mikebv

Why change the habits of a lifetime?

And the Sky money was over a million a year... For, was it 20 years? Some top names got to retire from the UK off the back off that... Before earning shed loads more in Poland...

With the same old, same old, operating model being used.. I suppose if it was good enough for the 70's it is good enough for now, over fifty years later... An amazing concept....

Top three v Top three (at the NSS), the Aces shade by maybe four... Bottom four v Bottom four (anywhere), the Witches are considerably better, (12 points at least I would suggest)...

Those who still attend are pretty much "lifers" and will mainly turn up every meeting... And, with the end of the Brummies, maybe a few more of those who have drifted away from the early Tony Mole days will attend...? Plus, a few more away fans on a "last chance to see" mission could add a few dozen to the total.. I think he has probably spent enough over the years, so fair play to him for not spending more...

.And require about an extra £5k to £6k outlay to pay for the home and away matches. Even for an "average" Polish top tier rider... Who would put hardly one extra person through the turnstile... That is the reality, hence no point in chucking good money after bad..

Maybe Wroclaw had paid for his physio...?

Many years of burying collective heads in the sand, and not listening to those who have drifted away, but still closely follow the sport, has delivered what we have today... Not sure those who have put the sport currently where it sits, are in anyway capable of sorting it out to be honest. The issues, and their obvious solutions, have been staring them in the face for two decades at least, and they have steadfastly ignored them... What will suddenly make them capable now of having a clear vision for the growth of the sport?

Dan Bewley too.... Major rehab.....

He doesnt need to contact Brady... Because he knows more about Brady's injury than the doctor who signed him off... More than even the physio who spent almost a week helping him to ride on Friday (a Wroclaw paid for physio by the way).. And more than Mark Lemon, (an ex rider and his manager), who didn't put any pressure on him to ride at Leicester, as he knew the locking up of the bike on such a track, wouldn't help the injury... And obviously, as everyone knows, if you can complete your rides, you simply cannot be injured...

With the random fan shot of them "going wild" as Kelvin described, being about 15 people, several sat in camping chairs, with loads of space between them and around them... An amazing overtake to hopefully get some interest from anyone watching who may not follow the sport... And then a clear message delivered of "does anyone go to this sport?".. No FOMO message unfortunately, which the sport over here could desperately do with delivering when on TV .. Maybe for TV meetings, (as they obviously don't want to reduce prices to get more people in), possibly close certain areas to make supporters stand or sit closer together? Zooming in on a hundred or so together celebrating (thus also hiding the camping chairs😁), must give a much greater "brand image" than sadly gets generated currently every time the two hours worth of advertising goes out... These moments are the ones that can truly "sell the sport", but the lack of a crowd shot showing massive enthusiasm and volume of people, sell it far, far too short... One of Poland's "wow factors" is exactly this. If Emil had done that over there the camera would have panned round on thousands wildly celebrating which only reflects positively on the sport, and creates positivity for the sport, giving it a "I must not miss this" vibe, which then in course brings more in to watch... People are like sheep, they will follow what others follow if you can generate enough interested people in the first place. That is where hype comes in, and it doesn't have to be all true.... Zooming in on a 100 can make the place look full and somewhere worth me visiting "because they have"...

Only 4 race wins will always leave a team vulnerable to the other team with 11 wins. As the Aces showed they only needed to turn two of them into 5-1's given the score remained so close. And when they do it in two out of the three last races there is no comeback .

Captain Fantastic .😍

Emil..... Great rider....

Do Speedway clubs market their own camping chairs? Could be a nice little earner...

Warning for Doyle?

And a whole host of others who cleared off when the Sky money got removed..

Damn those Bloody facts .....😁

TV UK Speedway Bingo!!... It could catch on!... All could possibly be applicable apart from the crowd one I would say.... Decent crowds at Ipswich each week...

But! But! But!... He completed his rides!!!! Which means the injury couldnt have been too serious *.... Nice to see Brady can elicit such interest though... Five days, and counting... * as decreed by the BSF doctor"s...

90 seconds... We are following GP rules....

Blame the game, not the players...

And don't forget... "If you complete your rides, you cannot be that injured".... A special line, even amongst many special ones... I presume therefore, that the three riders mentioned above, and Jan Kvech last night, were clearly not "that injured"... Imagine on here if Brady did a Musielak, or an MJJ, and "effed off" before completing even half a season and just rode in Poland...? You would think by now that most followers of the sport over here, would know where UK Speedway stands in the list of rider importance... And not get too worked up when some may decide three meetings in three days is too much when carrying an injury.. Especially when two of the meetings are long term career defining, and one isn't... With the least important one even allowing your team to bring a ringer in to replace you if the team so wishes, so minimising harm to the team, and, as quite often happens, (depending on rider and track), even make it stronger.... Well done to Brady on his first GP win, hopefully one of many, and good to see someone race that isn't intimated by BZ....

I must admit, when I started watching Polish Speedway, and saw the levels of racing and crowds, I thought exactly the same.. And then you watched a meeting from over here on a Monday, and quickly realised that sadly, the only comparison you could make is that both are called Speedway... It could actually even be deemed almost unfair to the UK Promoters to show Polish Speedway over here, given the expectations it could create... Great to watch every Friday and Sunday... Add in a GP on a Saturday and its truly a cracking weekend...

Brilliant from Fricke.... Flying at the moment.... Another excellent meeting....