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Have you ever made a mistake ? he's a great talent that all that matters ..or par with Lee and Ashby I would say .

Yea we well aware that he will come good again ...the moment Ward is fitted back in the side .

First all of everyone on here can have an opinion that is what the forum is for . I am sure I have never seen anyone on here say that speedway is in a good state and we all know it has massive problems and is fighting to stay alive . But not sure why we should accept any reason put forward why it is in a bad state like saying it's because the race format is complex when it's clear when the crowds were massive when it was more complex . Do you really expect people except that there is a joker used at Cardiff in on that that is somehow harder to fill in a scorecard etc these days ...if people are going to say things like that on a forum people quite rightly are not going to accept that .

As I said Speedway has always had stupid rules even when the crowds were good ...the point being talk about was people saying that one double ride is complex ...in the old days when crowds were massive you could 4 or 5 ts including two in the same race so the race format now if anything is less complex .

There is one tac sub now in league racing and using double points once is hardly rocket science compared to other sports ...when crowds were massive speedway had most of the rules it has today .

Of course there are many factors that may help bring in a crowd . But the fact is if during the day if people find out number one is or such like is replaced by say a six point pl rider then it will have an effect on the crowd .

Anyone reckon this is a Whoosh ?

I wonder what he does with the empty bottles ?

Of course the Pl and Nl have star riders ...The fans at that level would look at Cook as one of the stars and they would apply to the best riders at Nl ...of course if you start replacing Cook with a junior the % in the drop of crowd levels would be the same .

Yet again you show little understanding of modern sport on the modern fan ....people sadly are fickle in this day and age and your logic that you go every week no matter who is riding cuts no ice when it comes to trying to balance the books . Next week Swindon will ride cov and under the rules really should not get a guest for Killer meaing a pl rider should take his place ...what of course that's would mean is about 150 -300 of these fickle fans you go on about are unlikely to turn up meaning a large amount of money will be lost . of course in your world and using your logic the crowd will be the same .

No problem ..I would love to see a squad system and rules being stuck to rather than guests and rules being broken but you have to get the balance right with the understanding that people who run speedway clubs have to at least break even . Sadly we got people who think the same amount people will still turn no matter who is riding or don't understand that Speedway is a business as well as a sport .

Yet again a post will little idea about the money side of the sport ....the moment you tell people stokes is replacing puk the crowd will drop no doubt below the break even figure the side then gets beat meaning less come the next week wtc ...see this is another problem with die hards who just think people turn up week in week out no matter who is riding because they do .

Another fan with zero idea about the money side of the sport .

And of course they would affect the crowd numbers ..I guess when it's not your money it's not a big deal ...this is the trouble with speedway you have to find a balance of having rules while keeping the crowd numbers up ..it's not easy and as I said no one found the answer when it comes to squad systems .

People get shouted down because they keep going on about squad systems but so far no one has come up with one that would work in the UK . Explain to me how if a number 1 say is missing how he is replaced and by who by in a manner that won't cost money and will stop the crowds numbers falling .

Not really ...the point is in no other sport does the amount of time someone is on tv affect the crowd so why would it in speedway ..as I said just another myth .

You can watch superstars from other sports on tv all the time ....but I doubt it would stop people going to there local ground if say Ronaldo was playing football or MVG was playing Darts down the local pub . in fact there is a school of thought that after watching them on tv your more likely want to watch them in the flesh ...Not sure why people always apply these myths to speedway .

Who Paul Gascoigne ?

Easy home win as the Cov reserves are to strong .

So why are you replying then ? surely you have better things to do with your time ?

Good win tonight in a very dull meeting with only two heats of decent racing ...Morris still in top form but sad to see how Poor Freddie is these days a shadow of his former self ... Greaves was comedy and amazed the home crowd by being able to do four laps without falling off .

Bad luck by the looks of it for the aces ...the ef for Zagar cost them the win .

Shame the oppo don't

Looks like cov have a mountain to climb

IF the main nations had the same format there own riders would still be likely ride in there own leagues ....I guess the answer to my question was no one