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Last year Discovery+ showed: 17 Premiership meetings, including all of the play off legs 1 British Final 10 SGP's 3 SWC's 3 SGP 2's 1 SWC 2 8 SGP Quali's (meh) 2 SGP Sprint Races (meh) That's 35 actual meetings, for a price of £6.99 p/m based on a 6 month subscription that worked out at an amazing £1.19 per meeting. Even at £30.99 p/m that's £5.31 a meeting for "world class" Speedway (plus all of the other sport that will be shown), compared to BSN who plan to show 58 meetings (of varying standard) in 2025 for £250, working out at £4.31 a meeting the TNT subscription starts to look more appealing and competitively priced, it's just a bit of a bummer that Eurosport used to be free (included) for Sky/Virgin subscribers and now isn't, Discovery+ was included at no extra cost for Sky customers and now the sports won't, you could get the Discovery Standard subscription for as little as £3.99 p/m.

Did you book a hotel? You were pretty sure it was going to happen 😉

It is indeed a sad day, Eurosport have been letting me down for more years than I care to remember, right from day one back in the mid 90's. Premier Sports seem the rightful heirs to their crown for anybody willing to pay their fees

At the moment it potentially sounds like Eurosport production values 💩 at explosive TNT prices 💥

Sounds like common sense to me

They'll definitely be on TV it's just a matter of where, how much it will cost and how easy it will be to get. Pre WBD it used to be free to air in uncontracted territories, not sure if that's still the case these days as WBD seem to have global reach. An increase of £6.99 a month (£3.99 if you managed to get a deal, I did) to £30.99 a month seems a bit steep!

Scott Young, content, production and business operations, WBD Sports Europe. Young continued: “TNT Sports will also continue to bring more content to fans on Warner Bros Discovery’s free-to-air channel Quest. In 2025, this will include broadcasting every MotoGP Sprint race, adding to existing live Bennetts British Superbikes coverage, a brand-new weekly cycling show covering all key moments of the season, highlights of the Giro d’Italia and La Vuelta a Espana, plus premiere a range of new sports documentaries.” While Speedway, obviously, doesn't seem to get a mention anywhere (he probably doesn't even know he's got it), hopefully it's comparable to the BSB and it'll get shown on Quest. Speedway needs to get back to Sky, tout suite and as soon as the Premiership CEO gets back from Australia he needs to be knocking on their door showcasing the improvements he's made to the TV image. Not sure what it means for the SGP, just another nail in the coffin for it in this country, can't see that going to Sky or any other broadcaster while WBD are balls deep in it. Time to look into getting one of those "special" firesticks

Maybe they're going to move it again 🤔 😁

Have a great season, team looks very solid can see the AFA being a bit of a fortress

Kvech came mid season also and sometimes decent riders get binned off when a double change is made, didn't that happen to Chris Harris at Leicester the season before last? Having said that it's not really the way to go about team building and Brum seemed more than reluctant to make any team changes last season with Pisspoor Pawlicki almost completing the season.

Riders sometimes look to increase their bike time once the season has started especially if they've had a crap start or been binned off by another club, so the rider market may open up a bit

I wouldn't be booking any hotels if I were you!

They seem to draw the line at Eurosport though 😂 I think the Elite League was sponsored by SkyBet for a time during the Sky years wasn't it?

Speedway has dabbled with betting companies in the past and nothing has ever really come from it, which is a shame as it looks to be a huge untapped cash cow 🐄 for the sport and are effectively the modern day equivalent to tobacco companies, you only have to look at most other sports who have obscure betting companies plastered all over their clothing etc. Victor Chandler used to sponsor Coventry, I'm pretty sure there was some on course betting at a few tracks back in the noughties and Bet365 showed meetings (similar to dog meetings) for a while. Not sure why it didn't work as you'd think it would be a humane alternative to the doggies 🐕 Good for Oxford though 🎰

If (When) he falls off... will he have dropped his gusts (close enough 😁)

He's been a bit injury prone in recent seasons hasn't he?

You've certainly been tested in recent years as have Brummie fans

Assuming the word fan is shorthand for fanatic... I would suggest it does. You're probably more of a follower of Speedway or an occasional attendee than a "fan"

Is that really any way to build loyalty with the fans though? Especially if it's being reported elsewhere. Silence will probably be the order of the day.

Birmingham do have form for this... Adam Ellis

Tom Brennan?

... and so it has started 😁

Let's hope Brum don't sign Artem Laguta or the forum could go into meltdown 🤣

A decent enough signing, only ever really done 2 seasons over here and never really kicked on and reached the heights that I thought he would, a solid 6 and a half pointer (hopefully). I would suspect that if he's challenging for the No 1 spot Brummies will have had another disaster of a season! Didn't we used to have a "MJJRacingFan" on these forums? Hopefully they'll return 😂

Hope so 🤞