Premiership 2027 - Are You Interested??

[RS50]

37 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

I personally don't think that any rider who is going to be absent for a certain percentage of meetings in a season should be permitted to ride in a league whoever they are.

Injury can't be helped but one of the things which gets up people's noses more than anything IMO is facilities for riders who are raving elsewhere and not for the team they signed for.

Would be annoying if they went to a rave instead of speedway.😀

[FishersGate]

I've given up, posted not long ago about how I haven't attended any meetings this year.  Shame and sad. 

Reason one is money, I'm saving and losing speedway hasn't bothered me too much in the slightest, I only miss the chit chat. Speedway is now expensive to attend. 

Reason two is the lack of importance, Its sad that I don't care if my team wins the cup this year. I honestly couldn't give a monkeys about it. 

I could probably put another dozen reasons why I've given up but all of it has been mentioned previously. Until they implement real change I'm not going back. What does the change look like? I'm not sure but I want them to TRY something new at least. Its still the same boring usual suspects in the play offs with the same teams on crap tracks followed by tractor racing. God I could rant on but you don't need to read it. 

Oh and for those supporters still claiming the premiership is necessary, just look at your attendances, how many clubs are closing or losing money and if the sport is better off with it. I personally have completely given up with it. The premiership DOESNT WORK. 

[Tim G]

56 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

I personally don't think that any rider who is going to be absent for a certain percentage of meetings in a season should be permitted to ride in a league whoever they are.

Injury can't be helped but one of the things which gets up people's noses more than anything IMO is facilities for riders who are raving elsewhere and not for the team they signed for.

I do agree with you as it annoys me that my team Oxford have rarely ran the original 1 to 7 that was announced for the last 2 seasons. My interest as definitely waned due to knowing we are not going to be competitive.

Maybe the championship needs a rule that a team can only have one rider riding in Polands top flight that is at an under 21. Then work the fixtures so these riders can turn up on a Friday at the away tracks. It’s been ridiculous how many away meetings Mitch has missed but a lot of that is down to poor fixture planning.

It would be a major shame if British youngsters like Cairns,Rushen wouldn’t be riding in the Championship because they wouldn’t be able to make every meeting because they are progressing internationally in our sport.

Edited 5 hours ago by Tim G

[DaveWayne]

26 minutes ago, RS50 said:

Would be annoying if they went to a rave instead of speedway.😀

Tai has retired now so we should be OK. 😉

[Daniel Smith]

4 hours ago, Bagpuss said:

I personally don't think that any rider who is going to be absent for a certain percentage of meetings in a season should be permitted to ride in a league whoever they are.

Injury can't be helped but one of the things which gets up people's noses more than anything IMO is facilities for riders who are raving elsewhere and not for the team they signed for.

Is that right though? Foreigners yes but we should be encouraging & proud if our own young lads can get gigs in Poland, Sweden, Denmark & SGPs?

All thing's go well, Cairns & Rushen look to be our big hopes and we MUST NOT stand in their way of their futures.

In 1 big league, if a team is happy to sign a Brit knowing they will miss a high proportion of weekend fixtures then so be it.

British Speedway could help itself by waiting for the Polish & SGP fixture lists & each club working around them. 

[marko]

As an Arena Essex fan, not been to a meeting since 2018, still buy the star every week, and sub to BSN or just stuck to watching highlights or whatever has been put on youtube from around Europe.

I quite like watching meetings at home whilst i can go a make a cup when they do tractor racing etc.

Said it before on another thread, speedway needs to forget about the top riders, start bringing youngsters in, you have that little track near Manchester that is used for ride and slide days, its perfect, in a field, no fence, we need tons of them all around the country, just using 125cc bikes, perfect to get a new generation interested.

If there was one in Essex i would go and have a go myself, im 53 and its been nearly 15 years since i last put my leg over a speedway bike as i used to go and have a little spin around Iwade just for fun.

But as for the title of this thread, NO just scrap it, your going to have to sooner rather than later anyway.

[IainB]

1 hour ago, Daniel Smith said:

Is that right though? Foreigners yes but we should be encouraging & proud if our own young lads can get gigs in Poland, Sweden, Denmark & SGPs?

All thing's go well, Cairns & Rushen look to be our big hopes and we MUST NOT stand in their way of their futures.

Why? For 1 or 2 SWC/SoN meetings held every few years in this country 🤷‍♂️

If they want to go to Poland let em but not at the expense of British Speedway.