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While the sport is run by the idiots in charge (bspa) you have little chance of drawing in the punters full stop.

Umm far more Elite riders than our Elite league & no fairground rules. I would say with good weather it would have been far better & lets be honest any speedway that is not run by the bspa will always be better!

Bydgoszcz!

So who is worried now? Off topic but one thing that seems quite odd is that the Witches dropped down because of a lack of funds but now a local Ipswich company sponsors Darcy Ward & Chris Holder to help fund there GP team.............

I agree the crowd at tonight's Swedish match looked low but my understanding is that the track is close to a village with a population of about 2000 so not a bad attendance for the area. The European Grand Prix seemed to suffer due to the weather from what I have read & I think it was also stated on the night. I'm not sure about the Polish league as I haven't seen any coverage from this season. It seems that at least the Poles are investing in the sport ie stadia etc.

Having watched the Swedish league match on Euro sport tonight did kind of show where speedway in this country should go. No daft joker rules Kenneth Bjerre missing though injury and no Guest so just 2 full teams of the clubs own riders using sensible rules to score 2 points for a match win 1 for a draw & a bonus point for scoring the most over 2 matches. Simple! As for the top flight over here then maybe the time has come to run 1 night a week..........

Interesting topic! Having been to Foxhall today I have to say I am concerned for the future. A 'bumper' crowd with large gaps on the home straight & first second bends these would have been packed 3 or 4 years ago for a bank holiday meeting in fact I think it would have been a average Thursday night gate a few seasons ago so concerned point one crowd level. Second point from today the 'blue grove' on the inside line. Now speedway is supposed to be a dirt track sport & the dirt provides the grip well today the bikes were spinning up on the inside so very little grip I suspect! Speedway as a whole needs to look at the bike & track set up & get back to tracks that provide grip & allows the riders to race but I guess you need bikes that can run on deep grippy tracks todays bikes I don't think can. British Speedway needs a complete make over new governing body new rule book & riders riding in one league for one team.

So that was my first team match of the season & not a great performance really we were so slow out of the starts but Gino looks good I can't say too much else on the team as I have not seems them ride as a unit before today. The track looks so slick at the moment & the blue grove was in attendance on the inside. From where I was sitting you could hear the bikes spinning up on the inside line so losing traction but no one seemed to want to head to the outside. Was the crowd really bumper? it seemed sparse for a bank holiday lots of gaps in the home straight & first/second bend.

Well I must say after last night it seems Louis was right over Lanham & myself & a fair few others were wrong.

I read today that Cam Rohan & Gino had been called in for extra training. A little tough on Gino I Though as we all knew that the away tracks would be a struggle at first but he has done well at Foxhall. I would have thought Morten should have been called in aswell after his performance at foxhall on Friday?

He took it too stick two fingers up at Louis I guess!

Farce Friday more like if the reports are true. Rene Bach rides for Ipswich in the afternoon then for Peterbrough in the evening return & we wonder why the sport is going down the s##ter!!!

Martin Smolenski

So the farce that is British Speedway strikes again!! Rene Bach Riding for Ipswich on the afternoon & for Peterbrough in the evening crazy crazy crazy!!!!!

I really used to love the good Friday matches but I am sorry to say that I shall be staying away this year due to us missing Worral & Ellis

Not sure if the sale of Jacobs is good or not I haven't seen enough of him to tell. It would be nice to see the link between Ipswich & Mildenhall start to bear fruit!

We should try & have a round of the European championship at Foxhall top riders & tv a little bit of lime light!!

Anyone know when press & practice day is this year?

I would say when Heeps & Tungate are ready for the EL & Scotty Nicholls wants a swansong at Foxhall is when we shall go EL

Not too long to wait now I wonder what the new race suits will look like? I'm looking forward to this season not been a regular now for a while but shall be this year.

Knowing Leigh Lanham he will get a max at Foxhall!!

I might be dreaming but how good would it be to get Gollob along to Mortens Meeting?

I've been on holiday so missed the first 18 days of the year!!

Oh dear first cock up of 2014 from the BSPA!!!

Well I have to say I am happy with that side though I would have gone for Jensen in place of Risager. The big bonus is Manzares as a asset.