If you want to know what’s wrong with British speedway

[stevebrum 6,819]

5 hours ago, Icicle said:

So you know what dangleys taste like?---Hmmm

Gristly I’d imagine?

[proud panther 1,498]

1 hour ago, bendover said:

Never liked topics, marathons were better 

Snickers are going to be renamed Marathon shortly, so you can reminisce with one in your hand lol.

[89buttons 749]

15 hours ago, rocket007 said:

Wispa Gold has been re-launched and is available in Tesco

Army assembled - storming the gates

[waytogo28 2,054]

10 hours ago, stevebrum said:

So you know what dangleys taste like?---Hmmm

 

10 hours ago, stevebrum said:

Gristly I’d imagine?

Depending on their size and age they can be delicious. Worth a try sweetbreads.

[DC2 11,150]

11 hours ago, Baldyman said:

Speedway could learn from chocolate, tasted for the first time how many go back for more chocolate,, chocolate has also moved with the times to keep relavent. Cider did the same, now gin is doing it, it's giving the customer what it wants, by investing in itself and moving on. Speedway needs to be more like chocolate and gin. 

 

Chocolate is relevant?

Well, yes, in a diabetes sense.

Cadbury’s Dairy Milk, for example, has 55% sugar and 25% cocoa solids.

People are addicted to sugar, not chocolate.

 

[keepturningleft 588]

'You've got to search for the Aero inside yourself'

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[stevebrum 6,819]

2 hours ago, waytogo28 said:

 

Depending on their size and age they can be delicious. Worth a try sweetbreads.

Are dangleys different to dingleys?

[Daniel Smith 5,645]

On 10/29/2019 at 12:57 PM, Blupanther said:

Cadburys has not tasted the same since the sell off to Mondelez who changed the ingredients. Just tastes of slimy cheap and nasty palm oil these days. That's progress for you 

Agree, Cadbury's just give me a constant headache these days. Stick to Galaxy now, can't be beaten. Unlike Speedway, it offers good value for money. 

Cadbury's has turned into the Speedway equivalent, lower the standards and charge more for it. 

[Lefty 1,257]

Similarly the supermarket bags of Roysters crisps have gone down from 25g to 21g, with the price staying the same! So I'm now trying Seabrook's. Any more Speedway parallels out there? 

[Baldyman 6,243]

Aldi milk choc came out top in a taste test against other top brands. 

[Daniel Smith 5,645]

1 hour ago, Baldyman said:

Aldi milk choc came out top in a taste test against other top brands. 

Again, another Speedway equivalent. 

Excellent quality, great value for money but many refuse to try it as it's at the lowest level of the rung. People don't like to be seen buying cheap as it makes them feel inferior. 

[Sings4Speedway 3,231]

On 10/29/2019 at 9:04 PM, Baldyman said:

Speedway could learn from chocolate, tasted for the first time how many go back for more chocolate,, chocolate has also moved with the times to keep relavent. Cider did the same, now gin is doing it, it's giving the customer what it wants, by investing in itself and moving on. Speedway needs to be more like chocolate and gin. 

plenty of old school things have made remarkable comebacks like real ale, cider & gin as you stated so watch out Sherry will be next....you heard it here first

[MattK 3,447]

10 minutes ago, Sings4Speedway said:

plenty of old school things have made remarkable comebacks like real ale, cider & gin as you stated so watch out Sherry will be next....you heard it here first

What you will note is, although those things have regained popularity, it isn't branded or marketed in the same way as when it was popular previously. Gin has regained popularity by targeting young drinkers, selling itself as a premium drink and coupled with exotic mixers.

This is the problem with speedway. The world has moved on but the sport hasn't. Promoters idea of marketing hasn't changed since the 70s and still involves going into schools and down the local village fete. The other problem speedway faces is that is it a premium price for a spit and sawdust product. That is a hard sell in anyone's book.

I think too many promoters are sitting around thinking "speedway will be next" - however, they've been doing that for the last twenty years.

[DC2 11,150]

25 minutes ago, MattK said:

What you will note is, although those things have regained popularity, it isn't branded or marketed in the same way as when it was popular previously. Gin has regained popularity by targeting young drinkers, selling itself as a premium drink and coupled with exotic mixers.

 

Gin. The emperor’s new clothes of marketing.

Whether you infuse it with rhubarb, raspberry or botanicals, it still tastes of ..... wait for it ...... tonic water!

And then some insist on Fever Tree rather than Schweppes!!!  Why? Is it more tonicky?

What a load of cobblers.  

 

[Sings4Speedway 3,231]

46 minutes ago, MattK said:

What you will note is, although those things have regained popularity, it isn't branded or marketed in the same way as when it was popular previously. Gin has regained popularity by targeting young drinkers, selling itself as a premium drink and coupled with exotic mixers.

This is the problem with speedway. The world has moved on but the sport hasn't. Promoters idea of marketing hasn't changed since the 70s and still involves going into schools and down the local village fete. The other problem speedway faces is that is it a premium price for a spit and sawdust product. That is a hard sell in anyone's book.

I think too many promoters are sitting around thinking "speedway will be next" - however, they've been doing that for the last twenty years.

Maybe speedway needs to stop trying to update itself (mostly because its struggling and constantly 15 years behind any trend) and embrace the fact that its dated or "retro and chic". Tea shops are making a comeback, Gin is massively on the rise so rather than over complicate things why not let the sport run as it was in the 70's & 80's. Don't make the stadia updated let them be shabby chic and embrace it you might develop a new hipster trendy youthful following. Maybe Len Silvers braces aren't dated but ahead of the game?