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Has to be the way forward - IF forward is the way the promoters are looking?

And so it will go on until the sport is defunct in the UK because those that fought to get in charge of it ( or found it dumped in their laps ) were ill equipped and contained no visionaries whatsoever. Yes, that mantra for the last 10 - 15 years of "there's nowt wrong with it", so - on with the show in front of less and less fans ( who the promoters can then blame in th end ).

It has virtually driven me away from In Stadium watching because the Main Event of 15 heats is mostly very boring and there are 3 - 5 decent races with something in them of note at the most. Slower bikes are essential for closer more skilful racing ( not to be confused with riding ).

I'd probably go back very regularly if that happens! Especially if they were on less highly powered bikes. But you would have to rename the sport then.

Behind You! Look, back in the last century to some of us it was Much , Much Better ( me included ) and no my cataracts are not rose tinted.

Is that on Eurosport 1 or 2 or Eurosport App?

Well, Well, Well, "Blame Me " says Buster. Some of us have been seeing it that way for quite some time and never believed that Buster would "fess up". Maybe, just maybe the next step towards a brighter Stars future will be if Buster can listen to other wiser heads in speedway and not go on believing that he knows all the answers.

In a nutshell, absolutely correct IMHO.

The real problem now is the noise from many new home residents with their windows open in the warm / hot weather and their TVs. radios, hi-fi's blaring. Must be a byelaw against it somewhere? TIC before you ask.

You can take a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. Several happy to pootle.

Listen to somebody with vast experience ( alongside your own ) Buster. Not everyone else is wrong. Otherwise speedway at the AFA / Norfolk Arena / Saddlebow Road is definitely on a very slippery slope to extinction. Feedback is not criticism.

I watched it avidly Live on TV. Got a vastly better view of every aspect of the racing than I did from the disabled bench I used to occupy on a regular basis. Live TV for me and I would happily pay for a Live Stream view ( not going to be of that standard I know ) while Delta variant endangers many of the Vulnerable Elerly ( and that will get worse for the rest of the season under B.J. "freedom" policy ). And there were six races worthy of the name on Monday, with a pass or a distinct possibiility of one - again an improvement on season 2019 , where if you got 3 races in a match you had done well.

Five years ago - a group of us Stars Fans did just that and put together, after a lot of thought our feedback ( that is constructive criticism ) and forwarded it to the KL Promotion. We did not even get the courtesy of a reply, even though what we put forward was also printed in the Speedway Star. None of us now attend regularly - I will return, as I have said when I feel that it is safe for the Vulnerable Elderly ( me ) to do so. Two of our group have passed away ( not from Covid ) but they remained disillusioned to the end of their lives ( as I am ) even though we continued going very regularly. The proliferation of the dangerous Delta variant is not, of course the fault of any speedway promotion.

Ricky Wells has had his best years some time back and does seem to manage one good ride in a match and then well..... Cameron Heeps certainly doesn't - and I echo your comment - look fit, fast or that interested. I don't blame Connor Mountain as we have to have a RS and there is no-one else better who is available.

And to be shown on Freesport or Eurosport when?

And that will be UK league speedway's destination / future before much longer. Looks unavoidable IMHO. Better than I could put it myself! Next season - 4 Premier League tracks and only 3 make the "playoffs"? Already the bulk of all teams are made up of double up riders. I believe tha final season of UK league speedway will consist of riders being chose from a pool, who make themselves available on the night and who roughly fit into some sort of loose averages limit. The real rider circus.

This will be an interesting topic for discussion / dispute when UK domestic speedway leagues no longer exist, around 2027

Hardly! Hawkins would have to show publicly that he was actually interested in the results. There was never any doubt that it mattered hugely to Middlo. But for Hawkins .......

I still follow the Norwich Stars who evolved into KL Stars and will be back when I deem it to be safely run for the Vulnerable Elderly ( being one of those ). I have supported The Stars since I was six years old. You assume too much and come across as bitter, unless fans buy a season ticket ( wether they go or not! ).

It's just of the swirls as UK domestic speedway goes down the plughole.

When do Freesports usaully show these matches?

I would ask Riss back as well but no other "tried and tested" Saddlebow Rd riders. I do not think Kerr should be back next season.

Thanks. I will give up now as I can't afford to add the Eurosport Player to what I can watch. It was during the live match last Monday that Abi Stephen's (?) announced it was going to be on Eurosport - no mention of the Player - and my hopes rose!

I thought this was a round up magazine on Quest, but so far very little ( almost nothing ) has been show from the other matches going on the same night as the televised one. And is this Saturday at 6 pm really going to be coverage of the SEC?

There appear to have been good sized crowds at early meeting ( except those where locla Covid rules prevent decent numbers attending ) the problem lies with, will those numbers continue throughout the season? Only then can we see if further interest has been lost on average attendences.