mikebv

A good night... Had Ippo at +10 and thought I was stealing money when I saw that... Saved fifty quid and made seventy... Love British Speedway me... And Bet 365's knowledge of the sport... Just a quick question... They havent brought out a quadruple points rule in Heat 14 and 15 for the home team have they in the past few minutes? You never know...

Doyley.... Hopefully more of the same in the last few races...

It was rather "special" that interview wasnt it?

I think that in all fairness to him... It must be difficult to try and hold an interview in a language that is not your natural one.. But Sam is trying his best..

Is he? I might be giving him too much credit then... His old fella was definitely one of the better promoters of the sport..

Might as well. . Fans get to see the same riders and can watch it for a cheaper price.. Fair play to the Fords .. Shame they dont play a far more prominent part in running the sport.. Although, not sure anyone can sort the nonsense like tonight that goes on, at both the NSS (with the teams), and Monmore with the track... The irony being is how professional the riders are... If only the infrastructure around them was the same...

Great sport... So poorly ran... Still, as long as Poole can win the 2nd Division the sport will live long and prosper....

And there will be plenty of the same riders...

All sports need lots of hours of coverage... With many other niche sports crying out for what Speedway has... Sadly Speedway (UK), doesn't know how to market itself to make the most of so many hours of coverage... I watched Lublin and Wroclaw last evening.. Wow.. Exactly the same sport.. But a world of difference.. Noise, atmosphere, and a full house... It did mean something though in the context of being a proper sporting fixture, which may be one of the reasons why it was taken so seriously..

"Belle Vue a very well supported club".. Nice one Kelv, fair play... Poor timing though just as they show a grandstand with "one or two" empty seats...

I have noticed that the Poles often have quite a few FIM meetings (GP's, GP Challenges, SEC qualifying, SEC Finals, SON Finals, GP2 rounds etc etc), ran at the weekend (on their protected days/nights)... However.. What they slyly do is quite cunning in that they actually plan their fixture lists around these meetings... A truly amazing concept... And one that will never catch on over here though, thank goodness... NB. When you want to run the Sport from Monday to Sunday like the UK does (using the same riders in a vast amount of cases), you will inevitably get some clashes I would suspect.. Until we can start using a ten day week maybe, thus freeing up 3 days for the UK to leave free...?

Considering it is still school hols in a lot of Grt Manchester, I did think that with the inevitable TV crowd level, (now compounded even more by Mickey Mouse's involvement), that it could have been an opportunity anyway to just give several 100 tickets away... No loss of revenue as they wouldnt have been there anyway in the vast majority of cases, and it would have filled the place, making it look popular on TV, and also, at the same time, come across that it was somewhere "ver kidz" would go to in numbers.. No need to mention the freebies on comms, just mention "how great it is to see so many young people attending Speedway"... Still... Much better to do nothing and show swathes and swathes of empty seats... That will definitely get people casually watching interested...

The 100's of empty seats in the grandstand as the infield camera shows the race starts wont be painting a good picture in any way shape or form.. As has been said, totally ludicrous to run a meeting on a night when it would be 100% expected to have riders from either team, (and probably both), missing.. The message it screams out is "League Speedway doesnt really matter anyway"... And if the Promoters are quite happy to not take it seriously, then what chance have you got of convincing the fans to? Not to mention, broadcasters and sponsors... Now. No doubt some of those "devotees" will say "fixture congestion, no dates available" as so many do from both leagues on this platform when the same thing happens time and time again.. However, you can guarantee that any meeting that gets rained off will still get ran later in the season, therefore dates are always available..

It's the "best of both worlds" Championship.. Using Div 1 HL's and no need to have any Rising Stars... The middle tier should have to have two RS's, with the top tier having one.. That would have made a fair few current 4/5 point riders available to ride for struggling teams as replacements, or get used as unattached guests for injured or missing riders.. As well as obviously developing young British riders from NDL to Div 2 SS and HL standard, with maybe a few going onto Div 1 HL level.. Seems barmy to keep paying out to bring over foreign reserve/lower SS standard riders when so many young British riders are available if the team building structure was designed to accommodate them.. Bottom line is. No one outside the few within the "Speedway Bubble" will care who wins any UK Speedway title, thus having very minimal impact (most likely none at all), to the sports growth... But. Getting GB winning globally, regularly, will get interest from the wider sports watching community.. Which definitely will help the sport grow...

Enjoyed that... Lublin definitely major contenders.. Sunday night Speedway in Poland rarely disappoints.....

Love Lublin What an atmosphere they create... Imagine that over here? "Sit down, stop making so much noise"... "You're sat in my place, I always sit here". "A big happy 76th birthday to Betty whose favourite rider was Ove Fundin"..

Wroclaw missing Laguta's race wins.. Czuganow not good enough to be a "No4" in the team at this level.. Woofy no longer wins those "clutch heats" which can make all the difference during a meeting to either defend a total or get a 4-2... And Dan needs to be far more forceful!! Gets bullied far too easily for a lad with his undoubted talent.. He will end up wasting it if he doesnt start to be more aggressive... One thing really noticable about Polish Speedway is how quickly a meeting can be ran even when both teams run R/R.. Seems to take an age over here when R/R in place..

Majic... Not been the greatest racing this year but every meeting still has a few moments where you just go "Wow!".....

Another cracker.. Need to be more ruthless Daniel...

Some extremely talented "juniors" coming through in Poland... Great race....

Janusz Kolodziej... Always reminds me of Wieslaw Jagus.. Didnt always travel well but always a top level performer in the toughest league in the world... A proper 100% rider...

Nasty one... Hope both ok...

You've remembered one of your other names and password .. Well done..

The risk taking is a huge pull for the sport... No Brakes No Fear etc.. They dont do it for our entertainment... They do it for the money, the fame, and the adrenaline rush... Tonight was hugely challenging which showcased the outlandish bravery and ability of some, and the not so of others.. Twenty three heats made up of four laps of slick track boredom, on a horsepower fest of speed, it definitely wasnt...

If I was casually watching and not a Speedway fan, then I would suggest I would definitely have kept watching given the unpredictable nature of virtually every race... For the purist maybe not a great advert.. For the non fan, maybe it has pricked interest? I personally enjoyed it given the huge challenges facing the riders....