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So what was your view of the referees performance ? You always sit on the fence pontificating do you really believe it was acceptable.

And even after 24 pages telling me how wonderful he is, I still wouldn't cross the road to watch him ride.

Or a SCB bribe to keep Matt Ford interested in UK speedway

Spot on post

Football and volleyball are the two most popular sports in Poland. The average league attendance in Sweden according to SVEMO figures is 3235. British promoters can only dream of those figures even for the playoffs. The lowest recorded attendance at a Swedish league meeting in 2018 was 1634.

That's because of the GP mindset, second place is good enough. How to take an extreme, winner takes all sport and turn it in to something so dull.

If Woffinden has the 5 points and 8 points scores he had at Masarna the start of this season it's a poor line up so far. Holder is a huge risk, and Bjerre is past his best now. Short season coming up for the Indians

As this is the British Speedway Forum and as Jim Lawrence is involved with British speedway he has more right to his own thread

The rest of the monster team will carry him over the line as always

All this and sponsors flock to have their name on a car in two inch letters. Speedway had millions and similar air time yet came out bankrupt, in the real world (outside of this forum) nobody else agrees.

The weather looks perfect here today, 35km from Eskilstuna, I hope it's a good meeting tonight. I'm unable to attend due to other commitments, hopefully I will use the tickets in the start of the new season 2019.

Living near Örebro

Thank Ford for that

I think I will visit here more next season, the burgers are good and I'm not happy with Woffinden at Kumla where I did go.

Not good after waiting so long

I'm hoping for a good crowd I will take a Swedish newbie to see this tonight. It doesn't look like perfect weather from the forecast though.

Don't forget the idea this season as a rider, is to stay below an 8 point average. Otherwise you could be unemployable in 2019. The restrictions on average limits were not so much of a problem in the 70s. Which meant the top riders were free to score what they wanted, not what they are told to score, like now.

Ashby was in the top ten averages 1972/73/74 and 76 irrelevant of format the top ten would stay the same, even if the totals reduced. I have been to race meetings, some riders create a buzz of anticipation, Woffinden doesn't, Ashby always did.

It is impossible to compare different eras, I followed Martin Ashby and Swindon up and down the country in 70s. I wouldn't cross the road to watch Woffinden, judging by the crowd sizes neither will anyone else. That's the only statistics that matter, watchable or blah.

Lakeside at 252 meters is below the 260 meters that the FIM states as minimum track length required for speedway. Yet it was approved as an FIM track to run an U21 qualification round. The FIM/BSI will run anywhere if the money is right. The Argentinian track for the U21 W/C proved that, if an American promoter showed BSI the money it would run at Costa Messa

With no voting rights for three years. In which time the other promoters have taken your assets, reduced your crowd, because the weak teams you put out continually get beaten and you run on a day that suits them, not your customers. If that hasn't destroyed your enthusiasm they will change the rules to push you out.

In the 70's, the pop group Mud were photographed by SS at Wimbledon, the picture Was a colour back page from memory. Was that just a promotional shoot or were they fans ?

Will Jacobsen and Woryna be eligible to ride in the UK next season ? After Brexit on 29th of March won't European riders require the same qualifications as the Australians, top 4 in a championship ?

I agree, a little honesty would be nice to see. Some riders are using them, they do work, at different levels of racing as well.

Rider assets will depend on the strength of the league. If the level drops to championship league status most, if not all are unusable