mikebv

Wow!... Even my lads Sunday League team have three teams worth of players registered so they can get at least eleven out every week... You would think UK Speedway, which professes to be professional and not amateur, would do the same with its volunteers wouldnt you?.. Meaning they always have enough volunteers.. Or. Nominate a two week break where the sport shuts down and all hols can be taken... "The UK Speedway Wakes" could be the name...

What sorcery is this??!!!!....

DMU did have a rule that if they didn't ride in Denmark, then they wouldn't get a Danish licence.. Not sure if that still exists... Regardless, it's an ideal time for Poole if they ever wanted to go back into tier one given so few UK and Aussie riders will be riding in Denmark if they have Polish contracts... Well over a dozen Aussies currently over here, with many having residency visas, who also ride in Poland, therefore Poland could have very much helped the UK if they do bring in the one other league only rule .. Even a 7 team top tier would bring a minimum 26 meetings with KO Cup. Whereas in both Sweden and Denmark the minimum is 14 meetings...

Is that a Guest replacement like we have over here?.. If not. Sweden seem to bring replacement riders in very quickly..

The key words there being "at the moment".. A decent six figure TV paynent, per team, for the top tier would encourage movement I suggest, as would being allowed to use Wednesdays... I don't think too many riders will ride over here and Denmark, therefore there shouldn't be too many clashes.. I presume the Championship is being set up to be a league for "the hobbyists" and the top tier seen as the league of "the professionals"...

What a ridiculous thought!!! The most baffling thing is meetings don't get run during those best months for decent weather... I can only presume, down to "rider availability"... Yet Guestfest after Guestfest will take place at the start and end of the season, when the weather is generally not great for watching Speedway... Due to "rider availability".. Work that one out?! If Guestfest after Guestfest is (as it clearly must be), their only way of running Speedway in the UK, then at least do it in the best weather to get the crowds to attend!!!

It only needs a couple of injuries to opponents and they could stay up!! 8th should just swap with the top team in tier two.. Maybe 6th v 7th for the losers to ride against the second team in tier two, if they want to create some end of season drama.. The fifth team in only eight getting brought in seems a bit extreme....

Those "last gasp" meetings before the cut off date often show the "integrity" involved .. With a good many down the years taking place on tracks that would have seen a call off in the months before.. "We just need to get to Heat 10"...😀 Amazing how the date of a meeting can suddenly make tracks rideable...😁 If only this country ever got some decent weather from say April to August, the fixture compilers could have at least a chance of fitting in so few meetings in so many weeks!!!

As has been suggested before .. Any meeting called off gets one point each to the teams and doesn't get ran at a later date, and no bonus point gets awarded for those section of home and away meetings.. If they were the rules I would suggest many, many more meetings would take place that currently get called off now... With the riders themselves being the main ones pushing for the meeting to take place given each meeting lost is a pay day lost too...

The counter to that of course is "if" the Championship sees a significant drop in team average, so there is the desired clear difference in standard between the top two tiers, it could result in lower crowds for those teams delivering four figure numbers now... No longer having each meeting with a large number of top tier riders in attendance, or watching young overseas riders, with growing reputations, being given an opportunity, could easily impact crowds negatively... As many fans are now accustomed to a certain level of standard of rider on view, for a certain level of admission cost....

Given the "one extra" league, the better level of riders will have to choose either Sweden, Denmark or the UK, meaning less cross over, so minimal clashes, (if any at all)... That should mean Poole could, theoretically, ride in the top tier on Wednesdays...

If any TV deal justifies the extra costs seems to be one of the main crieria...

Watched a Vlog on YT from the ZG/Gorzow match a fortnight ago... It is done by a Polish lad who usually does generic football Vlogs as he visits different places.. There were at least 10 White Police Vans outside the stadium to try and ensure a safe day for fans... He filmed the crowd and the ZG "end" was incredible... All orchestrated singing, flag waving, and banner displaying... A truly brilliant atmosphere, with a last heat decider too.. Not many seemed to prioritise filling their programmes in as soon as the races finished, nor many asked those around them to be quiet so they could hear the times being read out.....

Becomes very much riding the berm, follow my leader like... Might close up the scores somewhat?...

The track will be nice and grippy if the recent deluge that just hit Stockport lands at the NSS.. Inside line, like riding on rails, and very fast....

It has gone on for "ever", however, given the ever dwindling amount of teams over the past couple of decades it has just become more prevelent and therefore significantly more noticeable... And obviously Social Media now gets the information out there well before the meetings take place, which then gets discussed (and often deservedly ridiculed), by a much larger number of people... I am actually surprised that both meetings are not having the situation hyped up by the two hosting clubs .. Eg. "Will the two Kings Lynn riders sabotage their own teams season by scoring well for Sheffield, or will they be double agents and help condemn Sheffield to two defeats?. Come and watch the intrigue unfold! Don't miss out!!".. It would pack out both the venues I am sure ..😉😁

So... Does Max score well for Sheffield to pretty much guarantee Sheffield qualify for the Play Offs at the expense of his KL team mates, the KL management and the KL fans, many of whom will have paid out plenty to watch him ride for them at KL this season..?... (The upside of course meaning he can then ride for Sheffield in those Play Offs and earn a fair few quid)... Or? Does he not ride well for Sheffield as there is still an outside chance his own team could make the Play Offs, whereby he could then still earn a fair few quid riding for Kings Lynn in the Play Offs, but not let down his own KL team mates, the KL management, and the KL fans...? Decisions, Decisions... Maybe he should ask Ben Cook what to do?..

If he only did U24 he could... Maybe? I think! Possibly???.. You would think that the rules would have been confirmed and announced by now wouldn't you?.. The UK were getting next season sorted "early" weren't they?.. Although, they were also going to get the Cups completed "early" too...

As everyone knows, Guests are a "necessary evil", and Speedway simply couldn't run within a team framework without the Guest Rider system... It would clearly be absolutely impossible to run Speedway as a team sport if they didn't share around each others riders every week on a horses for courses adhoc basis... The top tier in the UK only has six teams, compared to Poland, Sweden and Denmark who have eight teams in theirs... And the UK's top tier will use not far off 100 guests, once more, this season, to ensure the season gets completed.. The other three leagues, with two more teams in each, must use well over 100 I would think to complete theirs... Put simply, there is absolutely, 100%, no other way of running Speedway as a team sport..

A perfectly acceptable situation....

Yes. And Mickey Mouse rules as usual....

Riders have more than one team, and some also hold down a full time job away from Speedway, so they won't be "unemployed" unless they choose to be.. And several riders this season, like all other seasons, got brought in to replace injured riders or when team changes got made.... Therefore, five rider teams will be the same as now in the way riders get brought in as the season goes along, however, the difference will be that there will be a bigger supply of them..

I thought the GB lads all rode to their respective levels last night... Nothing too much was expected of them given the level of their opponents, and they delivered that expectation, and certainly didn't embarrass themselves... All were competitive, with Lambert showing that his World Class status is well deserved... With Bewley in the team they would have definitely been in the mix for Silver. Overall, I think they can all be satisfied in what they delivered, and, particularly effort wise, they didn't leave anything back in the pits...

The Poles always do feel as if they are shoehorned into a team concept.. Riding for themselves does appear to interest them more...

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