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If the world gets rid of 'cash',,, its likely to get rid of much underhand skullduggery too. ;)

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25 minutes ago, Jaizer said:

Newcastle at ashfield last season was very entertaining actually, hence hope Barker guesting for diamonds.

It doesn't matter what you do you'll always have weak teams. Believe me Glasgow were that weak team often despite one of the best no.1s the division has ever seen in Lawson and Parker!!!

yeah and how did that work out for them???  Same owners turn it around?  Or saved by wealthy owners?  Not intended as a pop at Glasgow.  They've turned the clubs fortunes around and it would be great if others could do the same but there just aren't that many potential owners able to risk making a loss. 

There will always be  team at the top and a team at the bottom but if the team at the bottom has no chance why would you pay to watch? I recall Glasgow rocking up at Newcastle with Martin McKinna as 2nd heat leader and thinking there's only 4 heats worth watching here, the ones with Lawson in. Indeed they eventually folded and by the time they became Workington they only lasted weeks before being expelled for fielding too weak a side.  It's just not good for business.

The fact that you hope the Diamonds strengthen up by including Ben Barker tells me everything I need to know.  Without him last season the Diamonds wouldn't have hit 25. Starke might do something similar on Friday and Complin might take a liking to the track but we're talking all 7 Diamonds over performing to get anywhere near 35. The thrill of it.

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4 minutes ago, enotian said:

yeah and how did that work out for them???  Same owners turn it around?  Or saved by wealthy owners?  Not intended as a pop at Glasgow.  They've turned the clubs fortunes around and it would be great if others could do the same but there just aren't that many potential owners able to risk making a loss. 

There will always be  team at the top and a team at the bottom but if the team at the bottom has now chance why would you paid to watch? I recall Glasgow rocking up at Newcastle with Martin McKinna as 2nd heat leader and thinking there's only 4 heats worth watching here, the ones with Lawson in. Indeed they eventually folded and by the time they became Workington they only lasted weeks before being expelled for fielding too weak a side.  It's just not good for business.

The fact that you hope the Diamonds strengthen up by including Ben Barker tells me everything I need to know.  Without him last season the Diamonds wouldn't have hit 25. Starke might do something similar on Friday and Complin might take a liking to the track but we're talking all 7 Diamonds over performing to get anywhere near 35. The thrill of it.

Yeah Dickson and dick won the 2012 title. Which actually did more damage than any of the weak seasons before due to what had to layout in wages every week. See Workington as another to fall that way.

I know where you're coming from but bringing in limits like that imo won't change anything.

Dear god, Martin mckinna was barely a reserve

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Just now, Jaizer said:

Yeah Dickson and dick won the 2012 title. Which actually did more damage than any of the weak seasons before due to what had to layout in wages every week. See Workington as another to fall that way.

I know where you're coming from but bringing in limits like that imo won't change anything.

it clearly will.  the heat format massively favours teams with at least two no1 riders. It's why Glasgow don't win the title because they don't back up Cook with another big hitter. They go for riders on a perceived low average. Basso/Brennan might hit no1 level this season and the strategy might work.

In the current format the top two have an extra ride each and heat 13 and 15 potentially gives you an 8 point advantage. Heat 2 and 8 just don't offset because even if you build strength in depth by definition those lower averaged riders are not guaranteed to always deliver 8 points from those heats.

If you're Poole and you have 3 no1's capable of beating all of the opposition there are only 3 heats in which one or more of them don't appear. i.e. only 3 heats the opposition can realistically get a heat advantage. Even then if your top three has scored 41 between them and the others are guaranteed 3 points they only need another 2 points to win. Clearly speedway matches aren't won on paper but the winning strategy is obvious. It's why Poole follow the strategy and are successful. They know what they're doing. Well played and within the rules but if it's detrimental to the product because there aren't enough heatleaders to go around or some of the teams can't afford them then you end up with less teams to defeat. 

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Even if speedway became really popular, would it be able to cope with VAR, Hawkeye and Virtual safety flags?

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1 hour ago, Jaizer said:

Newcastle at ashfield last season was very entertaining actually, hence hope Barker guesting for diamonds.

It doesn't matter what you do you'll always have weak teams. Believe me Glasgow were that weak team often despite one of the best no.1s the division has ever seen in Lawson and Parker!!!

It shouldn't need anyone guesting to make a meeting entertaining...

If that was the case then why not have every meeting with 14 blank spaces in the programme and track specialists get selected to represent each team..?

Mickey Mouse rules kill the sport, so using its biggest one just to provide entertainment can never be good...

Other sports with no promotion and relegation have minimum standards to adhere to, as they know that collectively the "brand" suffers if they have significantly disparate levels between top and bottom.

However these sports have money behind them so being bottom doesnt mean a risk to survival..

UK Speedway doesnt have that luxury so needs the team/teams at the bottom to at least have a fighting chance..

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13 hours ago, enotian said:

but we're talking all 7 Diamonds over performing to get anywhere near 35. The thrill of it.

I will be delighted (ecstatic even) if we reach 35.  It's a bit like when we used to go to Sheffield and celebrate scoring 30. 

Whoever rides at number 1 (providing we don't go with R/R) will improve things, obviously, but by how much remains to be seen.  Anyway this is the Leicester v Newcastle thread, so best keep the Glasgow v Newcastle things to that thread.

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1 hour ago, StevePark said:

I will be delighted (ecstatic even) if we reach 35.  It's a bit like when we used to go to Sheffield and celebrate scoring 30. 

Whoever rides at number 1 (providing we don't go with R/R) will improve things, obviously, but by how much remains to be seen.  Anyway this is the Leicester v Newcastle thread, so best keep the Glasgow v Newcastle things to that thread.

I rember going to lots of away matches with Glasgow over the years and we celebrated if we got 30

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If teams are made up to 42 points & one team has 3 x 9pt riders then it also has 4 x 4pt riders. Another team has no "big hitters" but 7 x 6pt riders. It is then up to the team of 6pt riders to beat their opposing lower riders keeping the score tight. If a teams 4pt riders "step up" & the other teams 6pt riders struggle then you end up with the 60-30 score line but on paper, both teams were equal before the meeting.

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There is an easy solution to this, which is to allow teams to opt for declaring a permanent, season-long guest rider for any team position. The club would have to set the average for this team position to apply for the entire season, and would be permitted to use the services of any rider, at any time, who has an average lower than that figure. 

This would allow flexibility to meet different circumstances, especially if the facility were used for the team's "number one" position. For example if the priority is to keep costs down for a particular match, put an NDL level rider in, whereas for a match it is important to win, and a large crowd is needed, bring in Richard Lawson or even Tai Woffinden.

I think this has to be the way forward and will help clubs whose finances are tighter, to be flexible but also use opportunities to generate additional income where possible 

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20 minutes ago, Hamish McRaker said:

There is an easy solution to this, which is to allow teams to opt for declaring a permanent, season-long guest rider for any team position. The club would have to set the average for this team position to apply for the entire season, and would be permitted to use the services of any rider, at any time, who has an average lower than that figure. 

This would allow flexibility to meet different circumstances, especially if the facility were used for the team's "number one" position. For example if the priority is to keep costs down for a particular match, put an NDL level rider in, whereas for a match it is important to win, and a large crowd is needed, bring in Richard Lawson or even Tai Woffinden.

I think this has to be the way forward and will help clubs whose finances are tighter, to be flexible but also use opportunities to generate additional income where possible 

Oh aye, gotta be the way forward,,, make more crazy rules for a place that already has enough of them! But suppose it's no different from everything else, just hope the normal, everyday run if the mill guy trying to sort a team out can fathom it all in? :t:

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2 hours ago, Hamish McRaker said:

There is an easy solution to this, which is to allow teams to opt for declaring a permanent, season-long guest rider for any team position. The club would have to set the average for this team position to apply for the entire season, and would be permitted to use the services of any rider, at any time, who has an average lower than that figure. 

This would allow flexibility to meet different circumstances, especially if the facility were used for the team's "number one" position. For example if the priority is to keep costs down for a particular match, put an NDL level rider in, whereas for a match it is important to win, and a large crowd is needed, bring in Richard Lawson or even Tai Woffinden.

I think this has to be the way forward and will help clubs whose finances are tighter, to be flexible but also use opportunities to generate additional income where possible 

A good idea,  however...

Something much simpler....

Just put Bomber, Scott and Ben Barker on standby for every meeting....

Oh hang on... 

I think that is already the plan. ..:D

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7 minutes ago, mikebv said:

A good idea,  however...

Something much simpler....

Just put Bomber, Scott and Ben Barker on standby for every meeting....

Oh hang on... 

I think that is already the plan. ..:D

Ha !! But who's to say that BWD ain't coming back 

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1 minute ago, Justgotmecpc said:

Ha !! But who's to say that BWD ain't coming back 

I was talking about putting them on standby for EVERY meeting...

Not just Newcastle's.... :D

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Would anyone have the race times for this meeting? Thought Leicester timed to two decimal points. Not reported as such on the updates site. Thanks in advance.

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