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Nobody would get remotely close to them at the NSS with that side.

I’d usually agree, but a move back there might relight his fire. From memory, he was fast around there when he rode for them and would be on a decent average.

Seems like nearly half the team have done farewell speeches already.

Not forgetting it’s a numbers game

The Polish league have got it right. Promotion and relegation from all 3 divisions. Ambition shown by all teams year in year out. None of this deciding what league they will only race in bollox.. The only team sport in this country that puts up with that crap . It’s only a matter of time before it all goes to the wall . On the plus side United beat the scousers 👍

No he isn’t, and yes it is. I’m sorry Bagpuss I’m not trying to be argumentative here for the sake of it, but of course it’s to do with Money! Chapman could have more money than Elon Musk, I never said Chapman wasn’t wealthy. But his personal wealth is completely irrelevant to the point I was making. Does Jason Doyle still live in Norfolk? The fact of the matter is that if Lynn offered a better deal to Doyle than Ipswich then Doyle would be riding for Kings Lynn. It’s quite clear that no matter how much money Keith Chapman has, it means very little if he isn’t prepared to compete for the top riders. That of course is his prerogative, he sets a budget to build a team every year and that budget doesn’t seem to stretch to paying for a Doyle/Bewley/Emil etc. Now that IS all financially relative isn’t it? We’re in danger of veering away from my original point here which wasn’t to do with Keith Chapman’s personal wealth. If the top three are going to be forced in to not re-signing one of their heatleaders to allow Lynn and others the opportunity to sign them, are those clubs going to offer the top money that these riders will still demand? I personally have my doubts but time will tell on that one. In an ideal world, every club would have the same financial clout OR, willing to invest more of their personal wealth to compete but unfortunately that’s just not reality. As I said before, there will always be the have’s and have not’s and that’s not restricted to Speedway, it’s all sports. The Championship is no different. Would you bet against next years play off final being contested by Poole and Glasgow again? I wouldn’t. You can bring in points limits and different rules to try and make things as equal as possible, but there will always be in demand riders on bargain averages that will always be snapped up by those with better resources who will stay one step ahead of the competition. With all due respect to them, the likes of Scunthorpe under Godfrey who builds his teams to a tight budget, are just there to make up the numbers. It’s just the way it is I’m afraid. ALL the heatleaders have now been “freed up” Bagpuss. Every top heatleader that rode here this year, and want to ride here next year, are now available to Keith Chapman and anyone else who wants to sign them. If finance isn’t an issue as you and StarBoy have said, then Lynn don’t have any excuse not to sign one of them do they? Outbid the top three and you’ll bag one of them. We’re going around in circles here. It’s not so much “freeing” up riders for others, it’s a question of if those other clubs can afford them and/or are willing to pay for them. If they can, then fair enough I’m not against bringing in rules to help spread the top riders around. My concern is that they bring in a rule that prevents the clubs that CAN afford to sign them, from doing so, and those riders are then lost to British speedway because they’re not happy with the lower terms offered by others.

Plenty of this coming your way

While continuing to dominate that second rate league 👍.

Tungate waste of space

Conversations regarding 2026 should of started early this year but it just sounds like heads have been buried in the sand as per normal.

Too right. And with tv deal looking unlikely now, even less chance of anyone going up imo.

Brennan, Ben and Zach were not as good at the start of 2024 though hence their averages fitted

True, but you'd think he'd be more interested in Ipswich winning than our track! 🤷‍♀️

Looks like Friday is the restaging if needed then. Enough weather talk from me. 'We’re monitoring the forecast — final decision in the morning'

Nobody cares what you're doing on Saturday night just say you can't make it would suffice.

Hopefully the rain will just arrive slower than expected as if it could hold off till 9pm, think we'll just get it in on time.

NOOOOOOO! Going to see Rick Wakeman in Bournemouth on Saturday night. King Arthur and Six Wives concert. Won’t miss that (and the fact I paid £55 for the privilege!) Latest forecast is NOT good. Rain, heavy, tomorrow evening.

Unbelievable you guys don’t put that absolute melt Gavan on block. The guys an absolute twonk and proves it time after time after time. He really does have a screw loose and proves it with every moronic post of his. I blocked him years ago and let him rant into the cyber void like the mentalist he shows us he is. I came on here and saw his post in a response. Just Block him. It’s quite simple to do.

He said on a podcast he wants to ride in Europe more next year, so difficult to see how a Saturday track would fit in with that. That is the only disadvantage Plymouth have with Poland having fixtures over the weekend.

No one should be forced to go up in my opinion simply to make up the numbers and appease a couple of clubs who won't entertain one league.

Different in summer hols and also if Poole rode Friday or Saturday, more likely to have kids there imo.

I watched fans stream out of Wimborne Road on BSN after the 1st leg , 2 things in particular were noticeable : hardly anyone was wearing Pirates merchandise and there was hardly any kids. The age demographic appeared to be mainly 50+. Whether that is representative I don't know.

He said when interviewed during a polish fixture this year that he and his family enjoy and want to live in the UK and he said the only way he can do that is to work over here.So I think he will be here next season.

No one with any sense would move up to the Prem. We'll just watch it fall apart from the sidelines. 👍

Don't really think it was a hissy fit he admits he saw the writing on the wall eventually for the prem league , we all know its in a bad place if it was attractive he would no doubt move up but for the present time there's way more downside than upside for him, same for Glasgow. If they go with five clubs he might just get his wish.