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Thanks Bagpuss I can remember being their when Henka made his debut think it was possibly against Wolves took him 2-3 races to weigh the track up and then in a stunning last ride of the night he showed us all his undoubted talent and what was to come. I still rate him as the most naturally talented rider I've ever seen on a bike all be it Darcy Ward and Kelly Moran come close.

Good to have Antti back . Many people on here who do not know the facts about a subject believe gossip they hear down the pub the rest they make up.

And they even have to manipulate rider averages to fill teams with enough riders of sufficient capability... I do enjoy this time of the season where fans of clubs bemoan who their team have signed, yet the reality is hardly anyone "new" wants to ride over here therefore just shuffling riders around is all they can do....

I certainly would prefer Kyle in my team than Castangne, but Poole are about winning, and Castagne on paper is the better rider and more likely to up his average than Kyle would be. I’m sure Kyle must have a place lined up after a great season last year.

He would come in on a 7.57 as he rode last season in a couple of matches. divide that average by 1.5 and you get the average he starts at Ipswich on TTT. So he wouldn’t be no1 gotta be higher than 8.23,and the 2nd string higher than 3.66.

Arguably as much of a gamble as Craig Cook, cost Oxford hugely last year

This is a very good amateur video of a meeting in 1990 which shows who rode that year.

https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/ This is a really good site for looking up riders and teams from years gone; it was the year Gary Hicks started the season (but didnt finish it along with Knight, Stephen Davies and Bo Brhel). I'm not sure who else was in the initial line up but Roger Horspool rode eleven meetings that year and of course Sean Wilson & Henka joined towards the end if the season but couldn't prevent a last place finish.

Yep, and Morris is at Northampton

The 2 away meetings at Redcar & Workington which Jordan missed due to hospital not allowing him to ride, where we scored 43 & 42pts plus away meeting at Edinburgh, where poor choice of guests and 2 riders having to withdraw from meeting cost us playoff place.

We had injuries at the wrong time last season cost us a Play Off place.IMO.Thats speedway though.

Out of interest Bagpuss the year we first had Loram and Lofquist at reserve who were the top five guessing Knight was one, Johanson maybe but can't remember the other three going back over 36 years for me so the old memory completely gone.

Rowe always looks awkward on the bike to me Bagpuss , other then the two youngsters they ideally would be better to avoid Rowe and go all out to get a couple of higher mid tier ringers like Ippo are reported to be doing with Nillson.

Masters is already back isn't he ?

If he’s a 6.00 then Joe Thompson on a 25% reduction is the only option. We’ll find out in the morning. If they announce Riss on 5.05, then it’s 4.60 left and it’ll be a 4.50 assessed as the final signing. On Riss, I understand the scepticism but there is a huge potential upside if he’s back fit again. In his Premiership season with Oxford in 2025, he averaged 6.93 over 14 meetings. Factor in he rode most of them as either first, second or third heatleader and the potential upside is obvious considering he’d come in on his converted Championship average of 5.05. That’s almost two points less than he averaged as a heatleader in 2025. Especially when he won’t get near any of those three heatleader spots in this team. He’ll also revert back to his Premiership GSA after riding a meeting so the club will have some insurance . It’s a gamble I’d definitely take personally.

Opinion will be divided on who was going to make way (Masters, Morris, Howarth, D Thompson). Only time will tell but I think Morris finished the season best out of that lot.

I'm still signing Nilsson even if he's on a 6.00. I've come around to the idea a lot and I'm not just saying that, Looking back on his British career, Kim was always a technical track rider (Lakeside, Eastbourne and Leicester) so Foxhall should suit him down to the ground.

Again shows how far standards have fell over the years Cradley 84 and Ippo 99 were very good sides, the seven mentioned here is a very bang average side in a poor league but admittedly a league slightly better than a few years back. I know there's no easy answers to the current state of the sport just highlighting what us older fans now view as a half decent side, compared to back in the day when every side had 1-2 genuine world class riders.

Sorry, what I meant to say was his average went down (reduced) because of a mediocre season

Erik Riss?

Yes agree with you, Kennett is a great signing and Lightcap had to return after last season's performances but Kennett could start as a second string, have a weaker reserve and a stronger heat leader at number 5.

Think he meant from the previous season,so with 5 returnees,Drew for PK and another reserve for Jack,IMO i don't think we are any stronger than last season, what we need is an injury free season, looking forward to see how Reid improves.

I think sometimes people who race motorbikes tend to forget just how dangerous it is, not in terms of actually dying but as far as what most people consider bad injuries. You ask the vast majority of people how many broken bones they've had or how many times they've been knocked out and the answer is likely to be in the 0 to 1 range and many of those who answer 1 will be a broken finger or toe which we tend not to include. However anybody who races bikes has been stood around laughing about crashes and injuries with their mates at a meeting and (if you're lucky like me) thinking I'm glad I've never broken a femur. Normal people don't sit in the pits until the end of an event with a broken collarbone because they don't consider it too bad and know there isn't much the hospital will do anyway 😂. Normal people are horrified at the thought of breaking a bone. I agree on the tribal aspect, without it Speedway would already be gone. You only have to look at attendances for individual meetings, if they don't feature really top riders, are testimonials or out of season the fans aren't interested. Another reason for the decline, people find it far harder to be passionate about a team from a town 60 miles away from theirs.

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Alfred Aberg rides for Vargarna in 2027