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There can't be another sport where those running/connected with teams are so obsessed with moaning about keyboard warriors and making unprofessional comments/statements. What do they think it's actually going to achieve? There's not one club who can afford to alienate their supporters, if just 1 person decides 'I've had enough' after reading them, how are you replacing that £300+? If you can't handle a few critical comments then maybe either don't put yourself in that position or stay off social media. Whatever you do, it should be pretty simple to understand you don't start having a pop at your supporters because you need them.

Back to reality tomorrow on Eurosport

The Lublin team is very disappointing tonight. Zmarzlik hasn't got a heat win in three rides. He does not ride like a world champion, but Emil Sayfutdinov rides like a world champion ! What a shame that he and Artem Laguta were kicked out of the SGP

Bigger majority said nothing and stayed at home would be my assessment.

In the U K some moan about day time racing, some moan about Sunday meetings but look what you can do with the right riders, an enthusiastic group of supporters and even with the earlier abandoned meeting, the Poles know how to put on a show. U K speedway is so far behind and anyone who has not dropped in on a live stream from Poland should give it a go. You wonder why anyone bothers with speedway U.K.

What a final race. That sums up what great sport it can be in the right conditions with a superb crowd. Well done to both teams

Another meeting another win and another massive crowd for the Workington Comets, horrible crash for Kelsey Dugard hope he’s on the mend soon. Good to see Luke Harrison get some racing in at last looked good on the bike but probably struggling with race fitness which will come. Hopefully we have Crangy back soon after his fall at Berwick. Connor Bailey was a class above tonight but a special mention to Elliot Kelly who fought for every point after taking a few falls himself recently. Rest up lads until next time!

Ulrich has a farewell meeting in July which he is still promoting, it’s all a load of rubbish, just someone trying to be funny I think

Do tell more ? Where have you heard this ?

I think you will find Daniel that in UK Speedways "echo chamber" it really will never, ever be their fault.. And they will also have plenty of "hangers on" to agree with them, which then allows them to feel that they are "doing something right", so they carry on with the same failing plan.. Those "hangers on" see at close quarter "how hard they work", so feel no criticism is allowed due to this... "Working Hard" and "Working Successfully" are though two seperate things..

Hume is the one that frustrates me the most. Mulford and Bailey are young lads trying to progress so their struggles are more understandable. Hume is a reasonably experienced rider now but is so frustrating to watch. Seems to over try and loses scoring positions far too often. He’s been slightly better away from home but still disappointing overall in my opinion.

It was the same price as a normal Champ & NL match, but they didn't get to see 30 heats. Can't call that excellent value for money myself!

If Dick Barrie and/or Berwick Speedway believe that the very poor attendance at the recent Scunthorpe, Kent double header was down to people having a Kings coronation party, then they are not reading the room. I know plenty people who didn't go and not one of them said it was due to the coronation, more value for money and the price itself.

For me the refs in both incidents got it right, Rider on the inside ahead going into the corner, don't deviate from their lines, rider on the outside behind, and tries to drop it on the inside rider. Worrall went wide because Edwards clipped his bike.

I’ll book the leaving night out for you.Which phone box do you prefer.

I've Decided to leave the Speedway forum site, the Peterborough page is not a good place to visit, for anyone who simply wants to enjoy their speedway.

With the amount of guests and use of RR they may as well scrap the race nights and just go with what is best Teams will then build sides with riders who would be available for their home meetings more often than not, away sides will likely see the use of guests and RR Depends on how many fixtures as surely they could work around Sweden/Denmark fixtures, perhaps less meetings with more completed sides is better than cramming in loads of meetings with loads of unavailability

You may have just convinced me to go to Peterborough

What a race! What a meeting!

despite the number of races i was really impressed how the meeting flowed, even with some fallers (most of who got up quickly) and getting water down, was a job well done today by the organisers

Completely disagree which is why reffing these matches is so subjective.

Agree ,Lindgren caught caught Lamparts arm which straightened him up.

Agree

he just caught lamparts elbow which straightened him up. but ref made correct decision.

I would not disagree that they are deserving of a place in the finals but there are other Nations that have no riders in the top 12 & with only 3 slots to fill I'm sure the powers would prefer to see more flags flying than more riders under the same flag.

https://vk.com/video-81427162_456239501?fbclid=IwAR3HiVHYvxhyqtSqKgfD9A0cdAOj7AXAW2NPlEM0Bu1WVA-m5zBMXvd-IhI https://vk.com/video-53550004_456241305?fbclid=IwAR3YMRW2uw6kdyN_A1uLrZa1KPgReDpUETOKW82NhW1D-Ch0opt_s0rQxsA

Yep, have to say it's a poor decision. Rider safety is most important, but the track had not deteriorated since the start and as such they should have ridden to a finish imo.

Under pressure from Canal + to get the Torun meting on on time I wonder

New track record in heat 9 from Lebedevs.

All riders get one ride off each gate, so I’m not sure how you came to the conclusion that being at No2 has more inside gates than No4.

There's some truth in what you are saying, (not sure Jake will come that good). The weakness of the second strings and reserves, has been apparent from the start. This problem is compounded, because of the starts situation. Gates 2 and especially 4 are currently so dominant. When Redcar are on these gates, they don't have a second rider, to take advantage of the situation, whereas Poole very often maxed it when the roles were reversed. The first thing that should happen, is to try and even up the gates.

Unfortunately many of those involved within the "echo chamber" of UK Speedway are well meaning amateurs, who are miles out of their depth skill set wise for the roles they take on.. And as there often isn't a "Gold Standard" operationally to benchmark yourself, and aspire to be, the general malaise continues.. "We are doing our best" really isn't an answer when things go wrong. In fact, it questions your capability even further, as, if "doing my best" has put me in the predicament I find myself in then I am probably not the person to solve the issue, and should either step aside and let someone have a go, or go and seek help from those better qualified than me, (with the correct skill set ), to support me in sorting the problem out.. I cannot take UK Speedway seriously from a team angle, but I know some still do, so I would imagine that if "my team" hadn't won for nearly a year then I would be just a tad peed off and expect something a bit better from those running it, and competing for it.. I certainly wouldnt be too pleased though to be told that paying my money doesnt entitle me to complain.. They must have too many fans so want to lose a few hundred by alienating them I presume.. And, to be fair, the sport as a whole has done a great job of that over the past 2 decades or so..

Saturday night and there's not 1 meeting on in the UK south of Redcar... a really sad state of affairs

Coronation one of the biggest events this country has/will ever see for a long time so I think it will not be far off from the correct assessment. Seems a small minority are speaking vocally of poor value for money but those I spoke too thought the pricing model provided excellent value for money.

Goodness me, this is embarrassing from the Peterborough management. Every fan wants to hear their management team interact with fans but there rules, those rules are, no matter how angry fans are don't belittle & down play their importance under any circumstances. As I've always said, a clubs closure is NEVER the fault of it's supporters. The blame is 100% owners.

https://m.vk.com/video-53550004_456241305?list=1ba31b56ce158fb32c&from=wall-53550004_85786 15 well worth watching and a race in the middle with Dudek and Bartosz. Can’t remember the others off the top of my head sorry

more fight in Dudek tonight. What i like to see.

He is battered and brused he hit the fence at full wack ,it could have been alot worse !

I like Redcar, it is a good club. But watching the Bears rewind, I think Gavin is contradicting himself a bit. First he kept saying on Weds and Sat that Poole could just easily do well (or win) at Redcar like Redcar did at Poole. Then he says he thought they did enough at Poole (which is fair enough). But you can't have both. Which makes me think they got complacent and thought they were just going to win and go through. Scott Nicholls was the last person to underestimate Poole and didn't turn out well for Oxford either.

Krosno are getting hammered in the press.

I wasn't planning on attending tomorrow. But if it's our last meeting, I will definitely be there. I've had to cancel an important dinner in Canary Wharf with a client, but the Panthers always come first in my life.

Is Howarth fit then? Thought he picked up a wrist injury at Oxford? Maybe not too bad then. Come back!!!

Berwick vs Rye House, August 2012. In heat 2, both Robert Ksiezak and Rob Branford crashed in heat 2 for the Bandits. Kziezak took no further part in the meeting, Branford managed to race in the rerun, but withdrew after. They were already using RR for Seb Alden, so basically rode the meeting with four riders. They still won 50-39.

It's been the same for 20 years so nothing worth getting excited about. When they are backed into a corner with a constant stream of criticism coming their way then they hit out, it's human nature, we'd do the same. The responses I'm reading though are not their finest hour but that's where poor PR & lack of detail leads: Most disappointing bit for me is: "Everyone knows the situation at the Showground and we are not big enough to stop a £50 million development from going ahead, things are very sensitive with the Showground contract and who knows what happens after October this year." Anyone is big enough to make a noise and fuss but we don't appear to be doing either which is probably upsetting some fans? What's sensitive? The club has already said "We have a contract with the Showground until the end of October, and at this stage it is highly unlikely that this will be renewed" "If you're all so vocal why not get yourselves together and form a committee dedicated to saving Peterborough speedway rather than bashing it?" Isn't that the definition of a supporters club? A better suggestion would have been to join the supporters club who are working save the club and put your effort in that direction. Problem being that they seem to be as quiet as the management?

Dicks a Dick.

Our promotion need to hire a PR manager because they're not good when it comes to communicating with the fans. The fans have every right to call them out.

To be fair I don’t think he’s a new addition as he had a “disagreement” with him at Plymouth in 2021 I seem to remember. Every team would be better with a Charles Wright in it in my opinion, proper racer and always gives 100%.

Careful what you wish for ….

Need new glasses, looked quickly and thought cook was cock! Then again.....maybe I was right in first place, or even choking the chicken I suppose.