TheScotsman Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 He trained beside the Grand Monarch for much of his apprenticeship . Don't think he was paying enough attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GS550 Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Don't think he was paying enough attention. Â By the looks of it he was paying far too much attention!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiltonpanther Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 The home team should never be allowed a tactical. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 The home team should never be allowed a tactical. Â or even the away team and the team winning by more than 10 should have to drop a heat leader and put a reserve in to compensate for the lead they have achiened fair n square . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 (edited) Scrap the tactical as it is now. Its a joke rule. Edited October 1, 2017 by baldyman 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieIpswich Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 12 team top tier featuring league cup, ko cup, and in the league home and away once  Expanded national league home and away once with a ko cup  British championship to be held over 5 rounds with final held 1st week of November at Wembley under the roof tho it doesn't close fully 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scunny1 Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Change league names back to Elite and Premier- seeing as that's how most supporters and presenters still talk of them both. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyretrax Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 12 team top tier featuring league cup, ko cup, and in the league home and away once  Expanded national league home and away once with a ko cup  British championship to be held over 5 rounds with final held 1st week of November at Wembley under the roof tho it doesn't close fully Except your last point I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieIpswich Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 That's just the infrastructure, I could spend a week or more on marketing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevePark Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 That's just the infrastructure, I could spend a week or more on marketing  Marketeing (in general) costs money. Not many teams have the resources to advertise/promote 'properly.' They do what they can, but, generally, that doesn't appear to be enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner47 Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 No way doubling up can be scaled back, not enough riders about. So the top 2 divisions must ride on separate nights. Fixture coordinator that has total power to tell teams it's better to ride with one rider missing in June/July, than have hardly any fans watching a pointless meeting on a cold wet October night. No more of this 3 choices nonsense, this is when you riding, get over it!!!! Most other things I want cost money, so pointless typing those, if the BSPA wouldn't spend a penny on the future of the sport when Sky were giving them a wedge, no way they can spend any now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagy1 Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 Agree with most of what has been said.  Riders digging at the gate is a pet hate. Could each track get a solid surface starting gate? This would make all four start positions even and give the riders nothing to dig.  One "big" league with 16/18 teams would be great with a development league. One meeting home and away. A proper 4 team tournament with qualification rounds.  The table toppers win the league after the set matches. Have a playoff tournament/KO cup as the other "big" trophy  Two aspects I would take from the ice-hockey.  Have a "playoff type weekend". A festival of speedway for all fans at the NSS, possibly KO Cup final and League(s) Riders championship?  Live streaming from all tracks. As much as the updaters do a great job, I would happily pay £8/£10 to watch away meetings that I can't make online. Have an exclusion zone of 50 miles so it wouldn't stop local fans going to the track. I'm sure I'd watch more than just my team too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenR195 Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 Solid starting grid wont work because the new bikes have too much power so they will just spin on the starts, I agree table toppers should win the league though. Live streaming wont work because fans would just sit at home and not bothering going so then tracks would lose money on the gate, look what happens when tracks get put on TV, they need to cut the cost of admission just to get people through the gate still 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulco Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 If , what is being suggested , the Championship runs Friday , Saturday , Sunday , make the Cardiff weekend a festival of speedway . Have the Championship Pairs at Somerset on the Friday , the GP Saturday and back to Somerset on the Sunday for the Championship Fours . That would free up a weekend lost . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEITH M Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 Stop the tractor racing after every 3 to 4 races. Think I have spent more time this season watching tractors on the track than I have bikes. At some tracks I have seen there be an interval after heat 10 and the tractors come out after heat 11!!!. Then they are out again between heat 14 and 15 even if the result of the meeting is done and dusted, I have seen a delay of sometimes 10 to 15 minutes just for 1 last meaningless race due to tractor grading ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenR195 Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 Stop the tractor racing after every 3 to 4 races. Think I have spent more time this season watching tractors on the track than I have bikes. At some tracks I have seen there be an interval after heat 10 and the tractors come out after heat 11!!!. Then they are out again between heat 14 and 15 even if the result of the meeting is done and dusted, I have seen a delay of sometimes 10 to 15 minutes just for 1 last meaningless race due to tractor grading ..... Theyll usually bring a tractor out after heat 14 while managers pick the lineups for heat 15 and while bikes are getting prepared, and to make the last race as entertaining for the fans as they possibly can, tractors usually come out every 4 heats anyway to bring the shale back coz the track changes drastically, inside ends up slick and all the dirt ends up on the air fence pretty much, tractors need to come out to stop tracks going to 1 line, but they dont need to do as many laps as they do sometimes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gr8scot Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 The WEATHER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWC Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 Play offs - when teams still have 3 or 4 meetings to run and the title is already concluded. It's a disaster of a business model for some clubs. Give teams back riders who they can be recognise with and not riding for 2 teams - so an amalgamation of the 2 leagues with some 'stars' attracted back and the best NL boys promoted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenga Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 The WEATHER the weather would not be a problem if meeting were carried out during the summer . ya know , when we have that 4/5/6 week break for eck all . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieIpswich Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 Marketing wise I'd like to see bspa give away title and associate sponsorship to businesses for free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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