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THE quality of action photos being taken by a whole host of photographers around the country these days is truly spectacular. Check some out at ... https://content.yudu.com/libraryHtml/A42yg1/xtra268July222017/reader.html?page=50 Applause to for all the riders involved.

BELIEVE it starts around 9am. Not sure whether the public can get in at that time. Doubt it.

I DID try to send you a PM but it wouldn't go through. For the record, BT Speedway director Steve Saint says there wasn't an extra camera at Leicester.

WISE words ... let's do it

WHY not just press the mute button.

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YES he is but if you think I am stupid enough to let that colour my judgement you are sadly mistaken. As for naming more, that would be easy. Suffice to say that both Pearson and Tatum (also a mate) are highly rated in the TV industry. Just because a few on here seem to have personal agendas it won't change the opinions of those that matter and from my own experience of talking to people who watch speedway on TV that they are a great combo.

WE get it, you are not a big fan of Nigel. Fortunately the Head of BT Sport is.

THE relevant part of a long article in the Sunday Times: "It all came to a head in a Danish kebab shop on the evening before the 2015 (SWC) race-off. It's set-up to fail and I don't want any part of it. The Danes drove 45 km to find good food. We went to a kebab shop and our guys were stuffing themselves with pizza while I had a salad. There are no fitness camps, no dietician and no pre-season races. "Give me Team Great Britain. I will turn it into a profitable company. I'll put all the money back into the sport and I will give it back after five years. In the fourth or fifth year we will win the World Cup. I can make the sport massive. I've had discussions with lawyers, with accountants with bankers and I'm absolutely ready to go. They've had a meeting but I haven't heard anything back." Draw your own conclusions...

ROSCO'S involvement would have been minimal and Woffinden rides for Wroclaw, who desperately wanted him there. It's not rocket science.

VERY enlightening interview with Tai in the Sunday Times today. Throws light on his attitude towards riding for Team GB.

I HONESTLY cannot answer that, I'm not as closely involves as I once was, but it wasn't ago when I knew of a British rider who reckoned that he only had to score around six points to come away with in excess of £10,000. That may have changed, it could be less, it could be more now but it certainly remains a lucrative place to ride. And of course that sort of money plus the public adoration the riders receive is the prime reason why some many kids in Poland aspire to race speedway. What's the incentive here?

I CANNOT give you a definitive answer but logic would suggest that most of the money coming through the coffers in Poland and Sweden, including gate receipts, sponsorship, etc, goes to the riders. How else would they pay the rates they do. In Poland especially many clubs (that's what they are there as opposed to tracks here) benefit massively from income provided by benefactors in the shape of wealthy individuals or businesses that are keen to be involved with their local team. It's a different world. Where does the TV money go in English soccer? Transfer fees and wages. The more they get the more they spend. Reference Boycott ... still working on Test Match Special on Radio 5Live xtra.

GOOD to know

HAVEN'T been able to get an explanation.There is a rumour that he doesn't get on with his brother. That might not be a problem in the next couple of years

THE person I would like to see take the role, along with many other changes, wouldn't thank me for naming him at this stage, and certainly not on here. Let me make it clear that I don't think any manager would have improved GB's result this year. Without Woffinden it was the best we could expect after an easy ride through the qualifier at KL. Rosco's plans are fine, if the BSPA are prepared to fund them, which its doubtful, but they are only go so far. What will happen when they get to Leszno, for example? Who will be there to supervise? Or will the riders just ride around the track which in truth work be pointless. Having Woffinden there would help massively. You are right, Rome wasn't built in a day and nothing will change overnight. It will be a long and possibly fruitless process but fundamental issues being addressed would be a start.

waytogo28 wrote they are 'continuing' to pay. They are not.

CORRECTION ... SKY are not continuing to pay. They reached a settlement with the BSPA to pay off the rest of their contract but that's it. No more money. TONY and his elder brother Garry did go to. Millfield, a private school that excelled at sports, but it did nothing for his speedway career. Tony always wanted to ride, Garry didn't. THE SKY money goes through promoters' pockets as quickly as it goes in. Invest? Don't make me laugh.

BUT Speedway Star would ...

BUT would some fans then give Cardiff a miss?

WHAT about the paying fans. Will they accept a NL rider? Just asking the question...

HE used to but not sure he does now

I THINK Rye House are doing okay at home. Decent crowds (by today's standards). And they own their own stadium.

READ this morning that Rye House are staging their second home meeting in eight weeks. No wonder British speedway is in the state it is.