Tuesday 6th September - Playoff First Leg - Plymouth v Poole

[Triple.H.]

10 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

So the track was perfect yesterday, covers were put down, and we had a little rain this morning which is now clearing away. Plymouth are so so desperate to get the second leg they call the meeting off when the rest of the day is forecast dry. Are they that inept at getting a race track in rideable order? Pathetic.

Steve it's so unlike you to be slagging off another team

[HGould]

Just now, lisa-colette said:

Plymouth do seem to call things off pretty easily. Even cricket not this bad!

"rain seeped under the covers" - is the cricket explanation possibly 

[HGould]

1 minute ago, Triple.H. said:

Steve it's so unlike you to be slagging off another team

At least Havvy can be in the Pub at 10am 

[LisaColette]

2 minutes ago, HGould said:

"rain seeped under the covers" - is the cricket explanation possibly 

Fair enough of the forecast is bad. The one I saw on TV this morning seemed to have the rain more east than Devon. 

Edited September 13, 2022 by lisa-colette

[Mike0310]

Shovlar your pathetic from 3 o clock onwards the weather is shocking have you seen the weather on the news grow up man.

[LisaColette]

1 minute ago, Mike0310 said:

Shovlar your pathetic from 3 o clock onwards the weather is shocking have you seen the weather on the news grow up man.

Tis a shame. As no rain from 7pm. But heavy rain at 1pm, 3pm and 5pm. 

[Steve Shovlar]

If they haven’t got track staff to sort out a wet track (with overnight covers down) they need to take a close look at themselves in the mirror. Swedish clubs can fix wet tracks in an hour. Natural drying during the day should do it. 

They could pop around the local farm and buy some hay to burn.

 

[Steve Shovlar]

7 minutes ago, Mike0310 said:

Shovlar your pathetic from 3 o clock onwards the weather is shocking have you seen the weather on the news grow up man.

You’re, not your.

[paulboy]

7 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

You’re, not your.

My word, weather man, speedway track curator and English teacher in the same morning, what a man pmsl

[Mike0310]

I think the words your looking for are what a d..k even a diehard fan like Lisa can see it your are a complete I can’t even be bothered to finish the sentence as 99% of the decent people on here no exactly what you are.

Edited September 13, 2022 by Mike0310

[Dave Goddard]

20 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Swedish clubs can fix wet tracks in an hour.

Usually maximum of two, or whichever makes me more nervous about missing flights home from Dublin after meetings.  (At least now broadcasting locally means I don't have to worry about that!)

[Arthur54]

Need more hay and fire 

[HGould]

22 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

If they haven’t got track staff to sort out a wet track (with overnight covers down) they need to take a close look at themselves in the mirror. Swedish clubs can fix wet tracks in an hour. Natural drying during the day should do it. 

They could pop around the local farm and buy some hay to burn.

 

Are you referring to the hundreds (no doubt you'll argue 10,000) that made an unnecessary trip to poole last week spending lots in unnecessary fuel to stand outside, get soaked, realise that it was inevitable and should have been called off that morning and then watch the track staff hopelessly incapable of doing anything about it....

 

[Steve Shovlar]

7 minutes ago, Arthur54 said:

Need more hay and fire 

Perhaps they could pop down the local Coventry Tool Hire and rent some acetylene cylinders and flame throw the track dry.

 

[lewy]

1 minute ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Perhaps they could pop down the local Coventry Tool Hire and rent some acetylene cylinders and flame throw the track dry.

 

If you could get down to Plymouth Shovlar you could dry the track with all the hot air you spout.

[Steve Shovlar]

Thing is, a meeting should not be called off until it is guaranteed to be off. There might be a risk of rain later today, but it might miss. Too often meetings have been called off early only for the rain to miss/fail to materialise, leaving a dry evening. 

Plymouth are not even attempting to give it a try. 

[IainB]

1 hour ago, paulboy said:

I'm in East Devon where it's been raining pretty much all morning and forecast to continue for the rest of the day. But don't let the facts get in the way of your hysteria! As if any club would call off a meeting, at considerable financial loss, just to get the second leg at home, especially when it's a foregone conclusion over 2 legs in any case.

I think Shovvy is judging other Clubs by the actions his own would take in a heartbeat 

[HGould]

16 minutes ago, lewy said:

If you could get down to Plymouth Shovlar you could dry the track with all the hot air you spout.

He can't get in to Cornwall on the A38 - His head won't fit in the Tunnel!

[lewy]

4 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Thing is, a meeting should not be called off until it is guaranteed to be off. There might be a risk of rain later today, but it might miss. Too often meetings have been called off early only for the rain to miss/fail to materialise, leaving a dry evening. 

Plymouth are not even attempting to give it a try. 

Tactical call off.

[HGould]

3 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Thing is, a meeting should not be called off until it is guaranteed to be off. There might be a risk of rain later today, but it might miss. Too often meetings have been called off early only for the rain to miss/fail to materialise, leaving a dry evening. 

Plymouth are not even attempting to give it a try. 

So you want another few hundred people to fork out to go somewhere when there is not a cat in hells chance of the meeting taking place, in the remote possibility that it could that it may be dangerous for riders, be a terrible spectacle for supporters and be a financial disaster for the Club as everyone living within 30 miles would not bother going as they would have been watching rain fall for hours.