BWitcher

Well cricket commentators change every 45 minutes or so. Golf there is always something new to talk about. Usually many players in action, the ball in different locations, different shots to be taken. Speedway is repetitive. 4 riders from the same starts on the same track every race

The total points stuff is the most important information of all... It matters not what you're concerned with. You're suggesting that commentators on a speedway GP don't mention who is winning the championship and the change in standings as it happens? Seriously? Bizzare.

No they aren't. When eurosport go to adverts, they are still on. Eurosport just dip in and out of the world feed. How exactly do you research beforehand what will happen in a meeting. Commentators in other sports are provided with such information by a team behind the scenes.

As do all commentators in a 3 hour show with approx 23 mins of action. I'm far from persons biggest fan but it seems all some want to do is moan moan moan. That's something it is fair to criticize them... Or actually criticize those supplying them with the information.

You are talking absolute rubbish. If a team takes the lead and it takes them top of the table, yes they go on about it. Besides, your point is invalid anyway. Remind me what happens after EVERY football match when the points change? They show and discuss the standings. Speedway is different as every heat is in effect a match.. And after it the standings will change. What do you expect him to do? Not talk about it? You are suggesting that riders racing for the world title are letting hamper beat them? Just when you think this forum can't get any more ridiculous.

Because it's important that's why. Ridiculous thing to complain about. It is the same in every single sport there is.. And as the race is so close of course it's going to be constantly talked about.

Yeah damn him. I was watching Ryder cup earlier, damn those commentators mentioning the overall score. Indeed, even worse they had it on the screen. Of course he should be mentioning it and keeping folk up to date. Not everyone sits and watches the whole meeting, some will tune in and may be intrigued there is a close battle.

Irrelevant.

Darcy would like him. Drug dealers are top blokes, that's for sure.

The sport is speedway. Riders get injured. They always have and they always will. I doubt there was ever a World Final where someone, somewhere in one of the rounds didn't have to pull out due to injury allowing someone else who wouldn't normally qualify to do so.

Maybe he has reported it.. likely just gets swept under the carpet anyway. He's not actually accused anyone either.. just said he's clean

Does this mean you'll actually pay all your riders when its built then? After all a crowd of 450 isn't going to do so, not when 300 of that crowd is towards rent. In all seriousness though, when the stadium does open I am confident it will be packed. Let's hope the track is put in correctly, provides some good racing and the majority of those fans are retained. There is a latent support in Manchester that can certainly be tapped into.

Getting too common now riders ensuring there is some contact. Batch came of a bit quicker than he planned there. He was swerving all over the track trying to block and his final attempt came too late.

There are far bigger sports who have had the same issues. In MLB, an all star by the name of Ryan Braun tested positive for PED's and was suspended. He appealed and got of because the correct 'protocol' wasn't followed to the letter in the process. He was, of course, guilty despite his protestations of innocence at the time... A year later he was busted by MLB and finally suspended.. at which point he issued a grovelling apology of course. So, far bigger sports and far bigger names have had such issues... speedway being a 'joke' doesn't come into it.

That's not what was hyped when they had the big fanfare about them hosting the World Cup Final there..

Sam would have won the GP in 1993, he was absolutely dominant that season, averaging well above 11 in the British League that year. Sadly breaking his leg in the penultimate meeting of the season meant he was never quite the same rider again.

They'd put temporary stands on the back straight and bends to increase capacity for such an event.

Nobody is slagging him off... just taking the mickey out of KKS.

BartoszZmarzlikRacing will be making an appearance soon on the forum... Great final, front 3 having a brilliant race. Shame the guy in 4th place was in a 'different league'.

Smolinski sneak his 'switch' back on his bike then? Strange how, although he claimed it didn't enhance his racing he's been crap since it was barred.

You're right, beating Harris by inches is certainly in a different league to most who beat him by 50 metres.

Despite the injury he has picked up, Hancock was very, very lucky that wasn't far more serious I believe then.

Never. Not that it is anyway relevant, it's simply the argument of a child.. "But so and so did it too" Doesn't matter how many times people read it, they remain childish words.

It's amusing how some decide that in every circumstance the sport of speedway is made to look like a joke... when in almost every circumstance other, far bigger sports have the same issues... but funnily enough, don't get called a joke. It's highly common for these testing issues to encounter legal problems and has happened in far bigger sports than speedway.

The system meant you didn't have to win races. 2nd places was fine, even throw in the odd 3rd place.. Thus a 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd was just as good as 1st 1st 1st 1st. You didn't have to be the most consistent rider either. It was an exciting system, but a flawed one. Loram was the only rider in the history of the GP's to be World Champion without winning a GP too. Incidentally, there is quite a quirk in that season's GP.... If you take the top 3 Loram, Rickardsson and Hamill... and calculate there standard 4 rider average over the GP all of them come out at 8.14! Hamill 15 (6) 2 (2) 17 (7) 0 (2) 15 (7) 10 (5) Loram 16 (7) 10(4) 7 (4) 8 (4) 7 (4) 9 (5) Rickardsson 7 (4) 9 (4) 11 (5) 9 (5) 3 (3) 16 (6) Hamill 59 29 8.14 Rickardsson 55 27 8.14 Loram 57 28 8.14 How bizarre is that?