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It has never really bothered me who wins a s/way match as long as it is a close scoreline plus decent racing ,winning the league seems to have very little relevance on the attendance figures . Star riders have a limited appeal in getting punters though the gate ,it's the whole package that matters and the blind love of the sport demonstated by the vast majority of fans . I can't understand the criticism of CL in any shape or form he has been wonderful servant to the sport ( I am certain it has not made him any wealthier ) and has decided he has had enough .

I’d be going and I’d drag the mrs along so that would be at least 2

Fair point the one thing I would say is imagine how good Bart could be if he was a "gater " .

What average would Pedersen & Hausl start on? I'll assume Pedersen has experience in his homeland & has ridden in the top Danish league & the Polish U24. Hausl is only in Germany but has a Seychelles passport so like Aussies Kiwis & SA riders is from the Commonwealth.

I am a Leicester fan and I never want to see quitter Kemp or sniffer Morris in a Lions race jacket again, they've both let the club down badly in the past!

Probably quite a lot to start off with. New or returning clubs always seem to have a honeymoon period in the first year or so.

Just thinking any Prem club interested in Riss would be best to wait till his Champ season starts, then sign him a few weeks into the season. Current Prem ave is 6.46, but Champ converted would be 4.75. Of course that could change a little, once he rides in the Champ. To a lesser extent Pickering would be 7.76 in the Prem, but 6.14 on a Champ converted ave. This is why I dislike the current system, as it almost encourages manipulation, as it's legal.

all look capable in those averages. If I was a Leicester fan, would be happy with that team. Especially if Gilkes was RS, as someone else mentioned.

2027 surely will be one league and an "NDL" or equivalent. The "PL 5" in 2026 will struggle to avoid making heavy losses, (even if 5 come to the tapes) with an inferior standard of product which will not be attactive to their established fan base. Still hamstrung by Monday and Thursday operations, and with upward pressure on budgets due to lack of TV sponsorship, don't see any reduction in PL admission fees. Will all 5 come to the tapes in 2027? If one more club falls the PL will fall in 2027. The big guns have all departed to Europe in 2026 and I don't see them returning. As has been pointed out riders can operate across mainland Europe and Scandinavia with just one set of equipment mechanics and transport, avoiding duplicating eqipment and avoiding costly and time wasting air travel to UK. The current CL will form the one league, but not without challenges in 2027. UK based riders faced with only one league to earn money will either choose to retire , go semi professional, or race overseas. There might just be enough riders willing to race in one league and sustain the curent number of CL teams with no doubling up opportunities. Meanwhile we will see a whole raft of old chestnuts of defunct tracks and new tracks being touted as being the saviours of UK speedway. None seem attractive business investments.

6 Champ heat leaders is a "half decent team"?

stopped watching boxing a few years ago, because of this crap.

I'm sure they squeeze a couple more in 😁 if they had too.

Re my recent post, now found both local Sainsbury and Tesco supermarkets stock Speedway Star.. for folks who cannot get their copiy by subscription. TG Jones appear not to carry the magazine in this area ... Not surprised about Royal Mail . We only see a postman on Fridays it seems , unless I have a mail order parcel, andthe parcel comes with a bundle of letters with an elastic band. Fortunately all my local GP surgery appointments and my London Hospital appointments are all sent online.

Yes we have been couple of times and love going to Zielona Gora, unfortunately we were there when Darcy got injured. Atmosphere always sensational. Just wondered for wroclaw how hard it was for league match as normally seems practically full.

Agreed it will be the most rigged fight ever AJ might be ten years past his best but there's a real risk he could kill Paul if he hit him with an uppercut so the word will have to go down come in one 20% of your ability tops but your right it will still pull in a fortune in readies.

ive been over a couple of times, zielonagora and gorzow, and set off Saturday afternoon to Wroclaw for this years gp, with no ticket and got in. was in Poznan that day for their meeting but it was cancelled, so too a gamble on getting in. also paid at the gate for other 2 meetings. my fav is zielonagora best atmosphere for me.

Good shout.

Surely for a rider to be called an " out and out number one" he should have an average close to 10? 9.50? "Number one" : 8.50 - 9.49 "Number one because that's the highest average in the team": 0.00 - 8.49

Palm Toft on a 4.07 converted ave? Former Lynn rider.

Just got back from STAARS meeting. It's going to be a tough year but we are going to be in good hands. I think we will have a good team, but time will tell on that one. Let's just get through this year then hopefully a better solution can be sorted for 2027

Even better on a 2 though

Even better on a 2 though

Thanks for that ArnieG, but what a farce!

was a 2 page interview

Just wondering how easy it is to get a ticket for a Wroclaw home match? Are all matches sold out? Do you just get tickets on the website or at the stadium, and do they release them so many days before the match? Thanks in advance.