THE DEAN MACHINE

I was born in Wolverhampton and have always been a wolves fan and always will be but when I joined Berwick in 1999 and 2000 it became like a second home, I loved it there, the Berwick folk made me feel like one of theirs, often stayed up there with the meldrums and was often in the town or on the beach, loved the place and still do, so it definitely captured my heart

Yes who the hell is Ryan gosling ? 😂

While I agree with all of that it had no real bearing on the decline of the popularly of the sport, 95% of the fan base past and present couldn't tell the difference between a jap and a offset GM let alone how many valves it had, what changed was the riders and teams and the bond with them by the fans, it became them and us instead of one of us

Yes As long as we don’t adopt their program lay out

Here is an out there scenario, think of Ryan Reynolds taking over Wrexham football Club and having it filmed and a documentary made by Netflix. Harry redknapp taking over a speedway club (Northampton) and having it filmed for a documentary series on Netflix bringing in much needed revenue and exposure for the sport, a bit too out there ??

There were no him and cradley though ,he had his issues with the 3 because in his eyes they were creaming money off the cradley name but even if that was the case and I didn’t see it that way that’s no reason to carry that on with the heathens next generation, or Workington or anywhere else he choose to pick on

The play offs are popular, not with everyone but in an age where every penny counts while it gets crowds it’s here to stay, individual meetings or 4tt or pairs are just not well supported anymore unfortunately, as I’ve banged on about for a while the bikes are no faster today than forty years ago, what is faster is the speed of the back wheel which has increased decade on decade but race times are relatively the same and in the last 2 years seem actually to be slower, the 4 valve engine had no real bearing on the popularity of the sport, it just happened at the same time of the decline but it wasn’t the cause,the return of the 2 valve engine isn’t going to make the sport any more popular, it won’t change anything except maybe a bit of cost, price is a factor though but the decline of speedway is 90% what happens outside the safety fence, the bond between the fans and riders has been lost

That’s my point, has it even got a scheduled date ?

Anyone know if there is any speedway in the uk next season ? The silence on all fronts is deafening

I don’t actually know and I’m not sure he actually knows either, he is just a trouble maker for the sport and particularly cradley it’s a shame as a couple of points he makes about the sport are valid ones but he is just tarnishing his reputation as a rider in a lot of peoples eyes, imo he is best just ignored, I certainly wasn’t going to give him the publicity he craves on the podcast

Yes, he is rubbing a lot of folk up the wrong way

Basically I said what had already been said on the local Black Country radio before by heathens next generation and didnt say anything I was told not to say, publicly is golden and they need all the publicity they can get

Yes and he believes in his own delusion head that doing his sabotage anonymously he won’t get found out

That individual is a real pain and is doing the cause no favours at all, he is best just ignored and just hope he doesn’t do any damage

Derek smith

Joined a podcast team this week talking about all things speedway, on this week with Stuart Robson and Nigel Crabtree, giving my opinions about various subjects, they asked if I could share it,so here it is,what do you think ? Agree or disagree with me ?

I was really young when durex first sponsored speedway and has no idea what they were and also when dianetics sponsored wolves I had no idea of the controversy of them until I heard Chris van Stratton on a local radio show defending them sponsoring wolves

Wrong decision from ref, pijper ran out of room

Congratulations Ipswich,probably the best run club in British speedway

You would think the ref would of let them have a rerun for their fans and riders

Imo there are a cluster of ex riders who deserve the sport to offer them jobs for the boys if the want it and Tatum is one of them

That’s a bit unfair, no matter what you think about Tatum he has served his time as a class speedway rider and just for that he deserves the fruits that the sport can offer him

Everytime they show Dickson he looking around like hes on the run

Has Kyle howarth been to the Nicki Pedersen school of speedway

Kemps attitude is disgraceful