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There is no way in the world it should have been called off … no riders or the referee even looked at the track …. To many riders these days can’t stand a bit of a tricky track because of the weather mainly Aussies to be fair Doyle , King , Brennan , Ellis and Thompson all overtook riders last night …. Even Edwards from the graveyard gate 4 rode around the outside on the first 2 bends to join Doyle ….. some riders wanted it and some didn’t Lidsey away from the vast open spaces of his home track is a gating tart and was never likely to pass or attempt to pass anyone I would have suggested if there wasn’t a GP next weekend then Bewley would have had a proper go at getting past Dan T but he was content to sit third Kurtz is Belle Vue captain ….. King said afterwards the pressure to perform as captain is high and Brady didn’t bother … shutting off all the time and even when he had the coveted inside gate he didn’t bother …. If your captain can’t be interested what message does that send to the rest of the team ? Let’s say Kurtz signs again for the aces … would any young rider look up to him knowing that when it comes to the crunch he can’t be bothered

How's the weather in the east? In the west It's been chucking down all night and showery again this morning. Is our rain dance working?

But. There is no other way of running the sport....

He put more effort into that race than most of the aces team, won't criticize him for that

They'll all be there next week... And at the start of next season... The sport now has die hards immune to the operating model, and immune to any "Barry White" served up on poorly prepared tracks.. Augmented by a few hundred at every track that attend play offs or BH's... If I was a rider last night, my thoughts would be about getting away in one piece, particularly if I had major meetings coming up in Poland and Denmark.. Not sure I would be worried about the views of someone who felt they had the right to expect me to take what I maybe felt were undue risks on a poor surface, given its my career that could be impacted by any crash.. It would be interesting to hear from Sheffield fans who attended the called off meeting the other week, when some Ipswich riders as well as some Sheffield riders wouldn't ride, as to how much worse their track was compared to last nights... Lads earning £500k (plus, and then some) in Poland need to sometimes ensure they look after No1.. Bottom line is, provide a race track that gives four lads in every race confidence they can use all the circuit, and ride closely together, and this thread wouldn't be discussing whether riders tried or not... And a decent race track is the MINIMUM you should expect as a fan, as everything else comes from that...

Hopefully Bewley and the rest will compete and not just sit back and let BK and BS get on with it.

Shaddup

I suspect most of the people who would not worry about the current cost of speedway entry prices have no idea it exists, because British Speedway makes very little attempt to attract them.

Yes i dont get, its like Brady has ridden for the Aces for 5 years, been a great captain and delivered on many occasions🤔. Now if he'd done all that id forgive him for 1 meeting in horrendous conditions right before the biggest meeting of his life. If only hey.🤔

I also believe Kurtz only tried in his last ride was for personal reasons, speedway is a massive psychological sport especially at the top and the old saying you’re only as good as your last ride is very true, he wouldn’t want to leave that stadium without a good last ride because it will fester in the back of your mind as you sit in the van or on a plane to your next meeting, interestingly zmarzlik also won his only race win in his last race in Sweden

Bizarrely, some BV fans seem to love that though 🤷‍♂️

But you wouldnt know what was being said from the stream so its all speculation and by the amount of times Brown has now mentioned it you have to wonder about his motives. I think he thinks it is his way of giving the meeting more spice and consequently more interest in an attempt to increase crowd levels.

The difference with Boughen was he obviously has some sort of mental block around other riders and imo made the correct decision to leave the sport,Kurtz doesn’t but seems couldn’t care less about BV chances of winning the league or its fans

I dont think that will happen unless Charles Wright is guesting!

You would think Brady was a junior the way you describe him.!struggling to turn ,locking up etc.What was really wrong it appeared he make no effort to rectify his situation .Just decided he had enough. Robbing the fans.

Looked quick last night too apart from his 360, best rider for BV. Danny King looked quick too.

Perhaps the novelty factor would lead to more interest then? I know that's probably naive but I'm trying to be hopeful...!

Link for qualifying at 1pm UK time and meeting proper at 6pm UK time http://video.ucoz.lv/index/live_stream/0-5

On a not too great track, he took zero risks..... Finished on eight off four... Just like last night, if you gated first then great, if you didn't, then just make sure you didn't crash... Last night, riders kept themselves several bike lengths apart due to their vision being impacted if too close to the rider in front, and also the higher than usual risk of the rider in front falling and then getting collected by the rider behind if he was too close... And any riders using the outside ran the risk of locking up and high siding.. I saw the replay of one race and Brady struggled to turn the bike, straightened up, and locked up badly on bend four... He then got filled in by whoever was third.... Easily could have high sided and bust a collarbone.. I think that ride made his mind up for the rest of the night...

Link for Sunday`s 2 matches http://video.ucoz.lv/index/live_stream/0-5

It does if people start trying to look for it on BSN lol. Not sure if you can still buy the stream or not 🤔 Possibly if it is a 30 day time limit.

Zach been up and down as well until last month or so.

He’s probably thinking Lublin though!

It kind of goes against the pre meeting rallying cries about giving it a big effort. Don't talk about giving it the big 100% effort to get to the final if your actions on the night indicate otherwise. Each fan can make their own mind up, I've seen Brady trap and beat Emil / Jason at Ipswich a few times so he can and does do it. Given the track i would have expected him to put the big effort into gating and getting in front. He diodnt seem to be able to gate - nor did Emil for that matter. Anyway good that the Witches had no complacency and we got the result we sort of all expected anyway - who will they meet in the final!!

Does it make any difference!!!!! Let's not turn this into 10page debate about nothing ffs.