Think he meant from the previous season,so with 5 returnees,Drew for PK and another reserve for Jack,IMO i don't think we are any stronger than last season, what we need is an injury free season, looking forward to see how Reid improves.

I think sometimes people who race motorbikes tend to forget just how dangerous it is, not in terms of actually dying but as far as what most people consider bad injuries. You ask the vast majority of people how many broken bones they've had or how many times they've been knocked out and the answer is likely to be in the 0 to 1 range and many of those who answer 1 will be a broken finger or toe which we tend not to include. However anybody who races bikes has been stood around laughing about crashes and injuries with their mates at a meeting and (if you're lucky like me) thinking I'm glad I've never broken a femur. Normal people don't sit in the pits until the end of an event with a broken collarbone because they don't consider it too bad and know there isn't much the hospital will do anyway 😂. Normal people are horrified at the thought of breaking a bone. I agree on the tribal aspect, without it Speedway would already be gone. You only have to look at attendances for individual meetings, if they don't feature really top riders, are testimonials or out of season the fans aren't interested. Another reason for the decline, people find it far harder to be passionate about a team from a town 60 miles away from theirs.

It WAS due to be Kim Nilsson and Erik Riss. It may still be, but there’s a reason why these two were left last to be announced later than the others.

Totally agree as an ex Furness Flyers / Barrow Blackhawks follower I know how fickle most "Supporters" are they will watch a winning team but not one consistntly falling short of expectations

Where has he said this?

I think most Poole fans would agree gaming Kyle in the team  but as we know in sport there can’t be to much sentiment,the management are there to put title winning teams together. Kennett and Lightcap will be the strongest reserve pair in the league no doubt and when Kennett moves up that will change the dynamic and it will change most months after that but effectively we will have heatleader points at reserve so that makes up for the lack of a number 5 like from previous years.