mikebv

A bit special that Zmarzlik....

The fans got to see plenty of Phil Morris though.. What more do people want for crying out loud...? Risking his life, race directing, for our entertainment.... Who could not help but be enthralled watching him in action with his wonderful catchphrase... "Do you need methanol?".. And as for his raking skills.? Worth the admission alone just to see him rake that two yard patch of track... It's not all about those GP riders you know.. Some people need to open their minds.. Cannot await to see Phil race direct in Cardiff..

The longer it takes, the longer he is on TV...

Just too good....

What was Woffy doing starting so far back? Was always going to roll..

Definitely...

But there is only one winner for me...

He will not guest anymore as a protest.. Well, this weekend anyway...

Do they have a "methanol man"? Phil personally not on screen enough for me....

Just too good... "I'd like to see him do what he does at Monmore".. "Wibble, Wibble, Cluck, Cluck, My old mans a mushroom etc etc etc"

A good write up... Very positive... Sad that 600 is a "good crowd" nowadays.. Maybe actively targeting ex Cov and Cradley fans would help? Reachng out via social media wouldn't be too difficult to find them.. Get some details and send them some reduced price tickets every meeting... Policing it wouldn't be too hard either as all you would need is an address and send the tickets out "snail mail"... Postcodes could decide who gets and who doesnt.. There may be the odd person who benefits who attends regularly now, but the opportunity lies with the thousands of ex Cov and CH fans who don't but still live "locally"... And you don't need these fans to become "attached" to the club, (nice if they did obviously), you just need them to attend now and again to "see some speedway".. A couple of hundred at a tenner a pop each meeting (doesnt have to be the same couole of hundred), would add crowd size and, therefore, also atmosphere.. The Brum promoters certainly deserve some success for their input and enthusiasm..

Mark Lemon did the same thing.. Maybe with Rew before he had an average? I think someone on here ensured it got corrected by highlighting that rule on the BSF....

They have pushed the play offs back due to not being able to complete the fixture list to timeline... More meetings would have had the leagues finishing just after the Jubilee Final.... In Poland they move it arround meaning fans of 2nd Div clubs get their only chance to see world class, top level riders ride at their tracks, hence it works.. Over here you would have over a dozen 2nd Div riders riding tracks that they attend many times a season, with Dan Bewley being the only one who would raise any interest... And I am not sure he would be too interested in more meetings in the first place given his schedule..

The organisers must be devastated given the amount of people who will now stay away because he isn't there...

Unattached riders coming in, at a lower average than the rider they are replacing, has credibility.. Using riders from oher teams, with a good chance that they have an even higher average than the rider they are replacing, and could also be considerably better at a particular track, has zero credibility...

Really? Has anyone mentioned this to the last lot of Swindon Promoters? Sounds perfect for their needs...

Play offs should have injury replacement allowed if guests are allowed all season.. If no guest facility is allowed in the UK, and a fit for purpose RR facility was in play instead, then no replacement should be allowed in the playoffs even for an injury... Fans really cannot spend a season accepting dozens of meetings with guest riders, then suddenly complain when riders get replaced in the play offs due to bona fide injuries..

They cannot fit a season in now to timeline.. What chance have they got with even more meetings? Did anyone ask him about the Jubilee Cup thing from last year, too? How many meetings should there be for that?

I have noticed that everytime he walks to his bike he is limping a little.. But then again... They all are...

Supremely oiled... Beautifully smooth rotation... The kind of turnstiles the rest can only wish for..

Pipe dream... The sport is a hobby for most promoters and, off the back of that, set up solely for most riders to race as much as they can so they can be "professional"... That won't change, because it cannot.. Riders won't suddenly ride for less and guesting is a "nice little earner" as once described to me by a lad who did a fair few....

Tide's in then?

Maybe they use a different chippy?

Imagine a football team putting a better team out through the season by borrowing players from your main rivals for the title? With those players doing so well that they prevent their own team, and their own fans (and even themselves) from reaching the play offs.. Having a replacement rider of a similar level is far more acceptable if ever you want to take it seriously..

If you can then that would be a lot of fines this year...