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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2009 21:43:52 GMT
Well if he had done a deal with Lakeside it seems to me like Swindon weren't the only party guilty of 'doing a dirty'!!! Surely if a 'deal had been done' with Lakeside and then he entered into talks with Swindon, he's pretty much brought it upon himself!! Kev I know he wasn't one of your favourites, but the understanding was that Swindle recalled him  , I'm assuming after Troy dropped his bombshell, so how can it be his fault  if his parent club refused the Pesky signing  The fact he's not on my Christmas Card list is irrelevant, but surely as an asset of Swindon he would have discussed their plans for the forthcoming season before entering into discussions with another team? Maybe, just maybe he tried to manipulate the situation and twist someone's arm for more money? Pure speculation and quite possibly not the case, but saying Swindon stitched him up is pure speculation too!! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2009 22:16:08 GMT
Surely BV, Eastbourne, Coventry or even Ipswich could fit him in? OK, I just said on the Eagles 2010 that I want a number 1, doesn't matter who.....well I'm changing that to anyone but not Richardson, (unless Martin Hagon returns with him). The thought of Richardson, make Hans as appealing as Nicki P  . |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2009 22:57:57 GMT
Kev I know he wasn't one of your favourites, but the understanding was that Swindle recalled him , I'm assuming after Troy dropped his bombshell, so how can it be his fault if his parent club refused the Pesky signing The fact he's not on my Christmas Card list is irrelevant, but surely as an asset of Swindon he would have discussed their plans for the forthcoming season before entering into discussions with another team? Maybe, just maybe he tried to manipulate the situation and twist someone's arm for more money? Pure speculation and quite possibly not the case, but saying Swindon stitched him up is pure speculation too!! Well one assumes that if he was in talks with a club, not his parent club, that they had in fact gone through the correct procedures by asking permission to talk to said rider, so who else could be said to be "in the wrong"   just speculation obviously. |
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Post by schumi on Nov 26, 2009 15:11:48 GMT
SWINDON SPEEDWAY has issued the following statement regarding club asset, Lee Richardson.
I was contacted the week before the Promoter’s A.G.M. by Jon Cook (Lakeside) who advised me that they had agreed terms with Lee Richardson to continue at Lakeside for 2010. I advised Jon Cook that those talks could not be concluded until after the A.G.M. when the points limit and our own team plans for next year had taken shape.
After the A.G.M. our team building plans moved forward and we arrived at a permutation that would have allowed Lee Richardson to return to Swindon next season. I spoke with Lee and advised him that there was a possibility that we could include him in our team plans for the following season but that it hinged around various other factors. Immediately, thereafter, I contacted Jon Cook to advise him of this possibility, as is our prerogative, and that I needed a short amount of time to establish whether this could or could not come to fruition. Within five minutes Jon Cook advised me that he had opened negotiations with another rider. In a phone call, shortly afterwards, Jon and I agreed that we had four hours to make a decision on Lee’s availability to Lakeside, otherwise they would consider alternative options.
During the next two hours it became apparent for a number of reasons that we would not be able to conclude the other business necessary to move this forward and, therefore, at 8 p.m. that evening I advised both Lee Richardson and Jon Cook of this decision leaving them free to conclude their deal for 2010. Jon Cook then advised me that they had already signed another rider in Lee’s place, which we subsequently discovered to be Kryzstof Kasprzak.
It is absolutely Lakeside’s right to sign whichever rider they wish but conversely, it is our right to talk to any of our own assets about our own team plans. From the time I advised Lakeside of the possibility that we may include Lee in our team to the time I retracted our interest took no longer than three hours. Within that time the Lakeside promotion negotiated with and signed an alternative rider, despite agreeing a time limit of fours hours with us! Representatives of Kasprzak had been openly canvassing other clubs, immediately after the A.G.M., regarding the availability of the rider despite the intention of Belle Vue to re-sign the rider on loan for 2010. Lakeside would certainly have been one of those clubs.
The unfortunate consequence of Lakeside’s decision to break the agreement made with me is that Lee Richardson has neither a team place there or at Swindon. That does not mean that there is not a team place available to him at another club, despite what you may read elsewhere. Whether Lee decides to take that opportunity is a decision for him to take.
Needless to say we wish Lee and all our other assets well in their search for a team place in the event that we are unable to accommodate them in our own side and that we will be making every effort on their behalf to achieve that end.
Gary Patchett
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From Swindon's website.
Love the crap ive just read from Gary..People will hear the real story next week and the truth! There is no options for me in the U.K
From Rico's twitter page.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2009 15:34:43 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2009 16:58:15 GMT
And Lakeside's response:
Lakeside Hammers promotional duo of Stuart Douglas and Jon Cook feel they have to, reluctantly, issue the following statement in light of Gary Patchett’s comments with regards to Lee Richardson's departure from the Hammers team in 2010.
The Club were granted permission to talk to Lee about a return in late October when Swindon expressed interest, through Gary Patchett, in one of the Hammers assets. This was before our season had finished and after taking victory in the KO Cup Final we brought the Cup back to the fans for a celebration evening at which Lee again publicly stated his wish to stay. Within 24 hours of this meeting a contract was agreed via email, exactly as it had been in 2009, with Lee, as he wished to have all his contracts sorted out before heading off on holiday.
We subsequently informed Swindon of this and during the get together of Promoters at the AGM discussed with another of the promoters of the Club, Alun Rossiter, a date to make public Lee's return. This had planned to be last Friday (November 20th).
On Tuesday of last week (November 17th) we opened discussions with Mr Patchett about making Lee's move a full transfer, the stumbling block to this was the size of fee wanted by Swindon and the fact that Lee genuinely hoped to return to Swindon in the future once his average could be accommodated. These, and all our talks with Swindon, were very amicable and at no time was there any suggestion that Lee was not ours to use in 2010.
On Wednesday afternoon at 3.30pm Jon Cook received a text from Gary Patchett which read that Lee tells me nothing is signed at the moment. There is a chance I might need him, depends on something else falling into place. Give me a couple of days.
This text came as a complete bolt from the blue for the Club, although Mr Patchett consequently contacted Jon by telephone and said he would probably know later that day. Whilst appreciating the fact that Mr Patchett had informed us of his intentions rather than only contacting Lee before deciding if he would fit into his team plans (though this may have subsequently been a better course of action), the back tracking from our agreements left us in a position whereby we were not prepared to wait for a matter of minutes let alone hours or even days to know if we would need to find another top heat leader for 2010.
In three seasons we have built a strong asset base at Lakeside but we are still short in the Heat Leader department and were not prepared to fall back into the lottery of bidding with the other clubs in a similar situation for the few free riders around. This, and waiting around for the asset rich clubs to make up their minds, was one of the prime reasons the previous Arena Essex team struggled to remain competitive.
We absolutely refute any inference that we had any contact with, or even plans to include, Krzysztof Kasprzak in our team ahead of Mr Patchett’s recall of Lee. Jon Cook made contact with Matt Ford at Poole immediately there looked to be a possibility that Lee would not be available. Thanks in part to both Mr Cook and Mr Douglas' long running association with Krys and his UK mentor Mark Courtney a deal between all parties was concluded within minutes and we are delighted to have Krzysztof back with us in 2010.
Mr Douglas and Jon Cook, in particular, enjoy a strong friendship with Lee Richardson that continues to this day. We understood fully that the opportunity for Lee to return to probably the only Club he would place above Lakeside, and the one that owned his contract, Swindon, was too exciting a possibility for Lee to dismiss that Wednesday afternoon and it will be a terrific shame if he is not racing in the UK in 2009. He joined the Club with us all a little wary of how things would work out and went on to be a delight to deal with and a firm fan’s favourite, any inference that we were seeking to replace him ahead of Mr Patchett’s actions is completely unfounded. Furthermore, we place on record our hope that Lee will again wear the Lakeside Hammer in action in seasons ahead, although sadly not in 2010.
We would have preferred that this matter had remained out of the public domain and in releasing the exciting news of the return of Krzysztof last week we only touched upon the situation with Lee because of the surprise and disappointment to our fans that he would not be returning. Mr Patchett’s comments this morning cannot be left unanswered but this will be our final public comment on the matter.
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Post by zonkers on Nov 26, 2009 17:13:04 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2009 18:02:58 GMT
Be interesting to hear what Lee has to say ! Did you miss this bit? Love the crap ive just read from Gary..People will hear the real story next week and the truth! There is no options for me in the U.K
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2009 18:04:12 GMT
Be interesting to hear what Lee has to say ! Richardson has been shafted imo. It's funny how two statements about the same thing have few similarities. |
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Post by zonkers on Nov 26, 2009 21:28:28 GMT
Be interesting to hear what Lee has to say ! Did you miss this bit? Love the crap ive just read from Gary..People will hear the real story next week and the truth! There is no options for me in the U.K
From Rico's twitter page.No...of course not ! I never miss a thing ! You should know that by now....! As he said "people will hear the real story next week and the truth" , so, as I said, it will be interesting to hear what Lee has to say !  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2009 21:40:39 GMT
Swindon have announced Thomas H Jonasson for 2010 at tonight's Forum.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2009 21:55:45 GMT
On a full transfer too.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2009 22:04:20 GMT
Thought he had a month's ban at start of season Bizarre first signing, would have thought Mr Clean would be first. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2009 22:39:33 GMT
Seems like Swindle have done the dirty on Lee Richardson, after recalling him although he alledgedly had agreed terms with the Peskies, this appeared on Rico's twitter: I have now NO team place at Swindon and now have no where to go! SO looks like I will be not racing in the Elite League in uk in 2010!!!
about 1 hour ago from web
RicoRacing
Last year British speedway stuck the knife in Nicholls this year it's Richardsons turn ! and people wonder why Team England are so shit. Where's Bob the Lyon in all this ? shouldn't he be voicing his concerns ? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2009 22:46:46 GMT
Where's Bob the Lyon in all this ? shouldn't he be voicing his concerns ? Why...........what's it got to do with him? There are three parties in this.....Lee Richardson, Lakeside Speedway and Swindon Speedway......it's none of Rob Lyon's business!!! |
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, I'm assuming after Troy dropped his bombshell, so how can it be his fault 
if his parent club refused the Pesky signing 
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just speculation obviously. 
