THE DEAN MACHINE

although fans want the best riders in their team , a team is a bond thing between the riders and fans and sometimes the unlikely not so good rider becomes a sort of legend at that club , we can all point back to a rider for our team that fits that bill, but we are not getting that anymore ,riders just don't seem to care and all they want is to ride and be paid for it and I think fans feel that , im still slightly involved the sport now and cross paths with various riders from time to time and when you get in conversation with them there is no team its just me me me,money money money ,I know when I rode for a team I became that team ,the town the club ,everything was important about the club and I loved the fans and I hoped they loved me back but I would always try to do my bit for them, I cant seem to relate to todays riders , I had a conversation with a rider back in march and he said he wanted this and wanted that and the team he signed for wouldn't give it to him and the deal he was on was not the best although I thought for the rider he is it wasn't a bad deal. he said he couldn't wait to get some guest bookings for his former club as they always pay well , all I kept thinking was what would his new fans think if they heard him saying that ? but maybe they feel what he is saying even if they didn't hear it and that's the missing bond from today , I don't like to call riders mercenary's but it feels like that's what they have become and I feel why should I spend my hard earned money to support my local team if the 7 that turn up that night don't care if I turn up or not as long as they get paid . I know some say I keep banging on about Poland but just look at whats going on over there this week ,teams are having big team ceremony's , all the riders in suits ,the mascots. the fans everyone connected to their clubs, the new kevlars the new merchandice ,glitz and glamour and razzmatazz the works and it all spells the word TEAM, riders going into schools and visiting sick children in hospital ,we get a practice night a week before the season when you are lucky to get a hello from your so called hero's before he goes off to ride for his other team the next night

99% of fans wouldn't even notice if every rider switched to factory standard sealed engines, the general public maybe do want to see the best riders but the equipment they use is totally irrelevant to fans, it only matters to the riders , speedway is not like other motorsports ,its more like a team sport on motorbikes

We have had a satisfactory outcome to our complaint , we have been offered 2 free tickets for next year Torun GP from Torun and pit passes from BSI

Ask the poles , their fans are 90% young and it’s the same product as here but you wouldn’t know it

There are many reason like admission is too expensive, a collection of stupid rules like doubling up but for me the 2 biggest factors are ,1 we don’t know what we are anymore , speedway has always been a working mans sport a bit like stockcars but it’s trying to be a poor mans F1 and we are stuck somewhere in the middle and don’t know who our fans are anymore .2 there has always been a bond between the fans and riders and for whatever reason it has been eroded away to the point now that it barely exsist , have a read of the Preben Erickson bit in the speedway star this week , it hits the nail on the head , the sport has become a individual rider sport that is focussed and directed at the riders and the fans seem like an after thought but are expected to pay for the privilege ,

Did they say who is the new NL chairman at the agm ?

am I ,What am I in the know of ? Not sure what that to do with hiding who I am behind my hat

but I dont hide behind it

i dont care how I come across , all I care about is the future of our sport and at the moment we are driving it in to the ground and quite frankly some the national league riders are the worst for adding to it , until we get real about the problem there is no recovery to the problem , I dont like to name drop because some people dont make their feelings known but if you are a Birmingham supporter you should look closer to home for people who share my views

because the sport is on the brink of bankruptcy and although the penny is starting to drop the riders will be the last to except it

I dont like to name drop but This is a quote from someone well respected in speedway and has had some input in training young riders , when you hear some of the deals these national league riders ask for it really makes my blood boil , half of them struggle to string 4 decent laps together, they should be greatful there is a league for them to ride in . I totally agree with him

it has no choice , drop it or finish

And even Tony thinks doubling up is wrong

absolute rubbish

Id like to see a new league chairman appointed and a maximum £20pp put in place

i have also won a fair amount when smolinski won a GP but you will be watched if you keep putting big amounts on

I bet £25 on bomber to be world champ at 150-1 a few years ago and they had to verify half the bet , I guess they think either Im nuts or some dodgy betting going on but they are not stupid , you place a big bet on anything and they are all over it

A very good turn out for Dave today , a good send off for a lovely man

Sqora has taken the job at falubaz

sad to see the SWC go , for me its the best competition the sport has left

and they and the bspa have been crucified by the fans for it

i just spoke with Adam , he said he hasnt took the job yet as he will have to give up racing and he isnt sure he is finished as a rider , so he has some thinking to do

Looks like sqora is going to be new zielona gora team manager , he did mention to me when he was last over here he was at one point going to be a youth coach there because of his tie up with zengota but the TM position has become available

Right there everything wrong with the national league 🙁

negative if you like ,realistic yes , sarcastic defanitly