marko

borderline on corrupt this ref, no excuse for decisions this bad

This ref is a joke

I think it the guy with Ollie that drew my attention to it, it was under the stream screen listed as resources I believe. It then has a pdf download of the program score chart, and not just a generic one, but a copy of the one you would have found in yesterdays Berwick vs Birmingham match day program.

I enjoyed the coverage, more down to earth than the over production hype you get with Sky/BT and no constant interruptions with ad breaks. Meeting kept flowing and I imagine unlike “TV meetings” when there is a threat of rain, they WILL get on with it without some director or other person in charge, insisting they need to pan it out over two hours. Another touch I really like is being able to download the match day score chart as would be printed in a program, it’s a nice touch and maintains that interaction that you would get from being there in person. Some minor things that will need polishing, but that will come naturally with time. Looking forward to seeing how the season unfolds, as a neutral staved of speedway since Lakeside folded.

I can see Berwick battering most teams at home bit like how Exeter used to. The old aggregate system would have suited Berwick well as they would likely earned so many of them through big home wins.

I have signed up for this service and really looking forward to it, it will be the first live speedway I have seen in a couple of years as first Lakeside closed down and I got fed up with paying silly amounts for sky tv for a product that was awful, And that was not always in reference to the racing!

Leicester Glasgow Poole Oxford Redcar Birmingham Berwick Scunthorpe Plymouth Edinburgh Newcastle

Sheffield Peterborough Ipswich Belle Vue Wolves Kings Lynn (could be a bad year with their football team getting relegated too)

Just another made for TV gimmick Why does speedway constantly want to undermine what is a marathon and turn it into a toss of a coin right at the end, just to make it “more exciting” keep doing what you always did, and you will continue to get what you always got

Last I heard Arena Essex was being used as a covid test centre so I still don’t know if any building work has even started yet, I bet the track is still there though, such a waste, the sport could have carried on there for at least a couple of seasons. If it ever comes back to Essex and I doubt it now, most former fans would have been lost to the sport because once something is gone, it takes a lot to get it back. I hope Oxford does ok because it’s been a long time since they last rode and people would have moved on.

It would be interesting to see the average distanced travelled by each clubs home fan base. My old team Arena Essex/Lakeside probably had quite a big spread of support over Essex/Kent border and pretty much the only way to get their was to drive, it would have certainly affected them.

Difference is there is credibility in either Max or Lewis being World champion, more so than Team GB winning the SON, or a team finishing in the bottom half of the league becoming champions, that is the difference between F1 and Speedway. Speedway is - lets have a long drawn out competition and then just toss a coin and render all before it meaningless.

NURSE, NURSE, the loonies have escaped and are trying to ruin speedway again

Although this seasons British League top tier is probably the most farcical ever in the history of our sport, I will still happily congratulate Peterborough on their success, they were the best of the six teams over the course of the season, not just at the end. The form of Ulrich prior to his injury was the main reason for that, to have a reserve progress to a number one thus meaning a heat leader standard rider would almost always be at reserve was a masterstroke as was the general team build that many had written off.

They are Trees but during the peak of summer we hardly have any meetings, hence they have to be all crammed into the final month where it’s often cold and wet.

"broadcasters need live summer sport" LOL not laughing at you Byker, just the notion that speedway is a summer sport but those who run it seldom run it actually in the summer months

The sport in this country would be better off with no tv coverage at all, it’s descended into a made for tv sport with the live fan very much second in the thoughts. TV was responsible for the tactical ride and the play offs, gimmicks designed to turn it into something artificially closer, never mind who the better team or rider was. Also the only reason why these meetings now run into October is because of TV, everything should be done and dusted before October. TV was supposed to help the sport, not aid it’s demise.

And NEW...................

Bubbling up nicely

Im watching a stream so dont have to listen to those two

If Artem makes the semi finals

Does a certain ex promoter “takeover” the track prep for tv meetings still? He was always know for preparing very smooth tracks but typically just one line.

Not only that but Poland take this sport a lot more seriously so in the eyes of the fans, they probably would not want to see their riders being pally with the opposition.

E Speedway is easy to simulate, just watch the speedway on TV with the sound on mute. Speedway is essentially made up of three senses, visual, audio and smell, just taking one element out can affect the experience, take two out and its no longer what you call speedway.

Speedway is nothing more than a parody of what it used to be at this point and too many matches do not have anything meaningful about them. Back in the 80s my league had 17 or 18 teams in it, bar a small handful, you would only see certain opposing teams and riders once a season, no two matches were the same in any shape or form.