mikebv

Imagine them as the new Duckworth Lewis...

They are useless at knowing the rules and adding up.

I am more impressed with Kelv and Chris' maths..

They need to leave the track alone now..

They certainly do.... You make your own luck though...

Doh!

That Mexican wave struggled a bit.. Needed the stewards to keep it going..

A win, win...

Great move from Dudek... Some of the moves in the GP's are staggering..

Good basic entry level marketing... Just what so many UK tracks should do when on TV.. Peterborough seemed to do something a few weeks ago, don't know if deliberate or not, but they packed people in together in the grandstand.. A much better impression of the sport than having sporadic empty seats..

Surprise.... Doyley getting a warning for moving at the tapes, and the double will get paid out.....

Wow!!! Woffy!!!!

Phil is on......

More there than it seemed to be predicted... 15 to 20k?

Opening up when your customers want you to is a no brainer isn't it? However. Fixed nights are needed to provide riders with the dual income they need, and have got used to... And to let Div 2 get access to Div 1 HL's... Works well for both parties.. Probably doesnt work well for the overall success of the sport..

That alone could have them snookered..

I think you will find that they are... "Bob and Elsie"s Chippy" in Gorton has just given them half a billion quid a season to have their advert put in the programme...

You get plenty of one sided matches now anyway.. Might as well have a "Manchester United" who can increase crowds when they go away... Let's be realistic, you won't get a team full of superstars as that club would go bust very quickly, and crowds would drop given fans would quickly get bored with watching hammerings each week.. Make the top league truly "Elite" and run with five or six man teams so there are always replacements.. Even a six team league could work with those six having a "Second Team" to race in whatever contrived league gets cobbled together for the other teams.. 30 to 36 team places only so no issues with a rider shortage or guests needed..

The radical move that should have been done post Covid... Great to see... I believe Garibaldi's were considered but they didn't know if they would need a visa or not after Brexit, and, if a visa was attainable, what assessed quality rating they should give them.... The promoter who wanted them said they should be a four but it was mentioned to him that a few years ago a packet of Frangipanes were brought in and they were given a five..

I want Ipswich to do well as hopefully I will get to see Emil at the NSS again...

I agree to a large extent... But. You would think that those in charge would at least try something different before it inevitably happens wouldn't you? Post Covid really was a huge chance to make the radical changes needed, completely missed.. A gift horse passed up... Presumably, you can only think, it was passed up due to everything being "all good" in the eyes of the Promoters? . Which probably explains a lot, if that was the case.

How Mickey Mouse is it then for all riders being allowed to ride for every team in one country..?...

And sadly down the years, far too many "Nero's" have fiddled whilst Rome burned bit by bit, year by year, around them...

One ex promoter told me that it was something akin to a "bear pit".... Loads of different agendas trying to get what they have planned in, through. Hence, so much compromise and back scratching took place to get what they wanted.. With ultimately no clear independent leadership or long tern direction of travel.. That was a good few years ago now though, and I have read that nowadays it is more about a summary of the past season, and just signing off what has already been agreed in several meetings prior to the AGM Although the odd last minute grenade can still get thrown in...

Test Matches might get some interest..? When Speedway was in its halcyon period the success of the 'England" team and iders were the reason so many attended domestic Speedway. . Hardly any domestic Speedway was shown but fans knew of the sport via what they watched on TV on Saturdays... Individual meetings and WTC.. The RFU and ECB grew their domestic sport by centralised contracts ensuring that the top players prioritised the national team. They knew that whatever success Leicester, Saracens, Lancashire and Yorkshire cricket etc etc etc had, it would have little impact overall, and not grow the sport... Maybe an "elite" Test Match series could help generate domestic interest the same for Speedway? It could definitely get more wider media coverage, and maybe a decent sponsor.? Bomber couldn't represent Australia or Poland though if he didn't get picked for GB. GB v Poland at the NSS, Poole and Glasgow for example, would deliver the best crowds in years I would suggest, and paint the sport in a very positive light via the TV. ..