bluebee Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) What an appalling site this is! Badly designed and, certainly as far as speedway is concerned, lacking in up to date information. To find out that the Sheffield match is on I had to go outside the site for a search to find what 'British Premiership Round 8' meant - I could so easily have taken this for one of their many repeats. if it had not been mentioned on this forum that match is on then I wouldn't have known anything about it - particularly as it's not in the usual Monday slot. The BSPA were keen to inform us of their tie-in with this organisation now they need to bend their ears to tell them to provide clear information about the sport on the website. It's certainly not doing speedway much in the way of promotion. And if you're reading this Baldyman don't bother to tell me to use the power of Google. It should not be necessary to delve through multiple tv listing sites to get the required information when it should be on the host website. Edited July 22, 2021 by bluebee spelling 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 5 hours ago, bluebee said: What an appalling site this is! Badly designed and, certainly as far as speedway is concerned, lacking in up to date information. To find out that the Sheffield match is on I had to go outside the site for a search to find what 'British Premiership Round 8' meant - I could so easily have taken this for one of their many repeats. if it had not been mentioned on this forum that match is on then I wouldn't have known anything about it - particularly as it's not in the usual Monday slot. The BSPA were keen to inform us of their tie-in with this organisation now they need to bend their ears to tell them to provide clear information about the sport on the website. It's certainly not doing speedway much in the way of promotion. And if you're reading this Baldyman don't bother to tell me to use the power of Google. It should not be necessary to delve through multiple tv listing sites to get the required information when it should be on the host website. There's still time for them to replace it with indoor Kabaddi... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 It's Eurosport... I really don't know what you were expecting 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebee Posted July 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 55 minutes ago, iainb said: It's Eurosport... I really don't know what you were expecting I was expecting to know what is on when - for the next seven days at least. Oh well, you pays yer money ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 So Premiership meetings are on Mondays and Thursdays and tonight's televised fixture is mentioned on the Sheffield website and its also on the Eurosport TV programme listing from 7.30pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted July 22, 2021 Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 53 minutes ago, bluebee said: I was expecting to know what is on when - for the next seven days at least. Oh well, you pays yer money ... You must be new to the Eurosport "experience" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebee Posted July 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2021 3 hours ago, Skidder1 said: So Premiership meetings are on Mondays and Thursdays and tonight's televised fixture is mentioned on the Sheffield website and its also on the Eurosport TV programme listing from 7.30pm. As I wrote earlier ' British Premiership Round 8' was the text for the listing. Doesn't mention Sheffield. Would a live football match be listed as match eight? It's sloppy. And is it clear what's on this coming Monday? Do I have to look at all club websites to find out? Looking at the speedway section there's no mention of tonight's match even. It doesn't do speedway any favours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, bluebee said: Would a live football match be listed as match eight? With Eurosport? Probably yes. What you must understand is that they are a Mickey Mouse outfit... always have been, always will be Edited July 23, 2021 by iainb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 12 hours ago, bluebee said: As I wrote earlier ' British Premiership Round 8' was the text for the listing. Doesn't mention Sheffield. Would a live football match be listed as match eight? It's sloppy. And is it clear what's on this coming Monday? Do I have to look at all club websites to find out? Looking at the speedway section there's no mention of tonight's match even. It doesn't do speedway any favours. I noticed that. I use Eurosport player and Eurosport 2 wasn't listed and neither was the match shown on the menu - which was all olympics. I found it by searching "speedway". Eurosport has always been a bit amateurish. Speedway actually does pretty well out of them in that they are actually doing their own broadcast. Normally they just stick on a feed of something. This was always a downgrade from BT Sport. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray c Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) only playing at it no speedway now until august 16 poor coverage at least we got abi stephens to brighten up the coverage Edited July 23, 2021 by ray c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Grachan said: I noticed that. I use Eurosport player and Eurosport 2 wasn't listed and neither was the match shown on the menu - which was all olympics. I found it by searching "speedway". Eurosport has always been a bit amateurish. Speedway actually does pretty well out of them in that they are actually doing their own broadcast. Normally they just stick on a feed of something. This was always a downgrade from BT Sport. Eurosport player is currently split in to two It defaults to the red/black themed Olympic Player, in the menu you need to toggle it to 'other sports' and you will back to the normal Eurosport Player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 55 minutes ago, Noodles said: Eurosport player is currently split in to two It defaults to the red/black themed Olympic Player, in the menu you need to toggle it to 'other sports' and you will back to the normal Eurosport Player Ok. I'll have a look if I get to log on again. I have it on my tv and couldn't see any toggle or anything but, then again, I wasn't looking for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Grachan said: Ok. I'll have a look if I get to log on again. I have it on my tv and couldn't see any toggle or anything but, then again, I wasn't looking for one. It took me a few minutes to work it out, it's not obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted July 23, 2021 Report Share Posted July 23, 2021 I didn't realise until last night that if you have Discovery+ (love ghosty & murderer s#!t) Eurosport is included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted July 24, 2021 Report Share Posted July 24, 2021 14 hours ago, Noodles said: It took me a few minutes to work it out, it's not obvious. Found it now. You need to select "other sports" to get Eurosport 1 or 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted August 3, 2021 Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 Let's go back to the good old days of the World Final highlights on World of Sport, the Saturday after it happened. We knew what we were getting in those days, and were happy to get what we got. In those days, if you wanted live speedway, you got off your arse, paid your money and went to see the meetings. Consequently attendances were much higher. The current generation of "fan" wants it all, wants it now and wants it for free. They are "entitled" and have their "rights", you know, No wonder the sport is falling apart. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grachan Posted August 3, 2021 Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 1 hour ago, uk_martin said: Let's go back to the good old days of the World Final highlights on World of Sport, the Saturday after it happened. We knew what we were getting in those days, and were happy to get what we got. In those days, if you wanted live speedway, you got off your arse, paid your money and went to see the meetings. Consequently attendances were much higher. The current generation of "fan" wants it all, wants it now and wants it for free. They are "entitled" and have their "rights", you know, No wonder the sport is falling apart. Seriously? You think World of Sport highlights a week after the actually meeting is better than being able to watch a live Grand Prix from Poland on a Saturday night? You can't please everyone I guess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebee Posted August 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 I want to watch it on TV AND get off my arse to go to see it live (TV is no substitute- it doesn't have that methanol smell!). This is the age of streaming, not the age of Dickie Davis! I have two daughters who have never showed an interest in TV speedway but really enjoy the meetings they can attend. I think a major problem is that speedway is not a weekend sport for many. many young people (like my daughters) work very long hours Monday to Friday and weekends are their going out time. Others work shifts. The only way back for speedway is to get weekend fixtures back - but of course there are the obvious issues there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Red Posted August 3, 2021 Report Share Posted August 3, 2021 On 7/23/2021 at 12:27 PM, ray c said: only playing at it no speedway now until august 16 poor coverage at least we got abi stephens to brighten up the coverage Prefer Natalie 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_martin Posted August 8, 2021 Report Share Posted August 8, 2021 On 8/3/2021 at 9:45 AM, Grachan said: Seriously? Where were you when they taught irony at school? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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