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There are enough to make this kind of format work, and as you've responded elsewhere it doesn't mean you lose 48 riders who ride on the continent. It may mean you might see more guests or sides opting to run on a night which best suits the riders they've signed up Nobody is going to run on a Sunday with anyone who rides in Poland but some clubs opting for Tuesday, Wednesday and Fridays may have some wiggle room if fixtures allow with what the danish and swedish leagues are up to There are insufficient riders is an easy out, its not, it will allow for more opportunity for homegrown and perhaps riders from the commonwealth

I don't think Timo Lahti's parants have any affiliation with Sweden, wheras Both Loram's mum and dad are/were English as was Woffinden's Parents.

Ten years after Rune Holta won the World Cup for Poland? People are moaning that Lahti is competing for Sweden? Mark Loram was born in Malta! Tai Woffinden was raised in Australia. People in glass houses.

and there it goes once again, speedways credibility riding off into the sunset

As far as I’m aware the World Cup final next year is only at Warsaw and the semi finals are elsewhere

I suggest you look at the ticketing website for Saturday, thousands of tickets still available, most blocks have over 100 seats available in them.

Yes... and it's basically between Germany, Latvia & Czechia. Let the France, Italy, Norway, Finland, Argentina, USA & Slovenia compete first to face them. And hold the three semi's over three legs in Germany, Latvia & Czechia on the day that nation has hosted a GP. Might get some interest then. Yes... it was sodding cold in that stadium tonight. I saw a woman in a Slovenia scarf, there were a few Germans, a couple of Swedes and a bunch of chaps from Argentina! No Latvians though, have seen them in Manchester. Rubbish. I've been to... 2014 SWC race-off, 2017 SWC race-off, 2023 SWC semis & race-off.. all hosted in Poland, without Poland competing, none of which were well attended. Poles don't turn up unless Poland are competing. That World Cup will be awful. The temporary track at the Narodowy starts getting rutted up after 3-4 heats on a single night. How on earth is it going to cope with 4 events? Probably exactly the same people as were there tonight, except the German's will go home. The noise that is generated in that arena is still superb without the hoards watching.

What's all this 'not fitting in at Poole'? He was only coming for the Blue Riband!! Same as Vinnie.😉

Sports that think they're right and the fans are wrong tend not to do too well 🤔

Well as you say. Insufficient quality is the same as no quality & there’s absolutely no way a (at best) an NDL level of rider should be anywhere near a meeting with GP riders taking part. But you also seem to be failing to recognise two other issues with trying to create one league - even with dubious dumbing down included. One.meetings could only be run on Monday & Thursday unless dumbing down will include saying goodbye to best part of 45 existing riders who ride in Poland & Scandinavia. Two. Once some of the up and comers get to a desired standard, they too will depart UK shores You are right about one thing - sticking plasters are not the answer

Like you say same every year. Easy solution strict time limit on rain offs replays ( even if it means missing riders).Teams are now racing about 14 fixtures in 6 months it’s pathetic they can’t fit them in.IMO.

Like you say same every year. Easy solution strict time limit on rain offs replays ( even if it means missing riders).Teams are now racing about 14 fixtures in 6 months it’s pathetic they can’t fit them in.IMO.

Because they want us to see what they want us to see not what we want to see. There are those who say, if you don't like it don't watch it. Therefore they don't watch it and they don't come back.

So Australia and Denmark tomorrow to joind the final , wonder if the crowd will be as small as tonight ?

Will fit in well at Poole then 🤪

Good point

They have completely ruined the world cup week format. back in the day it was a brilliant spectacle , even if the racing was gate and go it was still exciting and well attended. this new format is absolutely pathetic. why oh why do they change things that arent broken but any thing broken they do nothing about?

They have completely ruined the world cup week format. back in the day it was a brilliant spectacle , even if the racing was gate and go it was still exciting and well attended. this new format is absolutely pathetic. why oh why do they change things that arent broken but any thing broken they do nothing about?

Almost certain there will be a big crowd Saturday and a big crowd in Warsaw next year. Both SoN eents at Manchester were superb. Love WTC, Love SoN (except for the terrible name) For those complaining, there are a 1000 other channels you can switch over to...

Often happens the best teams play in cup and playoffs so there is regular fixture congestion

Hi, can anyone tell me if highlights of SON are on any Freeview channels? Thanks

There aren’t insufficient riders. There are insufficient riders of sufficient quality. Granted it all amounts to the same thing, bad news for British Speedway and its fans. That lack of “good enough” riders is at least partly a result of the doubling up doors being jammed wide open for all about 15 years ago. A short sighted decision at the time that is now coming home to roost. At that point there were more than enough riders to go round. Rider power probably drove that one. Recently it’s been exasperated by the tighter visa rules post-Brexit it seems. It’s definitely a case of a best case scenario out of the current mess. One league seems to me to be more of a ballsy attempt to give the sport a long term future, not without massive potential pitfalls. The standard would drop, it’s unavoidable, but it could be the only way to repopulate the domestic rider pool in the mid to long term. Otherwise we end up losing clubs annually, dropping to teams of five (horrible idea) and before long there’s nothing left. Carrying on as we are seems to be agreeing to continue with death by a thousand cuts. It would be just another sticking plaster.

Weirdo comes to mind

Three exciting new wildcards in the gp may help them in their cause . But that’s a different story…. And a different event

It was a tad nippy!