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MJJ looks like he's over done it with his bike rides 🚲 and runs 🏃‍♂️ this week

I'm sure he'll do that for the Aces... one day 😜

I notice that when a rider goes down in Poland the TV cameras don't shy away from showing the rider on the track after the crash unlike coverage in this country or in the GP's. Always struck me as strange to not show it because when you're watching in person you don't turn away and start looking at people in the crowd, you're normally looking at the rider on the track to see if they're okay.

I wonder if he wears them during a race... too kool for skool 😎

Has he got there on merit? Especially as there was nothing mentioned about GP reserve places being on offer at the British Final beforehand. It seems that particular qualifying criteria was decided afterwards. Personally I'd like to have seen the likes of Anders Rowe and Tom Brennan given those spots.

Is English your first language? It doesn't seem so, the only person to use the words you've quoted in the order you've quoted them is you! Come back to me when you've learnt to read and understand the English language correctly and maybe we can have a civil discussion. Until then stop bothering me!

I know you didn't say a return was imminent and I didn't say you did, all I said was that I was getting the impression, with some of the language being used, that it almost seemed a return was imminent and that maybe you knew something we didn't. I agree with everything you say about the campaign and the point that they are at and the effort that has gone in. I've never seen @R87 post anything positive about Speedway and while I don't share his view about it never happening I also can't get too excited until I can see moves are being made to acquire the stadium. Maybe I'm suffering from a bit of Brannan fatigue... I go to the Speedway and you're on the pa introducing the teams, you're then back on the pa with your NBNF highlights podcast, I come home and switch BSN on and you're commentating on that, I go to listen to my Speedway podcasts and you're on them all at one time or another, I watch the GP and I can hear you introducing the riders, I come on here and you're posting, I switch the radio on and your yelling "Pets in a Pickle" in my ear during the ad breaks!!! It seems like you're almost omnipresent in my life 😉😂 I'm joking of course but you do have a wide reach within our sport, so every time I hear the positivity I keep asking myself how can the stadium be purchased, especially while "land banking" is continued to be allowed in this country. Anyway keep up the good work for all you do within Speedway and who knows maybe a return of the Bradford/Coventry league and cup matches of the past. 🙏🤞

Listening to Peter Facenna on the British Speedway podcast it sounds like changes maybe afoot or... business as usual!

Maths was never my strong point 🙃 I wonder how that compared to the rent at PB?

Steady didn't look too impressed with that coin toss... where's that other woman when you need her 😂😂

It's been a close match with some decent racing, yes it's been too dusty, but that's not affecting me sat in my arm chair at home... I wouldn't be happy with it if I were there though.

It's been quite the collapse from Oxford, I thought they were going to get the bonus point a few races ago!

Stewart Dickson will be worried for his job if they do 😂

Had it only once... Got it on the plane over to Florida... Spent 10 days in bed... Came home... Never want it again!

He's not been diving off bridges as well has he... looks like there's a bit of northern flu doing the rounds

Read my post again, I didn't claim he said a return was imminent... seems like you want an argument though, so you'll read what you want to.

Stewart Dickson not managing tonight?

Always is at Oxford... seems to produce some decent action usually though

It's not from anything that I've read, it's more from what I've heard from a number of podcasts and on BSN. I didn't want to single him out but okay, you've forced my hand... @IanBrannan I know he's on here and will read this, so I'll start off by saying he produces great podcasts and does a stellar job on BSN and while I understand it's great to have a glass half full outlook on life, I'm more of a pragmatist. I don't know which club you support but what you've got to understand is that us Cov fans put up with a lot of 🐄💩 from Mick Horton who strung us out for his last couple of years, whenever he was asked anything about the future of the club the same old replies kept coming, there's stuff going on behind the scenes, we're looking at sites, I can't say too much at the moment. So when I hear things these days like the return of Speedway to Coventry may be closer than you think my first reaction in the face of any real news on this front is I've heard it all before. Especially when we've seen the closure of many clubs over the years, remember the roof at Odsal? Remember we're just dotting the i's and crossing the t's for Long Eaton's new stadium and it still goes on today more recently with Wolverhampton, there's a site 15 miles away... Swindon and their new just off the M4 track. Like I've said before, nothing would please me more than to see the return of Speedway to Brandon but to be told we're following a "doom monger narrative" when commenting on the information we actually have in the public domain is difficult to take. Some others may come at it with a bit more of a sledgehammer approach but I'm not going to give up hope, but at the moment that is all it still is... hope 🙏

Absolutely 👍🏻 As a Bees fan at the time of their closure we had to put up with a lot of BS from the promoter. Once he was off the scene the SCS team have done an excellent job in getting to the point we are at today. We're now being given the impression, with the language being used, that a return of Speedway to Brandon is almost imminent. Until there's reports that BE are considering selling the site I will keep my yellow and black 🟡⚫️ bunting in the shed.

I really don't want to get into an argument... but do you know if BE are ready to sell?

I could be wrong but didn't Neil Machin join somebody as promoter somewhere to kind of guide them in their first years of promotion and offer advice etc. Before standing back? I'm pretty sure he did, can't remember where though, it may even have been at Leicester or Sheffield when the Bates took over. That's what Tolley needed imo.

If it wasn't so sad it was quite comical listening to his interview, the shirts, that he's responsible for, not having the word Speedway written on them! His head completely in the clouds regarding the Alexander stadium! £6,000 rent per meeting, meaning tickets for his 600 crowd would have to start at £100 before you even get to thinking about paying riders, cloud cuckoo land, why even mention it as a possibility, he may as well have gone to Villa Park! A fool and his money are easily parted, he obviously knows how to make and sell badges, but like you say running a Speedway promotion not so much, he needed better people around him I think, and now he's talking about inflicting the same process on another club, it beggars belief!

Surely it's better to come back in a challenge match as opposed to a league match, it's only a competitive test session after all. The 2-3 month recovery period for a dislocated hip that some have mentioned seems a bit long, Google quotes 12-16 weeks for a dislocated shoulder, Kyle Howarth popped his out the other week and was riding again a week or so later.