Hawk127

That may well be the case but if you look at the sponsors and partners who are behind British Superbike, speedway could only dream of that sort of support. Speedway needs a main sponsor and some serious partners but as long as it carries on being so insular ranging from engines through to parts it is never going to happen. Speedway is not a mainstream sport and most followers of other two wheeled sport certainly show no interest or have not even heard of speedway. Until they have a serious change of direction then it will be an obscure sport on the edge where only ‘anoraks’ follow it. Eurosport cannot change that.

Whilst they have ‘exclusive’ rights to both leagues that does not necessarily mean they will show matches from both leagues. Didn’t BT have exclusive rights to both? If not I wonder why some matches were not streamed by a third party. Anyway, as has been said the devil will be in the detail and probably it will all depend on the make up of the leagues etc. Is it only BSPA that tries to con you into thinking that it will reinvent the sport each year and everything in the garden is rosey only to regularly fail miserably and the shambles rolls on. I hope Eurosport have done their homework on the workings of the BSPA and U.K. speedway.

If you take the play offs away from the 18 mentioned that leaves 12 live meetings. Can someone confirm if that is either more or less than BT broadcast over the last season? Didn’t BT say how great it was to add speedway to their two wheeled offering? I guess it is a case of wait and see but hopefully they are able to match the live scheduling that BT and Sky gave to the sport as no one wants to see the last five or six heats of a live meeting because another sport has overrun. At least those with BT can cancel the subscription and watch the GPS on YouTube.

It is what they did not say and only referred to the GP for next year. It sounded like a farewell but hopefully not.

Agree and on the night they did well but when it really matters having achieved this they could not step up to the real challenge. A team on form crying out for a real match but alas it was not to be. It did not make a great spectacle from a TV perspective but alas it was what it was. Not the best of play offs and one that historically will be recorded for the wrong reasons as far as the Witches are concerned. Time to re-Group and see where the sport takes itself.

Were the closing words on this broadcast confirmation that domestic speedway will not be on BT next year?

They may have kept it interesting.

No but a realistic observer. Ipswich have managed to create history for the wrong reason. I do not hate Ipswich but dispise inept riders who do this for a living but fail miserably and frankly you look at Iversen who rode in Germany at the weekend on a poor track a scored double figures and yet is crap. Danny King talks a good talk but really cannot be any better than a second string in this league. Jake is the only rider who has anything to be proud of. Ipswich have done better in prior years but this has to be down as a piss poor performance and not something to be proud of.

What a disgrace Ipswich. I suppose they have next year to look forward to but this really is an unmitigated failure by six of the seven riders.

Hopefully the last ride for Harris in Witches colours. Thanks but move on

Worrying that Scott thinks bonuses would have been paid to witches riders. Speedway cannot afford to buy a winning team. Ipswich paying generously is a joke. Not sure anyone apart from one deserve anything other then points money.

Have the Ipswich riders no personal pride. Iversen is a lost cause. You would think that some rides would want to prove a point but alas this is not the case. Perhaps Chris Louis should make a comeback. Can only improve on this shambles.

Robins not giving up. Says it all.

Can the witches stop the robins reaching 60

Ellis Perks appears to be a very good rider but how he can ride in all the leagues has to be questionable. Good luck to him but this is what makes a mockery of this circus ( noit is not a sport any longer no more than banger racing is) hence wholesale changes are need starting with standard bikes (F2) and then let’s see just how much skill the average gate and go merchant has.

That is a bit unfair. Maybe a bit later in the meeting but you are right. However not sure that any team would have beaten the Robins this time around. Well done to all who took place this year and it remains to be seen who comes to the tapes in 2020. Whoever it is wholesale changes are needed for the sport if it is not to continue its decline.

Congratulations to the Robins. You earned that and wiped the floor with Ipswich.

Only Jake can hold his head up as far as Ipswich are concerned. What an awful inept performance by most of the Witches. No point in talking anything up the witches are dire and second best is not good enough. They are not even putting up a fight.

Decision made. You would not have turned up with the dross. I rest my case.

Hawkins who could not organise a piss up in an Adnams brewery. I am sure you could do a better job of managing the team

All over. Adverts look the best option.

Sadly the Witches seem to be at odds with each other and the track. One certainty for 2020 ought to be a new manager for the Witches. Apart from Louis taking back control, a rebuild is probably needed but given where the sport is you may well find the status quo in 2020.

Avoid all this old fashioned tapes crap, introduce infra red lights and the see how things turn out. Swindon do not need the help of the ref, a fine team who will win on merit so no point in anyone moaning about starts etc. It is what it is. One team at the top of their game and one team chasing. Not ideal viewing but you can only race what you are presented with. Safe night for all.

Could one answer to the question of a condensed season for conventional speedway be for teams to run using current machines and call it formula one and those clubs who want to see costs reduced adopt the formula 2 machines. I guess most riders have more than one bike so to have a high spec machine for F1 and an F2 machine costing less in maintenance etc. could be a way to keep riders happy with regular meetings from an income perspective, supporters who want a weekly fix with two tier admission depending on the formula. Standard F2 machines could attract mainstream engine manufacturers as sponsors. Something needs to be done to try and keep all parties interested particularly in the summer months but those making the rules must insist that for F1, the cut off dates will not change so league fixtures/standings as at the end of the first week of September will determine the teams in the playoffs which must take place in the second and third week of September and the final in the fourth week. F2 will be a straight forward league format with the top team being crowned champions. F2 could run a cup competition or something like an 4TT and/or a nationwide individual U.K. championship open to home based and overseas riders.

For that to happen the Witches would need some Polish riders to be drafted into the team or Leon Madsen to have nothing better to do with Emil and Artem at reserve. Sadly the reality is damaged limitation for Ipswich or should I say set a target of plus 30 points in the next leg to avoid total embarrassment.