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So - it says Team Redcar under your name -- I seriously doubt it !!! Sure you aren't an interloper who is out to cause mischief ??? There will be supporters who don't fully agree with the changes, but since this promotion took over - EVERYTHING has been done with supporters at the forefront of the considerations. It may or may not work out, but top marks for trying . I AM a Redcar fan and I WILL be there to see how we get on. Good Luck to Anders, thanks for 100% effort while in a Bears jacket

Keep up Blobby who uses cheques in this day and age, we electronically sent the money.

No Rider ever broke a Club, it's the stupid promoter who agrees to pay his demands that breaks the Club.

Next Wednesday instead of heading down the road to Wimborne Road we head up north to Birmingham. This could well be a very close and tough encounter. Brum are good around their patch. Hopefully a decent amount of Pirates fans will be making the 3 hour journey north to swell the crowd.

Just got back (after a quick pint on the way home in a pub with two fat men dancing!). A cracking meeting. Good hard riding from both sides. Best match I've seen at Leicester though I've missed a few this season. Howarth and Andserson top riders fro the home side. Good to see Jason Crump get a few wins - brought back memories of his imperious rides at Brandon. Good guest in Pickering. Even the lesser riders had a good go at it. I still think league speedway can provide the best spectacle for the sport. I do hope it continues.

Thank you Mark Courtney ££££££££££££

At least Monarchs only need Contactless for their signings .

Is it time the two children should be in bed.

The one thing I've been noticing recently - particularly with his last race just now - is that he doesn't seem to know where on the track he should be. He really is all over the place, and going backwards most of the time.

What load of crap! crap racing crap camerawork crap commentary so as not to be accused of being over negative, the adverts are interesting

It appears they have, I have been told this afternoon we can use any rising star to replace Palin ( should it be needed) Mr Watson was indeed correct.

Agree with all of that. You're very lucky if you could hear Rory's interview. Sadly, the tannoy didn't seem to be giving 100% in our section. We even managed to miss the announcement that young Hume was replacing Stefan Neilsen. Given my comments earlier on this thread, I should say Masters was decent. Not before time. There were a couple of blips though. Yet another episode of Sleepy Sam. This week's beneficiary was the good twin. We also had an episode of Fireman Sam, although his hose wasn’t quite long enough to reel in Daniel King. Those two slips put paid to his chances of emulating the great Barry Campbell. The bottom 3 tried but were completely outclassed by their counterparts in a team which has been built properly. Special mention to Danyon Hume. Very impressive. Not the best of meetings for unKempt, although he did improve as the night went on. If he's available, I would still definitely attempt to sign him. Severely doubt he would say yes but no harm in asking. As a team, we've now scored 40 (twice), 41, 42, 43, 44, 46 and 47 in our last 8 meetings. Nowhere near good enough, especially considering half of them were at home. We haven't scored 50 since 16 July. Now I'm a patient chap, and I'm well aware that winning every meeting 46-44 would still deliver trophies but the current formula just isn't working. Chop chop...

Personally I think it is more of a move to-get Lawson on board for next season than making the play-offs.Remember Pedersen has also said this his last season.

The lunatics took over the asylum on the updates site last night , apparently we are signing Dudek at 5k per meeting for just turning up. We’re do you even start with that one , more worryingly someone actually posted that and the rest of the mentalists actually believed it. Comedy gold at it’s finest.

I think that the IOW appeals to the non speedway purist who wants to be entertained over a period of time with a variety of two wheeled action and other distractions. Speedway as many know it and has operated for years cannot survive as you have too few teams and fewer riders who have actually honed their craft and know how to set up a machine for the range of track conditions that the prevailing U.K. weather requires. The sport needs an open policy that allows tracks to remain open and offer entertainment on days/nights that suit. Ignore Europe and with the tracks that are left run fortnightly on Friday, Saturday and Sunday between April and October and most of all go out to provide an evenings entertainment not 15 races with gardening interspersed with tractor time trials and many examples of restarts with the mechanical clowns trying to rectify what they failed to do before the first attempt to run the race. If a race needs to be restarted, the riders need to get back to the start not fart about making adjustments giving an unfair advantage. The sport is old hat and it fails to attract new followers and fails to try something new. It is dictated by riders who expect the unattainable in terms of track conditions and weather capped with promoters/club owners who think what they offer needs no change. These two need to ask themselves why the numbers on the terraces are falling. Sadly they have no interest in the punter or the potential entertainment value that a professionally run sport could offer. The current crop of riders (with few exceptions) and promoters apart from two or three really deserve each other and can be proud that their actions are central to the decline of speedway in this country and fully responsible for where it sits today.

I have bouts of mental health problems, and its only over the past few months that I've "Come Out" to coin a phrase. Some people told me to buck myself up, which is the worst thing to be told. Some people don't understand the situation, and I get that, because they won't if they've gone through it. Some people are very understanding. I'm currently having a great many demons, but have confidence, and obviously hope, that the people helping me with it, will get me out of the other end of the tunnel. I like Craig Cook. I feel for Craig Cook, and I pray he gets the help he needs from this invisible but deadly problem. Please people, whether you like the man or not, show him the respect and love that both he and his family needs at this present time. With the right guidance and love, he'll come out the other end with a smile on his face. Thank You.

Don't lie! It was only 2 3/4 hours...

He’s one of the top riders in the liga 1. But yes his team never made the the play offs.

Its not really Marcin Nowak its Patryk Dudek riding in Marcin Nowak's Kevlar's.

No I am not a leftie. Only the hard right and thick people would want brexit.

Lambert needs to drop the “ruthless” He’s breaking trade descriptions Act

Obviously, some tracks are better than others, but the last few races have been a LOT better than the earlier ones, and at least they have been able to race in the second half.

How is your team doing this season Falubaz?

I posted these 8 hours ago !! have you been in a darkened shed since 8pm on Sunday

If you see Mr Blobby Don't forget to scream

This director is crap.

Shame with the change in race format they couldn't have formatted the centre green presenter and removed you.

Ah Taffy. Taker of my weekly pocket money throughout the 1980s in exchange for finest speedway merchandise. Gone, but never forgotten. Condolences to all his loved ones.

Just officially sign a 3 or 4* option ...... I would suggest Josh Bates and then just use any guest you want

Clueless! you sure Don't know how hard it is to get riders in, even Glasgow with all there money have problems. So because you don't like what the club have done your not going what as happened to support your team through bad and good times. Hope redcar win the league.

Surely there should be room to run Grand Pix and an individual competitions in the same season. Other sports do. I used to think the qualifying rounds in the individual event were great .A rider would have one home meeting and two away and highest scorers went to the final 16.

So its coming down then..? Great news...

Nobody mentioning that Poles -- at least PZM licenced Poles -- aren't allowed in the Championship?

Hume had no Champ team in 2020, he's the one rider who has gained from the "rising star" rule! It's a shame that it took a rule that "forced" Poole into signing a promising Brit over an Aussie for him to get a team spot!

It's up to clubs to pay riders what the clubs can afford, not what the riders are asking for!

Whilst not doing anything wrong, his average has slipped this year. Not quite the year Redcar or he was expecting I'd imagine.

I’m happy to keep this up to date as and when extra riders are confirmed and signed to each team. This can be referred back to each time at the start of the thread then. Unia Leszno - Foreigners/Overseas: Jason Doyle David Bellego Polish Seniors: Piotr Pawlicki Janusz Kolodziej Under 24 Riders: Jaimon Lidsey (Foreign) Keynan Rew (Foreign) James Pearson (Foreign) Jesper Knudsen (Foreign) Jonas Knudsen (Foreign) Polish Juniors: Kacper Pludra Damian Ratajczak Hubert Scibak RIDERS INCOMING FOR 2022: David Bellego <— Bydgoszcz Keynan Rew <— Rawicz James Pearson <— Unattached Jesper Knudsen <— Unattached Jonas Knudsen <— Unattached RIDERS DEPARTED FROM 2021: Emil Sayfutdinov —> Toruń Krysztof Sadurski —> Krosno Szymon Szlauderbach —> Gniezno --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stal Gorzow - Foreigners/Overseas: Martin Vaculik Anders Thomsen Polish Seniors: Syzmon Wozniak Bartosz Zmarzlik Under 24 Riders: Wiktor Jasinski (Polish) Kamil Nowacki (Polish) Patrick Hansen (Foreign) Anders Rowe (Foreign) Timi Salonen (Foreign) Mathias Pollestad (Foreign) Daniel Klima (Foreign) Polish Juniors: Oskar Paluch Oskar Hurysz Kamil Pytlewski Oliwier Ralcewicz Alan Szczotka RIDERS INCOMING FOR 2022: Alan Szczotka <— Gdansk (Loan Return) Patrick Hansen <— Ostrow Oskar Paluch <— Unattached Oskar Hurysz <— Gniezno Anders Rowe <— Rawicz Timi Salonen <— Unattached Mathias Pollestad <— Unattached Daniel Klima <— Unattached RIDERS DEPARTED FROM 2021: Rafal Karczmarz —> Krosno --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sparta Wroclaw - Foreigners/Overseas: Artem Laguta Tai Woffinden Polish Seniors: Maciej Janowski Under 24 Riders: Gleb Chugonov (Polish) Dan Bewley (Foreign) Francis Gusts (Foreign) Polish Juniors: Bartlomiej Kowalski Bartosz Curzytek Michal Curzytek Mateusz Panicz RIDERS INCOMING FOR 2022: Bartlomiej Kowalski <— Czesztochowa Bartosz Curzytek <— Krosno (Loan Return) Francis Gusts <— Daugavpils RIDERS DEPARTED FROM 2021: Przemyslaw Liszka —> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TZ Ostrow - Foreigners/Overseas: Nicolai Klindt Chris Holder Oliver Berntzon Polish Seniors: Gregorz Walasek Tomasz Gapinski Under 24 Riders: Tim Sorensen (Foreign) Matias Nielsen (Foreign) Filip Hjelmland (Foreign) Mateusz Blazykowski (Polish) Polish Juniors: Kacper Grzelak Jakub Poczta Jakub Krawczyk Sebastian Szostak RIDERS INCOMING FOR 2022: Chris Holder <— Toruń Matias Nielsen <— Poznan Tim Sorensen <— Rzeszow Filip Hjelmland <— Unattached RIDERS DEPARTED FROM 2021: Daniel Kaczmarek —> Rawicz Patrick Hansen —> Gorzow --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wlokniarz Częstochowa - Foreigners/Overseas: Leon Madsen Freddie Lindgren Polish Seniors: Kacper Woryna Rune Holta (Warsaw Contract) Under 24 Riders: Bartosz Smektala (Polish) Jonas Jeppeson (Foreign) Andrey Rozaliuk (Foreign) Polish Juniors: Jakub Miskowiak Mateusz Swidnicki Jakub Martyniak Kamil Krol Kajetan Kupiec RIDERS INCOMING FOR 2022: Andrew Rozaliuk <— Unattached RIDERS DEPARTED FROM 2021: Bartlomiej Kowalski —> Wroclaw --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Motor Lublin - Foreigners/Overseas: Grigori Laguta Mikkel Michelsen Polish Seniors: Jarek Hampel Under 24 Riders: Dominik Kubera (Polish) Maksym Drabik (Polish) Mateusz Tudziez (Polish) Mark Karion (Foreign) Marius Hillebrand (Foreign) Jakub Valkovic (Foreign) Polish Juniors: Wiktor Lampart Mateusz Cierniak Wiktor Firmuga Jan Rachubik Maksymillian Sledz Mikolaj Swietochowski RIDERS INCOMING FOR 2022: Maksym Drabik <— Unattached Mateusz Tudziez <— Rybnik Marius Hillebrand <— Landshut Jakub Valkovic <— Unattached RIDERS DEPARTED FROM 2021: Krzysztof Buczkowski —> Zielona Gora --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GKM Grudziadz - Foreigners/Overseas: Nicki Pedersen Wadim Tarasenko Polish Seniors: Shamek Pawlicki Kryzstof Kasprzak Under 24 Riders: Norbert Krakowiak (Polish) Frederik Jakobson (Foreign) Jason Edwards (Foreign) Polish Juniors: Kacper Lododzinski Wiktor Rafalski Seweryn Orgacki RIDERS INCOMING FOR 2022: Wadim Tarasenko <— Bydgoszcz Frederik Jakobson <— Gniezno Jason Edwards <— Unattached RIDERS DEPARTED FROM 2021: Kenneth Bjerre —> Bydgoszcz Denis Zielinski —> Toruń Pawel Miesac —> Rzeszow Roman Lachbaum —> Bydgoszcz --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adaptor Toruń - Foreigners/Overseas: Jack Holder Emil Sayfutdinov Polish Seniors: Pawel Przedpelski Patryk Dudek Under 24 Riders: Robert Lambert (Foreign) Jewgienij Sajdullin (Foreign) Petr Chlupac (Foreign) Zach Cook (Foreign) Bastian Pedersen (Foreign) Polish Juniors: Denis Zielinski Krzysztof Lewandowski Karol Zupinski Mateusz Affelt RIDERS INCOMING FOR 2022: Jewgienij Sajdullin <— Bydgoszcz (Loan Return) Emil Sayfutdinov <— Leszno Patryk Dudek <— Zielona Gora Denis Zielinski <— Grudziadz Zach Cook <— Unattached Bastian Pedersen <— Unattached RIDERS DEPARTED FROM 2021: Adrian Miedzinski —> Bydgoszcz Chris Holder —> Ostrow Kamil Marciniec —> Gdansk

Nice wide long tracks in Poland. Wait until he sees Armadale he will turn into a 2 point novice. Last time we signed a promising foreigner in Leon Madsen in there wisdom our management team took him to Armadale two nights before his debut. He ran for the hills and was never seen on these shores again. Armadale mentally scarred the poor boy.

Mark drew the £500 draw and I assume D Monks is Screm.Well done

Best thing about the gp was the start girls. Holy rubbish the blonde on gate 4. Yes I know it is not PC but

Blimey that's a bit early to be getting there! What you doing? Getting into your lion suit?

Poole got a facility for a rider who hadnt even ridden in the Uk before and eventually was replaced again but thats Pooles set of rules not everyone elses

Indeed, but on paper they look your closest challengers. Redcar haven't looked strong enough to me at any point this season. Edinburgh far too top heavy and Glasgow have had their top end strength ripped apart losing their top two. As ever with Play Offs form can be different then as they are a couple of months away but a Pirates v Lions final looks most likely right now.

I was involved in a series of posts on here recently concerning the number of world champions each country had produced. The careers of both Tom Farndon and Peter Craven were tragically cut short and we can only speculate how many world titles they could have won representing their country.

I went to a few one-off finals (Wembley, Norden, Amsterdam, Katowice, Gothenburg and Vojens) and they were all great experiences. I can see the attraction in a GP Series but from the beginning I could see the disruption it would cause to the UK domestic programme especially when the number of rounds were increased.

You're most welcome. I will carry giving my thoughts on Plymouth's chances in regards to the playoffs seeing as you appreciate it so much.

Think in Birmingham the kids go back to school the week after.

Dudek for Lawson .

Well the idea would be that the TV rights across Britain, Sweden, Denmark and Germay (not sure what the TV situation is in Latvia) provide more income than the current individual deals on the basis that you have four/five home nations to broadcast to. With Polish riders involved you also potentially sell the rights to a Polish broadcaster. Then you have more potential to attract pan european sponsors rather than the local plumber or national brands. And hopefully, if the product is any good (best riders on the best tracks at the best stadiums) and you have a wider catchment area within only two teams in the UK the attendances increase. People still like spending money, just not on rubbish. Clearly none of these income streams are guaranteed but you can negotiate TV deals and with sponsors ahead of committing to rider contracts. The GP stars appear to want more competitive action than the Polish League offers and if the Polish authorities continue to drive down rider rates then it shouldn't be too difficult to attract these stars within a budget. Especially as you're not competing with another two leagues for their services. The opportunity for the riders would be Polish League and Euro League. If the don't accept the rates the Euro League are offering then they only have Poland. Potentially putting them at a competitive disadvantage for the SGP compared to others riding both leagues. If the riders want it and the supporters want it then there'd seem to be away to make it happen. Or you could stick your head in the sand say it's not affordable, pedal the same old tripe to an ever decreasing fan base until it is no longer sustainable. At least if you try something new there's a chance it might succeed.

Mind you, this move brings Plymouth right in line with the best teams in the league. Who knows that they might spring a surprise in these last away matches?