BIGPETE

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Yeah I thought the same mate. Been 4 days now and zilch. I’ll give it another 3 days then let the *expletive removed* go. Sad though as could be somebodies stock bird or prize bird. But no wing stamp or Telephone ring and the organisations being useless, what are we meant to do?

Would love Ajax to win it. A consistently good side with a good record for developing talent and playing good football on a low budget. Beyond this season all Ajax’s top players are on the way to bigger clubs. So would be nice for them to get a big trophy before the team is decimated by the cash rich homegrown talent poor “eliteâ€.

Once you report a stray pigeon to the relevant organisation and know they have received the email. How long do you think it acceptable to wait for a response before they are taking the p*ss?

Think City will win but at 14/1 Leicester we’ll worth a bet.

Sent to Bath which is about 80 mile to me. Really cutting wind out there and was definitely not a good day to race. Full returns (1/1) but slower then anticipated.

Chelsea still drawing. Had more possession and many more attempts. Just failing to capitalise

Chelsea & Arsenal both to win.

If it were me I’d leave it open again at dusk and load it up with traps of all sorts. Once a predator has found easy pickings and has a taste for it they’ll plague you for ever more. Steak out mate and no doubt it’ll be back tonight and you can deal with it 👌ðŸ»ðŸ‘ŒðŸ»

Same for the Warwick fed racing from Bath this weekend.

Yeah MNFC ring 100% 👌ðŸ»

Screwfix or Selco ðŸ‘

Aye knocking on a bit now Joe Joe 😂 Cheers guys.

I have a load you could have for free but we’re miles apart mate I’m in the midlands.

2-2!

What a game so far!

I feel that this unwanted attention by thieves and crooks has no doubt been driven by the talk of the million pound Pigeon that was in the news recently. Everyman and his dog were talking about that and no doubt this has made a lot of crooks take note. They are thinking wow pigeons are worth big money now and these guys keep them in their garden, sounds too good to be true. The sad thing is though, whoever stole these will most likely struggle to sell them. If they did it will be a fraction of their value (probably less then the £20k reward Mark Gilbert has put up). They’ll end up with some lowlife who thinks they are worth a bomb but who to sell them to? I reckon they’ll slip up, loose lips sink ships and all that. Nobody could nick them and then offer the children for sale without being noticed. Can’t imagine some big rich kingpin is willing to pay through the nose for them just to breed from them to race himself. Reckon it’s a case of somebody nicking them as they’ve been blinded by the possible prices pigeons go for. Done a google search on who’s the top dogs racing just now and hit them all. No doubt a professional gang who are good at their trade. But realistically a very difficult item/s to sell. Smuggling them outside of Europe is a no go as quarantine laws are so strict now. So most likely they’ll be sold to someone outside of the uk but into Europe. Romania would be my guess. I’d say they will be recovered though, some ransom note scenario. £20k to the thieves, mark gets them back. Let’s hope the reality sinks in for the crooks that there’s not much money to be made nicking pigeons and they stay the *expletive removed* away from any other lofts.

Watching Herts v Hibs now. What a game 2-1 Hibs at the min. Horgan just scored a peach

Minella Rocco 40/1 & Step Back 25/1 both well worth an E/W bet.

Let’s hope Southampton pull off the shock of the season í ½í¸€

The RPRA couldn’t organise a p*ss up in a brewery. In my opinion they do very little to promote and preserve the sport. Throwing funds at a new fancy headquarters and paying big salaries when the sport is in rapid decline. They need to streamline and stop donating money to other non pigeon related causes until the sport is safe from becoming extinct - be it through the raptor explosion or the few, “new†people joining our sport. They don’t need a swanky physical office, 99% of their work can be done remotely from home offices or smaller low-key premises. Much bigger organisations are running with much much lower overheads and expenses. The bulk of the income needs to be spent on marketing the sport and advertising. The internet is the perfect tool to reach out to a captive audience but they hardly use it other then their poxy primitive website. The new (2016) general manager I hoped might have a fresh approach and a new strategy but it seems very much the same old same. Any decent business nowadays you go onto their website and type in your postcode and it tells you the nearest store. How the hell have they not cottoned on to a system for new starters or people rejoining the sport to pop in your postcode online and see your local club, local fed and contact details. It wouldn’t be hard for each club to have a nominated person to handle/help each new starter. How many potential members do we lose because there first contact it with a miserable git who says don’t bother starting up hawks are rife and the sports dying a death. Or the other type of *expletive removed* who will sell the new start a load of overpriced pigeons and offer nothing in the way of help or support. To non fanciers, especially the youth, unless they have a relative or neighbour who races pigeon racing is like a myth to them. Many don’t even know it exists anymore or have the faintest idea how to find out more if their interest is drawn. For me the reason our sport is dying is lack of awareness, lack of getting it, “out thereâ€. That has to fall at the feet of the organisations taking all the money in and not spending it wisely to further our sport. Its a new world out there, online marketing and advertising is proven to be unparalleled to any other media. Sorry to rant but really winds me up the lack of concern and passiveness of our, “powers†that be.

If anyone has any for sale please drop me a message. Cheers, Pete

Would love to see Wolves win but can’t see United losing to be honest. Watford Fulham tonight too expect a lot of goals.

Arsenal up to 3rd in the league. All those Yids will be crying into their skull caps tonight 👌ðŸ˜ðŸ˜‚