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Daniel Smith

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  1. Just had a thought and it may have already been said. Has the precedent now been set that even Woffinden could ride in the Championship if he so wished. If he was refused it would be a clear breach and restraint of trade in his home country.
  2. Whilst that is true the BBC still have excellent viewing figures for 'Match Of The Day'. Speedway would benefit massively with a similar format on a free channel or online. I would bet anyone that an highlights package would get far more viewers than any live meeting on free to air channel than a paying Sports network.
  3. Kelv: "You're becoming a bit frosty with me Nige, the cold shoulder treatment yet again..."
  4. The reason for showing only poor races is the clip provider fears showing the best races will hit their meeting DVD sales
  5. Speedway would be far better on the TV as a highlights package. Stick on a "match of the week" with full 15 heats, all done in about 30mins then review the other match taken place that week. Just have the Play-Offs and Final live as these become the least affected feom live TV.
  6. Like my team King's Lynn you have a great No1. After that heat winners are hard to come by. Even worse than that is heat advantages. Both of our clubs have failed to put together teams that look competitive throughout.
  7. Time for Speedway to follow suit against developers http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42745611
  8. Isn't what you're suggesting been the problem in Speedway? From 1 bad year to the next we're always told to move on, it will get better. So, while the crowds continue to dwindle, admissions go up and quality on offer deteriorate every Speedway fan should just suck it up? I still love Speedway, I still love the King's Lynn Stars even more but my breaking point has been reached by the mentioned above. No more am I willing to put ££'s into the club until I feel there's 'Value For Money' on offer. For me, there's no more 'time to move on'. The way the club is run has to be encouraging and so far this winter it's still been very poor from a fans point of view. No genuine heartfelt apologies for last season. No apology for the crass ripping off of season ticket holders. So no, I ain't just gonna move on. I feel justified in not doing so. It's up to the club to make me feel positive and so far regarding 2018 I feel they're still trying to rip off fans with a cheap poor team and increased admission costs to the many.
  9. 4 out of 7 at the training camp. Going well then
  10. I'm sure if something positive happens that adds to my experience of being a Stars fan I more than some do shout loudly. This winter from the club they've added nothing that I should get excited about. I feel the team is poor, training announcements irrelevant, link up with UEA that'll have no bearing on the sport as a whole and my experience. For all that an extra £1 for the pleasure. So far the winter break has been as poor as the 2017 season itself
  11. Sky will be rubbing their hands as the subscription costs rise and rise on BT. There will be a bust point for everyone and if BT are charging £35+ then they'll be in trouble and lose more subscribers than gain each football season
  12. I must be a rare breed when it comes to MRI scans, but I do go through a process to cope with them. Becoming a Speedway rider Lay on the bed, cage goes over my head (that's the helmet going on). Then I close my eyes. As the bed goes in I'm rolling to tapes for heat 1. Left thumb resting on that red button (clutch). As soon as I hear the 1st noise (usually a loud tic tic tic) that's the green light then the next noise (errrrrrrrrr) bang, tapes up and I'm away. Then just repeat. Even give some fist pumps a finger pointing to those behing the glass (the fans). Generally manage 15 heats per scan but if theres over run I just pop some wheelies, doughnuts etc It perfect for killing anxiety Best of luck Starry
  13. People are pointing fingures in the wrong direction in the banning of the girls. It's not the sports themselves that are removing them, it's the television channels putting the pressure on, trying to be politically correct. If Speedway insist the girls stay tv will pull the plug
  14. That's not what I meant, sorry. I believe the new main stand will effectively be on the back straight is what I was meaning.
  15. I've tried to make sense of the planning paperwork and I believe the Speedway start/finish with be at the other side to that main stand building
  16. Now not sure on this Belle Vue team. Could be top 2 but just as easily be bottom 2
  17. Using the 'Matt Ford' method it's obviously going ro be a 4.00
  18. Much of a muchness. The team strengths as a whole are more even throughout than last season. A couple of big boys have gone but at the same time NL standard riders have also gone from the reserves. Edit: Scrap all that, it's a load of dogs dangling ball sacks
  19. the reaction of those clubs will be interesting. Edit: Just had a quick cheak of the other clubs and it looks like Buster has tried to pull the wool over people's eyes again. Every team has held their price with Somerset and Leicester holding theirs at £17
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