1stbender

I saw Milik score well in Poland and for the sake of Birmingham and the league you hope that he can do a lot better for Birmingham. I do believe the team will be a lot better on their next fixture I’m sure Sam will have given them a rocket after monday. As a former world champion he won’t want his reputation to be tarnished by Birmingham having a poor season.

Lampart definitely worth keeping think he will be fine in the engine room. The obvious change is Milik but I’m not sure what the options are or if Birmingham can afford to temp a strong number 1 rider.

I very much doubt any club would pick him up. There is certainly no benefit to having him, there is certainly no good/bad PR stunt here as he is no “celebrity” or star name. Doesn’t pull in the crowds, enjoyed at times watching him race for Coventry certainly on the edge but I enjoyed that about him but that’s the only thing!

Shame to see such early changes especially with Oxford doing relatively well so far this season. I think this is just the start of a merry go round for teams like Oxford, Kings Lynn, Birmingham and possibly Leicester as they did last season. I would say the finances of success are far more lucrative than previous seasons and therefore promotors will chop far quicker than before.

Ipswich win for me at present strongest team in the league and everyone will struggle to beat them at foxhall.

Ipswich win for me. Emil, Doyle, Ellis and Thompson scoring well in this one.

Any further information on the training track at Leicester? How’s it going, who’s benefiting from it?

I’ve seen them chipping in or at least trying to which is great to see I very much doubt any other riders do this maybe the young kids. Might be jumping the gun with this but if this season is relatively successful do they move up next year? There has been really positive stories since coming back so do they keep pushing on?

Those that have lost clubs never loose hope it may take years to get it back it may never come back but, Support the sport we lost our club many years ago and since have travelled all over the Uk to watch various teams and events, since we lost ours we started a family and the sport has gained a couple of supports! Don’t give up on it

Just out of interest and may be a silly question but why does Riss name keep popping up to replace any rider than is expected to leave Birmingham?

It was a shame that no body really mentioned some of the great heats we saw last season such as the belle vue v Ipswich heat in the semi finals, the comeback by Sheffield in the final or some of the really good overtakes throughout the season, that’s what’s going to attract more fans and also get some positive attention. Yes social media does a have “click bait” obsession with stuff like fighting and that’s all well and good but not sure that’s going to bring more fans in, but speedway could certainly with the right content get more eyes on site with the overtaking, the crashes etc. However have to say much better presentation than I’ve seen before cant help but think with better personnel and financial support Phil will do greater things.

Ipswich win. Did they look as good as the scores suggest?

Not there watching this but anyone have any updates on the teams how they look etc

The truth is no one will ever know. I have confidence that Phil Morris is in charge and every faith that the money generated will be used in the best way from his point of view. If a certain percentage is filtered down to the clubs which I’m sure it will, then it’s anyones guess. I’d like to think that Phil would put a number of caveats in on how that money is spent by the clubs so it’s not wasted or pocketed.

I’m going Sheffield with this one although Oxford I think will be solid at home I think Sheffield will come out firing straight away certainly be difficult to beat.