Guest Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 2 hours ago, waytogo28 said: Either Nigel Pearson is now too busy on other sports and his media work in general, or he is merely growing old ( or perhaps is imbibing beyond his safe working limit ) but his professional edge and speedway memory are definitely slipping this season. It could be, of course, that like so many of us he is falling out of love with speedway. No need to say more IMO waytogo23!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaboy279 Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 With lot of grumbles about the copy and pasting between all the programmes he does, and his speedway vocabulary very much limited compared to a few years ago, and his seeming fading interest in the Heathens would suggest the fire in the belly for the sport has gone and it's become more of a job with a few european trips thrown in as a perk. That's not criticising him, everyone has to earn a living. I feel with Tatum he is a speedway man, and still involved behind the scenes and knows what goes on, and does a good job. I think sat next to a passionate speedway fan who is also an accomplished commentator (and doing the job with no wing man, or studio to cut back too) like Dave Goddard would make an ideal pairing worthy of the World Feed and domestic coverage. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 2 hours ago, waytogo28 said: Either Nigel Pearson is now too busy on other sports and his media work in general, or he is merely growing old ( or perhaps is imbibing beyond his safe working limit ) but his professional edge and speedway memory are definitely slipping this season. It could be, of course, that like so many of us he is falling out of love with speedway. 23 minutes ago, gustix said: No need to say more IMO waytogo23!!! I would like to be more specific. It IS NOT with speedway racing as such that I am falling out of love. An actual race can be and often is extremely thrilling. What I am falling out with is the structure and organisation of British speedway nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedyOne Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 10 minutes ago, gustix said: I would like to be more specific. It IS NOT with speedway racing as such that I am falling out of love. An actual race can be and often is extremely thrilling. What I am falling out with is the structure and organisation of British speedway nowadays. Out of interest how many meetings have you been to this year compared to last year, or compared to 2017? What bit of the structure and organisation of the meetings you've seen this year did you have a problem with? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waytogo28 Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 4 hours ago, gustix said: An actual race can be and often is extremely thrilling. I agree with that except for the addition of "often". In my experience 1 in 8 to 10 is not often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 5 hours ago, gustix said: An actual race can be and often is extremely thrilling. 37 minutes ago, waytogo28 said: I agree with that except for the addition of "often". In my experience 1 in 8 to 10 is not often. Fair comment waytogo28. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastword Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 On 9/4/2019 at 10:05 AM, HGould said: Tatum is far better than Pearson, Quirke is awful The bloke on Freesport is even worse. Get the guy who will be the Announcer at Cardiff, don't know his name or someone like Alex Raby - vast improvement on what they have now Everyone entitled to an opinion I suppose but I think your comments are very harsh. Natalie was writing programme notes for the Aces when she was still at school! Probably knows more about the sport from the inside than most posters on this site. Dave Goddard (Swedish match commentary) does a sterling job, especially when you consider he is commentating from a studio in Dublin! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxey63 Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 (edited) 11 minutes ago, lastword said: Everyone entitled to an opinion Isuppose but I think your comments are very harsh. Natalie was writing programme notes for the Aces when she was still at school! Probably knows more about the sport from the inside than most posters on this site. Dave Goddard (Swedish match commentary) does a sterling job, especially when you consider he is commentating from a studio in Dublin! I agree. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I mean, football fans could say speedway supporters are daft for not liking a better sport. Edited September 5, 2019 by moxey63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurRudge Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 Natalie Quirke's hair looks fkn awful who advises her on it 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastword Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 Just now, ArthurRudge said: Natalie Quirke's hair looks fkn awful who advises her on it What the hell has her hair got to do with anything? Pathetic post! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 I couldn’t do her job - but I don’t think N Q is really very good Brandon is embarrassing on screen, may well do a good job behind the scenes Tatum is ok, knowledgable and has strong points of view, and can be amusing Pearson is . . . . best not say! Rowe and Goddard are poor but an improvement on Pearson Ermolenko is actually quite amusing as you await his standard mis-pronunciations and odd phrases And the foreign lady interviewer is probably very nice, but why is she used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waytogo28 Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 9 minutes ago, Midland Red said: And the foreign lady interviewer is probably very nice, but why is she used? Friends in high places I have heard said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 43 minutes ago, Midland Red said: I couldn’t do her job - but I don’t think N Q is really very good Brandon is embarrassing on screen, may well do a good job behind the scenes Tatum is ok, knowledgable and has strong points of view, and can be amusing Pearson is . . . . best not say! Rowe and Goddard are poor but an improvement on Pearson Ermolenko is actually quite amusing as you await his standard mis-pronunciations and odd phrases And the foreign lady interviewer is probably very nice, but why is she used? Seems like you wouldn’t approve of anyone. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff100 Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 56 minutes ago, Midland Red said: I couldn’t do her job - but I don’t think N Q is really very good Brandon is embarrassing on screen, may well do a good job behind the scenes Tatum is ok, knowledgable and has strong points of view, and can be amusing Pearson is . . . . best not say! Rowe and Goddard are poor but an improvement on Pearson Ermolenko is actually quite amusing as you await his standard mis-pronunciations and odd phrases And the foreign lady interviewer is probably very nice, but why is she used? Brandon does a great job! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGould Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 Quirke is very poor when compared to Sophie Blake Sophie Blake is adequate when compared to Suzi Perry Perry ultimate Motor Sport professional and speedway fan BTW anyone remember when Julia Bradbury did it??... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve roberts Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 36 minutes ago, HGould said: Quirke is very poor when compared to Sophie Blake Sophie Blake is adequate when compared to Suzi Perry Perry ultimate Motor Sport professional and speedway fan BTW anyone remember when Julia Bradbury did it??... I seem to recall she covered Channel Four's (?) edited version of the Grand Prix with expert Sam Ermolenko? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted September 6, 2019 Report Share Posted September 6, 2019 Brando is the 'floor manager of choice' for a very wide selection of televised sports so maybe wouldn't be able to commit.? Bring back Charlie Webster I say!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno Posted September 6, 2019 Report Share Posted September 6, 2019 Tbh Charlie was better than the woman on the gps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-s-p Posted September 6, 2019 Report Share Posted September 6, 2019 42 minutes ago, bruno said: Tbh Charlie was better than the woman on the gps Are you lot talking of Kiri Bloore, the blonde that has a bigger mic than she is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted September 6, 2019 Report Share Posted September 6, 2019 Nowt wrong with Nat, Nige and Kelv. They do a grand job. They need to get a second rider in the studio with Scott though, you need a different perspective, instead of them just agreeing with each other. I remember the early days of the gp's with Keith Huewen, with Wiggy, Briggo, PC and Tatum. Now THAT was a panel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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