mikebv

Big noisy crowd means great atmosphere, which then makes even the "average races" seem good... And then when you get a "special one" the place goes up!!!. Two decent, well matched teams, a big crowd, including away fans, great atmosphere and decent racing... Surely someone over here could use that template and deliver something a bit nearer to Poland than what we have currently...?

Been great to watch for a fair few years, but didn't always get the focus... You've never won a race until the flag with Woryna behind... For many years he has been one of the few who have given Zmarzlik zero respect when riding against him.. Which amazed me even more that he let himself get dive bombed by Zmarzlik in the GP.. Usually he reads it and goes left down the back straight... Maybe getting a bit soft now he is his team mate...

I remember Kelvin saying something about Holder leaving Lublin, and Vaculik and Zmarzlik being good mates, and that Bartek requested they brought him in.. A strange signing given they gave up Holder..

That's why Poland get so peed off when they get injured elsewhere... A fair call...

A fantastic wage packet for Brady!!!!! Around £40k???

Hansen and Tungate... Brilliant idea to race each other...

Could be a last heat decider given Heat 14 line up...

Gating tart Kurtz....

Good ride from Lidsey, from the back to get second... Three rides and scored two more than last night already... Kowalski seems to only ride one track well... Looks like Wroclaw need 33/34 from Kurtz and Janowski this evening...

What? How?... At those prices no one was going!!!!

He'll be missing tonight so as he doesn't aggravate the aggravated knee..

Richard must have a log in on here...

Thanks for that.... I will use it next time with the missus....

He'd be "Mad For It!!!!!"

Ricky Kling for me....

Self policing often means no policing... They all will use some kind of nonsense decision at some stage, therefore all are happy to let the circus roll on..

Without Dan, it only left Brady as a Wroclaw rider so probably keeping the locals happy.. Riding well this season to be fair, so could upset a few riders' nights...

Is it for the drone to capture? Or maybe its done to look like a 3D one like they do at cricket?...

In the "halcyon days" of the sport I was fortunate to attend Hyde Rd every week, and they had massive crowds, with several coaches full of away fans.. The racing was very much on a par with today, with most races strung out, with a few "good races" thrown in per meeting... PC would often win a race by half a straight when he gated... The Aces though were serial winners in those days meaning crowds stayed big, and whenever they went away they often drew the biggest crowds of that tracks' season.. When the sport started to lose its fan base, there started to be too many gaps on the terracing, and hardly any away fans in attendance, which resulted in nowhere near the same atmosphere being generated, which led to even less people then attending, making the atmosphere worse, and on, and on the vicious cycle went, with it never being even slowed down, let alone stopped... The racing was the same, the crowd size wasnt, therefore as the atmosphere declined, with it also went the stature of the league titles being raced for, which then also adversely impacted crowds further.. Poole know they need a winning team to keep a good crowd level, so provide one, with their crowd numbers ensuring that there will be sufficient atmosphere each week to (hopefully), engage enough people to keep coming due to the feel good factors of success.. Off track atmosphere, through winning, can add plenty of entertainment to a Speedway meeting, and obviously keeps people attending at Poole, even if the on track action doesn't always excite as much... Cardiff's first ten years or so also proved that... Great racing in a one third full stadium doesnt generate much atmosphere, and, thus, crowd growth... The NSS proves that... Poole "sells" success and the crowds respond in numbers.. Glasgow "sells" entertainment and the crowds respond in numbers.. Each to their own, and, if it works, why change?..

We'll see if he is still a Talonted rider... I'll get me coat...

Ensuring the home teams have their best riders available is the fixture planning priority for the teams.. Zach Cook will miss several Saturday meetings away from home, however Poole still signed him and said they would do their best to avoid clashes but that some would be inevitable... That's the state of play in UK Speedway, unfortunately...

Fines incoming for the riders!!!!! Or... Maybe a compromise agreement to not ride elsewhere when they are fit???.. I fully understand Poland's view... If I am laying out over half a million quid out to you, I wouldn't expect you to call in sick due to getting injured at another job you are doing, for much less, for someone else..

I think it was Dean who summed everything up perfectly a few weeks back... "It just feels like everyone is just going through the motions"... Hence we have the same old, same old, each season, without any desire to change anything for the better.. It seems some Ipswich fans have gone from the joy of victory, to apathy in just a few short months.. Not great for a sport to engender such feelings is it?

I think you will find that "someone" will be on here soon explaining why Poole are very much the underdogs...

14 from their three heat leaders.... Not going to win many matches with that...