Daniel Smith

Is this a serious post?? Football stadiums are 24 days for 90mins?? Club shops 7 days a week, executive suites 7 days a week, 7 days a week restaurants, function suites, stadium tours, charity work, 100s of office staff required 7 days a week.

Seems reasonably simple. Basically asking if the Speedway brings anything to the community outside the sport excluding match days. Schools, charitable work, community gatherings etc. It's a fair argument to the use of grounds as Speedway is once a fortnight for 6 months.

It is ridiculous but have rider's ever had their averages increased?? Also to a half point figure of 7.50?? Absolutely, Birmingham's management have requested it rather than the rider's being given it. The numbers just make no sense at all, Pawlicki & Milik are nowhere near 7.50 rider's

That's not a problem for Belle Vue. Do enough for top 4 & strengthen up in August. Changing early isn't necessary if the team can at least win at home

Brum may get 4 reasonable gates when Woffinden & Sayfutdinov roll in to town but the other clubs offer nothing for the home fans to get up for if they're getting wolloped week in week out

As mentioned before, it's so better guests are available when they go AWOL for whatever random reason. Laguta / King's Lynn set a precedent for this last season

There won't be that class of rivalry between British rider's again. Once British rider's reach a level of real quality they go off to Sweden & Poland to form 'rivalries'. The British Final has no relevance to the top guys which is where Nicholls & Harris first came to a head. It's just not there anymore

The rule judgements on averages has become an absolute joke this season. In real money, Birmingham are 4.60 under the average. Absolutely embarrassing team building. I'd be concerned about Birmingham's sustainability in the top division & whether they'll see out the season. Absolutely shocking team building

At least us King's Lynn fans can get the party poppers out already for finishing 6th.

The only way to be better is Zmarzlik & Lindgren

Early start to the New Years Celebrations is it? Jeez, that'll be some take if sober

£1k pw for a TM is bloody cheap

We used to get chat like this with Sandu, Ford, Rathbone etc. Seen all this before. Guess what happens next?? That's right, they're booted out by stadium owners or the establishment eventually. If you want to chat big about your finances, build a safe & secure track for the clubs future first & foremost rather ego boosting waste on GP rider's. It's absolutely horrific this stuff gets dished out, building up the fans only then to see their clubs gone within 5yrs of this such nonsense

Pole's in Poland = full throttle Brum = Slow motion racing A winning home team is a must but at the same time, in general, it's never the case for the bottom 2 teams. If the Pole's get to grips with Brum I don't think they're a bottom 2 club. Oxford look horrific to me & King's Lynn risking injured & injury prone rider's could bite them hard yet again.

If Brum get both Pawlicki's, I don't think it's a bad side in general. The interesting part will be whether these Pole's will be happy & comfortable trundling around at half speed

That's absolutely it. Why would you hand over ownership of something of no value to which you've spent 10s of £1000s on, only for the new owner to potentially build (exaggeration I know) a 10,000 seater stadium & have a sell-on value of £ms?? If the new consortium find acres of land & get building regulations approved, Peterborough Speedway's licence would then have market value & a rightful return for Chapman.

I've added Lampart as a 7.00. It has to be with the points left, leaving room for 8.00ish & 7.50ish rider's.

How would many line the team up?? Getting the team in the right order as we have rider's coming back from big bangs last season. 1. Tobiasz Musielak 8.69 2. Michael Palm Toft 5.13 3. Vadim Tarasenko 6.94 4. Benjamin Basso 6.25 5. Niels Kristian Iversen 6.64 6. Patryk Wojdylo 5.00 7. Anders Rowe R/S For me the engine room of No3 & No4 is so important so I'd make sure it's an injury free pairing home & away. Iversen's experience as a heatleader (although injured) should be able to hold his own in his first 3 rides at No5. Musielak should offer a bit of protection to Palm-Toft at No2 until (if) he can get back to full fitness.

Obviously it's personal opinion & never fact, but for me it can only be Tony Rickardsson as the greatest of all time.

Will be interesting to see how Masters, Becker & Douglas get on this season without the safety of a trick track.

Under the current team average, I'd argue there's only 1 heatleader & 4 2nd strings. Only the top averaged rider has a fixed position in the team. It's only OUR historic habits & Team Managers that 2nd in averages goes at No5 & 3rd goes at No3. Those days have long gone, the top 3 can ride at No1, No2, No4 if seen fit by the TM. Some teams are build with no heatleaders at all. We should change are view that someone placed at No2 & No4 are of lesser ability of a No3 & No5.

Rather swift with the edit there pal. Feel a little embarrassed??

Bewley for me is the only challenger to Zmarzlik based on his pure speed, as other have said, he needs to put himself in difficult positions to progress as speed alone won't get you there.

The OAP's are the diehards. I'd be popping £30 admission for them

Think it's 24yo &/or their average is 4.00+, whichever comes first