SilentLurker Posted July 14 Report Share Posted July 14 Goodness gracious this meeting has been absolutely woeful tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michanekman Posted July 14 Report Share Posted July 14 Yes but a big Heat 15 to come according to Abi!!?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspman Posted July 14 Report Share Posted July 14 Stead a right barrel of laughs 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelShoe Posted July 14 Report Share Posted July 14 (edited) 1 hour ago, Hawk127 said: Yep. It also says it all when the usual streaming services cannot be bothered. Sad really that the sport if you can call it that has reached its nadir. I guess the NDL teams and riders are the future because these riders want to race on any day that earns them a buck and they are in it for the sport and willing to give it the all and who would not want to support that sort of commitment. Speedway U K needs to take an inward look at what it has and come up with a formula that will attract punters. What it has now is dire. The quality of on track entertainment tonight is pretty dire. This has been repeated too often on televised speedway this season for me personally, just not a good advert. When Lewis Kerr can score 9+1 in the 'Premiership' and only 2 for Poole at Worky on Saturday in the so called 2nd tier Championship it makes you wonder. Difficult to hear Kelvin call that racing there wasn't much of that. Edited July 14 by SteelShoe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 14 Report Share Posted July 14 Just now, SteelShoe said: The quality of on track entertainment tonight is pretty dire. This has been repeated too often on televised speedway this season for me personally, just not a good advert. Too many throttle jockey's seemingly... You need "track craft" to make Speedway watchable, I have heard. ... Pickering flying around the fence is surely what fans pay money to watch? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortythirtyeight Posted July 14 Report Share Posted July 14 That crowd wont pay Sheffields wage bill tonight……but it might Oxfords ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blobby Posted July 14 Report Share Posted July 14 11 minutes ago, michanekman said: Yes but a big Heat 15 to come according to Abi!!?? She’s unbearable, sooner the find a replacement for her the better. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelShoe Posted July 14 Report Share Posted July 14 4 minutes ago, Fortythirtyeight said: That crowd wont pay Sheffields wage bill tonight……but it might Oxfords ! No it won't . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelShoe Posted July 14 Report Share Posted July 14 Even rider of the night Leon Flint called it very one liney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted July 14 Report Share Posted July 14 I enjoyed it until about heat 8-9 then depending on how you view it Oxford collapsed / Sheffield woke up (aided by Rowes withdrawal) - at that point it became dull. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelShoe Posted July 14 Report Share Posted July 14 21 minutes ago, GeneralMelchett said: I enjoyed it until about heat 8-9 then depending on how you view it Oxford collapsed / Sheffield woke up (aided by Rowes withdrawal) - at that point it became dull. dull to the point were one could have turned it off and not missed it in the slightest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullmax Posted July 14 Report Share Posted July 14 5 minutes ago, SteelShoe said: dull to the point were one could have turned it off and not missed it in the slightest. A meeting for the Speedway enthusiasts , the ones who say you should be lucky you have Speedway to watch. Watched a few heats . Saw lots of gardening and little else other than processional racing. Switched off. Your welcome to it if that's what you like. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted July 14 Report Share Posted July 14 1 hour ago, SteelShoe said: dull to the point were one could have turned it off and not missed it in the slightest. So why didn’t you? Or did you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odds On Posted July 15 Report Share Posted July 15 is everything okay at Sheffield?....seemed like there was something amiss in terms of team spirit etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelShoe Posted July 15 Report Share Posted July 15 8 hours ago, GeneralMelchett said: So why didn’t you? Or did you? I didn't turn it off, ended up on my phone and discussing something with my wife though so didn't really watch the latter heats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaddlebowRoad Posted July 15 Report Share Posted July 15 sheffield was once a great racetrack its pretty awful nowadays 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted July 15 Report Share Posted July 15 1 hour ago, SteelShoe said: I didn't turn it off, ended up on my phone and discussing something with my wife though so didn't really watch the latter heats. Well I gave up to watch something else after heat 13 - however up until heat 7 I was actually quite enjoying it as I said earlier there was some early heat passing and Oxford were keeping it close. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted July 15 Report Share Posted July 15 (edited) 1 hour ago, SaddlebowRoad said: sheffield was once a great racetrack its pretty awful nowadays The riding style of today gives little room to pass... They enter turns now pretty much sideways, whereas they used to go into them almost grass track like, with left foot forwards and then hooking the bike up when it hit the dirt... Meaning the rider behind had options... Now there is no dirt so riders can just fly into the dust knowing they won't get fired off anywhere, by hitting any grip... The tyres too are conducive to slick circuits whereas the hard compound ones used years ago were conducive to grippier circuits.. At a track like Sheffield, any rider going in to a bend sideways, and riding a two thirds track, will mean there is very little space outside him to go around, and with no grip on the kerb, it means little opportunity to pass, especially at the speed they go there.. Several tracks have widened their bends to give more entry and exit lines, and give riders behind potential room to go around opponents who have locked up, filling a large portion of the turn... The reality is with the modern riding style, the more circular, wider circuits provide the best racing, and converting a more oval, narrower one, into this design isn't easy... Sheffield actually has the shape, but probably needs at least three metre's taking off the inside given how the air fence has impacted the racing there... Edited July 15 by mikebv 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted July 15 Report Share Posted July 15 12 hours ago, ShanoXtra said: Leon flint has been the top rider tonight Leon was definitely the form man,but like he said you needed to gate as the track only has one line,the quality of the opposition was poor.Most of them just going through the motions after the 1st lap as they knew passing was difficult . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShanoXtra Posted July 15 Report Share Posted July 15 Would have rather seen Belle Vue or Lynn match on the TV last night as this one was a boring watch. Nothing to do with the riders but track was just gate, rung to the dirt, fly into the distance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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