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Fricke Castagna Harris B Cook Kvech Rushen Scott so that’s the team then I’ve heard 👍🏻 from a decent source aswell

Another view is he could have continued and lost enough money to not be able to continue in 27. maybe the bombshell has just been dropped 12 months early. The end result is still the same.

Let's all get one thing clear. At best it will be 5 teams unless someone is prepared to underwrite another loss making venture.

The statement clearly said that ‘the Premiership will feature a minimum line up of five teams’. Therefore, one of the following must have been true at the time of the announcement: 1. The sale of the Witches was all but done bar the paperwork. or 2. A new team had agreed to run in 2026. Clearly, in light of the Louis update, 1. had not happened. If 2. had happened then would they not have been better off confirming that fact, even if it was subject to formal agreement at the AGM which surely would be a ‘give un’. I am not convinced that either of the above had/have happened. My view is that their preferred outcome is that the sale of the Witches is completed and that they compete in the 2026 Premiership. If this doesn’t happen, then I suspect that there is a cobbled together Plan B that they will fall back on.

Be happy if we sign Scott or Harrison to partner him

Delighted with the signings so far. Hopefully Cooper will have a long and successful career with the Stars. He’s fast enough already, it’s just the consistency at the starts he lacks. But can’t wait to watch him develop over the course of the season.

Max Perry

For all of buster and dales faults and there is plenty can't moan at the side they're putting together this season

Cooper Rushen joins the Stars at reserve for the 2026 season.Big step up but one I enjoyed watching last year as a Young Star.

Probably an average of around 4 or 4.5. He's certainly the one under the most pressure imo.

I don't think he could fill the Hydro

That makes sense at face value but with a little unpacking Louis motives become a little clearer. At the end of October he knew the tv deal was over and that his team would be weakened by the departure of Emil. So that’s the tv deal and weaker product covered. The air fence is another known item Louis still had to contend with whilst openly planning for 2026. Now we come to the fixture issue. If it’s five teams you’re basically dropping a Birmingham type team for extra visits from Belle Vue & Sheffield. Only Louis can say which is best financially, through we probably all have our own thoughts. BTW, it’s less fixtures with the same repetition or the more repetition with the same fixtures. The house seemed at equal risk in October as it did 2/3 weeks later but imo that’s not the issue, it’s purely down to not getting his own way. I kind of don’t blame him as the trait of almost all speedway promoters is one of “I’m alright Jack, screw you.” Owning that mindset is another thing and we continually get this smoke screen from clubs PR and social media trolls that everything they do is for the good of the sport. Hopefully he doesn’t kill off the club as they have been a welcome addition to the top league recently and their true fans don’t deserve to have the rug pulled after their cup win only a few weeks ago.

The fact that Northampton was talked about a long time ago and is still being mentioned suggests there is something in it. I suspect all will become clear in the next week or two.

I’m neither for or against Louis but such criticism is unfounded when you do not know the figures involved with the financial operation of the club. Take speedway out of the equation and ask yourself whether you would like people telling you what to do with your money and be criticised for not being prepared to risk making a loss just to make other people happy?

We don’t know that’s the case. People on here claim to know all sorts when the reality is they don’t know their @rse from their elbow.

Is there an easy way to do that, I keep moving the little circle but where it stops is very hap-hazard?

No IMHO I thought it was looking like 5 teams including Ipswich, and that would be why Leicester, Kings Lynn, Sheffield, & Belle Vue have committed to it in the first place. I'm now really amazed that there is a top secret 5th team (Ipswich being the 6th team) that Absolutely no one seems to know anything about. But if so then fair enough and well done to them.

Let him/her/they/them, without sin cast the first stone. Not condoning anything he has done. Can anyone with hand on heart say they have never been given a second chance?

Slater Lightcap - with a free visit from Greg Hancock included in the price. Mind you, he’ll also demand free parking

The premiership will run with or without Ipswich, Ipswich are the potential 6th team if a sale goes through

Would YOU be prepared to underwrite any losses that Ipswich speedway incurs next season. ? We already know that £60k needs to be found to replace the tv money. A new air fence also needs purchasing too. less fixtures with a much weaker product and more repetition is going to lessen income too. oh yes I’d definitely risk my house for it.

Let's try another way. See if mods actually look at this thread: Bum titty bum

So premiership 2026 thread is pinned, are there no moderators for championship threads? Can we not get some new moderators in place ? On second look, it says 2026 but is actually 2024, what a farce this forum is becoming.

I agree, I saw him remove his kevlars from his top half and he appeared to have good movement, a few scrapes on his arm, but I only reported what was said on the stream

i watched later on ,on bsn. luckily for me i just fast forward, so done in half an hour. give it 5 out of 10.