Youhave2minutes Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Wouldn’t want to watch racing here every week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWellBehavedWorrall Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago That’s actually quite impressive; making a race involving Nagel and Cairns boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Another gaters race Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 1 minute ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said: You’re fighting a strange fight here. It’s heat eight of the play-off final and we’ve had one pass; Hodder passing Starke because he had engine troubles. Why are you trying to defend it or deflect from it? Its a final.... Why are so many bothered about the entertainment level? In pro sports, winning is the ONLY thing... It's hard enough to take UK Speedway seriously so fans should at least appreciate it when professionals want to give themselves the biggest chance to win... Not watching as not bothered who wins, however reading the comments if Glasgow gate then they could win... Would that be good, even though the racing would still be poor? 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWellBehavedWorrall Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Nine heats, one pass due to a mechanical problem. One day, we won’t have our wonderful sport any more and tracks like this will be a catalyst to that. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracksideView Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Just now, mikebv said: Its a final.... Why are so many bothered about the entertainment level? In pro sports, winning is the ONLY thing... It's hard enough to take UK Speedway seriously so fans should at least appreciate it when professionals want to give themselves the biggest chance to win... Not watching as not bothered who wins, however reading the comments if Glasgow gate then they could win... Would that be good, even though the racing would still be poor? The final has f all to do with it, Poole have cheated speedway fans for years with a dire track. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago I don’t like watching follow my leader and I guess I’m not on my own with this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWellBehavedWorrall Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 1 minute ago, mikebv said: Its a final.... Why are so many bothered about the entertainment level? In pro sports, winning is the ONLY thing... It's hard enough to take UK Speedway seriously so fans should at least appreciate it when professionals want to give themselves the biggest chance to win... Not watching as not bothered who wins, however reading the comments if Glasgow gate then they could win... Would that be good, even though the racing would still be poor? What a bizarre perspective. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blobby Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 3 minutes ago, SilentLurker said: @Mr Blobby 0 passes and thats over half the meeting complete. Do you have any further back up for this tripe track? Not defending the track it’s a play off final whole point is to win, not going to prep it so you don’t have an advantage are you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Just now, TracksideView said: The final has f all to do with it, Poole have cheated speedway fans for years with a dire track. Yet they get some of the biggest crowds in the sport and are one of the few profitable ones... Strange... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Anywhere else Flint would have been by Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWellBehavedWorrall Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago You can’t even blame a single rider here. Flint’s all action; wide, inside, cutback, the lot and he’s getting nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentLurker Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 1 minute ago, Mr Blobby said: Not defending the track it’s a play off final whole point is to win, not going to prep it so you don’t have an advantage are you. I think to Glasgow fans it is obvious just how terrible the sport can be away from glorious Ashfield and especially so with this track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 1 minute ago, TheWellBehavedWorrall said: What a bizarre perspective. Winning in a pro sports is a bizzare perspective? Maybe they should do something like ice skating and have judges award points for "entertainment" .. The most entertaining team wins.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youhave2minutes Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Just now, TheWellBehavedWorrall said: You can’t even blame a single rider here. Flint’s all action; wide, inside, cutback, the lot and he’s getting nothing. Just don’t have the race lines to pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracksideView Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 1 minute ago, mikebv said: Yet they get some of the biggest crowds in the sport and are one of the few profitable ones... Strange... Biggest crowds based on passing tourists, why do you think they start later in the season than everyone else. The only thing strange is your defense of a track that goes against the very core of speedway, DIRT. But keep on making excuses and ignoring the facts and see where your sport will be in 5 years time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 24 minutes ago, IainB said: Yes, he's been fine, but only fine, normally when these riders come in with all the hype (and expectation) they will at least show flashes of something, even Boughen registered double figures a couple of times last season before his head went. Best comparison is Drew Kemp: Turned 16 in August 2018, and 11 days later scored 12+2 @ Scunthorpe. Ended season with 4.65 average ... and we all know how little critisism he receives these days!! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Blobby Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago Just now, SilentLurker said: I think to Glasgow fans it is obvious just how terrible the sport can be away from glorious Ashfield and especially so with this track. Glasgow prep their track for their riders as well, anyone who think otherwise doesn’t have a clue. Track was prepped different each time we were there this season. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWellBehavedWorrall Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago (edited) 14 riders on motorbikes with no brakes, racing on a track of dirt that’s wide enough for four and it’s a final. Eleven heats, one pass. Wild. Edited 2 hours ago by TheWellBehavedWorrall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago (edited) 4 minutes ago, TracksideView said: Biggest crowds based on passing tourists, why do you think they start later in the season than everyone else. The only thing strange is your defense of a track that goes against the very core of speedway, DIRT. But keep on making excuses and ignoring the facts and see where your sport will be in 5 years time. The majority of races are over by the end of the back straight, lap one, at all tracks... And has been the same since 1969 when I started watching.... "But! But! But! It's effing Poole!!!!!" Edited 2 hours ago by mikebv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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