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  1. 6 points
    Well look on the bright side. If the second meeting is curtailed due to a curfew it makes the bandits chances of winning increase from pretty certain to dead certain.
  2. 5 points
    Because it was a flawed system and replaced by one that WAS much better. However, they ruined that when they took away only getting 2pts for winning by 6 or less at home.
  3. 5 points
    There has to be one day when an injured rider returns?
  4. 4 points
    I think the ‘new’ scoring system is one of the best (only good?) ideas that the authorities have come up with, works really well for me but they need to go back to making home teams win by seven to get their three points. If we are going to have a top division again it needs two or three additions, seven clubs just doesn’t work.
  5. 4 points
    Rowe seems to have done a good job at 2 since he moved there, certainly in the home meetings.
  6. 3 points
    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!
  7. 3 points
    The scoring system in British Speedway is the best thing the BSPA have ever come up with. The system keeps meetings alive far longer than the standard system
  8. 3 points
    What people fail to see with the SoN this year was Rossiter's absurd decision to bring in Harris. Regardless of what happened previously, that decision alone deserved criticism and the sack. There were so many better options available.
  9. 3 points
    Definitely more teams, 16 if possible, knock-out cup, regular fixtures on regular nights.
  10. 3 points
    You'll be having us believe the BSPA has a plan --- yet another plan -- to fix the sport's problems; like fast track reserves, fixed race nights all of which have been pretty disastrous.
  11. 3 points
    Agreed with the bonus point... I just can't get my head around the current league point scoring system, never have been able to. Can never remember whether it's 6 or more than 6 to get or lose the extra point and an away draw getting more than a home draw is just ridiculous
  12. 3 points
    do you really believe the likes of berwick,eastbourne,redcar and scunthorpe would want to go NDL.maybe supporters wouldn't,t want to see that on a regular basis.while i know it is what it says, a development league,supporters want to see the top guys racing week in week out or every other week just about as has been the norm this season,
  13. 3 points
    .I like to see the bonus point back over two legs why that was dropped I never know lets be honest chapman saved the premiership this season cant see it happening again . one league must clearly be on the agenda .do I hold out of much progress im afraid no hoped to be proved wrong though
  14. 2 points
    George Major says: I went there a few times in '58/9. It was not so much a track as an oval thrashed out in the bracken. it was accessed through an opening between the trees, there were several of these, all looking very much the same. I don't know how my dad managed to find the right one. From memory, there never seemed too much organisation, sometimes none at all. I think there was a notice saying only three riders on the track at one time, so I guess it was a bit on the narrow side. I don't remember any established S A L riders ever being there, so probably all wobbler's, like I was and not many fast laps going on, but not too sure on that, as a long time ago. It has to be remembered, there was not much happening in Speedway at that time, so we were glad to ride on anything resembling a track. Here are a couple of old pics, a family member would have taken with an old box camera or "Brownie 127" . Not very clear, but might give you some idea.
  15. 2 points
    Yes there are other sports where the 'loser' gets pts.
  16. 2 points
    Exactly. It's speedway not TT racing.Deal with it.Some riders attitude is a joke.It was the same with Schlein the other week.If you can't handle the track do a different sport.They don't realise they are killing the sport and soon they will have to get a proper job.Track prep,rider attitude,drawn out meetings,the b s p a need to smell the coffee.Look at attendances ,dropping all around the country.All they do is tinker with the rules and drop points limit.After 58 years of watching Sheffield speedway my patience is wearing thin.
  17. 2 points
    Effectively both teams get a point for the draw. It's just the away side get another for having not lost by more than 6
  18. 2 points
    If promoted properly I think there could be quite an appetite for test matches... there was quite a decent crowd at BV earlier in the year for the U21 Team Championship and this despite zero promotion in the UK
  19. 2 points
    The delay between heat 20 and the semi and the final are the reasons I don't go to this anymore... any tension built up through the meeting is lost when it takes half an hour to run the final 120 seconds of racing
  20. 2 points
    Promoters who think fans will turn up every week and watch their team lose more often than not are playing a dangerous game. Peterborough fans generally will support a competitive team, I am not convinced that what league they are in (Premiership or Championship) is that important. We do have Supporters who turn up every week regardless of results but success or not does affect our attendance.
  21. 2 points
    I would like:- 1) a home meeting every week. 2) away team to visit once only per season. 3) no double-up riders. 4) less gardening at the gate! 5) a heat structure that ensures heat leaders achieve a higher average. 6) riders to adapt machinery to weather conditions AND RIDE. 7) in the event of r/r a #8 to be named and given at least one ride. 8) yellow/black helmet colour to return. 9) first race to start prompt at advertised start time. 10) a points system that allows a League Table to be understood.
  22. 2 points
    No, I didn't say you did (copied wrong part of message-sorry) I was trying to re-affirm what you had said. I know 100% that Kent riders are paid and others on here either have an agenda or just like a no fact sh*t stir.
  23. 2 points
    30 heats in 3 hours with a 20 minute break? Best of luck r
  24. 2 points
    Why are you concerned about the weather the meeting isn't in Manchester!
  25. 2 points
    Has Wallinger ever ridden for Leicester . be nice to let him get the full set, before he dissapears up his own arse ..
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