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We fans base things base things on wot we see and factually know little about. If things were actually explained to us then we might not get annoyed or so annoyed by things like wot we call tractor racing. All it takes sometimes is a simple explanation like yours @BTFC LION to appease us. In that 30mins some entertainment should have been put on by Leicester tho, this is another speedway failing. Admittedly I wasn't at Leicester last night but I do attend regularly. This happens with alot of things that go on within the sport that pees us fans off, nothing is ever explained as to why something is done.

From the BSPA website. Read it as Poole cannot pick Glasgow - PLAY-OFF PICTURE - HOW IT WORKS- The quarter-finals will consist of the 3rd v 6th placed team and 4th v 5th placed team, the top two teams will go direct to the semi-final.- The team who finishes top will have the pick of the quarter-final winners in the semi-finals.- All ties are over two legs.

They sure did, I have the pleasure of remembering those days...full stadiums, crazy fans yelling their heads off and some great racing...... Polish speedway is ENTERTAINMENT plus, and a lot of professionalism thrown in and first class stadiums........I guess that's what money can do when spent in the right places.

Kubera is starting to show how good he could be given the little bit of luck you need in the sport.Class and brave.

What a fantastic atmosphere. When I watch I have to have the Polish commentary on. No idea why lol

Almost every sport is essentially a 'participation' sport. In other words, people pay their dues and take part for their own entertainment. Then, at some level, people pay to watch and it becomes a 'spectator' or 'professional' sport. The amateur ranks far outweigh the professional ones. British speedway is the only sport I can think of where the vast majority of meetings take place in front of paying spectators. But there are not enough riders and not enough facilities for riders to practice and develop. There needs to be an amateur level. Not just an amateur level, but a predominantly amateur level. Seriously. 90% of British speedway should be amateur, 5% 'semi-professional' and no more than 5% fully professional. Speedway is a relatively cheap form of motorsport, especially at an amateur level. For example, a rider in a support class at British super bikes will pay £400 for entry fees, £1000 for tyres and £100 for fuel each weekend. That's doing it cheap in one of the lower classes, and without the cost of buying the motorcycles (think £20k) and repairing them. Out of the 160-ish riders competing in BSB this weekend, I'd suggest 130 are paying for the privilege, around 20 are cost neutral and only a few are actually making a living. At club level, 100% are paying for the privilege. Speedway doesn't have enough riders. This is the main flaw in the business plan.

If Lions winning or drawing by heat 10 Dickson will ring em again!

Full marks to Lublin, it's very rare that you see the team that comes second smiling and enjoying themselves at the presentation. Superb TV presentation in all the meetings today , it makes our TV companies speedway presentation look quite amateurish, although BT aren't too bad with the GPs, would much rather have Polish commentators though on BT and Eurosport

Great to see a different winner in Poland. Over a decade ago when I first started watching Poland, Wroclaw were a tough watch on track and the racing was never much to write home about. Fast forward a decade or so and the club have transformed gradually over time. Superb stadium which now hosts one of the best race tracks in the world. Whoever runs operations at Wroclaw deserves huge credit. The planning and execution has been fantastic to follow.

Is your mum picking you up early from school tomorrow.Dentist appointment excuse again.Don't forget your Haribo's for the journey.

Congratulations to Wroclaw.. Two excellent meetings, especially at Lublin.. And well done to Lublin for taking it to the 28th heat..

Average fixing in the last three heats haha

I think the Wroclaw top 4 will pull it back in heats 14 and 15, like the first leg.

I believe there is a god now,because i thank him that i didn't go today. Absolutely pi** poor again going by the score,wonder who the captain was today. Riss was quicker getting married/divorced than he is on a bike right now. Need new blood in the team.

TBH Dave and not your fault but the track sound is better. You get the crowd and bikes coming through clearer.

Spot on starman, why would Poole want to give up Wednesday? It's proven that fixed race nights have not worked in the past. Plus you see more teams in the championship.

Oh oh investigation will now be conducted to find out your real name .

Maybe. 100% for a tv spectacle, every fan wants an NSS v EoES final. Best tracks in this country providing the weather plays ball.

Rene?

Fabulous news for all concerned at Newcastle Speedway that you will be coming to tapes in 2022.

I am beginning to think that us allegedly cheating to fit a certain rider in at Armadale all those years ago might just be true, trying to remember who our manager was back then but his name escapes me

Your name suits you, I'm not apologising for wanting Adam and Troy to do well, I don't have a team to support, so support next best thing our ex riders, you're the one with a problem.

Yes, we in Long Eaton still meet up once a month for a SOS and av done so since we closed in 1997. Altho me prayer mat as got preddy thread bare! Keep the faith. Always an Invader An adopted Pirate

Dickson must have rang em!

You seem to be a troll trying to get a reaction!

Your forgetting who runs the BSPL.

Sure everyone knew, still seems wrong with only six teams, I would have seeded the league winners straight to the final, and next two to semi.

I hope the Newcastle fans come back in droves, we can ill afford to lose another club, from a Poole Supporter

"FREEDOM FOR TOOTING"!!!

Can we keep this to speedway please

Yeah, if it is ties on aggregate Wroclaw win. But surely still the chance of a 5-0 or am I missing something?

Wroclaw throwing this away woffy poor Gleb c poor Lublin look the team more up for this

With their plethora of Monmore track specialists, I expect Peterborough to get to close to 60 and render the second leg meaningless.

KL fans have got to put up with the same rubbish next season. Lewis Kerr is like King's Lynn's Dele Alli at this point. How many more chances is he going to get?

The letting Kubera leave and keeping Lidsey trophy?

We will be championship next season, unless leagues are amalgamated.

Don't be so hasty to jump to conclusions lads, these mystery illnesses can happen anytime

A wee trip to Scunny for you Davie.

I looked on Michael Fish Weather website called lets wing it Chance of Rain all day but could be sunny most off the day with a chance of a hurricane between 6am and 6pm.

Friday seniority is: 1. Edinburgh 2. Scunthorpe 3. Glasgow 4. Redcar

Nothing to do with you Lisa. Keith Starmer Fan has, apparently had many previous meeting incarnations which can be called into question. To be fair 12 meetings in 14 days is a hell of a schedule. It's not the riding that does the riders in, but the travelling. The above schedule is very punishing

Ht 15 of the Cubs match was worth the price of admission alone

Yes we have what i believe is one of the hardest working promoters in british speedway,I'm really pleased for Newcastle that you're going to be competing next season hopefully i will get to brough Park in 2022 and meet in person some of my forum mates

Always believe.

C'mon Leicester u can do the bizzo at Glasgee

Sorry to disappoint Mikey baby

They do need someone to save them from themselves at times I feel.. I look at them sometimes like I would an "addict" as they often show some similar traits of the addicts I have had contact with.. ie A great desire for their fix (in this case Speedway and owning a team).. A belief that what they do and how they run the sport is "acceptable" although deep down many will know it isn't... A belief that they can make slight changes to improve their situation, but actually avoid ever solving any of the fundamental root causes that brings them so many issues.. A failure to seek, and then take, advice as to what is going wrong as the truth may be too hard to handle.. Keeping everything about them almost a secret and never letting anyone "from outside" in close.. And a justifying of their adhoc decision making to try and correct their latest self inflicted setbacks, rather than not inflict the setback on themselves in the first place.. With "Just making it through" seeming to be a clear sum of their ambition.. And just like addicts everywhere they will spend fortunes, yet have very little to show for it.... And by that in UK Speedway terms it means hardly anything in the way of national (and even local) cut through and recognition, and no major sponsor to lessen the money they put in as individuals.. . Therefore you would think that they would at least seek some feedback and maybe do some information gathering as to why so few now attend compared to even ten or twenty years ago wouldnt you..? The key for me as to who can help them are the many tens of thousands who sit at home each week and no longer pay their money into the sport in the UK... Even more people than the ones who actually attend I would suggest.. Yet these people will still follow the results closely, and attend SON's, GP's, FIM meetings etc in the UK, and have a huge love of the sport. (And even travel abroad to watch league speedway)... They just cant justify paying the kind of sums now expected to be paid to attend UK Speedway for the contrived output that is on offer.. Which is a shame, as the raw material of the product itself is fantastic... It's just how it is packaged in the UK that lets it down, and dissuades so many from purchasing... With huge irony the Promoters are both the saviour and the destroyer of the sport in the UK, so maybe opening up to their fanbase (both those who still do and those who no longer attend) and accepting at face value what they are being told could be just what they need to help them move forward... A great many love the sport and would be delighted to see UK Speedway flourish because, ultimately, everyone is on the same side.... As, if the sport disappears in the UK, (as it's current annual run rate of tracks closing suggests it eventually will), then we all lose..

Thé fact that the powers that be have consistently failed to find a top named league sponsor for the last two decades tells you all you need to know

Probably watched more years of speedway

Mainly because most fans are between 50 -70 ....maybe the way forward is to charge for the toilet ... maybe 2 pound a piss ...clubs would rake it in .