THE DEAN MACHINE

I’m sick of dusty tracks, it’s not just Poole it seems to be everywhere in current speedway and ultimately it makes for crap racing, put some god damn water down and if the riders moan tell them to sod off and do something else, it seems no consideration is given to fans getting covered in dust these days, Poole attendance levels are maintained by their winning ethos but for a play off meeting I thought that crowd was poor

Put some f**king water down, heat 1 and it’s a dust bowl, there is no need for dust at all on an evening meeting

He is a top man, had many chats with him back in the day, I just had to concentrate on what he said lol

Greg has only got a mild accent, try having a conversation with the machine examiner at Edinburgh, now that’s a hard guy to understand

Hope they put some dirt down for the last round of the GP, that was a poor slick track tonight

Embarrassing from Lublin

It must be on zmarzlik’s mind that Kowalski engines can’t compete with ashtek engines anymore and he needs to jump ship

Lindgren looked like he was in a foul mood on parade and after that crash looks out of it(understandably) looks like lindgren finished for the night, replaced by zmarzlik in this one

Leszno must be thinking what might of been had they put in a shift in the first leg

Unnecessary move from laguta

I find Lee kilby’s banter a bit forced and not very natural but overall I don’t mind him, all of them are ok but I think Greg Blair is the best of them all but anyway it’s all subjective so doesn’t really matter what anyone thinks

Kvech has certainly put himself about in the chances he has had, riders like parnicki I don’t think will ever get in the Gp again, I believe he has reached his ability level and thst isn’t GP level

Charles wright getting treated like door mat at gorzow with daddy giving his little blossom the nod

Patrick Hansen is arguably the best choice team manager for the polish league, speaks Polish English and Danish and was a recent former rider so understands the modern equipment, shame he has inherited a squad of riders like Częstochowa

Then I don’t think lindgren will get one

I think Freddie will get a wild card simply because he is a swede and the only one in the GP, he is past his best but is still competitive

I like Greg, he is the best presenter on BSN and has the respect of the riders and because he has been there knows the why’s and how’s of how speedway ticks but on Friday night broadcast he announced that was his last BSN meeting this season

It must of been ok because I was quite surprised how many of my customers who don’t follow the sport but know I do mentioned watching it to me

I know how it works I’ve done it but I always rode in every meeting I was asked even if I was getting less money than my club money because I wanted to race my bike and rode in the hope I would win something which is my point, nobody seems to care about the prestige or the love anymore, it’s all about the money, I don’t blame the BSPL on this one, the sport is practically broke but riders just don’t seem to care

Set up nicely for the last round and with the qualifiers for the top seven also on the line should be some meeting, rooting for zmarzlik to become the greatest ever but hopefully if not him then lambert

Freddie is pulling some questionable moves, he isn’t just passing riders he is making sure they know it

Why is Greg Blair not on BSN for the rest of the season ?

I just don’t get the mindset of the modern riders, it’s like they are just doing it for the money now and winning,prestige and more importantly the fans just doesn’t matter

There are many cliques in speedway at all levels

And just to add from 2013 on I should of been offered the job of running the national league, it may sound like I’m blowing my own trumpet but as someone who was there at it’s conception and was there through all its guises I sort of know what it’s about unlike some of “experienced” faces who came in thinking they could run the show but when you ruffle a few feathers and prod a few bears in BSPL towers you are seen as an outsider, sadly those days are gone for me now, it doesn’t interest me anymore but it’s still sad to me to see the national league as it is today