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PK looked good at Glasgow on Saturday night.

Can see it being close on Monday, but Sheffield to win easily on Thursday. This Belle Vue team will struggle at most away tracks I feel unless Cook can really step up. The key to Monday will be Cook, Blodorn & Kildemand for the Aces. They'll need to get around 20 points between them to get a home win. Kurtz / Bewley should be good for about 25 points but reserves won't get much.

Belle Vue to win on Monday, but then lose out on the aggregate point on Thursday.

Coming from a bloke who has “filled almost every role there is in speedway” during what Backtrack would term the sh*#^show years, I’m not going to listen this constant negativity towards a sport I both love and seek to see improve. Enjoy your speedway, so long.

I was a tad surprised that Poole went for Dan Gilkes with his injury record...

Well his average fits, with a 1 year 8% reduction and then 2.5% British discount.

They got their chance but neither should have it because they already have priority elsewhere

It certainly was a failing system and not unexpected given those who sat at the top table for years. Give the new lads a chance I say.

I would rather trust that departed bigwig to bring change to the sport than the other 2 and I think when we finally find out why he departed it may well be that he was stopped from bringing change, bringing a new team isn’t change it’s a new club joining a failing system no matter how much its cost or who its cost, n new club is a positive step but until change happens thst club will be in the same boat as the others

I’d say bringing a new club to the fold at considerable expense is a big change. Whether Mark & Rob can continue to build hope for a new era given how those who previously and still sit at the top table behave is debatable. At least one of last years bigwigs has departed the sport so that dilutes the self interest somewhat.

But they have investment or bias in a club so nothing will change

So a no to the new Northampton promoter introducing himself in his tracky bottoms then 😂

I agree and this should extend to the mechanics and officials too, optics matter

Still nothing?

If it does contrary to rod Godfrey saying they all get on, they don’t and within time ego’s will come into play (they always do in any business)hopefully it’s a big success and makes money to keep those ego’s at bay

If this starts to go wrong does the new promoter get picked on by the other 5 playground bullies?

Feeling this will be a close one, majority of the Belle Vue riders have had a good amount of sparring matches/ Individuals in Poland and the odd UK outing where as Sheffield have a couple without much true racing action which could give Belle Vue the upper hand. Hopefully there’s some good action between Bewley, Kurtz, Holder bros and Pickering and not too much follow the leader races. Just based on it being early doors and the odd rusty rider going for a home win for Belle Vue 47-43

I just hope mark doesn’t bring himself, too many cooks and all that, ego’s will soon come in to play

It was just too entertaining this close season although in hindsight sometimes ignorance is bliss as it's left me exasperated at times!

Sounds logical to me. In Bandit Country So hopefully all of the fans from the old Flying Foxes days and their descendents will be connecting and turning up in good numbers.

Too busy posting on the forum more like 😜😀

Can’t make it across to this one so will follow the updates. Two good looking teams. Think whichever 1 and 5 can score the most will win their team the meeting. Going 48-42 home win

Blimey, never mind just the rider's health, 10% of that amount could do wonders for the sport's health!

I found that odd also. Second choice of gates and picked the worst.

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