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  1. Posted

    6 minutes ago, iainb said:

    And I thought this was all going to be a thing of the past after Brexit :D

    I may be being pedantic, but it was not televised, it was streamed.

    A lot of the more senior folk out there would not have been able to see this if they didn't have an Internet connection and if they did they've still got to work out how to install the app and watch it through that. Why do you think the majority of "Television" programmes are still transmitted in a linear fashion. 

    Not everybody is setup to watch streamed events. 

    Pedantic and patronising! 

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    1 hour ago, iainb said:

    It's even more puzzling as WBD are the actual promoters of the event... why would you want to go to all of the trouble and expense of purchasing the staging and broadcasting rights and then not televise it, especially on a channel that was only showing recorded sport?

    It was televised, in full, with no ad breaks and multiple commentary (or not) options and also on demand after the event  on a channel owned by WBD.  The option is there for you to watch it, just requires a £7 monthly outlay with premiership action also included, I would suggest this represents far better value than Sky / BT subscriptions in the past.

     

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  4. Posted

    9 minutes ago, iainb said:

    Something I've been meaning to ask for about 6 or 7 years... what's the deal with the bloke that sleeps in his green VW Polo behind the entrance to the south stand?

    Dunno,  should have asked him today, was having a bit of a spring clean, seemed like a cheery chap!

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    9 minutes ago, Coventrybs said:

    :unsure:Watching on practice on discovery + no English commentary been In to the icon to change all I have is stadium, German, Dutch and polish any clue how I can get the commentary for tonight or now 

    Doesn't appear to be any available, great opportunity to learn the Danish for belt drive though......

  9. Posted

    2 hours ago, iainb said:

    I would suspect the hotel prices are high every weekend and not just for Speedway, it is a capital city with many attractions and I would think there's some kind of event on most weekends

    Spot on,  weekend prices will always be a high base this far out and all major hotels will operate a sophistcated automatic pricing engine which will kick in and increase prices as soon as demand from enquires for a specific date is detected. It's a system that operates across hotels, airlines, car hire etc the world over.  

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  11. Posted

    15 minutes ago, 4BM said:

    what I was saying was he uses that when it seems to suit, he may suffer with it but it seems that speedway isn’t helping him,  a lot with him is to do with issues outside of speedway I know he had a big thing happen over the winter that’s not been all over the speedway press or social media and also had some work on his back post season that no doubt impacted him

    I have family and friends that have been diagnosed with anxiety so know how it impacts people and if they identify a situation or scenario that gets to then they steer clear which could be something Cook could with following 

    Fair enough,  I have no reason or desire to get into any sort of back and forth with you, or indeed to defend Cook or discuss his own personal issues. I just felt like I needed to flag what appeared to be a flippant comment about a serious problem for many people.

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    6 hours ago, 4BM said:

    Any team taking on Cook is a massive gamble, always misses meetings with a variety of reasons be that mental health card, dodgy van, or just doesn’t fancy it, it’s been the same for years now.  They’d have been better going for someone who gives their all each meeting like Mountain and use the points elsewhere to rebuild 

    I agree with your sentiment that Cook is a strange move but please, "Mental health card"  Shows a huge amount of disrespect for the many people who deal with issues or care for those that do.

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