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  1. On 10/30/2023 at 10:58 PM, orion said:

    Not sure this is the right  topic but I read that they are building a greyhound track at the racecourse . What is the deal with that then.? Is Monmore staying open or our they building on it . 

    Perry Barr is the track under threat, TRP/ARC run Dunstall Park and Perry Barr, the planning has gone in at the racecourse because long term they want to build on PB, there was a brief article in the Racing Post a few months back.

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  2. 14 minutes ago, KeirStarmerFan said:

    What they're doing should be illegal. People who bet are already up against it.

    Odds should always reflect probability.

    The BSF should not be encouraging gambling, I would like to see @Lioness ban all gambling related discussions and close this sub-forum.

    It's clearly an error, you can back them with +6 start @ 10/11, I'm guessing it's supposed to be 21/10, if someone contacted them and pointed it out, they'd change it.


  3. 12 minutes ago, DC2 said:

     

    I agree. It’s what flu does, it comes back in the winter.

    That’s why we need to ramp up the preparations for quarantining old people in the best possible way.  

    Ferguson is supposed to be modelling it!

    Simon from the Inbetweeners springs to mind!!

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  4. 38 minutes ago, Skidder1 said:

    So with the Polish Extraliga agreeing to start racing in June behind closed doors and riders having to commit to staying in Poland - what will the likes of Doyley (Pedersen, Kurtz etc) do if British Speedway is allowed to start in say July/August/September?

    I mention Doyley in particular cos he lives in the UK.

    First things first, he'll be tuning in to the Robins Youtube channel tonight at 18:30 to enjoy the 2012 Elite Lge Championship all over again. :drink:


  5. 7 hours ago, DC2 said:

     

    That’s all well reasoned.

    But would you pick the 2007 Chrzanowski, Ulamek and Gjedde over the 2019 Ellis, Musielak and Jensen If you were picking a team for this year?

    I certainly wouldn’t.

    It's always difficult comparing riders from different eras due to variables and bias but I think I'd lean towards the riders from 2007 in those particular match ups and as a whole the 2007 side (despite how dominate the 2019 team was) wins hands down for me largely down to the 2 reserves and relative strength of opposition sides.

    TC 6.12 v AE 6.49 (final season averages). Both spent the majority of the season riding in the #2 position and finished with similar averages, whilst I have no doubt Ellis will go on to be the better rider and he would be my pick purely on his youth and potential, there really was little between them in their contributions for the seasons in question.

    CG 7.13 v RJ 7.86. Another difficult choice, both exciting to watch and strong middle order riders, Gjedde had a month at reserve mid season and i think probably rode in every position bar #1 at some stage but he'd be my pick simply based on his extra experience and the fact he'd been an established top flight rider for a number of seasons over RJ who has only had half a season at this stage.

    SU 7.11 v TM 6.21. Controversial here I'm sure, Tobi is a crowd favourite, hugely entertaining to watch and we all love him, I'd certainly want him in my team every season on such an average, but if it came to a straight choice between the 2 at this particular stage of their careers it'd be Seba for me all day long, he represented his country the previous year (no mean feat), filled the #3 position when your 2nd best rider had too (his main adversaries that year would have been Kasprzak, Pedersen B, Screen, Schlein/Harris, Bjerre/NKI, Zagar, Louis, Norris, Hamill and Pepe) and upped his average to 9.31 early on after a blistering start to the campaign before tailing off slightly after a falling out with riding partner Gjedde and a wrist injury sustained at Ipswich in the mid summer.


  6. 5 hours ago, DC2 said:

    Which team would win, 2007 or 2019?

    Considering how the riders performed in those seasons and not on their reputations, I wouldn’t be so sure that the 2007 one would thrash the 2019 one:

    You only have to look at the SGB website archive section for your answer, the 2007 side finished with a team average of 47.70 and won all 18 home fixtures in a considerably tougher league, last years team finished with a combined 46.34.

     

    5 hours ago, DC2 said:

     

    I remember thinking at the start of 2007 it was a dream team but they never seemed to all fire at the same time. Gjedde in particular was poor and dropped to reserve (although he did have some good meetings there away from home) and the Poles seemed to go off the boil to the extent that made Rosco say he would never sign another again.

    And while I liked Andy Moore he just couldn’t gate.

    We were all disappointed with how the 2007 season finished up but your memory is obviously only fixed on the end of season performance, the team were by and large superb home (hitting 50+ in 16 of the 18 fixtures) and away (8 wins from 18) until late in the season where they lost a handful of away fixtures on the run in and completely fell apart in the away leg of the Grand Final.

    As for Mooro it's all relative to ability, he appeared to be unable to gate because of the quality of opposition, if he was riding in the current set up he'd be a trump card at reserve and would more likely be a steady 2nd string.

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  7. 4 hours ago, DBP said:

    Things are changing daily who knows what the situation will be by next week, one thing for sure its likely to be worse than  it is now.

    A lot of other sports are cancelling events well into May

    I can't see Speedway being the only sport thats still running. Scotland have banned events of over 500 spectators so whats happening with regards the Tigers and Monarchs?

     

    The Monarchs will run and the Tigers won't. :icon_smile_clown:


  8. 44 minutes ago, JessicaJones said:

    Why do you like greyhound racing? I love seeing dogs run but when they choose to, not when they are forced to. They are also made to run in all weathers - in the very cold and in heatwaves when other dog owners are advised not to walk their dogs. It seems very cruel. There are too many ‘bad eggs’ in the industry. I have seen the most horrific cruelty and it’s systemic, not just one off individual cases. If anyone loves dogs, they would not support greyhound racing. 

    Whilst I don't want to get into an argument about the sport of Greyhound Racing, that comment just isn't true, last summer during the warmest of weather a number of meetings were cancelled in the South of the country for welfare reasons.

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  9. 2 hours ago, 1 valve said:

    Good that you are giving it a chance. On a positive note consider that last season attendances at Leicester we’re notably higher than previous year despite dropping down to the championship. 
    generally these days the top two flights of speedway appear to have crowd levels more influenced by entertainment value than which league the teams are racing in and frankly on that matter it is debatable that the top flight does indeed provide better entertainment. 
    Hope you get to enjoy 2020. 
     

    Being bottom of the PL for a couple of seasons and then winning the CL would be the key to crowd levels there, nothing to do with entertainment at all, the fickle love a winner.

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  10. 6 hours ago, DC2 said:

     

    The fact that Poole were investigated by the BSPA on that occasion and that the allegation was found “unproven” by the closed, smoke filled room of the BSPA, rather than them being declared innocent spoke volumes.

    We who were there saw what happened, whether the BSPA wished to admit it or not.

    That was the year the Play Offs were reduced from 6 places back to 4 mid season, shortly after the shenanigans at the Abbey, so not totally unfounded. 


  11. 4 minutes ago, ray c said:

    who next I ask who may come back to speedway in this country ?

    Well there's half a dozen fans on the Sheffield section already suggesting they''ll be enticed..........you lot enjoy your '4 blokes going round in circles' and the 'added variety' that those additional 4 teams will bring in the CL. :drink:

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  12. 4 hours ago, Skidder1 said:

     

    Shock horror Poole have gone bust because DC2 says so!! What an idiotic post. If you are so concerned with Poole's future you might try reading all the reasons Poole lost money last year. They are well documented even for those on some sort of twisted wind up. Terry Russell has already changed his 2020 budget several times to try to find ways of replacing the income from 2 lost Poole home meetings

    F***ing hell you've posted some sh*t on this forum but that's right up there, it's been 10 yrs since Poole brought a following that couldn't be accommodated on a skateboard and since the days of Ward and Holder the additional home fans can be counted on one hand, I for one won't miss the Poole 'Pisstaking' Pirates one iota from the top league.

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  13. On 10/22/2019 at 11:30 AM, JanAndersen said:

    Who would be in a better position? The supporters of the teams who you seem to be saying are irrelevant and need closing probably wouldn’t agree. I’m not suggesting that running with low crowds is ideal but if it’s realistic and sustainable (big if) then what’s the problem? 

    I didn't say those clubs had to close but you say it yourself, it's unlikely to be sustainable, if they can't get 500+ paying spectators on a regular basis then their natural place should be the NL.

    You cannot expect the sport to be successful by settling for the lowest common denominator and this constant race to the bottom has and will see everyone suffer, too many seem to accept that the sport is done in this country and it's about getting out of it as much as you can before it dies its slow painful death, I disagree, many sports have been turned around in recent years, including  Rugby League, Cricket and Darts and there is still hope for Speedway too, I don't have all the answers but bowing to the weakest is certainly not one of them.

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  14. On 10/20/2019 at 9:22 AM, JanAndersen said:

    No-one is under any illusion that CL is thriving but if you somehow think that because you’ve got the odd better rider that the PL with seven (soon to be six) sides is entertaining and the future of the sport in Britain then you’re delusional. Speedway needs to cut its cloth and doing so at CL level is easier. 

    If you think the way forward for the sport is running at the current CL level in dilapidated stadiums with 3/400 in attendance it's not me who's delusional, how can the sport possibly move forward form there? What other sport, business or brand would so readily accept such mediocrity for its product? I realise there isn't a lot of money about but we'd be in a much better position with 10/12 or 14 teams of reasonable strength, rather than 20 clubs all striving to be the best of the lowest level possible.

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