E I Addio 15,848 Posted February 9, 2016 Foresight is a wonderful thing to have in any sport.. So is having a couple of millionaires in your promotional team, especially when one of them brings his own assets. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BWitcher 12,453 Posted March 7, 2016 So is having a couple of millionaires in your promotional team, especially when one of them brings his own assets. The old saying.. If you can't beat them, join them. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisa-colette 6,042 Posted March 7, 2016 Matt FordThis answer seems to be a Coventry default setting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmy jimmy 298 Posted March 15, 2016 If you wnat the top riders to consider the UK then the structure has to be two meetings a week in April (one home, one away) and then one meeting a week once Sweden gets started. I dont think it needs to be on a set day, its the volume of fixtures that stops them. Leicester's problem isnt money, its racing on a saturday when Poland is on a sunday. Polish clubs dont want their star assets flying in on a red eye flight on sunday morning, quite rightly given the money they (contractually at least) should get paid for racing there. EL teams should invest in track covers to reduce the number of rain offs, again a reason why top stars are wary of coming over. I think the points limit should be left where it is for a period of years so everyone knows where they stand and can start to plan over a number of years, hopefully with an increasing nucleus of UK riders. Then the foreign stars are less critical anyway to the success of the league. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heathen chemistry 660 Posted March 20, 2016 (edited) Q....corruption, bungs,fiddles, they happen in most other sports , do they happen in speedway, how important is it for clubs to be successful???? could it be make or break for some clubs? or could it be that for the clubs that continually win everything there fans will accept nothing less than success and any failures will result in significant attendance decreases?which then puts added pressure on the management to deliver success would they then turn to underhand ways of doing things?? at the end of the day money makes the world go round and less fans means less funds .... just asking a few questions....... Edited March 20, 2016 by heathen chemistry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TMW 533 Posted March 20, 2016 Q....corruption, bungs,fiddles, they happen in most other sports , do they happen in speedway, how important is it for clubs to be successful???? could it be make or break for some clubs? or could it be that for the clubs that continually win everything there fans will accept nothing less than success and any failures will result in significant attendance decreases?which then puts added pressure on the management to deliver success would they then turn to underhand ways of doing things?? at the end of the day money makes the world go round and less fans means less funds .... just asking a few questions....... Isn't it time we put the word 'fun' back into the sport. I keep hearing about all these 'golden' days. Leicester rarely won anything, I believe, at Blackbird Road but the fans seem to remember it with such fond memories 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike.Butler 601 Posted March 21, 2016 the only solution if squads are introduced is rider control to prevent the rich from stockpiling the best..(oh hang on we don't have an independent body to oversee it) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heathen chemistry 660 Posted March 21, 2016 they wont agree to that....the club that wants squads just happens to be the richest and the one with the most rider assets....hmmmm now what must be in it for them???? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
