THE DEAN MACHINE

I think the ideal solution would be to keep the big names, nobody wants to lose them but if it is the only way to go then so be it

I’m back on the 360 podcast tomorrow night with Simon lambert, Stuart Robson and Andrew Bain, I will be giving my pennies worth about what I think about the dire situation we are currently in

We all have but we did hope

I’ve heard from 3 people within the sport now tell me Harry Redknapp was just a publicity stunt nothing more so there goes that dream of a Netflix series coming to save the day

If the bspl get there way, come march we are going to have our equivalent of the Cambridge Oxford boat race, belle vue v Ipswich

Be honest, if you had a couple of million to throw at sponsoring British speedway, with the current state of the sport and knowing all your doing is giving it too the bspl or speedway futures (same people) to jizz up the wall again would you ? I know I wouldn’t not in its current business model

I’ve often wondered how much ford, bates, Louis, Godfrey, morris and the secretary’s wages come too every year ? Got to be honest I would do it for half

They are desperate so wouldn’t put anything past them

Yes if he would ride for rising star money because his performances during his stint in the uk just about warranted them

I wasn’t on this week so not sure but I think it was episode 3 of 3, haven’t had chance to listen yet but we talked about it on our what’s app group in the week

Whoever it is there will have to be a huge carrot dangled infront of them and unless either tv deal or betting deal or sponsor deal on the table that ain’t happening

Peterborough

They do and I don’t blame them, the championship is sustainable but unfortunately the premier league is desperate and either Peterborough or a current Championship team is going to be sacrificed to prop the league numbers up

If we were a sport just starting out, none of these financial issues of the riders would be a thing but because riders have become accustomed to what they earn and have sort of become complacent it’s now a problem when they are faced with being reigned in

I’ve never said I’m right, I know some especially on here are sometimes way off the mark because I MAY know the facts but I don’t need to correct them, it’s a forum, it’s opinions, nobody is right or wrong, promoters are in the main decent folk with the odd exception, I read all posts and look to what people are saying and at the end of the day my opinion is a valuable or useless as yours even without quoting someone to get your point over

No they can’t, public relations is not their strongpoint

That’s the spirit

Yes I have read it and thankfully there was a handful of promoters, riders and sponsors there who can see the bigger picture and if anything came to any fruition from it at all then it’s a damn sight more than the naysayers who will argue a point to sit a home and do nothing and expect the fruits to just land on their lap, we are where we are because of that mindset

No what you mean is the sport doesn’t exist without the riders you want,There will always be riders, if the sport survives our next great rider might not even be born yet, riders come and go the only constant is the sport

TNT’s biggest problem is he struggles to think outside of foxhall heath

No rider is bigger than the sport

I’ve got a big enough gob, so I’m told 😂

There was a classic example this season of how things need to change and it answers a couple of points too Oxford run a team in the championship with no tv money from TNT and break even, they run a team in the premier with TNT money and owe £1000s, same track one team is sustainable one isn’t, the one with the lesser riders got marginally bettter support, dispelling the point about the star riders needed, the lessen is all there to see, will the bspl see it ? No they have superheats and points limits to discuss

They are planning 2 leagues but the rest is all speculation and if I’m honest I don’t think they know themselves

Couldn’t care less what Harris or king or any rider thinks he needs, this is about the future of speedway, its currently is broke, can’t pay its debts off and if it carry’s on the same path Harris and the rest will have to get a job in B&M or Asda let alone have to reduce their income,it’s a tough old world out there and it’s time the riders started to feel it