ch958 2,395 Posted February 15, 2015 Yes. Always has. That's why it's so funny the PL fans are so upset the EL generally gets priority now. I'd be happy for pl to operate similar squad system as suggested for El Everybody gets a full team As another poster has said it's too simple to actually happen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tsunami 10,219 Posted February 15, 2015 Isn't that pretty much where things started? EL teams had the option of using one or two positions in their team for "double up" riders...They "signed" 2 riders who were PL riders to cover a position and used the one that was available. In most cases there was one rider who was far better than the other so the EL team used them every meeting that they could and rarely used the other....so then they decided that they didn't need the two riders and they would just use a guest when the PL rider wasn't available...and then we drifted into the current situation. So really you are asking how we get back to where we started from... It was originally devised to give PL riders a chance to dip their toe in higher level racing, without having to sign formally for an EL slot. The intentions were good, just the same as doubling down was to supplement riders in the EL with extra meetings, without having to sign for a foreign team. Went wrong somewhere in the middle tho. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
proud panther 1,505 Posted February 16, 2015 If anybody has got access to Lewis Blackbirds Twitter, he has just confirmed who he is an asset of. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
customhouseregular 1,651 Posted February 16, 2015 I may have forgotten but I don't recall in the old NL/PL and BL1/BL2 days riders doubling up. Am I wrong?. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BluTiger 21,700 Posted February 16, 2015 LEWIS BLACKBIRD @lewiblack · Feb 15 @russelljosborne Mildenhall own my contract so Peterborough have preference. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The White Knight 9,039 Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) If anybody has got access to Lewis Blackbirds Twitter, he has just confirmed who he is an asset of. I haven't got access. So put me out of my misery please. To whom does he belong? Ooops!! You must have been typing as I was composing my Post BP. Thank you for that. Edited February 16, 2015 by The White Knight 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCB 0 Posted February 16, 2015 I'd be happy for pl to operate similar squad system as suggested for El Everybody gets a full team As another poster has said it's too simple to actually happen The EL doesnt have squads. They have declared 1-7s like the PL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The White Knight 9,039 Posted February 16, 2015 I'd be happy for pl to operate similar squad system as suggested for El Everybody gets a full team As another poster has said it's too simple to actually happen The EL doesnt have squads. They have declared 1-7s like the PL. Please Note ch958's Post SCB. It states 'suggested'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZODIAK 304 Posted April 29, 2015 Re Lewis Blackbird. Individuals cannot own riders assets and have not been able to for years. Chris Louis cannot own him. Lewis signed as a Mildenhall asset and as far as I know has never been sold. He certainly does not belong to Chris. With the news that Peterborough have just "secured Ostergaard as a full asset from Rick Frost and Julie Mahoney", I guess you're wrong! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joseq7 363 Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) With the news that Peterborough have just "secured Ostergaard as a full asset from Rick Frost and Julie Mahoney", I guess you're wrong! I'm not able to give a definitive answer to this but I do recall at Glasgow when Alun Biggart took over the that previous, at that time, promotor(s) Stewart Dickson ( and Alan Dick?) was said to have technically "owned" the contract of Josh Grajczonek, Nick Morris and Mason Campton. The inference being that when they were sold that Glasgow Tigers Speedway (plc) were not getting the transfer money. Edited April 30, 2015 by Joseq7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ch958 2,395 Posted April 30, 2015 Is the answer that Elite league teams could name say 8 or 9 riders. 5 regulars including heat leaders and reserves then 3 or 4 "double uppers/downers" where they choose the 2 that are available for each meeting. Theres a pool of riders like Summers Kus Vissing Masters Wolbert etc in the prem league that could be added to each Elite team. Is that a daft idea, or to simple to be true. thats exactly how it should happen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clambo71 136 Posted April 30, 2015 The one's that I know of. So who goes where then? (parent club) Auty (Scunthorpe) Bates (Sheffield) Birks (Scunthorpe) Blackbird (Mildenhall) Cook (Edinburgh) Ellis (Lakeside) Garrity (Rye House) Howarth (Workington) Kennett (Coventry) Kerr (King's Lynn) King (BSPA) Coventry Lawson (Glasgow) Morris (Somerset) Newman (Poole) S Lambert (Kings Lynn) R Lambert (Kings Lynn) Nielsen (Coventry) Belle Vue Robson Coventry Rose (Swindon) King's Lynn Sarjeant (Coventry) Starke (Somerset) Stead (Sheffield) Wells (Coventry) S Worrall (Belle Vue) Wright (Workington) Wells is a wolves asset Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenga 2,998 Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) charles wright is somerset asset. Edited April 30, 2015 by jenga Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
