mikebv

There does always seem to be dozens of "lurkers" daily... Ironically, and suitably, a good many of them are "Guests"...

And the nonsense of the pre season will not have helped.. I truly have never seen any business or entity commit so much Harikiri on itself as Speedway in the UK has done, particularly over the past 20 years as the digital age has boomed.. Year after year they have made poor decisions which have just compounded the poor decisions from the previous years... Normally a business would fix its issues, even more so when they are so glaring and obvious, and their customers either tell them publicly, or tell them by no longer attending, but still closely following the sport.. I truly would love to know what the promoters vision for the sport is, and where they aspire to take it... As all it currently looks like is this... "Make it to the end of this season, do exactly the same thing next, then rinse and repeat ad infinitum"...

Riders receive six month bans starting in October and ending in March... But only if the season starts in April... Independent Leadership anyone?...

I considered going to that meeting and went online around 6pm and the grandstand had sold around 500 out of the circa 1800... The back straight with around 400.. Pay at the gate would have added a few more I am sure.. Streaming must have some impact but it does bring revenue... Such low crowds must be a worry though...

Updates said a 500 crowd...? Surely not...?..

Imagine if the sport was ran properly, with independent leadership in place..? All this nonsense simply wouldn't be allowed to take place and damage it.... Which is exactly why we will never have independent leadership, as everyone is happy to be complicit in making things up as and when they need to..

A shambles of a sport in the UK...

Lawson has been "unlucky" recently hasn't he?..... Seven day ban I presume...? Or will Donald Trump give "Arry a bell?...

A strange situation when Lambert won Heat 13... The Torun fans startd a chant as Lambert did a wheelie in celebration, past them... Not one single one of them ignored his celebration, and started to fill a programme in...

Maybe a factor, but, for me, it's the huge drop off in the number of riders capable of holding down team places... Hence the majority DU just to provide 15 teams of the "desired" levels.. In the 70's, hundreds of lads tried to be Speedway riders, and "training schools" were the norm at many tracks... Now, so few come through, that the "old heads" actually keep the sport going..

Who's in the next one?...

How many more does he want???

Or keep everything the same?...

Cierniak going backwards in his career...

BZ runs a last against Przyjemski, Musielak, and Kubera... Making up no ground whatsoever...

Squeeky bum time for Woryna on that first turn... He likes riding the boards...!!!

Something up there at those numbers....

Not sure, however, the Polish teams tend to foot the bill for the riders rehab, regardless of where they were riding when they got their injuries.. And it can easily run into high five figure costs... Meaning the rider's UK team can benefit from their rider coming back quicker...

Yes, but ideally run one, as two can impact each other. . Uninstall the one that isn't working and try another... I use "adblock for Samsung"... Obviously it will depend on what phone you use WK...

It is all a bit strange isn't it?... Quite a large part of following UK Speedway is to not take anything too seriously, and have a bit of a laugh at what is allowed to take place by those who run it... Plus have some banter and pee taking with those fans of a differing persuasion... Very serious some people...

That was my summation too... Poland run a sport with four juniors riding against the Worlds best but also have two nominated races which, usually, puts the top four from each team up against each other again... Maybe their heat structure could be used over here?.. Puts pressure on where it should be too during the meeting, ie on the HL's when they race with a junior against two from the opposition's top five.. Either defending your teams score with a win, or losing points due to losing the heat...

#aceslegend.....

No! No! No!... 15 Heats, Seven rider teams!! It's the only way!!! I remember several years ago they devised a formula which meant the best riders rode against each other more often in a meeting.. Some of the best racing I have witnessed in many, many years.. And then they stopped doing it.. ????????

In the midst off time, so maybe not remembered too well.. But. Wasnt the fine exactly what Torun paid Peterborough for his services..?..

Guaranteed to be rearranged on a night when Poland has a Div 2 match on TV, or their top tier have rearranged a called off meeting, so riders missing...