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It is barmy that you deliver success then cannot maximise it financially... Basically you win the play offs and then?... The sport stops... And you then lose riders that fans have had an affinity to, so go into your "Champions" season looking nothing like the team who actually won... You can actually spend half a season winning meetings comfortably, and your home crowd reduces due to the lack of jeopardy of victory or defeat. After June we seem to always know the PO teams, and you get nothing for topping the table .. They should stop "dumbing down" and start to "level up", and that way fans can build affinity with riders, and riders can build an affinity with fans, as they know it won't be a one or two season visit... You should only lose your place in a team for not performing, and definitely not for doing "too well"... Currently, what is actually the point of winning the league? Given financially, you are not getting the opportunity to earn from it, and cannot build a "dynasty" for further success... And after all the Mickey Mouse, contrived, pi**ing about to make things "even", the same four teams qualify anyway!!!😁

But is there enough riders to go around that fit that criteria?

From NR6 Beaumont Park 121 miles Northampton 118 miles Ipswich 56 miles West Row 49 miles Kings Lynn 45 miles My money is on West Row for a change of scenery and some hairy riding. Everybody knows he likes a challenge and Buster is unlikely to pay the going rate albeit a rise in stolen cash machines in and around Kings Lynn may just open up the options 😂

Is Riss really worth it? Excellent rider on his day, but completely unreliable with his illness. Personally I dont think he's worth the rissk.

This is an area I would be happy to see changes made to and encouraged There is so much discount for this (2.5% Brit) ,allowance for that (5% home guest) why not reward continuity I'd support a 0.1% reduction for any rider in the previous seasons initial declaration that is named in the next seasons initial declaration

Why not?? At the start of the season, Michael Lee would be just a 19 year old at No7. As the season progressed he'd still end up No1, British Champion and World Champion. Rising Stars are not locked in at No7 after the start of the season. With Rushen around 4.50, and Kim Nilsson is available on a similar average, some clubs would scrap Rushen for the "safer option". Then possibly move for a foreign U21 on a 3.00. It's also a reason why the Rising Star should have been U24 / 5.00. British Speedway has always done a terrific job in recent history of trying to hamper and burn British kids development. The last thing we need is clubs burning ex-Rising Stars / youngsters because they'd got a too high average. This current system could be way simpler by just saying every British rider U21 gets 25% until the season they turn 22 and / or the achieve an average of 6+.

So much for 8 teams,just the usual shambles.Pathetic. Back to basics 1 competitive League would have been the answer.IMO.Feel sorry for the fans having to watch the same riders every other week.

More the point of you not be able to name an injured rider in a team declaration The usual Ouch twisted BS - Klindt wasn't injured when declared and wasn't even missing due to injury He stated he was unable to take his place due to ongoing Covid travel restrictions Effectively withholding his services so a very different situation

Why? He is a continental journeyman, would just be keeping a Brit out of a team place?

I think this poster has a point, the two slots should be at reserve and shouldnt count towards the team building averages. What do they do in Poland? Seems like we have a more complicated version of that. When there is already a lack of good quality u21 riders three of them are now technically not part of the scheme anymore by the looks of it. Just seems like the BSPA have bowed down to Poland again.

Michael Lee was a 10.5 average, British Champion and King's Lynn No.1 at age 19. You're want someone like that in the No.7 Rising Star berth ?

That was me and it wasn’t an opportunity missed. There’s a difference between sacking a struggling rider mid-season and then not offering another deal to an out of contract rider at the end of the season. Bangs was released after lengthy talks and it was seen as in the riders best interests. They had to talk him in to returning after his mid season ban but he wasn’t in a good place and wasn’t enjoying himself. I’ve said before that after a lengthy chat with Coleman, anyone expecting/hoping for mid season changes if things aren’t going to plan, will end up frustrated because that doesn’t seem to be the way he operates other than an extreme case. He’s very much like John Louis used to be in actual fact. Chris Louis, not so much as he was far more relaxed with changing things if he felt they were needed.

So, 1 Jason Doyle 8.62 2 Erik Riss 5.05 3 Danny King © 7.17 4 Kim Nilsson 4.50 5 Dan Bewley 8.56 6 William Cairns 3.00 7 Vinnie Foord RS

Is Lidsey a done deal at Northampton likewise with B. Cook at Sheffield?

Not if he doesn’t wanna upset Uncle Artur and end up with a Horses head in his bed 😁

Nilsson, Riss and Foord.

So if Jason Doyle and Will Cairns are heading to Ipswich, could this be the team? 1 Jason Doyle 8.62 2 3 Danny King © 7.17 4 Adam Ellis 5.98 5 Dan Bewley 8.56 6 William Cairns 3.00 7 Rising Star? RS 3.67 remaining for the number 2. Main riders who would fit that would be: Paco Castagna 3.64, Dan Gilkes 3.23, Luke Killeen 3.00, Francis Gusts (Wroclaw connection) 3.00, Slater Lightcap 3.00? Joe Thompson 3.53. I'd chose Franics Gusts personally. Then you could replace Adam Ellis with anyone up to 6.65 (Ben Cook? Bomber? Dan Thompson?) Maybe: 1 Jason Doyle 8.62 2 William Cairns 3.00 3 Danny King © 7.17 4 Ben Cook 6.62 5 Dan Bewley 8.56 6 Francis Gusts 3.00 7 Rising Star? RS Who's everyone's favourite for the rising star berth? I've seen Vinnie Foord's name banded around a lot, but surely the Premiership is far too good for him? Plenty of options open for Ipswich, even with a top 3 taking up so many of the points limit.

Here we go again, you lot were saying the same thing last winter and look what happened.

You can if you know the right people. https://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/19981/ipswich-premiership-17-05-2021

Dan has left belle Vue to better his world championship chances, apparently he felt stale blasting round belle Vue every week, maybe at another track will help his gating 🤔 at the end of the day modern riders are now self employed for the season, so no contracts to hold them to a certain club, and in theory can ride wherever they want or are wanted

any idea on who Sheffields two U21 riders will be

Can't have R/R for anyone who has not done a meeting for a club in a current season

Is R/R even an option - it shouldn't be!!

A lot of Sheffields hopes rest on Jack being able to come back fit for 2027 if this hand injury takes longer to sort out than expected it makes me wonder who they could get in even short term, heading into your first match with r/r at number one won't have them flocking in through the gates.

I look at the reaction differently. Doyle signed for Belle vue half way through the season for an injured rider. An opportunity anyone would be silly to turn down and it paid off for him. I'm sure a few were upset by it. Which again I find baffling.