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Virgin is fantastic i would never go back to sky & the funny thing is it would cost me £15.00 a month more to have the same package as i have with Virgin & of course the equipment is repaired/replaced free of charge at anytime of it goes wrong as you rent the equipment :-)))) So when my 2 year old box went ** up i had a new one in my lounge within 24 hours & all covered foc!! no need for insurance.

Virgin Media far better than Sky & customer service first class!!!

Having seen the 13 heat format for the first time last season at Foxhall when it was used for John Berry's meeting i have to say i enjoyed alot more than the current 15 heats. However was that down to the number of races or that no fixed gates & a proper tac sub rule ment that the team manager had to manage & tatics came in to play alot more. For what its worth i think that the bottom 2 riders in the averages should always ride at 6&7 but the top five can ride in whatever postion the team manager thinks will work best for his team. Take last season at Ipswich you had Leigh riding at number 1 clearly not emjoying it if the managers could manage he could have been moved to any other position. So bring back a proper tac sub rule do away with fixed gate positions & allow thw team managers the freedom to put there top 5 in any order they like. As for the heat format i guess we are stuck with 15 but i always liked the 16 heat NL format form 89/90 with a proper junior league.

Eurosport do a fine job with the winter sports which I have watched for the last 5 winters if they take the gp that would be great. As for EL speedway who in there right mind would take it. Elite League Speedway must be the only sport to have had Skys involvement for over 10 years & got worse!!

I ment from the day to day running of the sport

I like the idea of a min of 3 British riders per team but can it be done under eu law??

Sack the bspa

Just one question will there even be an Elite League next season?

Well Saturday night speedway can't wait & it should happen more often! The weather looks good for Saturday dry but cold so get your winter warmers out!! The perfect result would be a big Ipswich lead to take to Newcastle on Sunday & me meeting a young lady to take for a drink after the match on Saturday.

The crowds have dropped like a stone everywhere & not just Ipswich. To be honest it makes no odds what league the club are in people are walking away from the sport. The main problem being crap rules far to expensive to attend.

The short answer is yes. As a speedway fan i don't agree that you are paying a pound a minute as for most who go these days it is a full evening out walking around the pits watching the warm up etc. But that is the hard core support who do that & nothing is being done to bring in new supporters & for anyone coming for the first time then to them £15 is far too much to watch league speedway in the uk. So yes the cost of admission needs to be cut but too do that you need to reduce costs. Its no good reducing the standard of the leagues anymore as that will just drive more support away & as most if not all the stadia is rented then that is a cost of which the clubs have little control. I think the only way of reducing costs is to bring in some form of standard equipment that would deduce costs for the riders & would also make i think for closer racing which in turn would be good news. However the cost of admission is only part of the problem when trying to attract new support. Speedway needs to have a massive shake up otherwise i fear the sport in the uk will die out maybe not in 5 or 10 years but it will. The league set up needs sorting out aswell the two leagues need to work closer together. The Elite league is a joke but it should be a place that every club & rider wants to be part of. Having seen the old 13 Heat format & second half for the first time the other week at Ipswich for the John Berry meeting I have to say i found it so much better than the 15 heat's of today & no double points jokers it seemed like proper speedway. If i was in charge i would bring back the 13 heat format with second half & allow the the team managers freedom with gate selection for the riders the old tac sub rule no double point rides. The two riders with the lowest aveages would ride at 6 & 7 & the top 5 could ride in any postion as the team manager saw fit. So 13 heats a second half do away with the micky mouse rules standard equipment going back to the 70's/80's? Yes maybe but lets not forget the 1980's are trendy again rightnow & does the sport have anything to lose i don't think so as nothing that has been done in the last 20/30 years seems to have made it any better. My first meeting was in 1989 so I am not looking at the old days with rose tinted specs the sport can still be a great night out but i fear if nothing is done it won't be around for too much longer & sorry for going off topic.

The non fixed gate positions & the old tac sub rule seemed to work much better & the old tac sub rule is much less micky mouse. I also feel i had better value for money with 13 heats & a second half.

After watching last nights meeting i think i would still with the present line up as Taylor looks better each time he rides & needs to race to build up the fitness. On the subject of last night i have to say the 13 heat & second half was much better than the current 15 heat format & also seems to allow the team managers alot more input into a meeting. Anyone think that the 13 heat format should return? I should point out that it was the first time i have seen 13 heats as it was 1989 before i went to speedway i'm not just thinking the old days were better!

He is still not the man to bring in when you are trying to rebuild the club & build your asset base. In any case i can't understand why everyone seems to be pressing the panic button with the number of rain offs the season is still young.

Why do people think Jesper Monberg would be a number one in the PL? He is another rider who is on the way down & would be no better that Lanham. I would rather see the team with Poole back in the 1 to 7 when he is fit. The route that Louis is going with the young riders is the correct one Rome was not built in a day.

This coming season should see me back at foxhall on s regular basis after missing the last few years due to other comments and I have to say i'm looking forward to it

Very postive and i'm feeling postive too

I would have one if I could lend it ouy while away u can at football

Taylor poole and matt join on full transfers could that be the news tomorrow

I was told danny bird was thinking of making a come back

I remember a time when all new riders from down under came in on a 3

You should some of the rubbish ajerk puts on the evening star love speedway page under ged scot I like most people have had enough of him and will support speedway at foxhall whatever the league may not be as good as in the past and I find that a real shame but at thr end of the day speedway at level that is cost effictive and sucessful id the most inportant thing can we get back on topic

To be honest I dount there are 20 star riders in world speedway I guess it comes down to what you think the term star riders means

At present the standard of both the leagues is lower than at any point I can rember. I would rather watch the pl at prrsent as the riders seem to be more commetted and dont miss matchs for lame reasons also the standard of the riders seems more evan than the el. Back in. The days of bl and nl speedway when ipswich moved back up I looked forward to it to see the best riders in the world but we no longer have the big name world stars in the el