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Bloody hell

Monarchs could still fit in an 8.50 newcomer at 1. Rumoured on the Ipswich thread that Kim Nilsson could be coming in as a 6.00 in the Premiership, in which case he would be an 8.50 in the Championship (category 3 rider under SCB regulations)

Yep, definitely Dan, goatee different to his brother’s 😀

Probably all true... And definitely all laughable..

I'm not saying whether it is right or wrong to discount dead-rubber meetings from riders averages. I'm just saying that's the way it has been done in previous seasons, and so by discounting the after-date meetingfrom averages this year, at least they are applying consistency. Of course the riders get paid. But a rider may decide that losing several hundred pounds from his paypacket for the last meeting of 2026 is worth it to get himself a better opportunity for 2027. It's been done before. Alternatively a promoter wanting to use that rider on a lower average next year may be willing to pay him the difference to not score points. That's been done before too.

Didnt think air fences are that expensive. makes you wonder how much it cost for them to go round big tracks as plymouth is one of the smallests. how much are the panels.

You could say that about lot of meetings before the playoffs aswell, did the riders not get paid either?

What's the chances of Jonas coming back, it was said somewhere that he was done with UK speedway, was a good rider most of the times, but possible polish commitments may not help

Can't be bothered, or the actions of a sport who needs as many clubs as it can and are happy to overlook a little 0.5 points here and there to ensure it happens? We've already seen the U-Turn on ACU licence holders this winter, the rules have zero integrity.

Usual rubbish sprouting from yourself that speedway isn’t a team sport because you think it should be an individual sport and you don’t like the team side of the sport. Make it individual only and you would be lucky to have 4 tracks open after one year. If you want to get a bike you can and tracks do have practice days. It will never work the same as track days for normal motorbikes as it is much more specialised. The Grand Prix series can’t even sell out in a 6k stadium over here now and Cardiff was lost because it couldn’t draw a crowd so people aren’t buying into the GP’s atm. The biggest problem over here has been it’s a professional sport being run by amateurs for too long and has helped its demise. Poland has shown how to do it professionally. They have had problems but I can’t think of any sport that hasn’t atm.

Esben Hjerrild rides for Grindsted in 2027

Edinburgh kevlars top left? Dan, surely.

Sounds more plausible.

Definitely Dan

Well that would be a surprise! Wasn’t in the team I’d heard but I’d be delighted for him if that’s the case. Made good strides this year.

Joe Thompson

Surely it's his last chance...last chance...last chance...last chance......

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I don't see that rule like that at all, and it shouldn't be. An official (rolling) average from the previous season (2026) will be the official average for the current season (2027) whether a rider's starts the season or not. He'd have to miss the whole of the 2027 Premiership season to be able to use converted Championship average. The kicker is, that he can use his Championship converted as a guest, may be he feels he'll get enough work from that. 🤷

Vinnie was on Face Ache saying he would like to be back at Workington he is a good reserve and will be getting Premiership experience now. We are still short a proper No1 ??

Or on the other hand as a self employed person would you turn up to work for someone if they're not paying you on time. I don't!

By that logic should they stop counting the averages from all "dead-rubbers"? As wether Northampton raced before or after the play-offs would have made no difference in them qualifying?

All the information is on the gladiators website

Read the post properly 👍