FishersGate Posted November 9, 2023 Report Share Posted November 9, 2023 18 minutes ago, Fromafar said: The best would be to stay put and see some great competitive racing.Premiership is a league of riders with too great differing standards . As a lions fan couldnt agree more. Much prefer the championship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted November 9, 2023 Report Share Posted November 9, 2023 31 minutes ago, stumper said: I am glad somebody has said this. People give him stick for not spending money but in the same breath slag other promotions off for spending above their means. I understand there’s a lot of disapproval towards Rob Godfrey (some of which is justified) but he has the interests of Scunthorpe Speedway at heart. Scunthorpe is not a club that can compete financially with the likes of Belle Vue or Sheffield for example, that’s quite apparent. So would be foolish to try. Whether the club decide to make the move up or not, I can’t imagine Rob would do it and risk losing out financially. It’s a business decision and has to be treated that way to ensure the sustainability of the club. Why then people criticise this is beyond me. I am still personally undecided what is for the best but I’m sure the clubs interests are the priority and if that involves saving a few quid then what’s the problem? Well he would get a bigger slice of the Discovery TV money, to help cover some costs!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haza Posted November 9, 2023 Report Share Posted November 9, 2023 1 hour ago, stumper said: I am glad somebody has said this. People give him stick for not spending money but in the same breath slag other promotions off for spending above their means. I understand there’s a lot of disapproval towards Rob Godfrey (some of which is justified) but he has the interests of Scunthorpe Speedway at heart. Scunthorpe is not a club that can compete financially with the likes of Belle Vue or Sheffield for example, that’s quite apparent. So would be foolish to try. Whether the club decide to make the move up or not, I can’t imagine Rob would do it and risk losing out financially. It’s a business decision and has to be treated that way to ensure the sustainability of the club. Why then people criticise this is beyond me. I am still personally undecided what is for the best but I’m sure the clubs interests are the priority and if that involves saving a few quid then what’s the problem? Who’s to say there isn’t a big sponsor lined up to help fund PL racing ? I’d guess the rumoured move is more about survival of the PL and the TV deal than anything else - the survival of Scunthorpe speedway should be first priority I’d have thought though . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerM22 Posted November 9, 2023 Report Share Posted November 9, 2023 Maybe seeing the Premiership first hand might push Godfrey into making the wholesale changes that are necessary in the sport? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ben91 Posted November 10, 2023 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 10, 2023 If things are that dire that Scunthorpe have to move up to the top league then it’s time to admit a single “professional” division is the way to go. Forcing clubs to operate beyond their means just to keep a TV deal and a few world class riders here really isn’t worth it. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted November 10, 2023 Report Share Posted November 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Ben91 said: If things are that dire that Scunthorpe have to move up to the top league then it’s time to admit a single “professional” division is the way to go. Forcing clubs to operate beyond their means just to keep a TV deal and a few world class riders here really isn’t worth it. The whole “top league” is joke anyway..how can you have the so called with a hand full of the worlds best then make it up with riders from the middle and bottom (development)leagues and call it the premiership..The powers that be are going to be the death of uk speedway end of..a great shame 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted November 10, 2023 Report Share Posted November 10, 2023 45 minutes ago, bigred said: The whole “top league” is joke anyway..how can you have the so called with a hand full of the worlds best then make it up with riders from the middle and bottom (development)leagues and call it the premiership..The powers that be are going to be the death of uk speedway end of..a great shame Most fans know it should have been One League years ago.We’re getting back to the early 90’s needing Teams to move up just to save so called Premiership. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted November 10, 2023 Report Share Posted November 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Fromafar said: Most fans know it should have been One League years ago.We’re getting back to the early 90’s needing Teams to move up just to save so called Premiership. 100% agree,1 league for sure,however if the rumours are correct and they want to scrap the ndl surely that’s only going to cause more damage to the sport long term,IOW,Mildenhall Kent what will happen to those clubs who definitely don’t have the infrastructure to do any other than low level racing?not to mention there are fans out there that prefer ndl racing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronScorpion Posted November 10, 2023 Report Share Posted November 10, 2023 "Woffy" back in Scunthorpe colours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted November 10, 2023 Report Share Posted November 10, 2023 3 hours ago, bigred said: The whole “top league” is joke anyway..how can you have the so called with a hand full of the worlds best then make it up with riders from the middle and bottom (development)leagues and call it the premiership..The powers that be are going to be the death of uk speedway end of..a great shame I agree that a top league with 6 or 7 teams is very much less than ideal but I'd say having the likes of Doyle, Emil, Bewley, Woffinden, Lambert, Laguta, Holder etc racing here and putting bums on seats isn't a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted November 10, 2023 Report Share Posted November 10, 2023 3 hours ago, Bagpuss said: I agree that a top league with 6 or 7 teams is very much less than ideal but I'd say having the likes of Doyle, Emil, Bewley, Woffinden, Lambert, Laguta, Holder etc racing here and putting bums on seats isn't a joke. I'm sure all the number 6s and 7s thoroughly enjoy racing against them! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagpuss Posted November 10, 2023 Report Share Posted November 10, 2023 16 minutes ago, Skidder1 said: I'm sure all the number 6s and 7s thoroughly enjoy racing against them! I'm sure they learn a lot from them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJC Posted November 11, 2023 Report Share Posted November 11, 2023 16 hours ago, Bagpuss said: I'm sure they learn a lot from them too. Dan Thompson will have certainly learned more this year than he would have last year riding alongside messers Morris and Worrall! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sidney Posted November 11, 2023 Report Share Posted November 11, 2023 17 hours ago, Skidder1 said: I'm sure all the number 6s and 7s thoroughly enjoy racing against them! Easy enough to sort out a race formula that avoids that in the main I would have thought 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillipsr Posted November 11, 2023 Report Share Posted November 11, 2023 Anyone think Thomas Jorgensen could be back? On a decent average 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldtimerRay Posted November 11, 2023 Report Share Posted November 11, 2023 28 minutes ago, phillipsr said: Anyone think Thomas Jorgensen could be back? On a decent average Hopefully not, it would be a backward step as I think both Jorgensen and Toft from their initial performances have flattered to deceive, neither has made the progress that should have made them riding for their country or are reliable from one week to another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan555 Posted November 16, 2023 Report Share Posted November 16, 2023 Upon reading the article about David Howe becoming team manager it seems to have put to bed the idea of the scorpions in the premiership given it says David is still helping Ryan Douglas in the premiership and so his Friday nights are free for us in the championship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tosh1218 Posted November 16, 2023 Report Share Posted November 16, 2023 9 minutes ago, Ryan555 said: Upon reading the article about David Howe becoming team manager it seems to have put to bed the idea of the scorpions in the premiership given it says David is still helping Ryan Douglas in the premiership and so his Friday nights are free for us in the championship Agree100 % you wouldn’t have David Howe as team manager when he’s spannering for Dougy at a different track ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksman Posted November 16, 2023 Report Share Posted November 16, 2023 I don't think PL would of ever been in consideration surely. It came from 1 person who put a random comment on here 4 pages back. We all know what league will have the best close racing next year with tracks like Scunny, Glasgow, Redcar and Workington 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragdoll64 Posted November 16, 2023 Report Share Posted November 16, 2023 31 minutes ago, Marksman said: I don't think PL would of ever been in consideration surely. It came from 1 person who put a random comment on here 4 pages back. We all know what league will have the best close racing next year with tracks like Scunny, Glasgow, Redcar and Workington Similar on the Oxford thread……..off on a tangent about running in 3 leagues due to a comment which, in my opinion, was misconstrued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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