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People moaning about the venue, by far the best we have and is a fair track for all riders...was going to use the phrase more lines but that's awkward in speedway!...give me a meeting at Belle Vue than anywhere else in the country, its a racers track and not just a gate and go. Also lets not forget the history of the British final, it wasn't always a spectacle at Coventry, far from it, crowds were good but that was mainly due to speedway being in its prime....we now have a track that provides entertainment, lets not forget that because above all else it's the main ingredient the sport needs.

Looking just at the Premiership league, I fail to see just how some of these clubs can make it pay, fair play if they do but when you hear what some of the riders are on there's only way it is going to end. Some of the teams owners are business men and may see speedway as just an expensive hobby but as a business model speedway is a good way to lose money! Many teams chase the golden goose to lay the golden egg, but the feed for the goose has a huge cost and probably not sustainable over a period of time..

Freddie over 10 @ 2.05...."IT'S CHRISTMAS".

Has the paint dried yet?

Just a general observation and possibly the big white elephant in the room....how the hell do the Brummies afford Freddie Lindgren, if/when he scores a maximum, that will cost nearly half the gate receipts on its own!

Could Freddie be about to do the biggest u-turn in the history of the sport and sign for Ippo?

Probably get shot down for this. Abi brings nothing to the show, no in depth or history of the sport...for all of her knowledge you may as well have a rider doing what she does, better knowledge and will be able to give more in depth interviews with riders and links...when Oxford had 3 riders on the track, she hasn't the charisma or relationship with a rider/team to ask and joke about it. Janowski, lets all be honest he isn't going to be a cheap asset to Oxford, Looks way off of it for a GP rider. Lawson, impressed me, riding at #2 is one of the hardest positions in a team, fully deserved his heat 15 appearance. Tungate, a real battler but not sure he's an out and out #1. Track was far to slick, devoid of entertainment which resulted in a poor advert for the sport Drone shot, atrocious and needs binning until it actually works.

Thank you...that is great and is a massive help...thank you to everyone who has helped, probably seem like pointless and annoying questions to some!!

Thank you. Do you have to enter a code or something similar?

well this gets murkier!!..so i have a smart tv, if i enter the BSN into a search engine - is it as easy as that...obviously i would subscribe to the channel.

Thank you for the replies, appreciate them.

I'm thinking about subscribing to BSN...is it worth it and is it any good?.....also how do you stream it to your TV?...many thanks in advance.

Never knew it existed but a little gem!

what a great little site for stats etc, thank you and very much appreciated.

could some of the Sheffield natives explain to us neutrals which Ipswich riders usually go well around Sheffield and the one's that don't....genuinely interested.

it was during the second bend so every chance another rider could of been there, using Hume as an example out gated Doyle in a earlier race!...im not saying he should of left room - merely saying that there was never going to be room to go round the outside of him

Hume is young, still very raw but with the right guidance and someone taking him under there wing, he'll be a decent rider, time will tell. Doyle isn't dirty, but he verges on the edge of it, he didn't leave Lambert any room and knew full well he was there, not a problem with it but a lesser skilfull rider would of been through the fence. Speedway needs entertainment, rightly or wrongly people are talking about last nights meeting, which is the rarity for speedway nowadays!

Ipswich got lucky with a few refereeing decision but that's sport. Hume is pure entertainment-still raw but can gate and if "schooled" will be a heat leader in the future. Chris Holder looked very poor, is he the new Troy Batchelor! Rob Lambert, showed great skill to avoid being fenced in heat 15 but there was never going to be a gap to go around Doyle. Track wasn't that bad if you attacked it. Emil and Doyle looked on a different level. Still think this final has some mileage left in it. Eurosport, just don't get what that Abi lass brings to the show, more often than not she is in the way in the pits, riders don't look interested in her questions.

are these comments related to British racing?

read most of the comments on here, some good some bad and some indifferent!...but for me both tracks have their quirks, both teams have their fans favourites but overall both teams served up an absolute spectacle for the fans, its an old cliche but the winner was speedway.

do people on here actually think and read what they post before posting?!

two ways of looking at this, now i would imagine there aren't many promoters if any making a profit out of the sport, so where does that golden egg come from?...we all know riders deserve a good crust for their bravery etc...however i think the day will come when a rider will not be able to do a deal for x amount each week/meeting/point...now lets say if the income average £5000 per meeting, the expenditure was £2000 per meeting that leaves £3000 profit per meeting, the promoter takes roughly 25% the remainder is spread then between the riders....any other way then the promoter see's himself in the position they are in now...offering good money in February only to find out in June they have done their proverbials...

just to add, did you know that a well known tyre manufacturer had a chip in tyres that showed when a rider is/was overweight.

ifs buts and maybe's.....the long and short of it is, if you do not provide a specimen when asked to, whether its your first or hundredth then it should be treated as a failure...it isn't rocket science folks.

weather brightened up, should be a cracker.