eric i Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 Stewart said leicester riders wanted it slick but thats not what the fans want...... poor advert for the sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 10 minutes ago, bloom89 said: Definitely seemed a bit lost being by himself tonight, at least with someone else you’ve got someone to bounce questions off etc. I know he gets grief for his commentary at times but fair play for doing it by himself I’d be bricking it if it was me haha. Abi even praising him for his solo commentary as if last year never happened 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 7 minutes ago, iainb said: Does Chris Harris wear a barrel under his race suit? An air jacket lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloom89 Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 1 minute ago, iainb said: Abi even praising him for his solo commentary as if last year never happened Abi and Kelv on commentary with Scotty doing the presenting needs to happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRKYLANE Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 One good race and the rest was follow my leader. When quality racers struggle to pass then it just shows a track prepared for gating and entertainment goes out of the window. Enjoyed the racing from Birmingham shown tonight in the track grade intervals. When will promoters get in their heads that ENTERTAINMENT should be their priority 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 2 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said: An air jacket lol I know he used to, not sure if he still does? Looks similar to the protection Lee Complin used to use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloom89 Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 5 minutes ago, iainb said: I know he used to, not sure if he still does? Looks similar to the protection Lee Complin used to use He’s just big boned haha. Or maybe he should try the diet Richie Worrall used.. or maybe not on second thoughts… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 Just now, KIRKYLANE said: One good race and the rest was follow my leader. When quality racers struggle to pass then it just shows a track prepared for gating and entertainment goes out of the window. Enjoyed the racing from Birmingham shown tonight in the track grade intervals. When will promoters get in their heads that ENTERTAINMENT should be their priority That really depends on what entertains you, some are entertained by the racing some by winning. Eurosport showed races from Brum all night then neglect to show heat 15 and the super heat, you can always rely on Eurosport to let you down. They really should have been at Brum tonight. As for Leicester, as solid a display as it was, still only 1 rider returning double figures, when they come up against teams with 2 decent heat leaders they're going to continue to come unstuck in my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 10 minutes ago, bloom89 said: Abi and Kelv on commentary with Scotty doing the presenting needs to happen. A bit left field... but yeah, could be fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloom89 Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 1 minute ago, iainb said: A bit left field... but yeah, could be fun Women’s rights and all that… if it’s good enough for men’s football. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neila Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 15 minutes ago, KIRKYLANE said: One good race and the rest was follow my leader. When quality racers struggle to pass then it just shows a track prepared for gating and entertainment goes out of the window. Enjoyed the racing from Birmingham shown tonight in the track grade intervals. When will promoters get in their heads that ENTERTAINMENT should be their priority Best get them in charge on a bus to see proper speedway at the GT tyres northside arena at worky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebrum Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 Pretty dull watch with the odd decent heat but Leicester has never been a good race track. Oxford were pretty awful tho. Nothing magic about Janowski neither. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Hunter Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 13 minutes ago, iainb said: That really depends on what entertains you, some are entertained by the racing some by winning. Eurosport showed races from Brum all night then neglect to show heat 15 and the super heat, you can always rely on Eurosport to let you down. They really should have been at Brum tonight. As for Leicester, as solid a display as it was, still only 1 rider returning double figures, when they come up against teams with 2 decent heat leaders they're going to continue to come unstuck in my opinion They were both on Discovery+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruckerroo Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 A horrific boring dull spectacle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrs Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 For me the highlight was the cameraman concentrating on the serious gardening at the starts, whilst Chris just sits back and watches the nonsense, then he just nonchalantly tolls forward when the Marshall eventually calls them to the line, and off he goes and saved some wear and tear on his boots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 7 minutes ago, Happy Hunter said: They were both on Discovery+ I know... not on "Eurosport" though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manifesto Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 God I miss Peterborough and Somerset 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Lion Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 (edited) 39 minutes ago, jrs said: For me the highlight was the cameraman concentrating on the serious gardening at the starts, whilst Chris just sits back and watches the nonsense, then he just nonchalantly tolls forward when the Marshall eventually calls them to the line, and off he goes and saved some wear and tear on his boots. The issue start Marshall’s have got is that you can call them forward but because there is now a clock riders will garden & then sit back until the clock hits 20 seconds then come forward knowing they won’t get excluded . Edited May 27 by Lenny Lion 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flagrag Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 Just got back and watched some of the Eurosport coverage I have to say actually the TV production was better tonight than previous meetings . The Camera angles looked better and racing kept in focus , I liked the aerial drone footage as well to give good beauty shots without disrupting like it is in the GPs However as others have commented Speedway does need dual commentary for TV I know Louis was at Birmingham and Steady had been at Belle Vue all day but am sure they could have found a rider from another track Josh Pickering, Rory Schlein etc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 5 hours ago, flagrag said: Just got back and watched some of the Eurosport coverage I have to say actually the TV production was better tonight than previous meetings . The Camera angles looked better and racing kept in focus , I liked the aerial drone footage as well to give good beauty shots without disrupting like it is in the GPs However as others have commented Speedway does need dual commentary for TV I know Louis was at Birmingham and Steady had been at Belle Vue all day but am sure they could have found a rider from another track Josh Pickering, Rory Schlein etc Scott was there.. Should just have used him... Watching it last night, it did really have no "Wow" factor in any way shape or form.. If I was someone watching in or around Leicester, there certainly wouldn't have been any feeling of "FOMO"... Tedious follow the leader racing, fulfilling every "first out of the gate wins" cliché, with a crowd looking both sparse and "freezing" if those huddled together near the start line were reflective of the evening... As someone previously mentioned, if this racing was in Poland, in front of 10,000 home fans screaming their heads off, you would watch and think "I need to be there"... Not many watching will have had that same feeling last night... Out of the three meetings yesterday, Birmingham seemed to offer up the best (only?) racing... BHM's used to be a huge opportunity to sell your product in front of big crowds... It certainly didnt look like there were any "big crowds" yesterday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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