Ben91 Posted 22 hours ago Report Share Posted 22 hours ago 25 minutes ago, stevehone said: maybe that was the idea all along .... The sport doesn't need any help looking like a laughing stock so I doubt it was the plan sadly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted 20 hours ago Report Share Posted 20 hours ago 20 hours ago, SteveLyric2 said: Maybe the Future is the Loose Women audience?😉 Haha, well speedway was mentioned on there today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.D Posted 19 hours ago Report Share Posted 19 hours ago On 1/26/2026 at 5:29 PM, M.D said: Exactly, who outside of speedway is going to see it anyway Spot on there Markie Boy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac101 Posted 15 hours ago Report Share Posted 15 hours ago On 1/26/2026 at 7:56 PM, Yearbyred said: Surely they could have got Harry Redknapp to do it, given his long association with paper bags. They didn’t want to splash the cash He was £35 😂 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byker Biker Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago On 1/26/2026 at 7:06 PM, mikebv said: I am not sure that the "paper bag" used is a recognised official BSP Homologated draw dispenser... Therefore, the draw should be rendered "Null and Void" for me, and only re drawn as and when said "paper bag" has been trade marked and officially endorsed by an ex World Speedway Champion.. The salubrious surroundings, and of course Ms. Lusardi's presence itself, are actually things that accurately, and clearly, reflect the stature, and importance of fhe Championship KO Cup, therefore, ensuring that the "paper bag" used to dispense the team names has the same level of gravitas is fundamentally important... Hats off to those in charge though,, as many of us on here have often said that they needed to employ a well respected, results delivering, professional marketing company, to publicise the sport, even if it costs a fair few quid to do so... This certainly looks like they have listened, and done just that... NB. May I humbly suggest Mr Timmy Mallett to do the Premiership draw? (If they can get enough teams obviously)... That paper bag was used in the retakes, she used Rob Godfreys bobble hat for the first! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheese Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago I genuinely had no idea who she was before reading this thread so can't comment on that side except that it would be interesting to know how they came to the decision to choose her for it. It just looks so amateur though. Cameo is to wish people happy birthday or see who's dumb enough to say hello to Mike Hunt, not for what should be a serious competition in a professional sport. You even have the final two sides picked out at the same time! Getting 'a name' to do the draw is a solid idea but surely there were better ways of going about it. As an example TNT commentator Darren Fletcher has some history with the sport, could he have been asked and maybe got someone like Ally McCoist to help out, if I remember correctly he's mentioned Glasgow on his radio show in the last year or so. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 17 minutes ago, The Cheese said: I genuinely had no idea who she was before reading this thread so can't comment on that side except that it would be interesting to know how they came to the decision to choose her for it. It just looks so amateur though. Cameo is to wish people happy birthday or see who's dumb enough to say hello to Mike Hunt, not for what should be a serious competition in a professional sport. You even have the final two sides picked out at the same time! Getting 'a name' to do the draw is a solid idea but surely there were better ways of going about it. As an example TNT commentator Darren Fletcher has some history with the sport, could he have been asked and maybe got someone like Ally McCoist to help out, if I remember correctly he's mentioned Glasgow on his radio show in the last year or so. As has Alan Brazil and both him and Mcoist do a show together... And both are pals with "Arry.. 10 mins on Talksport Breakfast would be much better I would suggest .. Maybe the Prem could do this... Although, they would need to pad it out a bit after the teams have been drawn in 45 secs... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago Speaking personally I am quite pleased with the KOC draw, means I (hopefully) get to see Poole at Scunny twice, I missed last year's mach as I was away on important family business. Not actually seen the draw, not sure the size of Inbetweener James Buckely's fee would be but I read somewhere that during lockdown he trousered £1 million by sending fans 'video greetings' cards (or whatever they are called) by quoting Inbetweener stuff. Think an ideal guy, no pun intended, to get involved with speedway would be Guy Martin.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTopDrawer Posted 2 hours ago Report Share Posted 2 hours ago 54 minutes ago, The Cheese said: or see who's dumb enough to say hello to Mike Hunt, That seems a bit cruel. I always say hello to Mike if I see him in the pits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byker Biker Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, martinmauger said: Speaking personally I am quite pleased with the KOC draw, means I (hopefully) get to see Poole at Scunny twice, I missed last year's mach as I was away on important family business. Not actually seen the draw, not sure the size of Inbetweener James Buckely's fee would be but I read somewhere that during lockdown he trousered £1 million by sending fans 'video greetings' cards (or whatever they are called) by quoting Inbetweener stuff. Think an ideal guy, no pun intended, to get involved with speedway would be Guy Martin.... Excellent, it's a pity the draw had to be done 3 times before Scunny and Poole came out together - oops! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, martinmauger said: not sure the size of Inbetweener James Buckely's fee would be but I read somewhere that during lockdown he trousered £1 million by sending fans 'video greetings' cards (or whatever they are called) by quoting Inbetweener stuff. Do you think he'd record a video shouting "Speedway W@nkers" at us 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, TheTopDrawer said: That seems a bit cruel. I always say hello to Mike if I see him in the pits. The bloke from Edinburgh? 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTopDrawer Posted 59 minutes ago Report Share Posted 59 minutes ago 40 minutes ago, IainB said: The bloke from Edinburgh? 😂 No. He's from Swindon way I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted 51 minutes ago Report Share Posted 51 minutes ago 7 minutes ago, TheTopDrawer said: No. He's from Swindon way I think. Ahh... I'm thinking of Mike Hunter 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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