DutchGrasstrack 804 Posted April 16, 2015 Janek from One Sport is hinting on positively shocking information about the last round in Esbjerg, maybe GB will enter? https://twitter.com/JKonikiewicz/status/588647429618163712 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
uk_martin 1,606 Posted April 16, 2015 To be honest I don't much care, I've watched it because it's racing, but that's all. The fact that most pairs actually consist of three riders and might well be a different three in each round, makes it a Mickey Mouse event for me. Does a football team put the same 11 players out on the pitch in every match? But then again, football's a Mickey Mouse sport anyway isn't it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terry 1,319 Posted April 16, 2015 I'd only allow the third rider to cover for injury. Say, I dunno, somebody puts a bet on Denmark and then sees one of their top two replaced three times by the reserve, they would be bloody annoyed!! Anyway, hopefully GB pull their finger out and enter next year. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2ndbendbeerhut 1,781 Posted April 16, 2015 Janek from One Sport is hinting on positively shocking information about the last round in Esbjerg, maybe GB will enter? https://twitter.com/JKonikiewicz/status/588647429618163712 Maybe a New Zealand pair? Or Scottish? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCB 0 Posted April 16, 2015 I'd only allow the third rider to cover for injury. Say, I dunno, somebody puts a bet on Denmark and then sees one of their top two replaced three times by the reserve, they would be bloody annoyed!! Anyway, hopefully GB pull their finger out and enter next year. If someone bets on Denmark based on their top 2 they're a mug as they know that the 3rd rider could have a ride. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foamfence 2,917 Posted April 16, 2015 Does a football team put the same 11 players out on the pitch in every match? But then again, football's a Mickey Mouse sport anyway isn't it? WTF has football got to do with it? Personally I don't like all these made-up fill-in competitions. I don't like them in the PL and I don't like them at international level. The World Cup and the GPs are enough and I support them as much as possible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terry 1,319 Posted April 16, 2015 If someone bets on Denmark based on their top 2 they're a mug as they know that the 3rd rider could have a ride. You sound a barrel of laughs... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCB 0 Posted April 16, 2015 You sound a barrel of laughs... A barrel of laughs who makes a small profit betting no speedway. It's like saying, "I bet on a team to win by 10 but they only won by 9 due to the TR being used against them" - thats the rules, what what you're betting on. Maybe if I bet no Denmark and they finish last I can moan because I thought finishing last meant winning? Anyone betting one something that they don't have a grasp of the rules on it is a mug. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
racers and royals 8,743 Posted April 16, 2015 A barrel of laughs who makes a small profit betting no speedway. It's like saying, "I bet on a team to win by 10 but they only won by 9 due to the TR being used against them" - thats the rules, what what you're betting on. Maybe if I bet no Denmark and they finish last I can moan because I thought finishing last meant winning? Anyone betting one something that they don't have a grasp of the rules on it is a mug. Maybe you should have spoken to Bet 365 in that case to clarify the ruling on a curtailed pairs meeting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCB 0 Posted April 16, 2015 Maybe you should have spoken to Bet 365 in that case to clarify the ruling on a curtailed pairs meeting I know the rules of speedway. The Russians won Anyway, it's being taken further, I still think they've used a rule that's not relevant. It's not the first time Bet365 have messed up and I've had to go to IBAS about them! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The White Knight 9,039 Posted April 17, 2015 This particular competition is nothing more than a semi-official pre-season invitational tournament. It's not a European Championship, despite the title. The fast track was always primarily about saving money, but why do not people not grasp that British speedway has to save money otherwise it'll be out of business? Even having a World Champion doesn't bring the fans in anymore - the British leagues used to have all the world champions, but crowds still dwindled. Unfortunately, the sport is at such a low ebb now that it simply has to cut its cloth according to what's affordable, and not try to compete with leagues paying money they can't afford. Whether or not we should be sending riders to get experience at privately run open meetings on the Continent is maybe another issue, but it would not be my priority. Sadly Humphrey you are 100% right. It is nonetheless so sad that Speedway has sunk low in this Country, both Financially, and in it's Public standing. I don't have any answers but I do mourn for the Sport I have loved since the early Sixties. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
