Tigerforever

With most teams completed who do you think will be the 4 play off teams next season? Sheffield Somerset Edinburgh Redcar thats my 4 and in that order.

With Nike Lunna declaring himself unfit for this season Victor Palovaara has now unfortunately lost his team place at Newcastle through the numbers game, this after Dimitri Berge quit Somerset meaning Glasgow lose three loan fees in the space of a month.

Went rather quiet on this thread for some reason lol, I bet half of the people who had a go at the club don’t post an apology or even comment on the statement from Mr Facenna . fact, people love to moan lol

I noticed you ignored the bit that Kyle could have been snapped up by another club before Glasgow signed him, how convenient

Something must have happened for Joe to get dropped, do you honestly think the club would have bought a race suit for him, team jackets etc to dump him for nothing, unfortunately we don’t know the facts but have to trust the club in there judgement. riders have been practicing all over the country the last 3/4 weeks and a 2 pointer could have been injured at anytime and young Kyle would have been any clubs first choice, I believe Glasgow would have signed Bickley the day after Workington sadly closed if they were always going to sign him!!! i believe it now strengthens the Tigers at the bottom end, unfortunately it’s not a great PR story but that’s hardly Bickleys fault. Hope Joe gets a place soon somewhere else.

Not sure how Somerset will bring BWD in after a few meetings, Covatti will up his average and the two pointers wil, still be a minimum two even if there averaging 1.5, points limit is still 38 I believe?

I had Somerset in my top 4 but not now, Sheffield. Redcar, Edinburgh and either Glasgow or Leicester.

Real shame for Somerset, Berge I believe would have been fantastic around the Oak tree arena , he also had issues with both Glasgow and Berwick and could struggle to get a team in the championship in the future unless there are a glut of injuries.

Yes great to hear, I think your club will be a breath of fresh air for the championship, no doubt unbeatable at home and using a tac sub at most away tracks which will get you a point here and there.

Who was the German that Ipswich had last season , got injured quite early in the season? Would he be a 4 or still 5 something?

Can only be thankful the Championship teams stayed well clear of this, I know it’s something different but don’t see it being the answer.

Don’t know about Glasgow but the season definitely starts in March , and not April as someone previously suggested lol

Problem is many supporters clubs do and often quite rightly decide where there funds go as they generated them , now I believe if possible, supporters clubs and promoters/owners must work together , what we have seeen with Workington sadly is that it’s no longer clubs go to the wall but when. Remember if your using the name of your club to have a supporters club then I feel they should be involved with you. no club no supporters club and vice versa, I believe promotions and fans are needed to work together in the hope no more clubs go bust, not something I’m 100% sure certain will be the case sadly.

Paul Starke at Glasgow, Josh Pickering at Edinburgh, Leon Flint at Berwick and Jordan Stewart at Redcar.

Think the asset would have to have been Tai Woffinden unfortunately to even come close to paying the debt

Probably longer than you gave your American last season

Talk on other chat rooms that it’s the Bspa to blame or the Scb, I simply don’t get that, Speedway is in a mess in Britain and yet clubs all over Britain have been offering deals to riders they can’t afford . Why , in the hope attendances will rise, 90% of riders will take the best deal going and can you blame them, no Getting success by winning your league costs clubs a fortune and almost crippled Glasgow after 2011, so what’s the answer, if there is one, if you have a poor team some fans stay away. Success equals more wages. If a football team ie Bolton Wandereres have debt and can’t pay there wages do there fans blame the FA, no I feel very sorry for the genuine Workington fans who have lost there team, they along with Laura must be devastated. You cut the points limit even more and people will stop going or do you keep it the same and lose a couple of clubs every year

At the expense of who? We have all our team!

Well said though no need for the sly dig at Glasgow again, ps season starts in a March lol

Astonished is the only word I can think of, they were one of three clubs who pleaded poverty at the AGM and they put a team like that together!!

Hopefully not from a team who were pleading poverty and wanted a 36 point limit to reduce costs!

No your wrong

Someone had better tell the Ben Fund organisers then as there starting in March, oh and Belle Vue in late March to start there season.

The first few they tried? How many did we try to get before we went for Lawlor and Chessel!!! Well at least we can’t be accused of offering silly money to get the top NL riders as many on here have spouted.

Reading his FB interview Luke Chessel said it took him 6 hours to get up to Glasgow, that’s a hell of a long way to bring a 2 pointer, though I believe Jack Thomas was even more? as you said I can’t see our reserves being our first choice to fill 6/7 positions. Looking at the side so far maybe we are cutting down on costs to riders ( Cook aside ) or couldn’t we attract the Flint, Bickley and Kemp’s that’s required when you go top heavy? Regardless I still can’t wait until March when the tapes go up .