Baldy

I don't know what the fuss is about.. Any sport needs compeitive sides going against each other regardless of age, which unfortuately for me speedway no longer has but thats my loss not theirs. This league should be full of youngsters of the same ability but we haven't got them hence the sides we see put out because i would not go to watch hammerings every week, either from a giving or taking side. No fun at all. Do we think we will ever get similar stand riders riding against each other or the lobsided teams we see on show today.

What are the crowds like at tracks now? My mother who used to be mad about speedway but at 90 is no able to go anymore has photos of the old Sun street at Stoke with 20,000 plus there for a meeting. Good to see Plymouth still providing speedway for the public, long may it continue.

Would of gone to this but thought it would be a premier match as I remembered when I used to go that Tatum had a five year plan to be back in the Premier. How far along the road is that?

Quite right Ben I wasn't there, so where do i base my comments on?. Certainly a lopsided score is no indicator of the closeness of the racing,but having called into Kings Lynn quite a few times in my 38 years of watching speedway on my way to a caravan at Overstrand (how i miss that caravan) I know that even to the most experienced rider who does not ride the track on a regular basis it can be hard, to those less of a standard it can be a nightmare. There were a few of the Stoke team that would struggle with the "motor killer" and not be competative for four laps, that along with the comments on updates of "Well strung out" and "Easy win" i again suppose that the racing was not always close. Someone...and I cannot recall who, won by a length of a straight. Not good. If only 5 or so of the races were decent, (rough check of comments on updates for that),then I call that not good speedway. I could be completely wrong of course but I suspect not, unless you like your speedway "Well strung out". Not for me thanks.

Feel sorry for supporters when you get this sort of result. The supporters of the winners just watch their riders miles in front most of the time and the losing supporters just demoralized. Sorry speedway got to do better than this to get me back.

Whilst understanding to a degree what you say that the lad needs to be riding higher speedway to progress, you could say that riding against "lesser" riders holds him back; therefore should not be in NL. I don't have to get used to it, I work too hard to spend it on anything that is not worth it and at present speedway isn't,. After watching since 1978 I packed in 4 years ago as the scales fell from my eyes to the poor fair on show. Others enjoy and that's great for them but saw a quote further up that it was processional after bend 2......not good enough to me.......first match of the season I hear people cry....then do not charge for admission until they are ready or mark as a challenge. I check in now and again to see it rules have changed that might bring me back, like seven equal standard riders against each other but as of yet it has not happened.

They are trying to get people back to watch speedway and Belle Vue cannot get the track ready for two meetings and first match the best rider from Brummies is elsewhere!!!. People want to see the best riders available. Good luck on that speedway.

I only pop in now and again to see if there has been an improvement in the way speedway is help and quite excited by the title but alas no. How about equally talented riders racing against each other?. Not been for few years now to any speedway as 80% of races were either won from gate or riders that far strung out i had neck ache watching them. Just as a small aside. How to we get Cradley in North and Stoke in South when Stoke is further up M6?.

Unfortunately the sort of bills that need to be cleared are not the sort that can be cleared with a hat going around. Poor crowds everywhere in speedway now and especially at Stoke means that crowd collections are not going to bring much.Jon by the looks of it has had problem after problem with machinery. Married with kids riding in a league that does not pay well is a recipe for bad times if things go against you. If I am wrong and I hope I am, thanks for all your efforts for speedway and all those you have entertained and helped over the years.

Happiness is 40-38......old saying from years back but as true now as ever. I had a chat years ago with a chap at Kings Lynn that watching your teams riders finishing by a country mile and racking up massive wins ( as they were at the time) was not good speedway. He disagreed; which he was perfectly right to do but not for me thanks.

An awful lot of sense spoken there. Is there still that hole coming into bend three?. One of the top tracks abroad was designed on the shape of Stoke I think and when correctly prepared it is a great race track. I remember Tom Owen and Tony Lomas riding it like they were in an armchair.

Thanks for sorting. Tablet trouble.....not enough of them I think

I agree with you on the football and F1....then we depart. The reason I spend time on the speedway site is the same as the people banging on my door for a vote; wanting to change what we have in government. I want to change speedway into something I want to watch. I too have no idea or wish to understand polo but having watched speedway from 1978 to 2012 ish, I think....no know I have a very good understanding of speedway but you seem to regard me as someone who has never understood speedway I know all about "heat leaders" and "reserves" al all those in between. I must admit that watching a heat leader shepherding a reserve around is very entertaining Wonder why they are called "heat leaders" , perhaps because they win the heats??... would be great if each team had 7 "possible heat leaders" per team.... I am a qualified supporter in a sport I am familiar with. These are my views on getting the speedway back into my life and maybe getting enough others back to Stoke to conclude the five year plan you spoke about. My views were in support of why it will not work as most people I know.....no all the people I know who used to go to speedway find it as you would put it "as dull dishwater" because nothing has changed. You seem happy with the set-up of racing. You carry on and hope there is enough of similar minds to sustain it. Just because you do not agree with me I do not accuse you of not understand speedway and really hope that you do not make the same mistake with other posters who disagree with you. Anyway....which way to that polo forum