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Well there seems to be a lot of bed wetting in Ipswich and a lot of finger pointing. Last nights meeting would have been better obviously without the delays BUT when Eurosport come to the stadium they dictate what happens. Last night the raffle girls couldn’t go on the centre green to make the draw and none of the corporate lot where aloud on either. The start of the meeting is always delayed because of ads and interviews etc. The next delay was heat 2 when broc Nicol stuffed mountain in the fence and got away with it. All the delays were explained by the centre green announcer but for all the armchair fans who weren’t there they wouldn’t know it was been held up by Eurosport. Then we had the Danny king incident which affected 3 panels not just the one he hit. Unfortunately one was the panel covering the gate and the vaulenteer track staff had problems with this repair. Probably if the Ipswich supporters who know all about air fences had turned up to support their team they could have advised on the repair. The meeting was then hurried along by Eurosport only for another Ipswich rider to hit the air fence and more time wasted. Sheffield have had a curfew for years and many people are aware of this because of local housing and a very strict council so we have to live with it. In between the delays I thought there was some decent racing and without the delays a lot of comments on here would have been a lot different. I think Ipswich probably deserved a point and might have achieved it in heat 15. So for all those who couldn’t be bothered to turn up but just enjoy moaning I would suggest pick up your remote and turn the speedway off and put love island on and watch a load of talentless people getting more money that riders risking their lives for your entertainment.

Really enjoyed that tonight.. So much so, I am actually thinking of getting an inflatable air fence now.. Looks like loads of fun to be had putting it back together, and there was lots of handy tips tonight on how best to do it.. I will need 12 or so neighbours to come around, fold their arms, talk amongst themselves, and watch me repairing it to get the full value of my purchase obviously, but I am sure it will give me hours of fun.. The only disappointment tonight for me was the amount of racing that kept breaking out between the air fence repairs.. Maybe they should give the racing their own programme and leave us air fence followers the chance to watch our programmes without interruption? Edit.. For those of you on here complaining about those doing the air fence repairs I would ask you just this... Have you ever air fence repaired for our entertainment? No? Thought not... Maybe you should try it and then see what risks these air fence repairer's take.. British Speedway..

I've just made this up for you this morning. Ekstraliga clubs are pinned with blue pins, eWinner 1 clubs with red pins, and 2 liga clubs with yellow pins. A couple of the stadiums aren't in Poland - but I included them as their teams race in the Polish leagues. https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1XaNg7869MpmqJ-w9Q6vqYwcBuweLYmI&usp=sharing

Whatever the rights and wrongs of the issues last night, one thing seems to have been completely overlooked RIDER SAFETY. A weakness in any fence is as murphys law dictates like a magnet. Sheffield is one of the fastest tracks in the Country, phenominal speeds in to the bends and often in the high dirt line. You CANNOT compromise that for TV, for the Public, it's the one aspect that is NON NEGOTIABLE. We saw before air / foam fences how exposed lamposts and posts were a magnet, the losses of the likes of Gary Peterson; Denny Pyatt, Vic Harding to name but 3 sadly and forever missed and even with Air Fences riders have been badly hurt by Posts hit after going underneath or totally depressing the bag given the speed of impact. Had that meeting continued with an ill-fitting or incorrectly fitted bag and someoe have been hurt or worse as a consequence then the raminfications would have been FAR MORE serious. Maybe too before keyboard warriors and those who have never taken any responsibility for anything in their lives belittle and troll, may be consider the Track Staff and Track Volunteers who make speedy repairs 99 times out of 100 and always walking away with the responsibility of the repair they have ensured in their minds right the way through the meeting until the final race is run.

What a load of boll0cks you’ve just spouted.

You are a proper Charlie

About time referees excluded them for delaying start They should have to ride up to the tapes and line up End of!

We have signed him before and he had a terrible attitude and constantly gave up when at the back. Unfortunately the promotion sacked him and had to reinstate him as they didn’t know the rules on team building. id imagine bridges were burnt on both sides understandably

Well you all know how to win at Sheffield now, get in front & puncture a few airbags job done! In all seriousness the result should either be null & void and rerun or reclassified as a draw. I watched tonight for a first time in a while and the sad thing is I went into it hoping to see a contest & instead found myself even more pissed off with the sport. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse speedway sure does suprise in the most negative way!

Jason Doyle is a class act and a joy to watch in the purist sense of a quality rider. Great to have in any team but did not have the support he deserves but still enjoyed each race he was in. Presentation was dire and Sheffield got lucky with the curfew preceded by track delays/repairs to air fence. How anyone at the senior management level think speedway in this form is credible needs to take a long hard look at what you have left joe public with and the sooner you wake up to the fact that speedway in Great Britain is second rate and run it accordingly you will continue to end up with this sort of farce. Ditch the t v coverage and get back to basics before you the management committee finally kill it off.

Shiiiïït. Embarrassing from start to finish. From presentation, to air fence, to Sam, to the delay. How the he’ll go you expect to be taken seriously when you finally get a platform to show your sport worldwide and serve up this?

I like many Panthers fans I would imagine are very concerned about the future. Whilst as someone has said the plans for development at EOES are only aspirational , I would imagine that ripping up the track and demolishing the Grandstand do not require planning permission. That being the case it means the end of Panthers. If there was any possibility of finding and alternative venue I am sure it would have been found by now. Therefore all the platitudes we are hearing from the developers and Panthers Management seem meaningless. As far as local council is concerned I am always mindful of what a local councilor in my area once said to me "we don't really care as long as any nasties can be kept away from our own patches"

Oh I do........

I find it hard to believe than a tv producer on thousands a year in charge of a budget of millions thinks its a good idea to put"sam in his office",some of the bimbos sky used to have make him look good!

I agree, and I fear the worst might have happened particularly to Paul Starke last night but for the air fence.

Yes. She’s the belle Vue presenter on the centre green. The whole presentation skills of BSN is good. I’ve been very impressed with Lee kilby. And I think Phil lanning is very good.

The embarrassment of it could have been saved a little by Eurosport themselves. BUT…… they don’t have the presenters who can fill long gaps in proceedings. You get a good presentation team and they fill in the gaps comfortably and make you forget there is a delay. Instead we get Abbie who’s ok but nothing else. And Sam who is a nice guy but is terrible when being out infront of a camera. they also had the opportunity to show some racing from wolves to fill the time. Not the odd snippet of a race. The whole night was badly organised by Eurosport. now I’m not taking any blame away from Sheffield as they were it fault aswell. Yes you can’t avoid a crash like that but you can help avoiding it by not having a patchy track. No one’s come out looking any good from this. Especially the sport in this country as a whole. eurosport are damaging our reputation, so the quicker we can break a deal with them and start using in house streaming the better.

People come to see racing not trying to repair an air fence. Even Eurosport were having difficulty filling in the gaps! Yes the meeting would have been good without the delays but something has to be done to stop air fence repairs taking so long. I have never been to a meeting where it has taken so long as last night. I am not a fan of either team just turned on the telly to see a good meeting between the top two teams.

Perhaps if Danny can't ride, Chris Harris could guest for us, as well as ride for Berwick

And yet both Kelvin and Scott thought Sedgmen would be brought into heat 8 for Mountain.

It was nothing to do with Sheffield's management, everyone was ready at 7.30pm. Riders were on track ready for parade but it could not start until TV introductions had taken place, even showing the starting teams at Wolverhampton. The TV were fully to blame, even with the delays the curfew would not have been reached if it was not on TV.

That coffin is entirely made of nails by now.

Cannot understand why Sheffield do not start earlier knowing they have a curfew. Its not the first time paying customers have been denied 15 heats .

It’s hard to convince world speedway that Britain’s a force to be reckoned with after this debacle

Love this line in bold Please be nice to all members and the sport we love. Speedway needs as many supporters as possible, think about how to help promote the sport rather than risk damaging it. Constrictive criticism and suggestions on improvement rather than negative and damaging attacks. All fine and dandy but when you have someone peeing up your leg and saying its okay mate its only raining... then people get a little frustrated... it the lies that have upset me the most... culminating in his fire sale... when someone is taking the paying public for granted then it can be difficult for folk to take a rational and reasoned approach... don't blame anyone for sounding off and if the thread gets pulled then so be it... so what... no one on here could do any more damage to the club than what has already been done... Regards THJ