Grachan 7,362 Posted November 20, 2017 BV were losing Bjerre anyway - more definite now that Wednesday is one of the fixed nights, but tough on Wolves and Swindon in particular. I wonder where Thorsell and either Doyle or Morris will race - or will it be 'if'?? Jason Doyle tweeted last night (and later deleted it) that it looks like he's ridden himself out of a job. It makes sense now. Swindon need to keep him, but we have stuck with Nick Morris all this time and seen him progress, only to have to now lose either him or the World Champion. Sometimes I hate this sports and how it is run. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perton Wolf 396 Posted November 20, 2017 Only 1 rider over an 8 average!!!! What is the point! You should be able to build the team to the limit as you wish! The idiots at the top of the sport literally have no clue. As soon as they do something half decent ie race nights (although Denmark races on a Wednesday too), they come out with rubbish like this. I'll stick to watching some top talent on TV on a Tuesday night in Sweden I think (assuming it's on Premier Sports again), if I wanted to watch Championship standard racing then I might as well go elsewhere than Wolves, would be cheaper ! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panther1997 228 Posted November 20, 2017 At least we know Josh Auty is getting a testimonial Good to see Godfrey getting his own way again! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frigbo 518 Posted November 20, 2017 The one rider over 8 rule makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Why not let teams build to the points limit as they wish? Once again team continuity is dismissed, yet any new top-liners are also forced out. Just adds additional constraints for the sake of it. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perton Wolf 396 Posted November 20, 2017 The one rider over 8 rule makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Why not let teams build to the points limit as they wish? Once again team continuity is dismissed, yet any new top-liners are also forced out. Just adds additional constraints for the sake of it. Exactly, the points limit isn't exactly high with a lot of flexibility to maneuver, teams should be able to use it how they wish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mattfordfan 286 Posted November 20, 2017 Worst Speedway season coming up next season. One rider over 8.00 per team. AWFUL! How weak do you want the league to be FFS. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emilali 500 Posted November 20, 2017 So go to set race nights but then kill any hope of seeing anyone half decent ride here, top marks again to the clowns that run Speedway in this country 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panther1997 228 Posted November 20, 2017 It amazes me how the promoters agree to these stupid rules! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ray c 2,299 Posted November 20, 2017 bspa says they have listen to the fans dont think they listen to anybody Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danny Connor 351 Posted November 20, 2017 It's 90% ok. 2 riders over 8 would be better or even unlimited. i think it's a way of limiting the reliance of top riders who have polish contracts. If you only have 1 of these 8+ riders it should allow more to be available should there be an enforced withdrawal. Thursdays would have been better than Wednesdays but so be it. If it's a problem in the future then maybe Denmark will have to move days instead. It's a shame Swindon need to reserve days. That's a bugbear. Maybe once the new stadium is sorted this can be rectified and the reserved days is just a short term Doyle hasnt ridden himself out of a job. In fact he was hinting on considering his uk options. It's up to Swindon if they use him, or other teams if they can afford him but his demands have a limit now with this rule. I'm happy with the 42.5 limit. I'm happy with the dropping of the joker. I'm 75% with the set race nights and I'm 50% on the 1 over 8 rule. So all in all pretty satisfactory. No doubt people will pick holes in stuff or asoon as there is a meeting where a couple of riders are missing hail the rules as doomed but there are many steps in the right direction! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waytogo28 2,054 Posted November 20, 2017 Worst Speedway season coming up next season. One rider over 8.00 per team. AWFUL! How weak do you want the league to be FFS. But at least the admission price is now going to fall below a tenner - isn't it? And a fiver for concessions. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
foreverblue 6,096 Posted November 20, 2017 So they raise the limit, go to fixed race nights, all going well to encourage GP class riders then you pull the masterstroke of limiting teams to one rider 8 and over!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GWC 495 Posted November 20, 2017 Perhaps the promotions at Swindon Wolves and BV feel its better not to have a top heavy team! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A ORLOV 8,628 Posted November 20, 2017 So they raise the limit, go to fixed race nights, all going well to encourage GP class riders then you pull the masterstroke of limiting teams to one rider 8 and over!! Two steps forward and three back, just like most years. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Haza 1,774 Posted November 20, 2017 But at least the admission price is now going to fall below a tenner - isn't it? And a fiver for concessions. if there is no tv cash or a major league sponsor I expect admission prices are going to have to go up to cover the short fall Share this post Link to post Share on other sites