BWitcher

No, they are criticised for stating something is a big step, when it isn't. There is no big step here. If and when it passes the planning application, that's a big step.

Has to be one of the worst decisions I've seen made by a referee... He even has the benefit of seeing the replay. Utterly Utterly Inept.

Don't you think this is quite a major issue then? You're alleging there is widespread cheating taking place throughout the sport.. and even worse that authorities are turning a blind eye towards it? As I am sure you will well remember, Wolverhampton Speedway were emailed at the time of the allegations that Briggs made and the reply was quite adamant that the correct checks were made. We were promised a further story on this topic in the Speedway Star, I don't ever remember it appearing? Surely it is quite a major one, given the significant advantages that Briggs claims are gained by the illegal fitting of the dirt deflectors.

Blackbird was a massive loss for Eastbourne. He would have scored a minimum of 9pts last night.

So if Briggs is to be believe we have the following.... 1: Riders are cheating 2: Machine Examiners are not doing their jobs 3: Team Managers are turning a blind eye (Briggs referred to this). 4: Other riders who aren't cheating are quite happily allowing those that are to continue. 5: The SCB are aware of the cheating and are also turning a blind eye. or it could simply be that Briggs sat on his armchair at home wanted a bit more publicity.

Your mate sat on an armchair at home and made accusations of cheating in a meeting. When challenged, despite consistent claims it would be investigated further.. more info would appear in the Speedway Star... NOTHING was forthcoming. So we have two scenarios.. Either your mate Briggs was just after a bit of attention or your mate Briggs was perfectly happy for cheats to prosper. And now more accusations of cheating taking place from yourself.

Apologies, not really aimed at you, more at the prima donna's like Batchelor.

Sportingly? That's why we stopped after Heat 12 because Grand Prix wonderboy Batchelor couldn't be bothered. Batchelor was utterly shown up the race before when ahead of him two second strings were having a fantastic race, whilst he couldn't give two hoots tootling round at the back. A disgrace to his sport.

Not bad for a challenge meeting. Obviously not all the Swedes are as gullible.

Is all not rosy between Onesport and Emil now?

Accusations of Smolinski cheating.. who'd had thought it.

Sam be quiet so we can listen to what is being said!

Even a single old school tac sub ride is stronger than a double point tactical. If only speedway were as marketable as wrestling, or should I say marketed and promoted as well.

Spot on, it just once again highlights that the TR is not as powerful in terms of pts gained as some think it is.. In the past it was much more important not to go 6 ahead at the wrong time, because the next heat could go from an expected 4-2 or 5-1 to you... to a 5-1 against. Now just get the pts as and when you can.

So by your definition the league has never been a serious and fair competition then, as tacticals have been around in one form or another for 50+ years. Let's also remember that the current tacticals provide the least advantage to a losing team of any rule before them.

Well, the old tactical sub rule kept things even closer, so that's a bit of a dumb reason for wanting to keep it.. Remember it was introduced due to costs many years ago.. now promoters are telling us "we're only keeping it because of Sky".. perhaps their need to cut costs is no longer there...

You're not grasping it. The fight back and indeed many others I have seen over the years may never have happened. A successful tac ride galvanises a team, gives them momentum and added incentive to go for it. Without them the match can just drift along to its conclusion.. not in all cases I grant you, but in many it would. As for 'not getting' that folk complain about rolling starts.. .. rolling starts are illegal... tac rides are legal. You see the difference? There is no other sport comparable to speedway, so whether something is used in other sports or not is irrelevant. I highly doubt Sky are 'calling the shots' either. The tac ride was brought in to reduce costs, not because of Sky. Sky is a convenient excuse now for the promoters to hide behind.

Awww.. spinning the Jon Cook woe is me record. The TR can have a massive impact upon the racing. It can lift the spirits of the away team and give them momentum in the meeting, which results in more effort and better racing. I've seen it many times. Or you can do away with it and have the losing team give up 5 or 6 heats in and go through the motions.

Plus an editor so you can easily update for modern riders/seasons etc. Based upon the board game Speedway Scene II

SCB has made a perfectly valid point. Nobody cared about the incident as they didn't comment. At EL level Darren Mallett, at this stage in his career is not very good, rubbish is a term used to describe that. He has also explained the reasoning behind his post. Now, it's perfectly fine to disagree with his reasoning, there are a couple on the thread who indeed have, but it has absolutely nothing to do with whether a rider knows someone who was killed on track or not and to bring such an event into a thread is as I said, tasteless. Go ahead and report whatever you like.

Of what relevance does that have to anything that SCB has said, absolutely none. Try reading what he has posted again, he's even explained it for you. Bringing the tragic death of a rider into the thread is somewhat tasteless.

The ref normally checks the replay at Monmore before giving the verdict, hence there always being a slight delay on the call. Very often the replay reveals something different to what we saw with the naked eye too.

No you wouldn't have won, as if the rule hadn't come into being, you would have been using the old tactical sub rule. You'd probably have lost by more.

To be fair, Tai hasn't been an automatic pick this year, he's been left out of at least 2 last heat deciders.

The fact he was riding off the track would stop an opposition mechanic/pit member from waving their arms.