mikebv

Ippo need a 14 -4 from Emil and Doyle now...

I think you just have to take it at face value.. The sport is the same but that is the only common denominator.. It is what it is, and the racing tonight has been good...

A usual Polish tyoe block pass... On a narrow track though, which is the difference.....

Why is gate 3 always so bad? I get it can be the racing line each lap but from Heat 1 it is poor...

They need to get that red, blue, white and yellow strip for the bikes to leave from together at every meeting... Then they would all know they have two mins from then... A huge step forward for the sport in this country that strip thing... Nailing the priority issues....

"Packed" might be a slight overestimation... But, definitely, significantly more populated than is current...

It baffles me how the very same riders can follow all orders in Poland, then, sometimes the very next day, ignore them over here.. I can only presume it is down to the threat of any consequence being more unlikely.. Let's hope all refs follow this one, and all remain consistent in approach.. If they do, very quickly, meetings will run much smoother..

I would say 100% it does... My next meetings will be the two play off finals... (If the Aces get there)....

Brilliant ride from Janowski... Meeting over a long time ago but still some cracking racing... Dan on for a paid max too.. Looking a level above some true world class talent..

And your employees have their own wider agendas, so tell you when you can open for business.. With your existing loyal customers, and any potential new customers, having to accept these opening hours with a "take it or leave it" offering...

Maybe they could bring a "guest" promoter in? Or run a PR facility (Promoter Replacement).

The obvious way forward at least ten years ago when Poland took over.. Instead we had egos wanting certain riders in their teams, rather than thinking about the wider picture.. Any team winning any league will hardly add a bum to a seat at the start of next season.. So make every team as close to each other as possible and keep it competitive.. But, most of all, keep it sustainable and credible..

Or just get dropped and given away o someone else for riding above their average...

The overall sport is in the current situation due to many of those involved over the past two decades in particular.. Many of whom, I am 100% sure, have their "hearts entrenched in Speedway".. Capability, however, isn't an emotion..

You only have to look at the apathy at Swindon to see how little it really means to so many of the followers of the sport.. The ludicrous operating model, and the lack of credibility, integrity, kudos, marketing, and professional administration, has created that apathy... Basically. If something doesnt mean much to you, then you will hardly miss it when it is gone.. Too many fans can "take it or leave it", and that is 100% all down to those running it who have eroded that so vital emotional attachment.. And they have also made the sport probably (at least), 25% more expensive for fans than it should be.. And all done to ensure riders can remain fully professional in a sport that has semi pro level crowds... And all done in individual splendid isolation, rather than as a collective, with no independent balance checker to see if all OK and on track.. And all done to achieve.... (?)..... Sadly. It's a plaything for a select few that nowadays means far too little for far too many of its followers..

That should save a few more quid.......

You have two distinct fan bases now... Those who "wear the club shop" and still believe it means something to follow "their team", (no matter how contrived and random it often is)... And the other being those who just go along for a decent night out to watch the racing.. Unfortunately when you have a poor team, AND poor racing, you alienate both sets of potential punters... With the self fulfilling prophecy of less fans attending, meaning less atmosphere, meaning less fans attending, meaning less atmosphere, meaning less etc etc etc... Covid was the time to start again... You can only presume, by their lack of action, that the promoters saw absolutely no reason to do anything of the sort. A bed they made, to now lie in....

Dont agree.... It was all going great until you started this thread.. Your fault all this....

When he said he wasn't supported, I thought he must have meant that no one had bought any Domestos or Marigolds....

Sadly that is a view that doesn't cut it anymore.. The customers are never a reason a business fails... Speedway in particular is an entity that has lived beyond its collective means for far too long, with seemingly no clear dynamic strategy or direction... Fans have shown by walking away in their droves (whilst never being listened to as to why), to show that, for many, it doesn't really matter anymore if any particular track survives or not.. The Promoters, as a collective, are all culpable for the situation some clubs, and the sport in general, finds itself in... Their disillusioned customers who no longer attend, but still keep close to the sport, are 100% not to blame...

Is this today? Or something copied and pasted during the past two decades or so..? And all to win something that very, very few even care about, or believe in... Nor delivers any major publicity, large financial reward, or even significantly increased attendances the following season... They will never, ever, learn will they? Last one out, turn the lights off please..

Each season their very own operating model that they devise sets themselves up for some clubs to fail... A truly amazing plan..

Yes they will... It is next Wednesday...

Cannot just have a wet T shirt comp for ladies anymore... In fact, you may need around 18 different categories...

Now that is a professional at work.... Always see an opportunity... Never openly criticise your punters... A "growth mindset" can aptly describe those of a similar disposition... Be positively constructive in any criticism you give, accept all feedvack as useful, take calculated risks, make mistakes, learn from them... Imagine if all promoters had such a mindset?