectorRacing said: I dont think its working out for complin, yes he tries. But this outside thing leaves massive open gaps Expand Notice in his last race he started using the inside after he’d been passed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 Well that was embarrassing!! Been going 39 years and can’t remember ever seeing us lose by over 60 points at home until the Poole result last season, but now it’s twice in 2 weeks. Maybe they need someone to advise them because anyone who thought bringing in poor Jack Smith in was a good idea is so bad it’s ridiculous. Yes we needed riders but if could not find a rider in this country, we had to try unknown Dane, swede or whoever to at least get wrighty back to reserve which makes us stronger all round. I totally agree about we need to find new track, Rob wanted that at the start but apparently now doesn’t, so we carry on at brough where no rider wants to ride apparently and are stuck to the same race night. Onto the Poole match we go…. All you want to see is a bit of fight and that was a disgrace tonight! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poole keith Posted June 12, 2022 Report Share Posted June 12, 2022 if it was easy to sign riders now, gary may and the plymouth promotion would have done it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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