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Is Allen a Sheffield fan, no way Douglas was leaning on Jack there, Holder came out into him.

I'm fed up with people picking on Tatum. He does a good job and is enjoyable to listen to, get off his back!

Yes, hence my comment and I don't think it is right.

They are supposed to be 'wild' cards and not simply the next three after 7th in this years' competition so I have no problem with Becker if he was picked. New faces I'm all for.

That's right, I was one of them saying that. At last some justice happened which even the home ref couldn't change.

With a proper ref Leicester could've been ahead now 🤪

Who by? Not this ref.

Needs to have his licence withdrawn

Think this is over as a tie now, just put Sheffield in the final and run it next week😊

Yes, Vaculik has had 5 wildcards before, that's more than enough chances, what has he got over them, oh yes, we know. As to who else - anyone, as long at it's not him.

How much has Watters been paid?

Ha, not sure you were being intentionally funny. BSN has provided me the ability to watch meetings I would never have attended, different teams from across the UK and keep my interest in the sport up. Football is on TV all the time and stadiums are not empty. Fans will watch a game from a foreign league, because it's football and it creates talking points. As long as the hosting club is getting a share then it makes great sense to me. What should be on offer though is even more for those attending in person - the analysis, interviews, stats provision etc. otherwise it does sometimes feel like you're more involved if you're not there. You get pits views, reaction interviews, stats on performance etc. which the attendee does not, and they've paid more for it!

Please, no, he's had about 5 wildcard picks over the years, let's have someone new, worked with Kurtz.

I'm hoping for a rain off on October 9th so will be dancing away that week (i'm in Paris on 9th) so a move to 13th or 16th would be perfect, sod anyone else 😆

Actually been warm when the sun's been out, which it has here near Ipswich for much of the day. Great drying weather with the wind but the TV company need certainty, not "well it might not rain and be fine" kind of answer. If TV not there it may have been a different decision.

I think DJs most famous failure was nothing to do with the engine but a cycle part - who knows if he'd done anything to that though!

April and May are the driest months in the UK on average, so perhaps it's a spring sport? However, that's on average, interestingly (to me 🙂) August was one of the wettest months in both 2019 and 2024. There's nothing as predictable as rainfall🤣

Is that the 'mean stare' variety?😄

I don't think any of the changes were designed to stop BZ winning at all, you give him too much credit. They were designed to keep both fans and riders interested in the result to as late as possible, doesn't matter who those riders are.

That may be true but it's also true that the speedway generates far less income for the promoters than stocks. When you have less money it's much more difficult to spend on increasing the entertainment. I don't think better racing is the answer at all.

Well, that GP had a flat finish! For me Kurtz deserved the title by beating Zmarlik on so many occasions, 5 GP wins in a row was awesome. That one piece of bad luck in Prague may play on his mind but it didn't seem so. You could argue it was poor preparation or that the bike got into on a position to cause the chain failure but I consider it bad luck. Who knows, if that hasn't happened he may not have won all those GP's but he couldn't have done any more.

Exactly the point I'm trying to make to counter the comparison argument from others for speedway admission to be lower.

Thanks for the insight. I still don't think it's a valid comparison to speedway though regarding admission cost. The stock car meetings at Foxhall always seem packed, they charge for parking as well plus they get the catering/bar income. Profits for these meetings I think will be way in excess of what speedway could make. Do you know if the admission cost for meetings with lower formulas is significantly lower? For speedway I'd estimate outgoings for each meeting to be around 25-26k, not adding in any profit margin. They have to recoup this of course but I'd expect stock car outgoings to be lower. Overall, I think the entry price for speedway is ok in the Premiership. Blimey, I paid £19 for a fish and chips meal at a pub last week plus £7 for a glass of wine - I'd have rather been at the speedway!

Can't really compare to stock cars because those drivers actually pay to enter meetings, which changes the balance of income/expenditure for the promoters.

If the points were adjusted for each race Rushen was in, it would change the score to a narrow Birmingham victory. Simply deducting his points maintain the Kent win and this twangs my accuracy string.