Trees 2,814 Posted June 9, 2013 Yes Skidder, that's certainly what the meeting was about! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G the Bee 639 Posted June 9, 2013 Some people like nothing more than a good moan. We get a channel that has shown minimal interest in speedway before showing a meeting which is provided above and beyond what speedway fans in the UK have traditionally received through Sky in seasons gone by and people are still unhappy. Sure, we missed the first five heats and the first lap of another, which is far from ideal, but I suspect Eurosport themselves will look in to ways they can avoid this happening in the future. Perhaps the meeting should have been shown 'as live' with the gaps between the initial heats cut out until the recorded transmission caught up to the live feed. People queue up on here to have a pop at Pearson and Tatum yet the commentators provided last night were also not good enough for some. Eurosport have clearly tried to do something about this though with bringing Scott Nicholls on board. However, like any skill, commentating on the race will take him some time to get used to. That said, if I was one of the tried and tested speedway commentators working for one of the companies that produce DVDs for the British league tracks, I would be putting a show-reel together to send to the head of motorsport at British Eurosport and offering my services for free for the remaining UEM meetings to get my foot in the door! At the end of the day, I saw last night's meeting as a welcome addition to the speedway coverage I get to watch at home. The on-track action was ok. Not the best meeting, but not the worst either. These things happen. Not every meeting is a classic. The segments with Gollob/Hampel in Torun and Emil's manager were worth watching and the fact they were translated did not really detract from the overall message. Eurosport is a European broadcaster so it has to be expected. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pandorum 1,259 Posted June 9, 2013 (edited) There was some good racing but it was hard to see it as anything other than a glorified challenge match. So what it was a speedway match on TV and was pretty competetive. I have seen plenty of meaningless challenges that p#ssed all over so called league matches. Of course the 4 3 2 1 system is better as the point of a pairs meet is to see team riding. It's been around since the 80s in the UK and before that the team with the best gater would win as wins counted better than team rides in case of draws. Edited June 9, 2013 by pandorum Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trees 2,814 Posted June 11, 2013 Hmmm listening to Bikerfm tonight and it seems OneSport are certainly in correspondence with BSI, through their solicitors!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iris123 20,993 Posted June 12, 2013 Tell us more seeing as i don't listen to Bikerfm.Power struggle? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel Smith 5,666 Posted June 12, 2013 Hmmm listening to Bikerfm tonight and it seems OneSport are certainly in correspondence with BSI, through their solicitors!!! Who are OneSport???? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostwalker 1,859 Posted June 12, 2013 Who are OneSport???? A Polish equivalent of BSI. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=sv&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=pl&tl=en&u=http://www.onesportmarketing.pl/index.php&usg=ALkJrhg-pfY3zmvTULc5oGd1BBiWtU71CA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trees 2,814 Posted June 12, 2013 Who are promoting these Pairs and Euro Champs! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
