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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

It WAS due to be Kim Nilsson and Erik Riss. It may still be, but there’s a reason why these two were left last to be announced later than the others.

Totally agree as an ex Furness Flyers / Barrow Blackhawks follower I know how fickle most "Supporters" are they will watch a winning team but not one consistntly falling short of expectations

Where has he said this?

I think most Poole fans would agree gaming Kyle in the team but as we know in sport there can’t be to much sentiment,the management are there to put title winning teams together. Kennett and Lightcap will be the strongest reserve pair in the league no doubt and when Kennett moves up that will change the dynamic and it will change most months after that but effectively we will have heatleader points at reserve so that makes up for the lack of a number 5 like from previous years.

I would. Kyle would always be in my team.

Welcome back home Antti Voulas the guy flys around NS and is great to watch! Happy to have him back

Would Poole fans want Newman rather than Castagna.

Not guaranteed yet, the lights are available to put up ground work been done, but still awaiting a date from the electric company to put the electric into the stadium . Bainsy not happy with the electric company or the MP who won't answer any correspondence

Very good side.

Antti’s back