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Well we want the sport to appeal to a younger audience and all we get is "Tai looks a twit".

Just watched the GP, what a cracker!! Tai was just superb and from the pit shots you could tell he was in real pain. BTW, anyone got a compilation vid of the "blue" grid girl? Phwoar.

I always thought that the reason speedway was described as a "family sport" was to somehow make it more appealing to families than football, when it suffered from what was commonly known back in the day as "aggro". Now times have changed, football is more of a family sport than speedway is, with many clubs providing family areas, kids' clubs, mascots etc in a trouble free atmosphere. Add the fact that the game is bloody everywhere and any kid who's into it can relate and "be cool" with most of the other kids around. How would the little chap fare if he wore a Brummies Wulf jacket to school? Long gone on the days when speedway could boast that it was the country's second sport, I dread to think where it appears in the pecking order now.

Can't we just discuss your avatar?

I can remember a Birmingham rider at PB (Chris Kerr?) dropping his bike when the rider in front suddenly slowed up off turn 4, then got going again. Although he took action to avoid a possible collision, the ref excluded him. I thought Vaculik should probably have gone too.

Oh dear, time for...............

Watched the meeting this morning. First thought is how awful the track was, Nitro Circus would have struggled with that, so fairplay to the riders last night. Thought the ref got the decison right regarding Tai's crash. I hear that Nicki is blaming Woffy for the incident, can't really understand that at all.

I suppose Hearn would drop the TR rule, then Pearson could say "Belle Vue now need snookers to win!" No offence to the Aces............

Nice piece in the B'ham Mail today http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/birmingham-speedways-golden-age-perry-4013254

Just to redress the balance, I'm Russian and I really, really want Tai to win.

Just watched the GP, all I can say is how the hell does EmSayf do it? Bloody awesome stuff.

Lots of plugs for the Swedish GP on Eurosport's WSBK coverage yesterday. And Tony Carter "big-upped" Woffy too.

Not necessarily at a speedway meeting either!!

Last night's meeting was a fine advert for speedway in its purest form. No daft rules, no silliness, just the world's top riders (and Krzysztof Kasprzak ) battling wheel to wheel and elbow to elbow. Utterly compelling entertainment.

Anyone disillusioned with speedway should really watch the reruns of last night's meeting, especially Tai's heroics. As Bluepanther says, his performance was a breath of fresh air. Long may it continue.

Recycle, recycle, recycle. For the record, if I were one of the trio's Polish sponsors, I'd be pretty miffed by these recent events, if I were one of their British sponsors, I probably wouldn't have known it had happened unless I came on here. Lots of riders of old were big drinkers, or could on occasion, put a few away, it was well known and legendary to most supporters, mainly because many were in the stadium bar joining in with them, but the key thing back then was that it wasn't in the media and it wasn't something that was brought to the attention of junior supporters. The difference these days, is that the media world has grown out of all proportion in comparison, so sportsman and celebs need to be a bit more careful, although maybe more so in Poland. If the incident had occured in a bar in a city such as Birmingham, there'd only be a slight chance of any of them being recognised anyway.

Some of the posts on here have made me that angry, I could punch a Police horse.

Mmmm, sure? http://www.speedway-forum.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=30590

People have been complaing about the guest system for 50 years or more and it's still here. That should tell you that there's no viable alternative. My advice is get used to it.

Well done Newc, gotta look after the old uns this time of year..............

I'd replace Pearson/Tatum with Jack Burnacle and James Whitham. That would be interesting................

As a fan of MotoGP, BSB and WSB, I had no problem with Eurosport covering SGP, in fact I'm over the moon. I too thought the coverage was decent enough and the HD quality was great. As has been said, the quality of the racing wasn't exceptional, but there were some cracking heats to warm the cockles. Bit depressing though looking at the weather in NZ when ours is so cr4p at the mo!!

Very impressed with young Mr Woffinden, I must say, more please.

Have to agree, titanium turbos all round, that's what I say.

15 competitive heats over 13 everytime for me. If clubs want to run junior matches as a 2nd half, like Brum and other clubs did in 2007-8, then great.