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Mikkel Bech to Rospiggarna in 2027

For what its worth.............try and get the basics right first, good track preparation, good promotion of the sport through social media , treat the fans as customers not a burden (yes there always the ones who want everything for free), run a tight ship, run on nights which attract the best attendance for your club, start times to be start times. Try and make it economically viable for fans if possible with offers on season tickets etc.

The fact that it isnt in the championship is mind boggling, this scheme is perfect there. It should be two in the championship and one in the premiership ideally.

Some new fans standing next to my nephew left halfway through, tired of waiting around , I realise that accidents happen and cause delays but from what I heard the meeting just dragged on and on.

Eddie Bock stays with Lejonen in 2027.

The problem is this scheme is even narrower than the Polish example. U21 riders in Poland can have as high an average as they want but will always graduate at 21. Here they graduate when they get to 3.50 or 4.00 instead. I think having U21 reserves (who can have any average) like Poland works. Currently Cairns, Harrison, Scott, Rushen, Pijper, Loftus is not too bad a line up. 3 of those riders are 17 so still have a number of years ahead of them at that spot to improve. It also encourages premiership teams to have junior teams so they can find talent to bring into their team. I think graduating Cairns and Rushen already means they will be in Poland even more quickly!

I think BV should go for Klindt, He's a good rider when he's at the right club. Nicolai tends to struggle when he finds himself at new tracks that he's never ridden before like Oxford and Northampton.

The priority for me is Cairns or Rushen now. Reserves were a big issue this year and it could be deja vu if we don't pick up one of the promoising young Brits.

I know, But he's far more reliable than a flaky foreign rider who's never ridden a British track as well as a CHAMP Rider on a CHAMP GSA around the 3.5 mark. We got burnt this year with Hellstrom-Bangs and Juhl Pedersen. With this ruling imo it makes Cairns just as important as Heat Leaders.

In the Speedway Star, Rohan Tungate says he is open for a UK place next season.. 5.89 average... The Aces must be interested I would imagine..

It looks to me like the u21 riders (essentially your reserves) are now far more valuable than anyone else in the team. Cue u21s wanting number 1 money. Its all well and good in Poland where there are lots of talented u21 riders, but there are much fewer in Britain and riders tend to develop later. You don't have to dig too far before you are looking at having 2026 NDL riders being asked to jump into the Premiership just to fill a quota

I’m struggling to follow your first sentence but you think you are referenceing Cook’s back wheel throwing up mud from the centre green. Now, I’ll admit in all the photos and replays I’ve not seen that but even if I had, so what? A tyre can be touching both the white line and the track or centre green at the same time and so throw up both white and non white particles. Or, all white or all non white. That doesn’t prove whether or not the wheel crossed the inside of the white line. Note, crossed, not crossing. If I’m going from one side of a road to another and I have one foot on the road and one on the pavement, I’m crossing. If I have both feet on the pavement, I’ve crossed. Zach’s back wheel was certainly crossing and it certainly looks like that he could have had part of his rear tyre over the inner part of the white line, but I’ve seen nothing that says it crossed all the way over. As far as Cairns is concerned, it was up to the Scunthorpe personnel to contact the referee about it. It appears they didn’t and the referee didn’t see it. As no one from Scunthorpe objected at the time, it seems that Godfrey, Howe, the Clerk of the Course or anyone else from Scunthorpe saw it. Or bothered about it. But, going down the speculation route, if they had seen it and if Cairns had been excluded, where’s the guarantee that every subsequent heat, home and away would have gone as they did? Maybe the overall result at Scunthorpe would have been different but who’s to say that the result at Poole wouldn’t have changed? There are too many variables to make any statement other than over 31 heats Poole came out on top.

Cairns will be #6 for someone based on the article from Phil Morris saying he is getting 25% reduction and graduating the scheme

Artem Laguta stays with Dackarna in 2027.

Every year it's the same bollox isn't it?... Averages changing, eligibility changing, rules changing, no doubt prices changing, (and not going down)... There must be literally hours spent on this nonsense instead of hours spent on creating a product which provides you with a great nights entertainment... "Does he qualify for the 2.5%, 5% or 25% reduction or increase, and is his mam English and left handed?"... So much minute detailed planning each season to ensure a competitive league, and instead we always end up with, at least, one team being highlighted as complete cannon fodder before a wheel is turned, and have their season pretty much over by June!!... Edit. Having read the interview in full, it is clear that Phil Morris does appear to have a clear vision of how he wants the UK version of the sport to evolve, with much of what he is seeking mentioned ad nauseum on here down the years . Hopefully with him, Richard Coleman, and Mark Lemon involved more influentially there is a better future.. It is clear that they want an obvious demarcation between the top two tiers over here, so hopefully their ideas come to fruition and the top league becomes something to aspire to be in...

Yes. Basically Belle Vue will walk the League again if they re-sign Will Cairns.

That's why a highlights package would be the best course of action.. Using BSN and the clubs own streams.. ITV could pay them to use their footage which keeps their own production costs minimal... And those having their footage used get credited on screen so hopefully pick up more business... All the best races of the week cherry picked with studio discussion around that weeks racing with a preview of the following week.. Short, sharp coverage, with the odd "live" meeting at play off time..

It says Cairns has graduated as well. Guess the rumour the r/s limit is dropping to 3.50 could be true

So if Coops has opted out of being a 'number 7' then effectively we are looking at Scott Harrison Cairns Foord Loftus Ingram Pjiper

Don’t try and run before you can walk! Sort out the product first then worry about trying to get TV deals. Put the current product out on mainstream TV and all you will do is confirm the publics perception that first out of the start always wins and if you go you get covered in dust.

Lets at least see the final teams and line up's before we put the boot in.

if rob rides over here it should be no where other than kings lynn, 1000%

I can see a better team than last season but not a 1-7 that's a threat to Belle Vue, Ipswich and Sheffield tbh. I wouldn't be surprised if Z. Cook or Lawson were to be part of the Foxes 1-7 either tbh.

There are just too many different wants and desires from all angles which obviously won't please everyone. Personally, I think you need to make the championship weaker, and I think to an extent you do away with the NDL as a league competition, if you weaken the championship current NDL clubs could enter it or stage individual meetings. By making it weaker I am suggesting once you hit a 7+ average over a 2 year period you become ineligible so currently you take out these from the championship: Nick Morris Kye Thomson Dan Thompson Leon Flint Kyle Howarth Chris Harris Sam Masters Erik Riss Zach Cook Richard Lawson Danny King Josh Pickering Jonas Jeppesen say on average its 2 per side, you weaken the championship so that its 2 up from the NDL - league is still a reasonable standard but should help the development of riders better.... With the NDL - I would encourage more individual racing i.e. British Youth Championship 125/250/500 U19, U24 championships, if an NDL track can't move up they host the majority of these championship rounds with selected other venues hosting a handful - more solo meetings etc. for youngsters they don't necessarily need to be in a team environment, race for themselves and development themselves first and foremost. The only other alternative is to split the leagues completely into two separate championships, probably more like that now, call one the British League - call the other a National League. Try to encourage 8 sides to participate in the British League, one home, one away, KO CUP only so minimum of 8 home meetings possibly 12 maximum, all ridden on Mondays National League - as a separate competition takes place on the clubs selected race night, and those in the British League can enter a side, if you end up with 12 sides home and away once, KO CUP etc.

Rules out Robert Lambert then. Emil Sayfutdinov????