THE DEAN MACHINE

He has 2 Facebook accounts and both say he riding tonight

Leon madsen has a new girlfriend just incase anyone didn’t know, quite the show infront of his ex tonight

I mean no malice in this but vinny is the new Shane cooper (wolves fans will remember)

They all do but Lublin seem quiet today

Crowd at Lublin seem a bit subdued today, are they getting a bit bored of the team being so strong therefore no really being challenged, they were so loud and enthusiastic when they first won the league

Mine would be zeilona gora v tarnow relegation play off, think it was 2018, we stood opposite the the start line, there was about 17,000 fans there,it was a last heat decider, the noise when the green light came on for the final was like nothing else I’ve witnessed ever, 17,000 fans chanting hey hey falubaz drown out the noise of the bikes, tapes went up and the noise from the fans just exploded, race was an easy 5-1 for zeilona gora but the whole stadium just went nuts

I followed wolves everywhere until I started riding in 93 then obviously things changed but I still went pretty much wolves every week,I live 2 miles from track, then after I retired I spannered for skornicki so was going everywhere with wolves again,,I can’t really believe monmore is no more and sad to say there isn’t a light at the end of the tunnel regarding wolves at the moment, I’ve only been to 4 meetings this year 2 at BV 1at Workington and 1at Isle of Wight

I remember John Perrin not being there because of some dispute, but yes great memory of how fantastic speedway could be

I was there and I think I rode second half that night too and as a wolves fan I was gutted

No it isn’t, there is nothing in a speedway engine today that wasn’t in a 1930s one the materials are better, unlike other sports which are much vastly more expensive using injection systems and ECUs but as I’ve been banging on for years speedway doesn’t need half the BS that riders use today like the karger ignition which put the price up for no gain for the sport and then the expect the fan to pay for it, on the SON something is only worth as much as folk are prepared to pay for it and clearly the crowd showed it wasn’t worth what discovery think it’s worth, a good indication worth’s at the moment was the speedway auction at Ledbury last week, a lot of the bikes didn’t fetch half what they are worth and this is the case for classic cars too. Speedway needs a reality check to where it stands in society. The SON was despite the weather an exiting well run event and imo was the best sporting event in this country this year but such a shame that nobody saw it

Discovery and there tentacles are arguably the biggest media company in the world and pretty much dictate what is seen on our TV screens, serious question,apart from mentions during the Monday night speedway meetings and the odd mention during the superbikes did anyone else see any advertising of our prestigious event anywhere ?

Brilliant, massive well done to all the riders and teams and track staff too for a exciting weeks racing but mega congratulations to GB, deserved it

Fricke is riding ? I think he just they just changed riding order and abbey got her wires crossed

I think aus are stronger with Kurtz than fricke

So what’s happed to max fricke?

Congratulations to Poland but Sweden were robbed by the ref

All the freeloaders in the pits getting in the way

Didn’t watch the last one in Warsaw so can’t see me bothering with this one either, don’t think I will going Cardiff again this year and for for me is the problem, if the pinnacle of the sport in this country can’t attract me to attend then how does it hope to attract anyone else, I am a through and through speedway fan, I live the sport I am the sport and would rather go and watch a championship or premiership meeting, Cardiff should be a blast but it just isn’t anymore and discovery seem so out of touch that I can’t see it changing, the sprint thing is just pathetic as a spectacle

Is Cardiff still happening? barely a mention of it anywhere, no publicity nothing, since discovery have took over it’s like it become an after thought

Jan kvech proving he has bigger balls than brains

Is it me or has the crowd doubled in the main stand since the start of meeting ?

I think at this years tv awards there should be a special award for the company that can’t capture what’s happening, Eurosport would win

If you go on google earth, the above view is now but if you go on street view the old stadium is sill there

Something which is refreshing is riders are coming out before other riders come back in which is something they do at the Isle of Wight and they manage to get 30 heats in, also not a lot of gardening going on

Let’s hope the rain stays away cause this is an enjoyable meeting so far