PhilTheAce

there will never be one league, quicker we forget this idea the better for peoples mental health

2026 as been a hard watch and that started from november 25, a winter of discontent not knowing what structure will be, lost lots of fans before a wheel was even turned, and they not done anything to entice them back. i remember dicko saying they will be sorting 2027 out very early during the seasoon, well we are nearer the end of the season and nothing about 27 as been mentioned, set out a plan that fans believe in and you might just entice these people back, fans are out there, thats the frustrating thing. before they start trying to bring new fans in they need to bring back the fans that have walked away, start of by securing a TV deal, thats a masisve loss of money for the clubs, plus people easily forget the sport is still going when all the domestic league racing is behind a paywall that only existing fans know about. no one knows the figures of BSN or the clubs private streams but they are deffo having an impact on attendances, yes clubs are still getting money with them watching at home but they lose out on parking money, food and drink and merchandise sales, so they must be taking a massive financial kick in the bollocks with it. scrap streaming need a new vision, Rob Godfrey has to stand down, which i think will be this year, if they can, while hes not everybodys cup of team, and tbh, i see him as a guy that will leave the sport and never be seen again, but try tempt Tai to run the sport in uk, hes got no ties with any club, and we know his marketing value is very good. leads me perfectly to marketing, or lack of it, constantly asking fans to spread the word about speedway, i think most fans do that anyway but your job as a promotor is to promote, and it seems no one does, Plymouth are doing a fanstastic job of it. that old saying, speculate to accumulate, advertising is not cheap but if it gets you an extra 100 people through the door at £25 thats £2,500 extra every week, add on top of that drinks and other sales. Ask Mark Phillips what hes doing and plymouth and follow his ideas, he seems to be upping his crowd. dont do one league, every sport needs a top league to sell, put the points limit up and go back to the old style , 45 point limit for 7 riders, scrap the RS and put it in the champ. prepare your tracks better and you will see an influx of riders return, riders want to race uk but they dont trust track prep when you speak to them or hear what they have to say on various podcasts. season tickets should be discounted like ipswich have done. sell the season ticket valued at £20 per match, and give them the option to pay monthly, starting from november, atmosphere is missing totally, each track have a certain area in the stadium where fans can congregate and make some noise, start meetings on time, and make sure they last no more than 90 minutes (crashes dependent) regular fixtures, far to many teams going 4-5 weeks without a home match, should be 2 weeks at most re-brand the play offs, i like the Denmark way of doing it, whoever finishes top of regular season ride the final at there track in a 4TT, or make it top team straight to the final and 2nd and 3rd team if a play off tie for the final we all want weekend racing, but we just cant do that unfortunately, the top league need to ride all matches on Mondays, this is uk race night, there will be no clashes with any team in europe and gives clubs' full availability to all riders fort every match, dont scrap the guests but limit the amount of times you can use a guest,

Thats everyone tonight. Very poor meeting

R/R for doyle

Failure as usual

Every club in premiership seems to be failing to promote. And the crowd numbers everywhere are down massively. Something needs to be done

Live on BSN Won't be an easy win, if anyone can get close here it will be Northampton. Kildermand will be out injured again. Getting tests on his shoulder to see the extent of the damage. Ben cook or a dan Thompson guest most likely. RR would work also.

I certainly did, i will be going again, racing wasnt the best but they will iron out any track issues over the winter. amenities are fantastic. Viewing is ok, car park is massive, stewarded well and was pretty easy to get out for saying how many people there was, and the staff were very friendly, recommend anyone to give it a go

Tbf to kurtz. Heat 1 norick took him out bend 1 when on a 5-1 He was decent in his next 3. But engine blew on run to line in 13 so didn't expect him to come out

As the old say goes. Does a bear........ you finish the rest

Very good i say. A good contingent of away fans also.

Facilities wide spot on Location wise spot on Prices. Yikes. But fish and chips were decent. Track caught a lot of riders out, far to grippy. Settled down now though. Hopefully they can can work on the track shape over the winter

looking forward to my first visit tonight, ive only heard good stuff about the stadium, so cant wait to sample it

And he did ride

excellent

He will miss Ipswich Thursday. A simple way to fix this would be. If you miss due to illness you miss your next fixture for your clubs.

I say this respectfully, i hope this is the case. He needs to learn a hard lesson. Hes a good rider. Imagine he took it seriously. How good would he be

Trouble is his clubs let him get away with all this nonsense.

Wonder if drug testers or fuel testers have shown up

But the club wont see the parking money will they??? So its the club that misses out. Good idea if the car park money goes to the club

Not a clue but surely poole and Glasgow would be interested if his average fits

Says the fans that turn every Ipswich thread into a slagging anything to do with belle vue. Your obsessed mate

Bangs gone. A swap for laguta at wroclaw obviously on the cards

Jonas got 3 and 1 from 2 rides. Are you going to replace lidsey or NKI with him??? Probably not. Harrison only had 3 also. I think 4 rides was probably right for him

Zagar returns to track this weekend, once the 28 days cover is over he will be back in for jeppeson