Najjer

He isn't out of work. He has a job at Glasgow.

Other than the cost of shale and lighting - what else about the stadium is not fit for purpose?

Because you haven't just done that on this thread now have you when someone has debated with you, and you've called them a clown? You are the biggest hypocrite on this forum. Some very good memories in there ER and sadly I wasn't there for all of them. I think like Sugarray has said, the team was completely wrote off at the start of the year and to watch them progress like they did as a unit was unbelievable. I think we might get hammered at times this season but it seems right to keep the riders we have. Watching Jake Allen and Rohan Tungate were for me the highlights. Tungate's progression into a genuine no.1 home and away was brilliant.

His average fits, and Bradley Wilson-Dean's didn't.

Not really - The liklihood is he's riding something that's all abit makeshift so it is what it is. No concerns here.

Or just fighting Starman - Although I think that goes for nearly every team in the Country!

Are you really that thick? By saying 'it's new so should ride better' would mean that if Klindt could pass wind then anybody can pass at Belle Vue, but he can't - you are actually making points to disagree with yourself! What has Somerset got to do with it? The racing st Somerset has probably be better than ever in the last couple of seasons. Not sure I can recall Klindt doing much passing there either!

You really are something else - it's no wonder you must be one of the most unpopular posters on this forum. The previous poster was obviously posting about Belle Vue because it is one of the best race tracks in the country, but you have failed to grasp that!

I think the saying "clear as mud" is more apt with regards the polish ruling.

Gary has already confirmed we had a deal agreed with Kildemand before Poland intervened - so bang goes your myth about not being able to afford the big bucks.

Wright could very much be a match winner within his own right. I'd expect to see him line up at no.2 alongside Tungate so heat 8s will be crucial against another second string. Hougaard needs to be in for a big year though. I don't really know that much about him but he seems to have something going on and a decent style on the bike to boot too!!

Not Kyle Newman - he isn't improving.

Thought we had got rid of him from our thread, but seems to have returned since we've gone up a league.

To be fair, I probably should have said one of the best - because from what I've seen of the Belle Vue track on sky this year it is absolutely superb.

I'm not going to get into this comparing sides and "my team is better than yours" lark, but Allen and Tungate I think are fantastic signings again for Somerset. Allen was a revelation last season and has the potential to really kick on and could end the season with a 7+ average. Not saying that he will, but he could. I'm actually amazed he hasn't landed a spot in the lower league yet, unless it just hasn't been announced or because of visa related issues. Some comments made about Tungate not being a big heat winner when needed - he was however exactly that on many occasions for us. So many times he would fly out the start at home in the big races when he was needed and I can recall from the live updates him winning several big races away. I think once he's got the bit between his teeth he will come good for you. Win, lose or draw when you have the best race track in the country like we do - we are going to be served up some cracking speedway. We have 6 out and out racers for around the OTA who won't ever disapoint in that respect.

He would of - but if what I'm told is correct, he wanted mega money that only Rye would offer him.

Can't remember if it was 2015 or 2016, but in one of the close seasons he was made a Somerset asset.

What a bizarre one. Just shows how pointless the asset system is too.

That makes no sense at all - once the first set of averages come out the average total for each team will be somewhere around the 42.50 mark. That would allow certain teams who have had a bad start to the season to be able to swap a reserve for someone like Holder! Financial suicide and also pretty farcical. Dropping the points limit at the first set of averages is the right thing to do. It will allow the weaker sides to strengthen up still but not drastically.

Isn't every side full of 2016 PL riders plus 1 or 2 others? Including Poole aswell.

Once they've been assigned a converted average - stick to it maybe?

It's quite ironic isn't it? Nearly the same team as last year which nearly everybody had to finish around the lower parts of the table - just imagine if lightning struck twice!

Jan Graversen.

Who said this was anything like the Elite League? I could understand the outcries of horror if the previous Elite league was such a success... But it wasn't really was it? Belle Vue, Leicester, Eastbourne, Lakeside and Birmingham all pushed to breaking point in recent seasons in the previous Elite League format. Sustainable speedway has to be the way to go and if that means losing the top riders in the world and Grand Prix riders then so be it quite frankly!

Unfortunately I can't listen to it at work - can anybody summarise what he says?