Fricke,Douglas, Rew.

Whose missing?? Will they also be missing for the evening fixtures??

It needs to be a radical plan.. Five rider teams maybe to ensure enough riders fill the spots... You could have 12 teams in the top tier, 2H2A, and then 'x' amount of teams in tier 2 running at NDL level with the same 2H2A... 60 riders needed for tier one, with all clubs racing on the best night for them, and not Poland, Sweden or Denmark... Bringing back the GP stars hasn't, as far as I can see, brought back thousands of fans who have stopped going in the past 15 to 20 years, with the UK's Mickey Mouse operating model, and dozens of play off qualifiers, resulting in many who still follow the sport on TV, and going over to Poland, simply "not bothered" enough to attend the POQ's in the UK.. As for admission charges dropping? Good! So they should given there will be a clear drop in level from the current tier one and tier two. The lowering of admission would more certainly reflect the standing of the sport more accurately, rather than the current numbers which are only in place to try and pay riders who are expected to spend big on their kit.. At the NSS, as great as the racing is, it is £54 for me and my lad to watch essentially 15 mins of action. That simply isn't sustainable for UK Speedway.. Less number of professional riders, spending less on equipment, will mean less admission costs needing to be charged.. Charge me and my lad £40 and you would definitely get us there far more often than is currently.. I can watch the GP stars on TV, and over in Poland when we visit, so them not being at the NSS won't stop me from visiting... The current admission costs in place to pay them ride in some "contrived" competition, on a Monday evening, does...      

It might just be me, but all I'm saying is, that once a rider has completed a maximum quota of rides a Tactical Substitute shouldn't be allowed on any of said riders remaining programmed ride. If a reserve is getting 7 rides, in the main it means you're getting an advantage from their scoring prowess. Getting to use a Tactical Substitute on a remaining programmed ride that they can't participate in, It's almost the equivalent to 2 Tactical Substitutes a meeting.  That's what I mean by loophole.  

Would love to be with you in the trenches....

Part of me is thinking, if all the riders were available to ride at noon on a Bank Holiday Monday, why was this fixture not originally arranged for noon on a BHM? They've now left themselves 5 days to "promote" this meeting!