Support for Swales!

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"I don't think TS did too much wrong this season.."

"he has his faults but have to think why the last 3 promotions we've had/got at peterborough have not wanted to replace him"



Peterborough site

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Without knowing what team decisions he did or didn't do it's hard to know whether or not he did anything wrong.

2006 always gets a mention as an example of success but it wasn't all plain sailing www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/Swales-blasts-riders-after-heavy.1629509.jp

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I've seen 2007 mentioned as another example of success

We did make the play-offs granted but then blew the best opportunity I believe there was under the old play-off rules of an away win at Swindon:

"And Kenneth Bjerre did not escape a scathing attack from team manager Swales either after his return of five points from four generally below par rides.

“You don’t stand a chance of winning any meeting, let alone a title if three of your top four riders perform like that,” said the Peterborough team manager.

“Scoring 10 points between them is a miserable effort and that is where we lost it.

“I am more than disappointed - I am seriously annoyed about the way we lost the meeting.”

www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/Panthers-surrender-their-title-in.3209335.jp

When you look at these sides you would have hoped that a team manager could have inspired an away win there, it was a real chance

Swindon

Davey Watt 8+1 (3, 1*, 3, 1)

Seb Ulamek 8+1 (1, 2, 3, 2*, 0)

Lee Richardson 10+2 (3, 1*, 3, 2*, 1)

Tomasz Chrzanowski 6 (1, 2, 0, 3)

Charlie Gjedde 9+1 (3, 2, 1*, 3)

Andrew Moore 3 (1, 0, 2, 0)

Damian Balinski 6+1 (0, 2*, 1, 3)



Panthers

Hans Andersen 15 (2, 3, 3, 4 t/r, 3)

Lukas Dryml 2 (0, 0, 2, 0)

Niels Kristian Iversen 3 (0, 1, 1, 1)

Danny King 9+1 (2, 3, 0, 2, 2*)

Kenneth Bjerre 5 (0, 3, 2, 0)

Ulrich Ostergaard 3+2 (2*, 0, 1*, 0)

Piotr Swiderski 5+1 (3, 1, 0, 1*)

It was the famous Dryml & Iversen evening (well famous round these parts anyway!) www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/Horton-blasts-Panthers-pair-.3209433.jp

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Latest from Peterborough site:

"Clearly there are posters on here who are football as well as speedway followers. It has to be recognised that speedway isn't football, and unlike football, where the manager gets the chop if the multi-millionaires don't deliver, speedway doesn't and shouldn't act that way. If nothing else, in speedway it can readily be seen, quantitatively just which member of the team is not pulling his weight and failing to deliver. Football, conversely, amongst the players, is always going to be subjective, so the manager gets it !
I shall be quite happy to have TS in charge of 7 good riders in 2010, - I won't dream unrealistically here as to who they will be, but there has to be a world-class Panthers No.1 who's also committed to UK league racing !."

Fair point but doesn't address respect and more importantly motivational qualities

If Swales does survive then hopefully RF will let someone else speak to the press etc. The negative headlines and text in the Peterborough ET are just as bad for the club as any forum posts. In fact the ET will be seen by a much wider audience of those we want to attract to the EoES so negativity there is worse than paying punters who post on forums IMO