foreverblue Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 Leon Flint a man of few words! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeW436 Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 With all the guesting that goes on (which I think is bizarre another rider helping another side competing in the league) why are teams still made up of 7 riders? Would decreasing it to 6 not help with the numbers available when team building and covering long term injuries? Don’t they have smaller teams in Denmark? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bob at herne bay Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 Historically Birmingham has never been a major spedway town. On and off throughout the years. But given the closure of nearby Cradley Heath and Wolverhampton, not to mention Coventry you would think that some of those supporters might have migrated to support the away sides visiting Birmingham :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy cookie returns? Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 What a dust bowl…..watching this tonight you can kind of see why this sport is dying on its arse 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 1 minute ago, JoeW436 said: With all the guesting that goes on (which I think is bizarre another rider helping another side competing in the league) why are teams still made up of 7 riders? Would decreasing it to 6 not help with the numbers available when team building and covering long term injuries? Don’t they have smaller teams in Denmark? There are things that could be done... Eg fewer riders per team, and/or a fit for purpose RR facility, being two that leap out as very doable.. The reality though is that guests are an easy answer to get "any speedway" on, hence meetings without them are now the rarity... Hence, not many watching take things too seriously... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 5 minutes ago, old bob at herne bay said: Historically Birmingham has never been a major spedway town. On and off throughout the years. But given the closure of nearby Cradley Heath and Wolverhampton, not to mention Coventry you would think that some of those supporters might have migrated to support the away sides visiting Birmingham :-) Birmingham crowd wise are a "natural" NDL or Championship side 500 to 600 crowds might just get them competitive in the Championship... But would be "very decent" in the NDL... Definitely down to their die hards, so might as well try and run NDL on Mondays, with those in charge of UK Speedway recognising the need to keep tracks going so they allow them to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 4 minutes ago, cowboy cookie returns? said: What a dust bowl…..watching this tonight you can kind of see why this sport is dying on its arse Blimey,you couldn't have gone when it was big in this country.It felt like every week you would go home with your hair feeling like straw and your bath full of muck when you took a shower.Those were the days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40-38 Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 15 minutes ago, mikebv said: Nice to see Max tonight helping Sheffield into the play offs... The fans of Leicester must be delighted for the Tigers... I love watching him at full tilt anywhere, but with a Tiggers bib on it does stick in my throat somewhat! I do think guests take away from the sport massively. Nobody I've ever tried to get interested can understand it. Can just about get away with doubling up but guests in a team sport? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcatdiary Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 8 minutes ago, cowboy cookie returns? said: What a dust bowl…..watching this tonight you can kind of see why this sport is dying on its arse Watering now it appears, trouble is they have lost the track now, needed doing after heat 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 4 minutes ago, tellboy said: Blimey,you couldn't have gone when it was big in this country.It felt like every week you would go home with your hair feeling like straw and your bath full of muck when you took a shower.Those were the days But in those days you had a fair few people in front of you to take the most impact.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk127 Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 5 minutes ago, mikebv said: There are things that could be done... Eg fewer riders per team, and/or a fit for purpose RR facility, being two that leap out as very doable.. The reality though is that guests are an easy answer to get "any speedway" on, hence meetings without them are now the rarity... Hence, not many watching take things too seriously... The sport lost the best opportunity ever for change and reinventing itself after the pandemic but it decided the same old thing and it now is reflecting the inept attitude of those who run it the sport. It has nothing to do with those who have the money to invest and would I put my money where my mouth is, no way given the cartel of hobbiest who run clubs and until it stops pretending to be something it no longer is, it will continue on a downward spiral under the current regime. It can be a great sport but not run the way it is today. Even listening to the commentary on the broadcast shows the heart is not in it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruckerroo Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 Unforgivable from the pole there, chucked it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 5 minutes ago, 40-38 said: I love watching him at full tilt anywhere, but with a Tiggers bib on it does stick in my throat somewhat! I do think guests take away from the sport massively. Nobody I've ever tried to get interested can understand it. Can just about get away with doubling up but guests in a team sport? And yet promoters will still expect their own fans to fork out several hundred quid a season knowing that their own No1 could help another team to a better season than his own ends up with.. A rider could quite conceivably ride himself out of the play offs... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tellboy Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 3 minutes ago, mikebv said: But in those days you had a fair few people in front of you to take the most impact.. I took most impact though,being 5ft 3 I had to take it or see nothing at all 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 1 minute ago, mikebv said: And yet promoters will still expect their own fans to fork out several hundred quid a season knowing that their own No1 could help another team to a better season than his own ends up with.. A rider could quite conceivably ride himself out of the play offs... Hardly anything new .. Speedway even in its glory years had guests and was massive .. Rules changing is unlikely to have any effect on bigger crowds The bottom line is speedway is just a sport like many others is just never going to be popular anymore in the Uk .. RR and 6 rider teams wont bring anyone back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michanekman Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 Tolley even looks like a clown tonight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspman Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 Yeah we know there's technical issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk127 Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 Technical issue now. Why do they bother or is it the failure to upgrade the systems. Oh well good stuff with technology getting in the way of coverage, Speedway updates never have an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted July 22 Report Share Posted July 22 Hope Birmingham can get a 5-1 here, they need it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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