Falcon1983

Introduce a points cap across the league so every rider in every race races for the same points money. Figures just as an example Race Win - £250 2nd - £100 3rd - £50 4th - £0 Have some form of standard appearance money in case a rider hits 0,0,0 to cover costs But, riders should be getting enough personal sponsorship to cover their season costs then what is earned on track is their living. Think UK is easy money for most, well those who double up or down Everyone connected to the sport is taking the maximum from it in a negative way promoters, riders et c. It's just the fans that miss out completely

Probably not, a meeting within 60 minutes may never happen, but have had a few meetings in and around the 70ish mark though few and far between. Let me know where you sit at foxhall I'll make sure I come and give you a gentle pat on the back one Thursday

Mate You must be special, the most ridiculous comment ever is me saying that I would prefer a speedway meeting (15 minutes of racing) to be completed within an hour so I can go off and do other things. Then I give an example of something 85 minutes, the parade in my opinion is not part of the meeting, i mean the actual racing within an hour and back in my car so my example was more like 70 minutes much closer to 60 minutes than 85 minutes. Perhaps others prefer to stay longer in absolutely holes of what most speedway stadiums are, I respect their choice as much as I respect your choice of wanting speedway done within 2 hours but to jump on me for what I would like just because its different from yours, it just makes you extremely pathetic. I'd love to say I've been to more speedway meetings than you but I probably haven't, because potentially I may be younger than you I feel although your mentality is clearly younger than me, also I have other commitments and activities I like to do plus I probably missed 10 years of going to speedway after my father retired from racing as after 9 years of travelling all over the country to every meeting he raced in was quite alot for a young lad back then

To be fair I was trying to be smart lol I thought it was Bellego until the camera zoomed in and say no.6 with heeps on the back, I did think to myself during the race that Bellego seems determined..... BWitcher you need to get over yourself with my comment about in an ideal world speedway would be £10 and a meeting over in around 60 minutes, I do have other interests in life, If i can travel from work to foxhall, get there for the parade 7.30 and be in my car ready to turn left out of foxhall by 9pm, happy days If my comment about speedway should be 60 minutes has offended you then perhaps you shouldn't be allowed on the internet

The one he took schlein on the last bend

Cook and Przedpelski please. Boro can take Harris Bellego did ride well in one heat tonight though in all fairness

Ipswich are loyal.....

If witches removed Harris and Bellego Is there room for Cookie plus Pickering or Garrity?

13.96 to play with for Harris/Bellego Who do you get for that COOK plus.......

Amateur hour all round

Its heeeeeeps!!

Maybe 800 to 1000 in their, buster has cashed in his golden ticket that was always in his programme

You can go down your local and ask them to switch on BT Sport and spend £18 on beer. The club have known for weeks about this meeting, simply posting on social media doesn't mean it reaches millions instantly but good social media marketing would reach alot of people locally. Posting a tweet and expecting retweeted only really hit the same fans week in week out, should have invested a few hundred notes from the BT post and done a big campaign to get people in for £10 and if it attracts new fans in who knows they might come back for a few meetings later Missed opportunity

Wow :)

Will watch on the bt sport app Not worth £18 on the off chance buster has actually put a ticket in a program to win £500, it will probably be found in the secret unsold batch

Hi Chun I'm into a variety of things to be fair and alot of it comes down to a mixture of atmosphere or entertainment or indeed both. I can go and watch MMA locally for £35 or £20 if I got an early bird ticket and there are over 35 bouts, as its short rounds only 3x3 minutes someone is going to get punched in the face. British Superbike is a great day out ok you don't get to see every overtake or pass but it's a full day out. Darts is another one purely just for atmosphere. Maybe the odd one or two passes is what speedway has been about for years but I've only just noticed it. That's why I'm saying some form of radical shake up should happen maybe more heats (yes I know I said speedway within an hour) perhaps 18 heats broken in to 3 rounds of six heats Normal format Some form of chase format where say lower averages riders in the race start from normal position and the two highest 10 metres back Then the 3rd set of heats who knows, maybe it's the bikes, or quality of riders across the teams that make the racing dull perhaps the format itself is fine?

It is a great result for Ipswich last night, I have only been to two meetings so far both for entertainment value have been disappointing. Last night I spent £38/39 plus food and to be honest I don't think the entertainment value was worth it, maybe a throw away £20 programme included. If you were a new fan last night and you paid for more than one person you will probably think twice about going again, but some people think the money is value as long as their side win same as people love their team going away against a big team in football defending for 90 minutes and drawing 0-0 they see the result over what actually goes on, for me, result is secondary in a sense to seeing good speedway. Perhaps it was the opposition, I've only been the last nights and the Kings Lynn bank holiday and I thought both were awful, maybe someone else can elaborate on all the thrilling passing I have missed in other meetings? If anyone has any sense Monday if they pay for BT Sport then being their live is not value for money, although I guess you can never tell in advance if the meeting is going to be great value for money but on the overall so far for me, its not. The sport needs something radical to happen I believe to add entertainment value maybe going away from the traditional 15 heats is something or it needs something else adding, all this twitter vote race has done for me is delayed the meeting longer than it needs to waiting for the poxy results to come in, the only thing I was fairly happy with was that I was in the car by 9.15pm I like the meetings where its about 60 minutes long in duration.

I also agree that this team so far has surprised many and long may it continue. However the riders determination to bring positive results does cloud over the shortcomings of the management, you rarely in speedway get a meeting where all 7 riders are on fire, so when doesn't happen it is down to the team manager to make the most of the riders that are doing well and that falls at the feet of the manager who sometimes does make some strange decisions and has cost the witches points - and yes we all make mistakes but are changes the basic fan can see. Not sure I am a huge fan of the golf society, seems to make you a little immune from doing wrong but lets see how the season progresses.

If you read the statement by Louis he said they were "talking to lots of european based riders then when Bomber became available they snapped him up" how stupid does this club think their fans are? No european rider wanted it, lets not dress this up to anything more than what it is, I would like Louis to name these European riders and then the fans can decided if he's taken Bomber over Pedersen, Kildemand, etc.

British Speedway will never see that kind of level again.... not for another 10 years or so at the very least... Doubling up will take 10 years to sort out, the Championship/National league need to be joined but then split into a North/South division, Amateur speedway or at least low points money, needs to attract young british riders of the future.... then the Premiership if there is a top league to go with it needs to be a 12 team semi pro level... tracking to run on any day they wish, ideally Thursday-Sunday speedway, £8-£10 speedway

Nicholls & Procter fits... As Does Tungate & Good Riss.... As does Kildemand & Wornya

What I don;t understand that is if the Witches can't attract a big hitting number one then surely they have had a look at the budget and put aside a fixed amount for a number one, if they do not have a number one coming to the tapes yet other riders are currently sat on the fence because they have not been offered a great deal then surely the budget is there to snap up these riders even if it means paying more. Tell me if I am wrong but if the budget is there but not going to be used for its purpose then surely Scott Nicholls can be offered an improved deal, at least that signing will be for an Ipswich lad and would put more bums on seats wanting to see Scott ride Foxhall in his twilight years, I am sure Tungate won;t be offered anything to start the season in the UK unless it is Ipswich, so you then have a number one potentially on 3rd heat leader/2nd string money... because simply he has to take what is offered or not earn a wage in the UK... so the witches are in a strong position to negotiate not being able to have a number one. Pretty sure that Guy will want the best for the club and if it means Tungate at this present time due to lack of options then he will be the bigger man and back the decision, then that leaves one rider to fill and perhaps Ty Proctor will be surplus to requirements at Lynn? Still not the best team but should win 80% of the meetings at Foxhall, I hope that we see new blood buy into the club eventually and take it on

based on what has been confirmed, what I know is about to happen and what is rumour.... 1. Kings Lynn 2. Wolves 3. Poole 4. Peterborough 5. Swindon 6. Belle Vue 7. Ipswich

How about they go with... Tungate, Nicholls & Michelsen? Michelsen rode well against top riders in the EURO so could perhaps become a no.1 as the season progresses, what average would he be?

Not attending at all is a bit harsh, the Witches have 6 solid riders, just need the correct final rider to finish the team off and it only has to finish mid-table to get into the Play Offs