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And this exact topic is exactly why this forum is going down the pan. Surely mods can delete this rubbish and trying and make speedway have a little ounce of respect. Imagine if you were knew to speedway and this forum or even posting on this forum loads to discuss and you see a couple of people just insulting and arguing over non speedway related stuff. Surely mods can get some control over this and all ow this site half a chance to get back to being a proper forum of speedway discussion.

The plan was to have 2027 completed well in advance.... July would be "well in advance"... They are running an operating model simply unfit for any purpose other than giving riders a chance to earn a living riding Speedway... Two leagues being ran of similar inconsequence.. "Any Speedway" being put out, devoid of any jeopardy, consequence, or credibility... And all done on nights to suit riders but not necessarily the fans.... In 1976 you would walk into Woolworths on a Saturday morning, and it was heaving, with people of all ages, as kids even went there to buy records and pick n mix.. In 2006 you would walk into Woolworths on a Saturday morning and it was empty apart from a customer base of a sparse number of 50+ somethings.. But the stores, and their operating model, stil looked like it was back in 1976... UK Speedway is Woolworths... Decades of zero plans to move the business forwards due to the lack of skill set of those running it, and a reliance on doing the same thing every year, and hoping an ever dwindling, and ageing, customer base would suddenly, one day, wake up and decide to return.. They didn't in Woolworths case, and they won't for UK Speedway... It needs proper, radical change...

😂 that’s doubling up for you!

Sadly even the most loyal supporters have become disillusioned with the offering and if you look at the lapsed supporters and even those who use to contribute on this forum no longer bothering it sums up why no one bothers any more. A few hardy souls will traipse along to the meetings but for what, a contrived league that holds meetings as and when and if someone is pissing in the wind it is called off because of adverse weather. Where did it all go so wrong. Time for a major reset and focus on young up and coming talent and stop pandering to a few who see the UK as a supplementary income to fund overheads without the need to over do anything apart from turn up at the track. The riders are not to blame but those who employ them are. These guys are contracted to overseas clubs paying top dollar and they are not going to jeopardise everything for a tin pot Monday/Thursday night league with six clubs where the teams are made up of the riders doubling up who are screwing the system by trying to make an annual return out of possibly 20 plus meetings. For the bean counters, work out how many evenings/days they actually race in the UK and then you have an idea of the restricted working pattern with individuals seeking an annualised return that does not stack up if compared to the alarm clock worker who in person in this the country has to graft five plus days a week or more to try and make a decent annual living. You then ask why would they attend a meeting simply to line the pockets of part timers. The sport has lost its way with supporters, sponsors and the trust of many. Fingers crossed someone comes along with ideas to turn it around because as a spectacle and Plymouth can prove it, racing and excitement can prevail, it just takes balls to offer the public what they want when they want it as opposed to the riders.

Suppose with Morris giving away Thursday’s as one of UK’s nights to Poland we’re starting to see the impact it’ll have with weakened teams becoming more regular. Just wonder where the the influx of all these riders form continent that Morris said would happen by giving this race night away are ?

Guests and doubling up are speedway’s pick ‘n’ mix! 😀

When the season is running, people want momentum and routine. If you have big, erratic gaps between meetings, some fans lose the habit, find other things to fill their evenings, and just drift away. The winter break is different because everyone knows exactly when it starts, when it ends, and the anticipation builds up for opening night of the season the closer you get.

Up to the end of May, the top two tiers had used 77 Guests.... With so few meetings too!!!! Imagine trying to sell nonsense like that to any major potential league sponsor who isn't already within the UK Speedway Bubble?.. Is there any way forward for UK Speedway?..

I think it's now abundantly clear that unless you're starting in mid May, due to a global pandemic, a 6 team league is pretty 5hite!

Disagree,you get the nod over klindt

Yep, Batchelor, despite getting a lot of hate, has never missed a meeting for us and he travels a long way. He may have his off nights but he's saved us a lot more than he's let us down. True captain. UTC!

Is it too hard to scroll back a few posts, or even look on the Workington website or social media pages ? No wonder just about everyone hates Poole. It's not the Team or promotion it's the fans who're stuck in their own small World.

He said 'skelped' not 'scalped'. It's a Scottish word meaning to slap, smack or spank. As in the phrase 'he had a face like a well-skelped arse'. Stewart Dickson is Scottish, you know 😄

I can picture a speedway promoter working in a supermarket’s customer services. A fat middle aged bloke sitting behind a desk with an index finger in each ear.☺️

I see them more as the middle aisle in Lidl... You have no idea what random stuff you will see until you have gone in....

Don't give them ideas

Face it, Northside circuit on its very worst day is better than Derwent Park's track was on its best.

Quickest way to make speedway popular again is by somehow adding a ball,, people love ball sports. Football, Rugby, Golf, Tennis, Basketball, Handball, Netball, Snooker and so on,, all more popular. Each lap the riders try and kick a ball into the goal or hole or hoop, or over the net,,, simples

this season as been a mess really, you already lost fans due to the mess in deciding what they wanted to do this year, then the sporadic of meetings is losing more, i know we have BSN who do a great job but no TV exposure is killing us also. they really need to pull there finger out and sort 2027 now, and announce the rules and regs before the season is over, show us that you know what your doing, we dont want or need a winter of discontent again. where is Phil Morris, last i saw he was in the job centre queue in Cardiff

I see you are still around. Upsetting people, irritating people, winding folk up. You aren't even funny. The fact is, you know what you are doing, and that makes you a very unhappy person. I'm sorry for you.

Belle Vue and Sheffield both postponed that’s why we have only raced to clubs at home but it still doesn’t mean the fans will be excited for the next meeting on Lynn. Derby or not, it isn’t very exciting. I’m a wit he’s fans obviously but only going to see Rushen, I really like watching his style and seeing him rise to the top in a few years time.

What about the chateau!🤣

Dan Thompson would be a better option I would think than Masters on current form and how he was at Northampton a few weeks ago for Leicester . Sam really struggled with the track and is not in great form in the Premiership

Don't encourage them 😜. They just want other promotions to do the ground work on young prospects, then come in waving the £ss to try and sign them for their own good, look at the 2 16 year olds in the pilots team, no youth policy but splash the cash to sign them up

Semi 1: 1. Marek Ziman SK (3,3,3,3,3) 15 2. Elias Jamil Jensen DK (2,3,3,2,3) 13 3. Brady Landon US (2,3,3,2,2) 12 4. Andzejs Smulkevics LV (3,T,3,3,2) 11 5. Arsenii Mykulchyn UA (3,3,1,3,0) 10 6. Oskar Winczewski PL (2,2,2,1,2) 9 7. Cooper Antone AU (3,2,2,d,1) 8+3 8. Nate Smith AU (1,2,2,2,1) 8+2 9. Oliver Bovingdon GB (2,1,1,1,3) 8+1 10. Casper Kluczniak GB (0,1,0,3,3) 7 11. Bruno Preibisch DE (d,2,2,0,2) 6 12. Jesper Kvarnström SE (1,1,1,1,1) 5 13. Chelu Denis Alberto RO (1,0,1,0,1) 3 14. Ondrej Trnik SK (0,0,R,2,0) 2 15. Lenja Tebbe DE (1,1,0,0,0) 2 16. Topias Manner FI (T,0,0,1,0) 1 17. Tia Zorko SI (0,0) 0 Heat 1 (73.22): Antone, Winczewski, Smith, Preibisch (d) Heat 2 (72.69): Smulkevics, Landon, Alberto, Zorko Heat 3 (73.27): Mykulchyn, Bovingdon, Tebbe, Trnik Heat 4 (72.08): Ziman, Jensen, Kvarnström, Kluczniak Heat 5 (72.94): Mykulchyn, Winczewski, Kluczniak, Zorko Heat 6 (72.33): Ziman, Antone, Bovingdon, Alberto Heat 7 (72.85): Landon, Preibisch, Kvarnström, Trnik Heat 8 (72.21): Jensen, Smith, Tebbe, Manner Heat 9 (72.59): Jensen, Winczewski, Alberto, Trnik (R) Heat 10 (72.34): Smulkevics, Antone, Kvarnström, Tebbe Heat 11 (72.22): Ziman, Preibisch, Mykulchyn, Manner Heat 12 (72.74): Landon, Smith, Bovingdon, Kluczniak Heat 13 (72.64): Ziman, Landon, Winczewski, Tebbe Heat 14 (74.78): Kluczniak, Trnik, Manner, Antone (d) Heat 15 (72.06): Smulkevics, Jensen, Bovingdon, Preibisch Heat 16 (73.06): Mykulchyn, Smith, Kvarnström, Alberto Heat 17 (74.46): Bovingdon, Winczewski, Kvarnström, Manner Heat 18 (74.89): Jensen, Landon, Antone, Mykulchyn Heat 19 (73.95): Kluczniak, Preibisch, Alberto, Tebbe Heat 20 (72.60): Ziman, Smulkevics, Smith, Trnik Run-off (74.12): Antone, Smith, Bovingdon

I’m not so sure. Edwards is now struggling along with phb at reserve whilst lynn’s are on the up. That and pace not riding might make it close

Because they are well under the points limit, it looks like they could replace Batchelor with Zagar, if fit, at least up to 30 June - then new averages would come in to play. Once the Foxes have completed 75% of their league matches, a returning Zagar could only replace Jeppesen.

Well he was recruited by Birmingham who have an outstanding record in poor signings. Spent lots of time in the pits on the spanner’s so I guess it stands to reason he is the ideal candidate. on par with Peter Schroek imo

Think you will be the only Tigers fan that feels they needed more from Flint in that meeting.Its pretty obvious what the Team problems are.

Without the water... only forecasted 😁

...erm, not sure about that?!

You won’t leave. You live for this forum 😂

What the Sheffield captain? Surely not 🤔, especially after their team manager went on his holidays for the Leicester match... TEAM 👊

Northampton really aren’t far off. They need to make ONE change in particular, two changes if they can’t get anyone worthwhile for Batchelor’s average. I really don’t think there’s an awful lot between Northampton, Lynn and Ipswich. Or Leicester come to that!

These kids are the future of speedway, and even the U16s provide great racing and viewing. Absolutely terrible news highlighting yet again the ineptitude of the FIM and associated organizations in managing and promoting the sport.

Poor display from Leicester - who looked like a championship side - just glad I didn’t watch it live

Err, yes he has.

I think Jake Allan would expect to reach an 8 point average if you asked him and Edwards isn’t progressing and has stood still, I get we should always have a strong reserve partnership but we should be expecting more than 0 for Edwards at home or 5 points between Klindt and Allan, simply not good enough I’m afraid.

Some good racing tonight despite the scoreline. Doyle was superb in his first ride with Will Cairns and was a class act all night. Kildemand, Blodorn and Zischke will all feel more confident after scoring well. I'm sure Belle Vue would have lost money though - a very poor attendance and lots of points money to pay out.

He's 43.

I have to say that some of his posts were "interesting" to say the least although he did have some strange theories on some subjects which personally I thought were somewhat questionable but each to their own!

After Belle Vue he's lined up to join our sister track Northampton 😀

Have a look at the link below https://publicaccess.eastherts.gov.uk/online-applications/appealDetails.do?previousCaseType=Property&keyVal=SD5TKXGL00W00&previousCaseNumber=NHWOPI00DT014&previousCaseUprn=010034516473&activeTab=summary&previousKeyVal=NHWOPI00DT015 Unlawful development has continued at the stadium since this enforcement notice was issued. The public inquiry allows the leaseholders to be seriously questioned in front of the planning inspector.

Yeah, it’s all about opinions I suppose. Personally, I think there’s more to come from him as he’s not one to rest on his laurels.

Others don’t think like that on here, but do you know what I couldn’t care a monkeys.🙉

What are the indicators that make you assume Flint is at his level?

Dean is one of the few who talks sense in this forum!

What's he doing on here, it's normally a Poole thread

Batch has been a great reliable team member and skipper, just wish he and all the riders would come round and take the plaudits more, they can seem unnecessarily detached at times which isn't good for rider fan interaction. There was some improvement in this last season but it has slipped back.

He obviously has no idea,why don't you offer your expertise in track prep?