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Oops I should have posted this here and in BT coverage! I thought it was very reasonable coverage considering it was available after Sky pulled out and BT ARE continuing to offer Live match coverage, while they weigh up next season and beyond ( and it's value to them). It's a cut your coat according to your cloth coverage and speedway's "coat" is pretty threadbare. Great to see a full-ish stadium as casual viewers will not think doubtfully "is it worth going to my local track" and might encourage them to give it a try. If BT insisted on the £9.99p ticket it was an excellent move. Racing - well it illustrated the modern weakness of speedway racing - that in at leat 75% of heats - it is all over after the exit from the second bend ( first time around ), except in the cases of hard charging young guns or the very best of never give up veterans ( 25% of riders ). And even for them passing is a very, very difficult. Track conditions are crucial to them having a better chance of success and on the Poole track they did not have the best of chances to safely have a go from the back even if willing to try.

I thought it was very reasonable coverage considering it was available after Sky pulled out and BT ARE continuing to offer Live match coverage, while they weigh up next season and beyond ( and it's value to them). It's a cut your coat according to your cloth coverage and speedway's "coat" is pretty threadbare. Great to see a full-ish stadium as casual viewers will not think doubtfully "is it worth going to my local track" and might encourage them to give it a try. If BT insisted on the £9.99p ticket it was an excellent move. Racing - well it illustrated the modern weakness of speedway racing - that in at leat 75% of heats - it is all over after the exit from the second bend ( first time around ), except in the cases of hard charging young guns or the very best of never give up veterans ( 25% of riders ). And even for them passing is a very, very difficult. Track conditions are crucial to them having a better chance of success.

If it is a broken scaphoid then it is very unlikely to be possible to ride with it strapped up or something. And much as we need him, should he be allowed to take the decision to ride? And surely it won't be just his decision?

Fricke will have to do a LOT better than he did last week at the AFA for BV.

Very little I am afraid, his 'time" has been and gone. You might see the occasional sudden burst that excites the "hope springs eternal" in Ged.

It shouldn't be too difficult for the Stars to pull those points back and win the tie by 2 points. We all know that they are better away, than at home this season. The big question is will it be Michael Lee or Ove Fundin guesting for the Stars. Terry Betts sadly had to decline the booking, I was reliably informed.

Team GB will be fortunate to be second as the Czech boys will do well around the AFA - even if it is a Gate & Go track. And Australia should walk it!

Oh Yes it Is! £9.99p and only £5 for concessions. Kids go Free. At last the BSPA see sense ( or was it BT? ) There should be no excuse for other than a well filled stadium tonight.

IF the track for the WC this week is prepared in the same way ( by the same person ) the racing is likely to be poor VFM and mostly Gate & Go. IF the racing is much better than so far than seen this season, we can only come to the conclusion that PL riders are either not interested in racing for their money or believe that they have no chance of passing the man in front ( and therefore don't make much effort to do so ). This WC match will tell locally based fans quite a lot about what they see week by week at the AFA.

If Buster's stance really is " I'm always right and don't care what you think" then he only has himself to blame if all the hard work he has put into building up the AFA goes down the drain. Or is it true that the speedway racing is much less important to the successful operation of the AFA business than it was 10 years ago? If that is the case, it explains a lot.

That would be of course his sensible choice but to any thoughtful promotion that should rule him out of team place.

Is it £9.99p admission for adults this evening? Is the price for all BT broadcast matches?

There seemed to be nearly 100,000 at the final meeting at The Firs in Norwich when they closed down. I wasn't very old but I do remember crying.

We fans can ask politely, rant and rave on here or do what to influence the BSPA? Do we all all write in to our local promoter to to the BSPA office to get such a thing put on the agenda of a future meeting? Talk to them individually in the bar after a meeting? Perhaps they need a method of fan feedback collection?

Is it correct that admissions for BT televised matches are now £9.99? Could someone please confirm or issue a denial? Is it just a rumour?

How very refreshing ( sincerely ) that a speedway Promoter is on the BSF as him / her self.

So are we led to guess that it is under 10,000 - all kind of sales included? Don't say 5,000. I hope that I don't end up as the last subscription reader! How nigh is the end?

RM said " Beyond the £9.99 admission price deal were there any other requirements made by BT and do the BSPA have any specific plans to make this new relationship work long-term?" Is there already a £9.99 admission deal in price for the BT covered league matches? and RM said " I know that some of the territory covered is commercially-sensitive and I don't expect answers to much of what I have requested but these questions are those which most other sports would be asked in a situation such as this. " ​Are these things really commercially sensitive? I can't see any broadcaster believing that there is money to be made from advertisers following speedway. I hope I am wrong. I hope that there is a future deal from BT as I greatly enjoy Live matches on TV as opposed to "suffering" at the stadium live! I know there are those who feel the opposite but there is no "atmosphere" to soak in, at the track where I go. I do pay for watching on TV and am willing to pay a bit more - Pay Per View if necessary and reasonably priced.

No actual figures then?

I think that that is inevitable because the BSPA - the "custodians of the sport " seem to see nothing much wrong with it. They seem happy to go down with the band playing, just as on the Titanic. Take for example a 1/3 empty NSS for the British Final, how can they ignore that as the crisis it is?

Speedway 'per se' doesn't offer enough of what the fans have always craved. Passing or close enough racing that riders prepared to have a go, might pull it off. What is on offer in the majority of cases is Gate & Go - tapes to flag processions. That's why it is in the doldrums or is it in the fatal death throes?

Of course Lambert is likely to move on but not so much to further his progression - it's the way of things in modern speedway. A better offer, especially if he relocates his own home. I for one will be heartbroken because for me, Lambert is the main reason I still go. His gating is going to limit him on the world stage ( perhaps as it has Harris ). Hopefully he is working on it? Even the woeful state of the track at the AFA - as a race track you can get something out of, if you can't gate consistently - doesn't limit him much as he can use his knowledge and experience of it to his advantage. That is a real bonus for him at home - as seen in the BV match when even many of the home fans didn't think he could do the 8 - 1 with Huckenbeck and the 5 -1 with Holder. Don't forget that although he is a prodigious talent he is still 19 ( albeit with several years of racing experience ). I Don't see enough on track aggression from the rest of the team at the moment. We don't hear the riders say much at all about the track conditions, are they currently satisfied with it? Is Buster still held in awe as a great track man? Oh Yes! me for one.

Nothing is ever explained by the BSPA. They make the Masons look open and honest. Because of course they are not accountable to anyone.

I for one am grateful BUT if it is "up to the BSPA to take this last chance" then reduced rate entry should be given emergency serious consideration to avoid the 75% empty terraces being on view at too many tracks even in this limited run pr coverage. And those wide areas of space will do nothing to encourage BT to do it next year will it? £10 for all adults would be worth it as marketing tool. It's not too late.

Sadly riders like Dan Bewley are few and far between. Just as Robert Lambert was five years ago. We were lucky that he started here ( and remains here! ) I can't agree about Jake Knight as I feel he is not destined for anywhere higher than he currently is. A star at NL level but out of that environment he cannot seemingly "do the business" ( does he really want to?or believe that he can? ). I am still a fan of one big league ( without GP riders ) of riders of a similar standard. More variety of opponents, more regular matches might result in more fans returning ( or not giving up ). The NL could be retained as a starter league of some kind ( and MDL etc )