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Everything posted by mikebv
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He doesnt need to contact Brady... Because he knows more about Brady's injury than the doctor who signed him off... More than even the physio who spent almost a week helping him to ride on Friday (a Wroclaw paid for physio by the way).. And more than Mark Lemon, (an ex rider and his manager), who didn't put any pressure on him to ride at Leicester, as he knew the locking up of the bike on such a track, wouldn't help the injury... And obviously, as everyone knows, if you can complete your rides, you simply cannot be injured...
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With the random fan shot of them "going wild" as Kelvin described, being about 15 people, several sat in camping chairs, with loads of space between them and around them... An amazing overtake to hopefully get some interest from anyone watching who may not follow the sport... And then a clear message delivered of "does anyone go to this sport?".. No FOMO message unfortunately, which the sport over here could desperately do with delivering when on TV .. Maybe for TV meetings, (as they obviously don't want to reduce prices to get more people in), possibly close certain areas to make supporters stand or sit closer together? Zooming in on a hundred or so together celebrating (thus also hiding the camping chairs😁), must give a much greater "brand image" than sadly gets generated currently every time the two hours worth of advertising goes out... These moments are the ones that can truly "sell the sport", but the lack of a crowd shot showing massive enthusiasm and volume of people, sell it far, far too short... One of Poland's "wow factors" is exactly this. If Emil had done that over there the camera would have panned round on thousands wildly celebrating which only reflects positively on the sport, and creates positivity for the sport, giving it a "I must not miss this" vibe, which then in course brings more in to watch... People are like sheep, they will follow what others follow if you can generate enough interested people in the first place. That is where hype comes in, and it doesn't have to be all true.... Zooming in on a 100 can make the place look full and somewhere worth me visiting "because they have"...
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And don't forget... "If you complete your rides, you cannot be that injured".... A special line, even amongst many special ones... I presume therefore, that the three riders mentioned above, and Jan Kvech last night, were clearly not "that injured"... Imagine on here if Brady did a Musielak, or an MJJ, and "effed off" before completing even half a season and just rode in Poland...? You would think by now that most followers of the sport over here, would know where UK Speedway stands in the list of rider importance... And not get too worked up when some may decide three meetings in three days is too much when carrying an injury.. Especially when two of the meetings are long term career defining, and one isn't... With the least important one even allowing your team to bring a ringer in to replace you if the team so wishes, so minimising harm to the team, and, as quite often happens, (depending on rider and track), even make it stronger.... Well done to Brady on his first GP win, hopefully one of many, and good to see someone race that isn't intimated by BZ....
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I must admit, when I started watching Polish Speedway, and saw the levels of racing and crowds, I thought exactly the same.. And then you watched a meeting from over here on a Monday, and quickly realised that sadly, the only comparison you could make is that both are called Speedway... It could actually even be deemed almost unfair to the UK Promoters to show Polish Speedway over here, given the expectations it could create... Great to watch every Friday and Sunday... Add in a GP on a Saturday and its truly a cracking weekend...
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Completely different shapes of tracks... Turning a bike hard, pretty much locking it up, with a wrist injury, is a lot harder than letting a bike run on a wider, more circular track.. And the Polish teams pay for top medical care for their riders, regardless of where the rider got injured, so it would make sense to get there early and use that medical care.. Noticeable that his manager at Belle Vue was very supportive of his Captain... An ex rider...
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Didnt want to aggravate an injury on a track where you turn hard?... Especially when it could have impacted a five figure pay cheque 24 hours later?.. And impacted maybe the only opportunity he may ever get to become a World Speedway Champion 24 hours after that? And also could have meant he missed a home meeting tomorrow so his own fans would have been impacted?... Captain Fantastic...
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Jason would have rode on Thursday.... Even if he just had one arm.... Or even if he just had one leg.... Or even if he was registered blind... If so, he would have just tied the lead of a guide dog to his handlebars and let him guide him round... When Speedway is finished in the UK, it will all be Brady Kurtz's fault for missing last Thursday...