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  3. Posted

    4 hours ago, Gunner85 said:

    Is it any wonder that I am completely disillusioned with the way British Speedway s being run ?

    British Speedway is crying out for a leading major well known Sponsor...

    Therefore. Surely Disney can see the obvious synergy between the two brands and would come on board..?

    The 'Mickey Mouse British League' would be perfect....

     

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  4. Posted

    8 minutes ago, semion said:

    Think Belle Vue need Dan Bewley to re-find his true potential.  With him firing in 3rd heat leader scores The Aces should be in the play-offs.

    The Aces are definitely missing that third heat leader..

    Dan is riding one position too high in the team as is Steve Worrall..

    Their true level is as second strings...

    Their home form delivering a disproportionate overall average higher than their true capability...

    Not sure how the Aces sort that conundrum, hence a two man team in the main..

    Especially when they have a team manager who struggles to give race winning reserves more than five rides...

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  5. Posted

    Just now, semion said:

    Top performance from Poole.  So credit to them.  They hit hard from the start and kept the pressure on.  Maybe even deserved the extra point

    Really impressed with the level of ruthless racing they put in too..

    Lots of dive bombs under the opposition and rode them (fair and square), right up to the fence which let their second rider come through...

    Reminded me of watching Polish racing, where it really does matter who wins a Speedway meeting..

    It goes to show, put down a decent track and riders will take more risks as they don't have to worry how a bike will react to certain patchy parts of a track, which only can add to the spectacle..

    Max Fricke certainly coming of age,  both here and overseas. Definitely got a big future...

    And as for Poole, well I think we already know the outcome come the Play Off Final.. :rolleyes:

    Once again, a great advert for the sport coming over on TV from the NSS..

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  9. Posted · Edited by mikebv

    This thread....

    Can he guest?

    Whats his average?

    What's his average when it gets converted?

    Which rider is he guesting for, the one who has left or the one who is injured?

    Whose got the best guests?

    Having him as a guest makes their team stronger..

    Having him as a guest makes their team weaker..

    Do you use an NL reduction in his converted average, on a Monday night, if the match is live on BT, and it is sunny?

    Alright, I made the last one up..

    British Speedway 2019...

    Some people don't take this sport seriously you know...

    And some other people seem to wonder why....

     

     

     

  10. Posted

    1 hour ago, Skidder1 said:

    Rather than one league I reckon a format with 3 regional divisions is a likely next step depending on what happens with the TV deal in the future. Negotiations that are to be 'completed' before end August could severely affect the future structure.

    Buster had the right idea..

    Plenty of local derbies..

    Therefore. Use a regional conference system like the NFL does..

    Plenty of local derbies but several national matches too to add variety....

    Best of both worlds..

     

     

     

  12. Posted

    On 19 June 2019 at 8:05 PM, racers and royals said:

    I haven`t  particularly enjoyed  the practice this season- my argument is that Friday nights before the GP`s  should  be sacrosanct  for the riders. The Polish Extraleague do not need to put fixtures on these dates, but think everything revolves around them !!!

    Because it does....

    And looking at the crowds this year at the meetings the TV companies (and more importantly maybe), the sponsors, will be delighted with their huge investment..

    Regular full houses regardless of whether Friday, Saturday or Sunday, top names on view, and hard, intense close racing from first race to last...

    The hard and intense standard of racing no doubt down to the money that these lads are on, the pressure to keep that position in the team that brings the riches, and the fervent tribal fan base generated in Poland..

    The Speedway World now does revolve around Poland...

    As those who pay the piper, calls the tune....

  13. Posted · Edited by mikebv

    15 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

    Been an absolute scorcher here today and very windy. Can’t expect anything other than testing conditions from heat 6-7. 

    Nicholls has ridden well at Poole this year and I expect him to easily match Bjerre. Where is Bjerre though? What’s wrong with him?

    Starke will try as he always does but last time he gated in one and still ended up Stone last. Good luck to him anyway.

    This to me is where Speedway loses its credibility through having needless guests..

    They should just run with six riders, Max Fricke allowed to take one ride and the riders below Bjerre being allowed to take as many of them as Mark Lemon wants up to a maximum of seven rides per rider.. eg Worrall could take all the other three but would need to miss HT 15..

    Name a number eight to give cover if any other rider gets injured (eg Kyle Bickely as he is a Colt?), and I am sure the racing wouldn't have suffered, nor the contest be imbalanced. (And let's face it that can happen anyway at anytime)...

    I can only presume guest riding is now such an integral part of a riders overall package to make the sport pay, it gets used time and time again as the first and only thought..?

    Be better off giving the extra rides and earning potential to the team mates of the missing rider I would say..

  15. Posted · Edited by mikebv

    Hope these two teams reach the play off final...

    Would be a cracking two legs I reckon..

    Was great to watch two teams going for it with real intensity at the NSS and the score on the night belied how close some of the races finished...

    On another night Kent could have been so much closer going into the 2nd leg..

    Great to see two evenly matched teams full of young lads giving their all..

    From reports, both sets of fans at the two legs went away with nothing but a positive outlook on NL Speedway.

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  16. Posted

    22 minutes ago, OveFundinFan said:

    Do the riders who have a Polish contract have different quality of engine/machinery/mechanics in Poland compared to UK.????

    Even Robert Lambert doesnt seem to be doing as well in the UK this year.

    I know what I would do if I had two jobs and one paid me several thousand more than the other..

    Especially when one of the jobs is only yours as long as you perform due to the 'waiting list' for the role, whilst the other is pretty much yours until you decide you don't want it any more..

    And even if you do lose the lesser paying job, someone else will give you some work on similar money with pretty much an immediate start..

    As I say, under those conditions, I know, what I would focus on, even sub consciously...

     

  17. Posted · Edited by mikebv

    12 minutes ago, Aces51 said:

    Lidsey is an obvious talent. We should remember it's his first season in the UK. He will gain from the experience and then we shall gain the benefit in the long term. 

    Most tracks are 'large' in the Premiership now so he really should be used to them having spent plenty of weeks riding in Poland...

    Get out of the start first, go down the straight and then turn left, is pretty much the same at every track..

    Seems to do it in Poland and the U21 World Champs against better opposition quite well..

    If he genuinely is 'a talent' he should be doing much better over here..

    Really talented riders,over the years have delivered pretty much from the off 6 to 7 a match, regardless of whether they have seen the track before...

     

  18. Posted · Edited by mikebv

    17 hours ago, brianbuck said:

    Don't see why this situation should be described as a "joke." If a club has only two fit/available riders then it can't track a four-man team - and mercifully, guest riders aren't allowed in this competition.

    It was really. ..

    Both Shanes and Castagna should have been available for one of the domestic National Titles up for grabs in British Speedway..

    The reality is, on the day,  Birmingham had FOUR fit riders to take up FOUR places.

    Good odds that....

    Letting riders, and other federations, dictate to British Speedway when it can (and in this case cannot), run a credible offering to the public is a large part of the sports malaise...

    And shouldn't be accepted..

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  19. Posted · Edited by mikebv

    5 hours ago, waytogo28 said:

    Standardised machines and no guarantees of any kind or signing on fees but with hugely increased points money to encourage "hungry " riders to race for each point. 

    Anecdotal and subjective evidence obviously, but...

    The racing in Poland (at all three levels not just the top league), does appear to be closer, with much more aggression shown..

    I saw many races yesterday, with many not involving the out and out superstars, which had riders 'throwing bikes at each other'...

    I can only assume the financial rewards (and the pressure to remain in the team and keep them), must play a huge part in the decision making process of the riders...

    Doesn't seem to be anywhere near the same intensity in the UK which probably mirrors the racing...

    Maybe more performance pay would encourage more intensity? And maybe even include crowd numbers within that pay structure? ie double the crowd and double your money...

  20. Posted · Edited by mikebv

    42 minutes ago, Grachan said:

    I'm sure your ideas are well intentioned, but you seem to be coming up with theories that will make crowds even lower. Why would you want the sport to only attract 600-800 spectators at the top level?

    To be fair to Falcon1983, 600-800 crowds are being delivered now at the top level..

    Which does suggest a 'broken' operating model..

    Something needs to be done to improve things..

    Doing the 'same old, same old' can only end up one way, sadly..

    It's not 'selling' now so won't miraculously start doing so..

  22. Posted

    37 minutes ago, Falcon1983 said:

    100% currently should be a 5 round championship perhaps the only speedway other than the play offs that BT should cover 

    Not a bad shout...

    What BT currently often shows won't grab many of the watching nation and give encouragement to attend any tracks local to them, that's for sure..

    Therefore, maybe only show meetings that have credibility and, hopefully, a crowd level that reflects well on its brand..

    Credible, well attended meetings being watched may make the viewer at least curious to find out more about Speedway..

    And the clubs could maybe then start to grow their own crowds on the back of it....

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  24. Posted

    It will scrap itself...

    Those who say they wouldn't go if team speedway was scrapped surely cannot take what they watch now (masquerading as a team sport), seriously can they?

    The sport should just try and sell the spectacle in whatever guise it can do credibly..

    If it can do Team Speedway 'properly', then go for it, if it can't then try something else to get the punters interested..

    I went to the Colts v Kent meeting in Thursday and I would say the crowd was around 400, yet hardly any of them were under the age of 18...

    And it is completely free for them...

    Yet the crowd was made up of literally hundreds of Mum's, Dad's, Grans, Grandads, Aunts, Uncles, Brothers, Sisters etc etc with relatives under 18 years of age

    Yet they cannot seem to get these relatives to come along..

    The racing is great at the NSS, therefore is it the concept that doesn't interest the younger generation? 

    My lad watches with pretty much zero affinity to the Aces or Colts, as even at 16 he finds the rules used ridiculous, but loves watching Speedway both live and on TV..

    Presume there must be similar of the younger generation out there who would follow the 'sport' if ran from 'event to event' but not necessarily bother about following a team?

    If even free entry doesn't get them in to watch 'their team' then maybe it is time to try something else..?

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