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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????

Looks like 2027 is on course to be an even worse season than 2026!

You chose to only the not where Cooks back wheel then throws up mud from the centre green. It would still be debated if it was anyone else. And Poole 100% won the title with the help of a bad refereeing decision. Will Cairns was blatantly warming his back tyre and admitted that he had done so, so should have been excluded in that race. Poole were the strongest team in the league but Scunthorpe should have been champions.

I think Phil Morris is hinting at Eastbourne in the PREM with Vinnie Foord as the U21/Rising Star as it makes all the sense in the world if my info is correct on someone being part of the consortium As for Cairns, Isn't the 2027 ruling for current PREM Rising Star's with GSA's at 3.00 or under only to be part of the 2027 British U21/Rising Star scheme? I'm not on board with this ruling at all and some teams aren't going to be competitive because of it.

I’ve just read it. Apparently everyone is now happy that the rule is that, if a rider’s wheels CROSS the white line, then that would normally lead to disqualification. And, despite multiple views from photographers and videographers, there is no evidence that Cook CROSSED the white line. Well, that’s everyone expect the BSPL chairman who is making up his own rule that even touching the line should lead to disqualification. Where has this man been? I’m sure many people, like me, have watched many slow motion replays where there’s been dust coming from a back wheel but zooming in has shown the tyre on the line not over it. Indeed, wasn’t that Darcy Ward’s favoured method of passing? The Poole bashers have been out in force on this one but the Poole management, unlike too many others, have done the right thing by not adding fuel to this unnecessary fire. I am convinced that, had it been Josh Pickering not Zach Cook whose wheel had gone on to the line, nothing would have been said. The statement from Neil Vatcher declines to say who wrote the SCB comment which is disappointing - the SCB should have manned up on this, especially as they so quickly threw Paul Carrington under the proverbial bus. At the end of the day, Poole are worthy champions having out-ridden everyone all season and provided some exciting meetings on their travels. And Scunthorpe are unexpectedly for many, me included, runners up. It’s over, folks, so on to 2027.

explains why there is a battle for cairns, his low average comes in useful

Unlike many, I liked the RS scheme. But think the changes they are making will make it far worse. Like you say, more likely to mean you sung riders well out of their depth, especially if the league is stronger. Could get a 3.5 Champ rider gaining a Prem spot because he's 20, but a 5.5 Champ rider missing out because he's 21 already! Don't think they've thought this through at all, at least the consequences.