oldtimer Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 The EL racing I have seen at Belle Vue has usually been very good. Enough to make me go back week after week, anyway. In the past week, I have been to meetings at Glasgow, Sheffield and Plymouth (PL admittedly) and it is remarkable just how consistent opinions are on what fans want and what can be improved. They aren't so much bothered about price as what they get for their money. Better tracks and better racing is high on the list and better doesn't mean faster. Better presentation, too - Pirate Nick commented last night that tracks must have a huge store of 1970's/1980's records because that is all they seem to play, and he's right. Cut out the delays is the number one - spectators don't want to be standing around unnecessarily. As Squall said at Sheffield, we don't need intervals between races. Get the 2 minutes on as soon as the riders from the preceding race return to the pits. Get rid of intervals themselves - at Redcar recently it was announced that there would be no interval because of traffic problems and a big cheer went up. I don't know one fan that likes them, and apparently riders don't either. I have said before that the promotion put themselves and their riders before the paying customer and I remain convinced that is true. It has to change. Please take note Somerset! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullbore Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 they aren't likely to be seduced into attending their local club. Not when it's almost 200 miles away! Niamh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinMills Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 when youngsters are in nightclubs, would they stay if only 10 people in the place? no, its not enticing, they walk in a place thats heaving, its a different story.....stadiums empty have similar effect 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny the spud Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Even the word "stadiums" is stretching it at some tracks 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*JJ Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Even the word "stadiums" is stretching it at some tracks Such as which? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwatcher Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Then I am not the only one who see how bad some of our stadiums have become. It make me think back to the local dog track that ran in our area in the late 1950's. Some of the stadium's have still got this basic infastucture in place these days. I think the look so dull and boring with corigated stell fences that are rusty or like the new track that was built at Leicester with this horrid woden fence all around it.with not distingusing features it looks like a prison camp. The pay booths leave every to the imagination with 2 holes cut out the fence and that is all they have unless you pay in the bar. Time they tided thier acts up and brought them up to date. If they made them look a bit more appealing then they might just get a few new faces to come and see the sport. I can remember going to Long Eaton and the track was all surrounded by corrigated sheet painted black. But at least they used to plater it with poster to tell you that they had a meeting there. Most stadiums or should I say all of the stadiums these days fail to have any poster on the stadium or anywhere near the stadium to let people know that the sport exists. I think in some ways we have gone back in time not forwads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.N.T. Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 After the WTC Final it is clear we need to help British riders come through the system to hopefully be world beaters and you are not going to do that by moving NL riders into EL teams to ride in NL and PL races making them feel they are now brilliant after averaging 7+ in the EL Bring them through the divisions a step at a time and in my post saying how 3 leagues would work really gives British riders a chance to progress much better and with the foreign assessed rule there would be more British riders learning their trade 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianbuck Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 It seems inevitable that sooner or later the Elite League will have no option but to join forces with the Premier League - and it will have to be on the Premier League's terms for the cast-iron certainty is that no Premier League promoter is going to vote in favour of anything that increases costs, so if any amalgamation is going to work there will have to be a drastic restructuring. Many leading riders won't like the pay rates which will have to be offered, and will probably tout their services around the continent but there won't be room for them all so in the end, they will have to play ball by lowering their own costs and accepting lower points money. Will this be a bad thing long term? I don't think it will be if we can get properly balanced teams and a competition in which every club has a genuine chance of winning and with an emphasis on British riders rather than foreigners. If it means that for a few years we are in the wilderness as far as the World Cup and the Grand Prix are concerned, then that's how it has to be. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starman2006 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 It seems inevitable that sooner or later the Elite League will have no option but to join forces with the Premier League - and it will have to be on the Premier League's terms for the cast-iron certainty is that no Premier League promoter is going to vote in favour of anything that increases costs, so if any amalgamation is going to work there will have to be a drastic restructuring. Many leading riders won't like the pay rates which will have to be offered, and will probably tout their services around the continent but there won't be room for them all so in the end, they will have to play ball by lowering their own costs and accepting lower points money. Will this be a bad thing long term? I don't think it will be if we can get properly balanced teams and a competition in which every club has a genuine chance of winning and with an emphasis on British riders rather than foreigners. If it means that for a few years we are in the wilderness as far as the World Cup and the Grand Prix are concerned, then that's how it has to be. Will the PL boys shift and let whats left of the EL in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevH Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Even the word "stadiums" is stretching it at some tracks Just for the record.....stadiums isn't a word !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sotonian Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Stadiums is a perfectly valid word. http://grammarist.com/usage/stadiums-stadia/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Copied from the TV thread: PHILIPRISING, on 23 Jul 2014 - 11:39 AM, said: AND to think that not too long ago we wondered whether there would be any speedway on UK TV screens ... just recently Somerset (Friday), Cardiff (Sat), Leicester (Mon), Sweden (Tues) plus reports and Quest showing the SGP highlights show... and that's without internet streaming. mickthemuppet, on 26 Jul 2014 - 6:30 PM, said: What a disaster for Speedway. Every one of those live matches on TV means less and less people will go to see matches at the track. It would be alright if the TV money made up for the lack of spectators but is does not. Absolutely spot on, mick! And once they're out of the habit, they're lost forever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Copied from the TV thread: PHILIPRISING, on 23 Jul 2014 - 11:39 AM, said: mickthemuppet, on 26 Jul 2014 - 6:30 PM, said: Absolutely spot on, mick! And once they're out of the habit, they're lost forever No really true there is just much chance of people wanted to go and watch speedway because they have watched it on tv than people not going anymore because of it . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 No really true there is just much chance of people wanted to go and watch speedway because they have watched it on tv than people not going anymore because of it . From personal experience very true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proud panther Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 When you add up all the riders that are riding in 2 or 3 of the English Leagues, there would't be enough British riders to fill the teams if we had 1 big league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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