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  1. They dont need one according to you.... all signed and sorted before Christmas wasnt it
    3 points
  2. What it does Andy as you well know because it worked for you (Luke) is that the team missing a res now can cherry pick a res from another team who is flying and yet again a rider trying to get a 1st chance like billy and others won’t be asked, stinks, and you know it, denials only add to the problem, it’s a joke, develop not stagnation, if you are missing a res for god sake who cares, put a kid in, if they are tailed off so what, at least they have had a chance and can assess themselves going forward
    3 points
  3. Very childish, do you never read your posts back to yourself and think how much rubbish you put on here? If you don't, maybe start and then everyone else doesn't have to waste time reading your garbage !
    2 points
  4. I think Leicester look strong BUT the whole Wolves from last year thing is a bit of a myth i think... Wolves had the biggest home advantage of everyone and that contributed massively to where they finished last year.. that wont be the case this year.. Not sure they look as good as some think
    2 points
  5. 6/7 from other teams can now guest ?? since when ? It’s always been 3.00 unmatched rider. it’s all starting to unravel and the season hadn’t even started !
    1 point
  6. The rule has made it a closed shop as no unattached rider will get a guest booking as clubs will take the easy option of giving the spot to a guest reserve. With only 10 matches anyway , scattered over seven months , there is little opportunity for ANY youngster just starting out to impress as we have heard nothing about the other proposed events. Combine this with the rule in the youth championship of a specific cut off for a birthday thereby eliminating a few new youngsters because they are the oldest in their school year yet some of their classmates qualify it simply makes life even more difficult to get the chance to progress. Very disappointing decision by someone who is supposed to be all about development.
    1 point
  7. When i do!!!!! Hahahahaha You'll probably need picked up off yours no doubt!
    1 point
  8. Factually he slide off in his first ride on the final bend when tailed off. Completed two more rides in which he scored. Then he withdrew from the meeting on medical advice, thus insuring Plymouth could use guests or R/R all season
    1 point
  9. Most of them are aren’t they? To be fair to Ellis at least his gating is usually pretty good.
    1 point
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  11. All working independently to try and win something that they themselves devalue to the point of almost worthlessness, (by their own operating model) is almost madness isnt it? Laughable if it wasn't so sad to see the negative impact that the operating model has had on crowds.. Maybe one day they will pool resources, put up some big prize money, and relaunch the sport collectively with some professional marketeers involved.. Or maybe they wont....
    1 point
  12. I think there is much more to it than that. Sitting in a freezing cold stadium for two months of a six months season is not going to get modern punters through the doors, especially the times when you are 30 minutes into the meeting and have only run maybe three or four races due to delays. Most people have fairly comfortable homes these days and a variety of TV channels and choices. It’s not like the ‘50’s when people had at best poorer quality homes and BBC only on TV. No incentive to stay at home in those days. And all that is before we even get to what goes on at the track . Dog racing is the same. There were around 40 dog tracks in London alone in the ‘40’s and 50’s but only one I think left today. People just don’t want that sort of stadium based entertainment anymore. In many ways the sport has shot itself in the foot but I very much doubt whether it would even be big again in the modern world but even if the sport got its act together . I think less and less people want that sort of entertainment.
    1 point
  13. Wasting a whole evening to watch 15 mins of action is never going to work in the modern digital age. Times have changed since the 'good old days'...
    1 point
  14. I'm not sure. Not for one second am I saying that speedway is well run, it is nowhere near well run, but it is always going to be up against it, as all motorsports are. Speedway is a very specialist sport. There are environmental, cultural and financial reasons why it faces a bleak future. Lack of venues is the key one and it is hard to see how any landowner can see value in a speedway track over commercial or residential property. The country has, in all aspects of life, relied on imported labour for many years and this is coming home to roost after the self imposed annexing of 2016. Speedway's lack of homegrown competitors, combined with a lack of facilities, an outdated business model and an almost complete absence of a grassroots/amateur system is creating its long and painful death as a professional sport. It's something being witnessed in other areas of industry too. The Sky money could potentially have been invested into a grassroots and developing a new business model, but frankly the base product isn't good enough for modern TV. If I watch other sports on TV, they start on time, conclude when expected and are not cancelled because conditions are bad. The base product sucks for the modern consumer and I just don't see how that can change until the sport dies and it is forced to reinvent itself.
    1 point
  15. Finally we have got to the point
    1 point
  16. Takes away any chance to get a ride in a team
    1 point
  17. Averages are total points scored divided by number of rides, multiplied by four.
    1 point
  18. Weather has definitely been against us, Lisa back in your box,you have absolutely no idea what your talking about.
    1 point
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