mikebv

Of course.... Must be a whole couple of nights since Bomber rode... We must be close to his "Platinum Jubilee" meeting of the season .... Bomber...

Jealousy... Success brings a lot of that from opposition fans and promoters... Every sport needs a "Manchester United" though as it means as many loath them that love them.. So it's good for business having a "pantomime villian"... And I always believe that if you cant beat another team then dont moan about them.. Instead, find a way to beat them at their own game... When Poole were at the NSS and Kirky Lane, I would go, with it sometimes being my only visit of the season.. Good for Speedways brand are Poole, let's hope they can still be around for a good few seasons yet...

One of the main issues facing the sport is that the Championship is too strong... For example. Too many Div One HL's means it is too big a jump for Div 3 riders... Which means they will have to find a way to reduce the standard, or run the same standard but with less teams... There is zero point in running a match featuring a team with three Div One Heat Leaders against a team with none, as no one "wins", (especially the brand)... The biggest challenge will be though how to reduce the level to make everyone competitive, whilst still giving Div One HL level riders plenty of rides in the Championship, whilst also charging circa twenty quid at Tier 2 level for the privilege to watch... However that is the challenge that was obviously coming from the moment the double up/down floodgates were allowed to be opened, and a challenge that has so far been steadfastly avoided to be taken up... Ironically the "lack of variety" Premiership is the one league of the top two that actually is competitive, so a reduction in teams in Div 2, (say eight?), maybe would deliver the same? With the rest forming a "decent level" 3rd Tier... Less teams per league means more riders available to cover injuries and fixture clashes without using guests from the same league, which can only be a good thing to give the currently lacking in kudos leagues some real credibility.. Personally those teams that have taken advantage of the rules by upgrading at home, and also dont bother getting in guests away from home, deserve some credit for taking the advantage given by such a ridiculous situation of such an uncompetitive league being allowed to happen, especially when it was crystal clear the season would unfold exactly as it has..

Totally Being?

Think it was £3k last time he was here.. With, again, a big wedge of it getting paid by sponsorship.. Bottom line is, if it is affordable then why not do it? Even if the figures are correct which they may very well be/not be* * Delete as applicable... Crowds seem "quite good" from the two league matches I have been to this season, and the PCM was a "proper bumper one"... 1500/1700 or so paying £20 (ish), on average, isn't too bad a return I would think even after VAT paid..

Should just leave the track alone now and start Ht 1 on it tomorrow just how it is...

Very strange isnt it? Both going for exactly the same market... (?)... As Edinburgh stream anyway it doesnt seem to make much sense to show exactly the same meeting... Neither wins surely?

Great race... Attack the track and you can race... Straight leg it into the bends and you cannot...

Maybe they would prefer not to identify? Lets watch our pronouns please....

The only decent meetings I have seem from Prague have been rain impacted.. Maybe if could help the racing tomorrow..

Three heat leaders of that level should be scoring a minimum 28 points off a collective 14 programmed rides (which includes Ht15 as most weeks 2 out of the 3 should be in it)..... And that is still "only", an 8 point average being achieved by each of them... You would realistically expect 30 or even more from those three, which then takes the pressure off the rest of the team, as 12 more points (just 3 each off the other four), gets you a bonus point away, and 16 more points (just 4 each off the rest), gets you three points at home.. Wrights performances this season should really be the "difference maker", rather than him just basically ending up delivering what one, or sometimes more, of the other three, are failing to do..

Guesting for Germany?

And to benchmark yourself you really need to be in Poland and/or Sweden.. Years ago when the best were over here you could do the same, so it was another advantage to riding here... As we can see, not many seem to miss riding over here anymore... And, to be fair, the intensity level of leagues over here, where you share riders on any given night, cannot be the same as riding in leagues which offer big financial rewards and publicity, and you are tied to one team with a tribal, fervent following..

It was to give each of the Premiership teams another meeting... Wolves in particular were a club that felt they needed more bona fide meetings as only ten top league home meetings were not enough... Edit. I forgot about the League Cup.. (Which probably says a lot)....

To be fair to Bomber... He probably didnt overtake some riders as he must have been a bit confused as to who his team mate on the night actually was....

It wasnt so much that he got passed, but how he got passed so easily.. Up the inside, leaving a huge gap to come through with seemingly no thought to move over to the kerb, even though he had plenty of room to do so, which would have blocked the run of the rider(s) behind... Until he was behind that is, whereby he then rode the inside line for the rest of the race.. Reading the Ipswich thread it seems quite a common occurrence this season, ie chasing dirt that isnt there and getting passed up the inside.... Lost probably 8 points or so I would say from being passed whilst in "good" positions...

It will be "interesting" to see how the Pairs change through the season.. Any one of the top four it said tonight can be the Pair....

No £12.99 as a one off....

Overall... Stream good, shame about the missing races... Commentators also good... (Mpt/Bomber apart)... Racing pretty average... No crowd noise coming through the TV... Was that because there isnt much of a crowd there? Or there was a crowd and they didnt make much noise? Or was it how the production of the stream was? Would I book again? Probably not given the tracks they will be going to, and I will probably go to the NSS round..

Lawson slowing the race down and was looking for Ellis... Dont think Adam too impressed...

Has it finished Ian... I am still on heat four......

Brady and Max not looking too disappointed....

King 2 points... Must have lost 8 at least from the positions he had at bend two, lap one...

Now back....

Still off...