Daniel Smith

The scoring system in British Speedway is the best thing the BSPA have ever come up with. The system keeps meetings alive far longer than the standard system

What people fail to see with the SoN this year was Rossiter's absurd decision to bring in Harris. Regardless of what happened previously, that decision alone deserved criticism and the sack. There were so many better options available.

THJ Terrible signing

That's exactly how meetings should be done. Hopefully it becomes the norm at King's Lynn, I may even come back if things improve on a regular basis

Absolutely correct. For me, the way forward is to give the responsabilites to the team captain. Rob and Vicky should pick the rider's for Great Britain meetings and then Woffy does the rest on race days.

Great to read there was some decent racing last night. Hopefully this is a corner turned by Buster to let the track run it's natural course.

Best news this week

That's been proven to not be the case at all.

What you say on the whole is correct but not where King's Lynn is concerned. King's Lynn used to produce excellent racing whereas now, you'd be luck to get one heat of wheel to wheel action. It's no coincidence that Peterborough fans have seen a deterioration in the racing at the showground. The tracks are there, it's the delusional owner that's the problem

- Real name - Daniel Smith - Age - 40 - Location - Wolverhampton / Sutton Bridge - What do you do for a living - Long term sick going on for 3 years now. Really really miss work. - Club you support - King's Lynn, don't attend at all now due to the current owner, refuse to line his pockets. - what got you into speedway - A mates parents used to take me when I was a kid. First real memory of the sport though was when Mark Loram signed as a reserve, riding the track differently to anyone else. Also watching Denis Löfquist constantly falling off. - best speedway moment - way to many to mention - worst speedway moment - Peter Karlsson's leg breaking crash at King's Lynn. Was an absolutely incredible and shocking noise when he hit the fence on the first bend at full tilt. Then the death at King's Lynn of David Nix. Saddest of all was the death of Ashley Jones, this one hit me hardest as this happened on my birthday. - Favourite speedway rider and why - Nicki Pedersen. Reason is he gave no fooks and raced as hard as possible. - most disliked speedway rider and why - Darcy Ward - for someone of such quality on a bike, his attitude didn't half stink and it's still no different. Great racer / horrible human being. - what do you enjoy other than speedway - watching many other sports. Manchester United fan, England fan in Football, Rugby Union and Cricket. Love watching the Ryder Cup Golf, Darts and F1 occasionally. Due to illness, am unable to get around as much as I'd like and do more physical stuff. - social media links - No ta, only like keeping up to date in things I'm interested in. Not really a social media chatting type

You don't like him because he acts stupid. Yet everyone on the south coast of Poole absolutely loved Darcy Ward. Forgetting his talent, that kid was a proper d!©[<. Craig is very tame compared

If I'm correct, some of Craig's complaint is to do with how close Vatcher is to Jon Cook and Vatcher's shown bias in the lack of punishment towards one of the Dugard's. Also, maybe Lewis Kerr has an opinion in the defence of Craig Cook seeing as they're King's Lynn team mates but were rivals at Eastbourne. If any rider was to deserve the longest ban it should have been Kennett. He got involved in something that had nothing to do with him.

BSPA can't make changes to SCB matters.

See my earlier post to my reply to you

Explain. If the showground closes, where would you lay the blame? It 100% isn't the fans fault for not wanting to waste money being not entertained is it

Absolutely rubbish

DC watches his Speedway at King's Lynn so that's exactly what he's saying. Racings crap, atmospheres crap but it's still value for money Apparently, Speedway fans should keep paying their hard earned £18 even though they're not enjoying the product If tracks close down, the finger is firmly on the owner, not being able to bring in enough punters to make it sustainable. That's where the buck stops. No blame and finger pointing should be had towards the fans at all. Fans are NOT responsible for the death of a once (and still can be) a great sport

You're right, the stats don't lie, every time Woffy is in the side performances improve dramatically. That has sweet FA to do with Rosco. He doesn't even have to call to exclude Woffy if he wanted to. Thanks to Rob Painter and Vicky Blackwell, Rosco is nothing more than a puppet and only has the task of picking 2 riders for the SON & each heat (Woffy picks himself & Rosco still ball's up). The training sessions etc are zero to do with Puppet Rosco.

So, because he's wasting money we should kiss his a$$ and tell him what a wonderful job he's doing?? Totally ignoring the total contempt in the way he treats his customers??

GO ON COOKIE LAD, SMASH UM' UP BOY Speedway as it should be, that's entertainment

How can the SCB fine Craig?!? No regulations state that bikes shouldn't be ridden during a parade. In fact, some clubs do parades with rider's going round on their bikes. The only thing that should have happened is a little word in the ear to the Glasgow manager to have a word with his team. As for the safety of children on the centre green, that is the responsibility of Eastbourne to not allow them to leave the area until parade has ended. If people / youngsters were running across the track during parade then the Eastbourne management need to have a long hard look at themselves rather than blaming Glasgow. If people / youngsters wasn't on track then there wasn't a problem, only the "have a go hero" marshall started and created one. From the short video, if any fines are to be handed out, it should be to the Eastbourne management for failing to control their staff, exacerbating the tension with centre green announcements etc. Craig Cook (and other Glasgow rider's) according to Speedway regulations are totally the innocent party.

Everyone knows what needs to be done but we have a stubborn owner. Buster once had a dream that the AFA would be a permanent home to British Speedway with GP's, World Cups etc but the National Speedway Stadium has put paid to that dream. I believe stadium development will now stall completely. At the end of the day, we know the track material will not change and neither will the track shape unfortunately.

King's Lynn definitely needs a width adjustment. ½ meter on the bends with more banking would make a significant difference to start.

Banned? What have I missed?!?

The part I've highlighted is the very reason I feel one big league would be a bigger disaster to the sport than the 2 main leagues now. Guests will still be needed and due to the lack of rider availability in 1 big league, teams will be riding with gueat riders for far longer. Likely a whole season as rider's struggle to be found.