You couldn't make this up, Lewis not riding, Complin's average too high, whats Saturday going to bring? See Lakeside have already got Pedersen lined up for shields, who have we got?? No one yet I expect, no doubt we will get the dregs and another lost meeting at home. I am supposed to be on duty at Arlington on Sat night think I might have to see if I can get a replacement in for me as I don't think i can face watching them even if it is for free. Really think the management don't give a damn any more. If we should be racing next year then Trevor should be sacked, not sure if I'd want BD anywhere near the place. The pair of them should be ashamed of how they are letting the fans and the riders down also they either don't care or don't realise what sort of impression they are giving out or are they that stupid to think no one notices how inept they are???
Perhaps Lewis is as fed up with riding for a club with zero ambition as we are with supporting one!!!
Who could blame him???
Maybe hes thinking of next season Has to earn a crust somewhere. _________________ A Founder Member of the Home Straight Lukas Dryml Appreciation Society!
not just inept sophie's mate , dishonest and disloyal too . the sulking bully and his ray's-friend are beneath contempt . well he'll lose more money now , except from the season ticket holders who have paid in advance . only pleasure is knowing i did not buy a season ticket this year after 16 seasons of doing so .suggest the close the stadium now and pay the relevant fine from the also pathetic bspa .
1-lewis shares the reserve birth all season for his polish club with -----------------wait for it TAI WOFFINDEN!!!(tai is at wolves tonight scoring a hat load of points!!!
2-Both riders were in poland over the weekend so why did lewis have to ride when tai doesnt!!
3-Jonas davidsson should also have been in the same match but was at lakeside scoring a hatful of points!!Jonas is a heat leader in poland yet they let him ride in the uk.
I dont normally get angry but ive got a good mind to go up to Bob(even if i might get my head knocked off!!) and have words.
i wouldn't touch him with a barge-pole , a samuri sword , hmm . i really did not know i could be so angry and disgusted with anyone to this degree -- who wasn't a politician . he is sinking the ship as he leaves , that is something even rats don't do .
Lee Richardson also rides for the same team as Lewis and as we keep being told Lee Richardson is top scoring brit in poland but all of a sudden he was not needed either.
Well I await an official word on why Lewis didn't ride tonight but if the management agreed to it they'll be lucky to see me again at Arlington this season however if Lewis did it off his own back then he shouldn't turn out again for us this year IMO.
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well done to the five riders tonight , closer than i expected , lets hope for a good explanation from the management regarding lee complin issue , and mr bridger , no more wheelies round arlington then . how can you encourage new fans to speedway when have all the farce ,we had this season.
Head over to the Argus site for Lewis' explanation.... claims he left his passport in a polish restaurant on Sunday night and couldn't get it back in time for his flight back! _________________ Check out my Pic's site. Click on WWW below...
Im sure we'll have Trevor coming out saying how well we did under the circumstances.
Maybe, Trevor, you should ask yourself exactly who is responsible for those circumstances.... and you wouldn't have far to look for those to blame for why yet another meeting that was there for the winning has been thrown away.
And with regard to Lewis.....
I await the official explanation but...
Im sure many of you wont agree with me but if he has turned his back on the club I wouldn't entirely blame him.
Im sure that when he was persuaded to sign on for this season he wasn't told that we might give it a go as long as everything goes well but we'd just chuck it in if we hit a problem or two.... oh.... but he'd still be expected to go out there and risk his neck in a futile losing cause.
Perhaps he should have read the small print on the contract!!!
Im pretty certain that following this latest in a long running series of farces there will be several others who once looked forward to gracing the Arlington terraces who will also be seriously considering whether its really worth the effort and expense anymore.... me being one of them.
Lewis Bridger claimed a lost passport prevented him from racing for Eastbourne Eagles at Belle Vue.
Bridger was due to take a 5.50am flight from Poland and join his colleagues in Manchester.
Instead he told team manager Trevor Geer he could not make the meeting and later scored three points for Czestochowa at Bydgoszcz in the Polish Ekstraliga.
Initial reports suggested Bridger had pulled out through illness but he said: “I left my passport in my jacket in a restaurant on Sunday night.
“The restaurant didn’t open until nine in the morning. In the end they had to get the passport to me at Bydgoszcz by taxi.”
Bridger insisted the move was not pre-planned and said he had no idea where reports of an illness had come from.
He added: “I phoned the English federation to tell them about the passport. I never even thought I’d get start permission in Poland.”
Bridger could now face a 28-day suspension from the Elite League. He was fined £300 by the British speedway authorities, as were Eagles for tracking a below strength side.
We were fined £300
Here's a question... we were told we couldn't sign Swidders because Simon's average has now gone up yet for this meeting he's still at reserve!? I'm sure sombody will say although the averages change the team posistions don't till the end of the month or something stupid like that but really this is all getting beyond a joke now _________________ Check out my Pic's site. Click on WWW below...
just looked at how lewis got on tonight and not only was he late for his flight,he was also late getting to the tapes for his last 2 rides in poland being excluded under the 2minute rule both times!!!
Well done the the depleted Eagles, if Bridger had been there.............................................??
COUS, I'm sorry to say it, but this time I am going to have to, in a gentlemanly way, disagree with you.
Bridger owes BD a lot nore than just his signature on his contract.
After all the difficulties he experienced last season; the court case and the incident at the Ipswich meeting; BD stuck with him when a lot of people would not.
Now, if he chose Poland over the club, he has thrown that belief and support right back in his face.
To say he "lost" his passport is daft, do you walk into a restraunt wearing a jacket, and walk out without it?
The guy is supposed to be a professional, in his position his passport is part of his equipment.
Unfortunately I do agree with your last sentence, yet again the club will suffer for something that is not entirely of their making.
Kevin54..... your first sentence includes that huge word IF.....
Sadly the last 3 seasons have been full of ifs.
And with regard to Lewis shunning the belief Bob has shown in him....
Fair point.... but aren't both the riders and we the supporters entitled to the belief that if Bob insists on remaining in the Elite League then he will give it 100% to compete for the damn thing and field a full and competitive team on all but the most extreme and unavoidable ocassions....
To cope and deal with problems and injuries as and when they occur.... which sadly in our sport they inevitably will....
Not to be taken for granted and expected to turn up regardless of what rubbish is put out under the once great name of The Eagles....
That the club wont take the "cheap option" every single time....
Not to be fed dodgy promises and false hope regarding new signings and possible improvements to the line up.....
Has that belief not been thrown back in our faces?
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we were told that bridger would stay one more year , as with kennet leaving this changed views both sides .lewis' terms and contract were enough to keep him happy.lack of sponsors and promoter partners was soon a problem . two prospective promoters were mentioned , but we heard no more at all .this was one of the first deceits and broken promises there were to be . we have been so trusting , it now appears "gullible" would be a more correct word . who would ever have believed we would ever have been treated this way by our so-called management . incredible , after all these years . no wonder most of us are shocked , disillusioned and feel betrayed .
so BD has promised to loan riders contracted to him to a new promoter next season , without charge .sounds good , we now know better . watt , dryml [ BD wil hardly buy him now ] kling are not our assets , bridger promised a move , floppy seriously injured and future uncertain ,so cameron and simon are left . if a new promotion does come in [ surely not so suicidal to go for elite and saturday nights after the last three seasons ] what could that leave us , could or would cam or simon ride in the premier league . ?! would appear to be another worthless and decieving offer . it is possible floppy could return [ but he would not ride for anyother team ]and if premier made notable changes including points limits and averages then maybe cam could stay . bearing in mind the number of elite teams that seemingly cannot continue and are intrested in the premier , how many teams would remain and how many riders would be employed ?! in the elite there would still be the problems of GPs and other prioritised foreign engagements . olsen and lacklustre bspa would still rule over us . in premier the latter does not seem to be so involved . if no elite then bspa wopuld have top disband anyway .got to stop now , all too depressing , unless of course a new promoter took us into the premier , and eagles could begin again . sorry to involve so many aspects that belong to other sections of the website , but they are all interlinked .
BELLE Vue chief David Gordon blasted Great Britain World Cup star Lewis Bridger for his non-appearance at last night’s Elite League match.
Bridger, the Eastbourne No 1, sent a message saying he was unfit to ride and Stoke’s Lee Complin was given a last-minute booking to replace him.
Then, shortly before the start, it was discovered Bridger was racing in Poland which forced Eastbourne to tell a furious Complin he couldn’t ride.
It also meant Eastbourne could have only one rider in three races and while the situation helped the 151 Aces to an eight-point win, Gordon was far from happy.
He said: “As far as I’m concerned Bridger cheated himself, his club and also our fans who paid good money to get in and saw three three-man races.
Make of that what you will, its Lewis or the Management messing about and I go with the former....
No more or less than most of the other nonsense that passes for news that comes out of Arlington these days!!
I agree with you Kevin I think the Passport fiasco to be total b******t, I believe all the hype regarding signings only to again be proved b******* have in a way influenced Lewis. I expect he thought bother (or a word to that effect) Eastbourne they havent any ambition so I'll have a ride out with my polish team tonight might get a ride next season. Theres an apathy in our club and unfortunately it spreads from the top down. Having said that I thought the 5 did really well last night. and lastly. Ray I believe you will find Roman Provazhny is still an Eastbourne asset as well. _________________ A Founder Member of the Home Straight Lukas Dryml Appreciation Society!
Just one point to add my big wooden spoon to the subject.....
If said restaurant opened at 9 o'clock couldn't Lewis have still picked up his missing passport and with 11 or 12 hours (allowing for time difference) available still made it to Manchester in time for our meeting?
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being excluded under the 2minute rule both times!!!
Having said that I thought the 5 did really well last night. and lastly. Ray I believe you will find Roman Provazhny is still an Eastbourne asset as well.