Panthers v Witches 5th September

[TTT]

Ryan Douglas will be a Panther next year imo.

I'd put good money on that for two reasons.

1. I think he's finally grown tired of the Monbore Green circuit that doesn't particular suit him. Dougie's best performances come on the road on proper race tracks which says it all really.

2. I don't think CVS will sign him on a 7.31 considering Masters, Morris, Becker & Worrall are all better than him around Monbore. 

[scoobydoo]

2 hours ago, 2ndbendbeerhut said:

Well done to the Peterborough promotion for giving something back to the supporters. Nice of them to engineer the result so to give that extra heat. 

And what a superheat it was... pity no one told Ipswich riders to not win it 

Up the Witches 

Well lets face it the witches need all the help they can get, 

Because over the last 20 odd years you havnt helped yourself many times have you .

Technically you still haven't beaten the Panthers over the scheduled 15 heats of a meeting for how long now is it ,

Your best bet now is thursday as Panthers have a very limited choice of guests for Hans Ulrich or MPT but if you dont win that well that will be hilarious !!

Edited September 6, 2022 by scoobydoo

[noaksey]

34 minutes ago, TTT said:

Ryan Douglas will be a Panther next year imo.

I'd put good money on that for two reasons.

1. I think he's finally grown tired of the Monbore Green circuit that doesn't particular suit him. Dougie's best performances come on the road on proper race tracks which says it all really.

2. I don't think CVS will sign him on a 7.31 considering Masters, Morris, Becker & Worrall are all better than him around Monbore. 

Big decision for him and Wolves, partly depends if he fancies joining a team that might be homeless part way through the season 

[ADRIAN]

well done witches with patched up team love it . plus big thanks to scotty hahaha 

[sandking072]

Would anyone have the race times for this meeting? Thanks in advance. 

[Roger Jacobs]

2 hours ago, Badge said:

More for your money, surely that's good 

But only if it’s a draw …

If it’s good to get more for your money, why not have 16 heat matches?

[False dawn]

1 minute ago, Roger Jacobs said:

But only if it’s a draw …

If it’s good to get more for your money, why not have 16 heat matches?

Or, dare I say, a second half?

[Crump99]

46 minutes ago, noaksey said:

Big decision for him and Wolves, partly depends if he fancies joining a team that might be homeless part way through the season 

If Panthers run, as seems likely, it will be at the EoES for the season. Nothing is going to happen part way through 2023 apart from AEPG hoping to get their future plans approved.

[Flappy]

3 hours ago, noaksey said:

Big decision for him and Wolves, partly depends if he fancies joining a team that might be homeless part way through the season 

Panthers won't be homeless next season.

He wasn't good last night but I'd actually like us to bring Danny King back to the club. 

Edited September 6, 2022 by Flappy

[bigcatdiary]

3 hours ago, sandking072 said:

Would anyone have the race times for this meeting? Thanks in advance. 

Didn’t get the superheat unfortunately 

59.6

59.7

59.0

59.4

59.7

59.7

59.2

59.7

59.7

59.9

60.2

60.0

60.1

60.1

60.5

 

[tellboy]

As I have said,I don't like the idea of a super heat to decide points.For instance in this case Ipswich gain the 3 points the same as a team that have actually deserved 3 points and gone to Peterborough and won.

Does anyone really think a team who draws 45-45 should get the same amount of league points as a team that has won away 42-48.If some say yes I think they are telling porkies.

[sandking072]

3 hours ago, bigcatdiary said:

Didn’t get the superheat unfortunately 

59.6

59.7

59.0

59.4

59.7

59.7

59.2

59.7

59.7

59.9

60.2

60.0

60.1

60.1

60.5

 

Thank you so much.

[Noelinho]

1 hour ago, tellboy said:

As I have said,I don't like the idea of a super heat to decide points.For instance in this case Ipswich gain the 3 points the same as a team that have actually deserved 3 points and gone to Peterborough and won.

Does anyone really think a team who draws 45-45 should get the same amount of league points as a team that has won away 42-48.If some say yes I think they are telling porkies.

I do think it would be fairer if they shared a point each and the heat decided an extra point for the winner of that heat.

[Noodles]

The whole league points system is over complicated and confusing.  Just go back to aggregate bonus point and two man run offs if its a tie.

[scoobydoo]

If all the agreements were in place for the Panthers to be running in 2023 wouldn't they have announced something during the meeting live on Monday,

Its looking at this stage that not all the agreements are totally in place yet

Eurosport also seemed to be avoiding any references to the possible future of the club .

[arnieg]

1 minute ago, scoobydoo said:

If all the agreements were in place for the Panthers to be running in 2023 wouldn't they have announced something during the meeting live on Monday,

Its looking at this stage that not all the agreements are totally in place yet

Eurosport also seemed to be avoiding any references to the possible future of the club .

And the absence of any trailing of the BV fixture as "the last ever" suggests that an agreement remains likely. (How likely is something those closer to the club are better placed than me to judge).

[Bash]

21 hours ago, Gr8scot said:

IMO,  When 2 teams deserve a draw, like last night, then a draw it should be

Only top heavy teams, their fans and casuals will enjoy superheats. I would’ve felt cheated if I was a Panthers fan last night

They weren't complaining when they won the superheat at home to Sheffield. When they brought in the superheat I always thought it would favour the home team. There have been 3 superheats now and this is the first time the away team has won it. Don't know why they changed it as the away team got 2 points for a draw compared to 1 for the home side.

[Steve Irving]

22 hours ago, Gr8scot said:

IMO,  When 2 teams deserve a draw, like last night, then a draw it should be

Only top heavy teams, their fans and casuals will enjoy superheats. I would’ve felt cheated if I was a Panthers fan last night

Why would Panthers fans feel “cheated”? They lost absolutely nothing. Under the old scoring system they would have got 1 point for a home draw, they still got their 1 point for the draw. They were just given an extra opportunity to pick up a couple more which they didn’t take! So they weren’t cheated as you put it, in any way shape or form. If anything they should be grateful they were given another opportunity to grab another two points!!

Edited September 7, 2022 by Steve Irving

[scoobydoo]

58 minutes ago, arnieg said:

And the absence of any trailing of the BV fixture as "the last ever" suggests that an agreement remains likely. (How likely is something those closer to the club are better placed than me to judge).

It may indicate an agreement is still in the discussion stages , but im sure they wouldn't want the last meeting to be another thrashing by BV again ,

If its the last season then another meeting would surely be arranged to go out on 

[Flappy]

3 hours ago, scoobydoo said:

If all the agreements were in place for the Panthers to be running in 2023 wouldn't they have announced something during the meeting live on Monday,

Its looking at this stage that not all the agreements are totally in place yet

Eurosport also seemed to be avoiding any references to the possible future of the club .

There were mentions of looking ahead to next year in interviews with Rob Lyon