BWitcher

F1 has changed their entire scoring system a number of times. They've change qualifying rules and regs many times also. I see what you are saying though and as said earlier, personally I think there is too much doubling up/down going on but its going to take some time to fix it, the only way to do so is to increase the stream of British riders coming through. The problem is, are there enough British riders with the right attitude to do this, we're already seeing signs of complaints from them again. All along I've felt this is the difference between some (not all) young British riders and there foreign counterparts who have more get up and go get it about them.

haha, A similar occurence happened in the States where a car containing I think Bret Hart, Davey Boy Smith (British Bulldog) and I believe Andre the Giant was being driven by a very small, thin manager. I can't remember the exact details of what led up to it but a similar thing happened. Andre in his youth would not be someone you would want to anger lol

No Sidney, you haven't grasped the word. IT IS NOT AN OPINION. 2 x 2 is 4. That is a fact. Not an opinion. Did you argue that at school, that in your opinion it was different? The old rule was more unfair than the current one. That is STONE COLD FACT. Once again, another incorrect post. Rules across all sports are consistently changing. It may have been interesting the first time, the 2nd time.. but its about the 8th time the 'story' has popped up in the last year. Pretty much word for word the same. Its like one of those 'Facebook' stories that do the rounds time and again, with just a few words changed here and there.

Sigh. It's not a case of believing or not believing. Its a fact. The old tac sub was more unfair, FAR more unfair than the current one. A valid argument would be to say getting 'double pts' makes the sport look silly in your opinion. That I could understand, but to argue on the point of fairness is quite simply wrong. I have no doubt you will come back with a rant about "who are you to tell me what I should think", that's your choice. Your argument is the equivalent of arguing with your teacher as a younger in class that 2 x 2 doesn't equal 4 because in your opinion its 5. It would be foolish.

Not really, as there is some credence in the point Cats Eyes was trying to make. I personally believe there is too much doubling up/down going on and it can have an adverse effect, however I see the reasons why. Perhaps the new scheme we are seeing being implemented might be the start of a way to eliminate that. We will see.

If he had simply posted his opinions instead of trying to hide it behind a fictitious conversation, then further try to hide it behind the even more ridiculous claim that this person, with little interest in speedway, decided to go off and talk about something he has no interest in with others who also have no interest... and that these conversations, although the participants had no interest in the topic, were so interesting, that they ensured word got back to the original source is simply far fetched. Double pts is a different issue.

Spot on.

Have BSI said anything about Chris Harris? No they haven't... at this stage it's once again propaganda from OneSport. Once again, folk lap it up.

And? Minor League Teams are individual clubs in their own right, with an affiliation to a Major League Team. Players can be moved around by the Major League team as and when they want too (within certain rules). They can be called up to the Major League team, play Wednesday night, be sent back to the Minor League ( or a different one) the next day in some circumstances. A Minor League team, which again is a team in its own right, playing in its own league, can have a star player, get to the playoffs of their league then see there star player disappear off to play for someone else. That's the sport, that's how it works. I thought they were your friends opinions? Getting a little closer to the truth now. Funnily enough, this regurgitated opening post we keep seeing always tends to come from infrequent users of the site too.

Good lad hope you've reported the others too. This conversation seems a consistent one that crops up every month or two.. always the same variables... the same laughter.. cut and paste and change a few words here and there.

Quite frankly yes. "When we got around to who rides for whom".. this with a friend who clearly has little knowledge of speedway.. so why does 'who rides for whom' have any relevance to him and why would it even come up in the conversation. He won't know the names anyway. Try explaining baseball to him, players can play for 4,5 even 6 teams in a season. Make sure he's sat down first though, he sounds very exciteable, wouldn't want an accident.

Some of the supporters.. certainly the ones who feel the need to go into such detail like the OP on this topic with someone who has never seen the sport.

We read your fantasy conversation. You can find plenty of sites for fiction around the internet.

Come on WK.. admit it.. you love it.

Little tip. The home team wears red and blue helmet covers, the away team white and yellow. You see those numbers they have on their backs? Funnily enough you can match them up in the programme, so filling it in neatly shouldn't be a problem. Sure some of the names may have changed, but I have never, ever been to a meeting and not known. It's either been announced or if for some reason I've arrived late, just ask someone else. More needless nitpicking.

I know of golfers in the Ryder Cup who have said they don't what the overall score is also, they preferred to avoid looking at the scoreboards to concentrate on their own game, for the betterment of the team.

Here we go again. Another made up story.

You're confused Never too Old. In an effort to keep it simple, it's as you say, clockwise rider once behind.. pie chucking from 7pts down (can be used unlimited times, but pies per heat are determined by pts behind as in Never to Olds post). The Water cannon only kicks in at 10pts down and can only be used twice and must be operated by the team manager. Each team manager will be allocated an average, dependent upon his success rate with the cannon and this average will count towards team building in future years. They haven't announced how this average will be calculated yet, other than Neil Middleditch will be given a 0.00 average. Edited to add: The water cannon and ALL pies can only be purchased from Barry Briggs.

I heard from a well informed source in the cafe across the road that the deal requires there to be a clockwise race every 3 heats. Additionally if a team falls more than 10pts behind they can fire a water cannon at the away riders, but only head on down the straights for safety purposes.. of course they run the risk of shooting their own riders too so a level of skill is required. Team Managers only to operate the cannon. The shots from the CannonCam should be spectacular.

What is the title of the Sailing console game out of interest? I know of PC games, but not console. Speedway also has quite a number of PC games. Oops, hadn't seen this. You are correct, there have been a number of speedway games on the PC. A series of games by Techland, who provided the official licenced version. There are versions on iOS available now too.. not sure about Android but I assume there is. Also a game called Extreme Speedway from a few years back.

Hardly possible for me to do the same thing as there hasn't been an endless stream of propaganda from BSI has there.

Oooh... Triple Point races!! White Knight will love it as the double pters are gone, we'll hate it.

There will be more and more propaganda coming from Poland, of that there is no doubt. It matters not whether its true or not true, folk will lap it up and flock to the banner of the poor old mistreated OneSport against the evil BSI.

And that is why the sport will continue on its steady decline.

He hasn't made claims of the sort at all. He has spoken sense throughout this thread, whereas you have shown yourself to be completely naive and way out of touch with modern life and how to get something noticed. You've shown that again here in this post. You have the same sort of attitude that business such as Blockbuster, HMV etc had.. ignoring the online world until it was too late and other businesses passed you by.