mikebv

With extra stands the NSS could easily do a 6000 crowd for a GP at £50 average per person.. The issue with the SoN was shelling out for so many meetings that didn't have enough interest for "the locals", as expecting someone to travel and spend a week in a hotel, plus admission fees, was never a goer as a plan..

Or a 100 quid on twenty shovels to move all the dirt back to the kerb every fourth race?

The air fence has narowed the track since the 60's and also now collects most of the dirt thrown up which used to end up on the greyhound track back then, leaving a "bit of a mess" a metre or so from the fence.. They just need to sort that issue and the track will be fine.. Four heats in and riders are just using a mid track line as the inside is so slick so quickly.. Making an already narrow track even narrower... Which reduces again as the meeting progresses with the outside becoming the main line to follow.. Grading should move the dirt back to the kerb, not just to mid track like it does now..

They must be able to get a coach full at least? There will be at least 200 Aces fans I would say at their place,..

Leicester will have more there than Sheffield would have. Always surprised just how few Tigers fans there were over the past few years for both Semis and Finals..

And noticeably Chris stayed well away when he chased Voulas..

To be fair... It is Eurosport... And in most sports their production is pretty crap... "And now we to go over to" (advert starts)...

Lidsey definitely riding within himself this season, and now Poland is over for him you can see a difference in his riding. (Is it his Polish kit he is on as his straight line speed is tremendous).. On his average I would think the Aces will keep him next season.. His gating ability will be very important at Leicester... Kurtz must be the rider of the season if the Aces lift the trophy.. A proper throwback captain who fights for every point.. Heat 13 last night was truly an incredible first two turns, with respect given to Jack Holder too who left "just" enough room for Kurtz to get round safely.. Will miss the first leg as still away but will have the red smoke flares packed for Thursday... "You can't use them".. "I can't see now".. "Why are you making so much noise?".. "I stand there" "If you want to do that, go to football"....

Stay safe Brady and Dan... Maybe both breaking the tapes is worth a shout...

Simon's toys out of the pram yet?

Neither... Someone spotted a flaw in the cunning plan from last year....!!

I cannot believe riders want the ploughed field that develops at Owlerton three feet from a fence... Best Wishes to Ben, it sounds like a bad one...

But they never do.... That is the issue....

Can see it being a bit one sided given the home advantage the track brings... Especially the set up for the starts as when out in front at Owlerton you just ride two thirds track (just avoiding the ploughed field), at speed... 16-8 before heat five... 32-16 by heat nine... 54-36 the final score..

When your team invariably isn't made up of your own riders I can see the logic behind the outlook... As for the sport itself... "It's a family sport" must be the most useless marketing phrase ever dreamt up...

There is a noticeable lack of "it means something" at the vast majority of UK speedway matches.. Which is why the sport is dying on its arse... (In the UK).. Therefore. Every now and again, let's just pretend and collude with the promoters that it actually has some relevance...

"Sit down, I can't see"... "It's too noisy"... "I always stand there, can you move?".. "My favourite rider is Ove Fundin"...

Blimey.... Never go to Poland then... The whole purpose of team sports is to have that tribal element... Without it, there is no point in running it using a team concept... I bet the Sheffield promoters will have no apprehension tomorrow given they will get a fair few extra grand., The most all season from any team visiting...

Like fans of a proper team sport? A huge opportunity for the sport is to get more away fans to attend...

My lad still has Matej's sombrero hung on his bedroom wall... Edit. What a difference three or four hundred away fans make to a speedway meeting.... Maybe those who run it should subsidise away fans' travel and entrance fee?

The biggest issue the sport in the UK has. Bring in lads of this truly World Class level and, as we have seen, they can miss UK racing but still ride in Poland, and elsewhere, or simply get injured and cannot ride anywhere... Thus, meaning guestfests which knacker any chance of the sport progressing, as winning any league carries little merit or credibility.. However, they put plenty of bums on seats whenever they ride as it brings out those (like me), who are not bothered about the meeting result, but just want to see top talent "live"... And there are many thousands out there with that view.. Phil will know that without credibility, selling the league to sponsors and wider TV and written media will be difficult at best, impossible at worst... He doesnt though have a magic wand to make all the required changes happen...

I would imagine he will reflect on this, and next time it happens do what he should really have done this time.... ie. Have the team sheet glass framed (in solid vintage royal oak), and have all the riders from both teams, the ref, the time keeper, the start marshal and the clerk of the course, all sign it.... With a little message, not just their names...

The dad sounds like a proper prat... Best wishes to the kid as he grows up with that as his role model... If you are peed off then tell Jack why to his face, and move on.. No need for a public outburst...

Which explains why it makes zero sense paying out ten and tens of thousands to riders that no one has even heard of... And Jack Sh. on marketing that might actually get some to recognise that the club and sport exists... "Jasno Doyle is riding tonight v Belle Vue".. "Great. Who are Belle Vue?"_

Your sister isn't your mam then..? And the family tree isn't a straight line?..😁