cityrebel 2,960 Posted May 17, 2021 It was strange watching live speedway on the box tonight, usually I'm at kent on Mondays. The coverage was decent and the racing was pretty good as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the hobbit 152 Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) A good effort from Eurosport spoiled only by the constant inane drivel from Pearson snd Tatum, riddled with the same sad cliches snd inept mistakes such as calling Bewley an Aussie and, Tatum SCREAMING down the Mike about a brilliant overtake that never happened etc etc Sack them and bring in Dave Goddard Edited May 18, 2021 by the hobbit 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikebv 10,227 Posted May 18, 2021 Watching Speedway without 'Hinge and Bracket' just wouldn't be the same... Great to have them and the Speedway back... Excellent meeting as a starter for Eurosport, let's hope Monmore Green can deliver a similar standard of racing next week... Very good overall presentation from Eurosport too, with quite a few various camera angles... Took a while to get the levels of commentary right given the noise of the bikes when passing the commentary position, (never thought I would think that with Nigel and Kelvin)!! Maybe get Abi and Scott off the centre green sat in front of some sponsors boards? Like they do in Poland.. Three hours of coverage for some company wanting it? The only sponsor boards were behind Steve Brandon who was on screen much less than Abi and Scott... Lots to be optimistic about regarding the Eurosport coverage of the sport I would say.. And with only six teams the NSS should be shown quite a few times which is never a bad thing to promote the sport.. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PHILIPRISING 7,298 Posted May 18, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, the hobbit said: A good effort from Eurosport spoiled only by the constant inane drivel from Pearson snd Tatum, riddled with the same sad cliches snd inept mistakes such as calling Bewley an Aussie. Sack them and bring in Dave Goddard AIN'T going to happen ... neither should it Edited May 18, 2021 by PHILIPRISING 8 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keepturningleft 588 Posted May 18, 2021 An excellent standard of coverage from Eurosport I thought. One positive thing which struck me and which I hope carries on, was the welcome absence of the pointless interviews with the riders during the course of the meeting - "Yeah, I'm taking each race as it comes and we'll see how it goes", type of thing which I always find quite irksome. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruckerroo 792 Posted May 18, 2021 Good coverage overall tbh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grachan 7,314 Posted May 18, 2021 Good coverage from Eurosport last night. Better than I was expecting. I was hoping, with the extra analysis time, that there would be more statistical talk on subjects such as averages and points limits, but these never seem to get a mention from whoever is covering the sport. They really should go more into this side of things. It's a nerd's paradise, but they always seem to shy away from it. Good to see the regular reports from King's Lynn too. I hope this type of thing will be a regular feature. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tinker 203 Posted May 18, 2021 9 hours ago, the hobbit said: A good effort from Eurosport spoiled only by the constant inane drivel from Pearson snd Tatum, riddled with the same sad cliches snd inept mistakes such as calling Bewley an Aussie and, Tatum SCREAMING down the Mike about a brilliant overtake that never happened etc etc Sack them and bring in Dave Goddard 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tinker 203 Posted May 18, 2021 I think Nige and Kelvin do a really good job. They're enthusiastic and entertaining and if they were replaced by someone else you'd really then appreciate how good they actually are. Just my opinion. 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikebv 10,227 Posted May 18, 2021 1 hour ago, keepturningleft said: An excellent standard of coverage from Eurosport I thought. One positive thing which struck me and which I hope carries on, was the welcome absence of the pointless interviews with the riders during the course of the meeting - "Yeah, I'm taking each race as it comes and we'll see how it goes", type of thing which I always find quite irksome. Or... "Do you think you could still win this"? "I don't know, what's the score?".. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PHILIPRISING 7,298 Posted May 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Grachan said: Good coverage from Eurosport last night. Better than I was expecting. I was hoping, with the extra analysis time, that there would be more statistical talk on subjects such as averages and points limits, but these never seem to get a mention from whoever is covering the sport. They really should go more into this side of things. It's a nerd's paradise, but they always seem to shy away from it. Good to see the regular reports from King's Lynn too. I hope this type of thing will be a regular feature. NO sure the casual TV viewer would be interested or understand points limits and averages. Keep it simple ... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikebv 10,227 Posted May 18, 2021 6 minutes ago, PHILIPRISING said: NO sure the casual TV viewer would be interested or understand points limits and averages. Keep it simple ... Cricket has plenty of stats thrown at the viewer so maybe Speedway could do overall rider averages, home and away averages, their averages at individual tracks, % of race wins to races competed in etc etc. It could add another dimension to the viewer watching.. And provide discussion points in the breaks between races.. Poland now show how far and how fast the riders have rode and their reaction times... Anything that pricks interest has to be considered I would say.. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grachan 7,314 Posted May 18, 2021 1 hour ago, PHILIPRISING said: NO sure the casual TV viewer would be interested or understand points limits and averages. Keep it simple ... A big mistake that a lot of people in speedway make, in my opinion. It is such a major part of the sport, and one that has had many lengthy discussions on here. Trying to keep it simple is hiding something that would appeal to many people. Points limits and so on never even get a mention on tv. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ray c 2,299 Posted May 18, 2021 3 hours ago, PHILIPRISING said: AIN'T going to happen ... neither should it quite agree best in the business . for our sport Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baldyman 6,243 Posted May 18, 2021 One thing I would like to see, is they get some younger people to sit together,,, and show them when showing the crowd,,, instead of always a load of oldies with blankets and ovaltine 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
