IainB

I know, I did see that and I agree that it was right for Glasgow at that time. Where I take issue with what you said more recently was that you said that Glasgow were smarter back in June than the rest of the leagues are now. I disagree with that, if it was right for the rest of the club's in the league to wait until the last possible minute they shouldn't be criticised for it.

With the announcement this week of the cancellation of the British Leagues it got me thinking about how to stage meaningful Speedway. Who on here would attend an Individual British Speedway Championship Series? Or is it team Speedway only for you guys? I don't know how many British riders there are these days but you could run with say 2 or 3 groups of 16 riders with the top 16 after each round being split up to "headline" at each track for the next round of 3 matches all leading to the top 16 at the end of the qualifiers to ride in a final at the end of the season at the NSS.

100% agree for Glasgow... The point I was debating was to say that what was good for Glasgow on the 1st of June was not the right decision for the rest of the league's and to say that Glasgow were smarter in taking their decision when they did while everybody else hung on I just don't agree with... And while there is no Speedway to go to I have nothing better to do other than have a beer and debate these pedantic points 

My point was Fromafar was saying that Glasgow were the smart ones pulling the plug when they did and that they were smarter than the rest of the league. "Speedway without normal attendances was never going to be viable, the Glasgow Promotion worked that out long before the rest,which tells me something,they’re smarter.!!" Well in hindsight, saying that after the League was pulled is fine, but who would have pulled the League at the beginning of June, when potentially you could still run for a 5 to 6 month period? We could quite easily have been running from the beginning of August had the government known its @rse from its elbow and Glasgow could have sat it out as it's not good business for them.

I suppose it's a bit like the calling off of a meeting based on the weather forecast, if the rain comes you look smart, if the sun is blazing down you look a bit foolish. Obviously Glasgow had their own reasons for calling their season off so early but at the beginning of June with the prospect of Speedway starting up in Poland and for 25% capacity being allowed in a few weeks later it seemed like the sensible thing to do for Britain to hold off until August at the latest. Far be it from me to defend the BSPA, as I'm normally one of the first to criticise, but on this occasion I think they've done exactly the right thing. It also sounds as if there may have been issues with Eurosport as well, which Glasgow obviously didn't have to take into account. What do you think they should do about the GP series?

I just hope you're not sat at home waiting for a delivery when it's raining To be fair, you're saying that with the benefit of hindsight, it could quite easily have gone the other way and they could have been sat there with the shutters down while all other clubs were playing to bumper summer crowds. Maybe it's not down to the sport to classify itself but the authorities class the sport and tell them what guidelines to work to?

I agree

Blimey! The PZM working with the FIM!

The BBC only ever mentions anything when it's something bad, I wouldn't worry about it too much the BBC is totally irrelevant these days to anybody outside of London and in hindsight it's probably a blessing that Speedway never got involved with them, can you imagine the scrutiny it would be coming under in these modern times with our lack of diversity? It'd be leading the news headlines every night

I think the crowds for Non League Football will be massive, Sports fans have been starved of sport to attend for months... I've not been for an evening out since last October! I'd go and watch Speedway at any level at the moment

And what about the possibility of Individual meetings?

What about the great nation of Cornwall? Chris Harris 2021 World Champion!

The thought occurred to me looking at those pits, and I'm only half jesting when I say this, such is my desperation to see the Bees back on track... But wouldn't it be great if Banksy paid a visit to the stadium and re-decorated the pit area Does he do requests?

But wasn't the chief negotiator the chairman of an association?

What a waste of 180zl then... It was a tough watch from the top of my settee

I went to watch it at The Crucible last year and it was all I could do to stop myself from snoring

I was thinking similar... I would have used the word desperate though

With Snooker you can easily identify anybody coughing and they can be jumped on, bagged up and thrown out onto the street

Trouble is the government numbers are all over the place and have lost any credibility. If, god forbid, Nicki Pedersen were to drop dead in the pits (I only choose Nicki because we know he's had Covid) his death would be counted as a Covid death!

Yes, we all know that... But who willingly handed over all of the money? And who creamed off a large wedge themselves? Funnily enough I've just listened to the Shane Parker podcast this morning and he said exactly the same thing and be was one I would think that was benefiting from the Sky money. Maybe if there was an independent body running the sport the money would have been channeled elsewhere... Who knows?

How many millions did Mr Murdoch hand over to Speedway? And where did it go?

If you're looking for enthusiasm on these forums, you're looking in the wrong place... even in the best of times It'd be like going to Ippo every week with their no air horns policy

Troy Batchelor vs Rory Schlein?

Followed by a trip to the toilet during the next break?

Not to mention most of the BBC turning the lights out and going home... while introducing the licence fee for over 75's and producing much reduced output