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Indeed, but cracking ideas are not normally the currency the BSPA deal in. Let's just hope that they do not give fixture planning role to the plonker who did it this season.

I should hope not or you could ink in a One From Three Polish World Champion for 2018.

Agree, but would be prepared to pay more for a better quality product. Up to a maximum of a tenner for something like the quality of the Swedish coverage on Premier Sports. I never saw the Bet365 coverage so I have no idea of what sort of quality it was or how basic. I can't argue with that thinking but if we continue as we are there will not be enough fans passing through the gate to make speedway viable anyway ( at a goodly number of tracks ). The sound of the 2018 tinkering and "big names" back ( covered by sponsors ) such like a backward step especially if the price was upped again. If that is the BSPA final throw of the dice then they have not beeb listening to fans, who prefer other changes.

No. Well it could be done but "retirement" or "injury" is too easily fiddled - as we know already. There would need to be very strict rules which the promoters will not vote for I suspect. Look at Josh Auty ( no fiddling ) but he retired in frustration and then has a great second half of the season after he comes out of retirement.

One problem is that even if you are very, very good at something ( as Robert Lambert is at riding a speedway bike) you often want to be better or even aspire to be The Best. Striving for perfection does bring a lot of pressure from within yourself, if you have that sort of personality.

I and many more are up for Pay Per View, why is it so difficult to set this up in the UK? I do not expect fun broadcast quality, so what's the problem?

STEVEHOLS54 wrote " No of course not. Its one of his riders so he wants it to disappear with nobody hopefully noticing it." And that is what Buster loves to call and repeatedly uses as a tactic " put it behind us " NOT sweep it under the carpet as that would be, well , quite openly scandalous BUT if you " put it behind you" , well, that is a sensible thing to do as you can move on, start all over again etc etc etc. In fact you can roll out the " Same Old, Same Old Speedway" nicely re-packaged and ready for the err 1980s. Never mind that we have moved on around 40 years. No one will notice. What he forgers is that fewer and fewer people care.

I too can't see BT covering league racing in 2018. After all the BSPA appeared not to have gone along with the free or reduced admission - not even a tenner at every venue.

Unlikely to be required or staged because 2018 seems just about signed, sealed and then due to be delivered. Leicester stay "up" and other "lower" teams join them in whatever the "top" division is called. Yes I do. But it may be only two joining those already there because of set race nights which seem to be a done deal..

Yes Please a Christmas Wish.

And Glasgow - if geography is not against that possibility. And don't rule out Lakeside yet.

Rob McCaffery wrote " Why can't we just enjoy speedway and enjoy a night out without obsessing on how 'meaningful' it is." That is at the core of speedway's current problems in the UK. Not enough people enjoy a night out at the speedway or even consider it as an option. That is other than what is left of the die hard fans. To the general public speedway is invisible and even stock car racing is more talked about and considered as an enjoyable night out.

Bewley may turn out to be as good as Lambert, as he clearly shows he has a racing brain and their ability at the same age was quite similar. But they are the two really outstanding talents of this era. I hope that Lambert is in the Stars 2018 team as he has even more to show of his top level ability. It is very concerning as to why he withdrew from the PLRC and he should be more open about it. I hope it is not that he is turning his back on the BSPA / UK yet. Obviously he is likely to follow the money to Poland ( who wouldn't !) as that is where the bulk of his earnings will come from over the next decade. The current serious problems in Sweden may not make it such a definite destination for him ( or any top rider ) but the prospective earning level for top riders is no better in the UK ( and may be worse ).

Unlikely to be required or staged because 2018 seems just about signed, sealed and then due to be delivered. Leicester stay "up" and other "lower" teams join them in whatever the "top" division is called.

If they could sort out a Pay Per View scheme ( if not for this then in the future ) there would be plenty of take up . It does not have to be full broadcast standard to be interesting and exciting - as with Premier Sport's coverage of the Swedish League this year. Come On Get Wth It BSPA!

So, virtually all of us see it this way, why is it so difficult for the BSPA to also see it? The sport will go nowhere other than down the pan until they do. And riders need to catch on too or they will have a lot of very expensive kit sitting in the garage unused.

Because anything goes in the same old, same old BSPA run speedway. We just have to take it or leave as nothing will change.

Can't see Buster having his own licence suspended by the SCB.

False dawn wrote " I'm beginning to wonder if anyone "up there" has an ounce of sense. We have the makings of a good sport in this country, still. " ​I echo that but the vital word is "still" because if the BSPA don't get it right for 2018, I honestly doubt if we will continue to have the makings of a good sport in the UK for many years beyond then.

I was going to say that " you couldn't make it up" - but there is no need to as it seems to be unravelling before our very eyes.

A very different Buster then. He has become so much more set in his ways and his ultra stubbornness ( or self belief as you prefer ) has led to a lot of fans becoming disillusioned about how KLS has been run in the last few years. Buster's BSPA role has not helped KLS and perhaps not him either. He has as they say " lost the dressing room" AND the terraces.

Trees wrote about Robert Lambert " On Radio Norfolk yesterday he said that he thinks the fans should be given more information about what is going on during a meeting, he feels people get the wrong end of the stick about riders etc and it puts people off going to speedway" ​Robert is correct about this and it is what a number of Stars fans want to see happening, as part of the not treating them as mushrooms in future by the Promotion. Please help this to be brought about via the Supporters Club IF Buster is serious about having a better, more positive relationship with the fans. Persuading Mark Carney to return would be a start. As would holding a couple of meetings before Christmas with fans who want to contribute ideas to the promised further success of KLS.

Just can't see it being viable to bring NKI back ( however much I would like to see it ) unless that is, a major sponsor can be found to underwrite his signing. I think that the 2018 Premier League set up will be yet another, "on the cheap" cost cutting venture, no bad thing if it leaves the superstars to compete in other parts of Europe. Retain Robert Lambert at all costs to hang on to the remaining fanbase.

Fast forward to Sept 2018 and there will be 7 of the new 12 Premiership Clubs saying " if fans don't prove they want speedway enough to turn out in droves, they won't have it". And the BSPA Chairman says "The demise of speedway can only be laid at the door of the fans".

How do I get to watch TV2 Sport? Is this available online?