THE DEAN MACHINE

If it has a market then it’s certainly worth a try, my viewpoint has always been that modern technology is drawing people away from real things like speedway especially the riding side, it always infuriated me when I hear kids or adults saying oh I played this game and it’s graphics are sso good its just like the real thing, no it isn’t it could be further from the real thing, I want to get these people, put them in their gaming chair and stand behind them with a baseball bat and wait till their car or bike goes off the track and then beat them with the baseball bat, that’s what the real thing feels like 😂

Got to honest here and I suppose I’m showing my age even though I’m not old, apps don’t really float my boat, my phone has the bare minimum apps on it and most of those are used for work, what’s app, bank and Waze being 3,I’m not on twatter or instagram or TikTok or any of those apps, I do use FB but that’s more for buying and selling and do have or accept any friends on there,I don’t use any speedway apps at all and wouldn’t if one was created, I guess this is not really aimed at me though, I like to live my life in the physical world and just don’t get the fascination with them

I agree with this although wolves alway did alright in their Monday race night but even I preferred back when they rode on a Friday

Yes I know an amatuer rider who has this and he has his own FB page and if you didn’t know him you would think he was a real superstar and he has been riding about 30 years and still rides in novice class at amatuer meetings

There is very little discipline in speedway with regards to riders and their demands, they ultimately push the price of things up themselves with vanity and the pursuit of speed and expect the fans to pay for it, does zmarzlik go to the FIM and say I want this much £ to ride in the GP ? No the FIM say this is what it is like it or lump it and this is what British speedway and polish speedway need to adopt, I’m frankly staggered what riders get these days compared to 20 years ago, then it was just the top riders, now it’s every top dick and Harry gets it, I don’t like to single out anyone because it’s a collective problem but I saw 1 rider selling a complete set of rear sprockets,half of them never been used because he wants a new different colour next year, that is pure vanity but he will argue how much the cost of things have gone up and demand more money/deals next season and ultimately promoters will give in and then the next does it and then the promotion has to put the price up to pay for it, I know it’s the GP at the moment but something I see and just think wa***er is the hat stand in the pits with 4 helmets on it or the little fridge for their cans of sugar in it, really ????

Bspa fees including ref , paramedics, rent for stadium, insurance , that’s a good chunk of that £5000 left over

Yes and who ultimately is paying the high admission prices for these vans/bikes ?

When people on both sides of the fence are owed money after the season has finished then clearly we can’t afford it

British speedway can’t afford it, it is broke and the fans can’t afford it either

No disrespect to Francis gusts but him getting bikes,a van and mechanic provided by Oxford just about sums up everything wrong with the finances of British speedway

I think what we seeing now is the result of years of neglect finally coming to a head, I do feel abit for the bspl for the current situation that we find ourselves in but then I think this is of our own making

It did make me smile when I read Alex harkess in the speedway star saying why does an amateur sport like ice hockey get 3 times the crowd that a professional sport like speedway gets ? Describing speedway as a professional sport 😂

Yes maybe possibly surely hopefully, any of these

Is that possibly maybe or possibly we’re not sure yet ? 😂

I’m hearing AGM postponed till January, anyone confirm ?

I’m hearing the AGM is postponed till January, anyone confirm ?

It’s amazing what they can’t find money for

From what I hear we can’t afford that

And that benifits who ? Not even the hard core fans of the top 5 teams want a league with 5 teams or even 6 teams if they could pull one out of the hat, roll on next Wednesday I can’t bare anymore rumours cause that’s all it is at the moment but I can’t help but feel next season is going to be awful for British speedway at the top level

Yes it does look like it was just a bit of publicity, the bit I don’t get is Redknapp does nothing for nothing and if he was going to do something for nothing it wouldn’t be for speedway, so what’s in it for him ?

Here is an idea, after the AGM the bspl issue a brief press release saying we will be revealing all at the speedway show next Saturday at the motoring museum in Warwickshire in one of the conference rooms at the plush venue, get some riders and all the members of bspl and make it a big press conference type thing,get the league sponsors there, invite any press that want to attend,all singing and dancing, make it an event yes it’s preaching to the converted but they are all you have at this moment in time and you know what it all costs to do it ? peanuts, it just takes time an effort, you have 1000 stickers made with a British speedway logo and you give them away at the show, ask people to put them on back of their cars, it’s free publicity to 1000s of other motorists who are behind the sticker, get the product out there

The GPs only have a negative effect on league racing in the eyes of traditionalists and people who fail and have to blame someone else for their failure

WHO are the industry insiders and the long time speedway advocates?

I got a sponsor at long Eaton in 1996 and he remained a sponsor till I retired in 2012 and even then I remained in touch till he passed away 2 years ago, I never asked anything of him and was very greatful for whatever sponsorship he gave me which over the 16 years was quite a fair bit,I think it’s called respect and although most riders are respectful I have seen a few over the years who imo took the pee

Seems the demolition of Perry Barr stadium is being investigated because it didn’t have permission to knock it down