mikebv

But that's one of the issues re zero jeopardy and consequence right across all facets of the sport... Given we are down mainly to die hard regulars, you don't massively lose punter numbers by running later in the season, and, similarly, you don't massively increase your punter numbers by being "successful"... Hence, it really is "Groundhog Day" every season... In last weeks Speedway Star, in the part where it goes back in time to show the headlines of the day, it had (10 years ago), a promoter saying he would close down if he couldn't sign a particular rider he wanted to bring in.... And in the 20 years ago section, it had a promoter complaining that a rival had signed a rider using an average that shouldn't have been used.... "They say we're young, and we don't know"...

Sonny and Cher playing before every race...

Will it be off to Glasgow for the GP qualifier..?😁

Does it have to be a shorter fence? Or, as Northampton are at home, do they get an extra 5% of fencing?

Not many meetings to fit in, and no TV schedule to work to... We go into October? No problem... 1300 - 1500 or so will still turn up.. They could even complete their season AFTER the PO Finals have been completed... Another season of the same old, same old, ticked off.... Job done... Roll on 2027, for more of the same...

Wrong Forum ID...,..

Undoubtedly.... But. Unless a radical overhaul takes place, (which won't/can't happen), then what we have is what there always will be till it organically finishes..

Plus, if anyone has booked a hotel you can get your money back the day before if you have to cancel... As long as you have paid the extra obviously, which, if you follow Speedway, you really need to...

The sport is beyond salvaging as a "proper sport" given the infrastructure around it that has been allowed to pervade over the past couple of decades... Therefore. Those who fund the sport make up the rules as they go along to suit their own requirements, which is fair enough as it is their money... They clearly have zero intention of the sport "being taken seriously" given the operating model they use, and the absence of any independent arbiters... "Being taken seriously" would be too expensive to implement, and would attract wider scrutiny, hence we have what we have... All promoters use the rules and regs to their advantage whenever they need to, and answer to no one but themselves, therefore can pretty much do what they want. And, as I say, it is their money funding their hobby and the sport, and, as we have seen, if any of them decide to walk away there isn't a large queue to take over their clubs...

I'll guest mod for you when you're unavailable.....

I agree, but.... How many fans does it really impact? 1500 at the most? 1500 who will more than likely be there for the next meeting regardless, given the sport is pretty much down to the die hsrds who accept "anything", so very little impact in reality.. Measure that against flight costs, hotel costs, basic travel expenses for UK based riders, and referee costs, and you can see why clubs call off the meetings early... Even more reason if you rent your stadium.....

It MIGHT have effing rained!!!! Nobody seems to realise that ... So many negative posters, so happy to take the p**s, on this forum....

Maybe use Farmer Palmer?.... "Gerrorf moi larrrrnd!!!!"....

Give it time.... Give it time.... Nothing to see here, move along please, have you not got homes to go to?...

Excellent insight, and also, a regularly excellent production....

Ignoring used to be so much better years ago... You had some of the best ignorer's in the world, ignoring over here, with tens of thousands happy to watch them ignore... Now, we have some very average ignorer's with hardly anyone watching them ignore... Ignoring seems to be dying on its arse, if this continuous thread is anything to go by..

Plus. Getting injured in the UK and then having to pay back some, if not all, of your very, very considerable signing on fee to your Polish team, would certainly persuade me to not take any undue risks outside of Poland...

Cable ties ... They come in several sizes too.. And won't rust.

Imagine being from a major company dealing with fhem? Or a mainstream TV channel? People used to dealing with progressive professionals....

It's because they need to spend, collectively, seven figures on riders.... No money left .. A Hobby can be expensive...

Some of those "Ballied Up" lads can really shift on those e-bikes... Especially when I see them with a white Toyota behind them, flashing some blue lights and blaring out some noise... Watched one kid pull a full locker, left turn, and disappear down a passsge, all in a split second at speed... Get him to the NSS!!!!

When Sky pulled out, and the "real money" stopped, they should have gone their own way... Become a "BSB" to Poland's "WSB/MotoGp"... Up and coming UK, European and Commonwealth riders, riding alongside established riders who have either reached their level, or come back from the higher standard, with an organic movement up to the higher standard as and when riders reached it... With a strong youth development plan in place to ensure as riders move on, they get replaced.. Instead, as a long term development plan for UK Speedway we had... .. ???????

I am waiting for him to get confused when he is quoting and answering himself, and answer himself using the same name ... No point getting bothered by anyone on an internet forum...

Just watched the YT highlights... I get riders race around the world and change team mates from country to country... But does anyone actually introduce Leon's team mates for the night to him from match to match...? He does often appear a tad confused as to who to aim his bike at, or block their run....

And it would be a massive five, or even six, figure sum for some of the riders who ride over here... Can't blame them really for not taking any risks...