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Now where have we heard that before.

BEEN with lawyers and should be ratified by BSPA General Council this week.

If that's the case then Rosco, Adams and Lemon must all have been up at the crack of dawn last year.

TBF to drozdz his average of 5.5 in Poland is quiet good baring in mind that in every match his easy race he had drabik in that race, and beating him is no easy feet. He then faced the world's best in his other 2. So for me that's an impressive average. If he can bring that form here then were laughing. We know he will struggle away but most tracks are a fair size now. Only really wolves that's a trick track and even our top boys cant ride that place. Thanks must go to woffy who as helped this deal to happen as he sees drozdz has a future. Damien you little devil. You have my backing.

When Mauger and the Aces came to newly 'promoted' Ipswich in 1972 the traffic queue into the stadium was miles down the road. Likewise when Poole came to the Showground with Holder and Ward the crowd increased and there was a fantastic atmosphere as well. Only great riders can create that type of buzz imo...

How's that worked out over the last 15 years???

The “BSPA General Council”? My, doesn’t that sound grand for an amateurish, squabbling rabble.

Rider of the year at Redcar I recall. The guy gives everything he has, what else can you ask. Get behind your team and thank your lucky stars you HAVE a team

Interesting to read that the formulaE that was held in London still got people complaining even though it was silent , some people will just complain about anything if it doesn’t fit in with their precious life , tossers that’s all they are

i can remember walking into sheffield for a plrc meeting and the track looked like that

jeez panthers have already signed enough riders who's average will drop , karger would be suicide

Let's hope the Poles like a motocross track as a home circuit.

How can anyone say Drodz will never be as good as Woryna? Hes only 21 and Woryna didnt pull up many trees in his last UK stint, hes improved a lot, that's what young riders tend to do its called development, Drodz could develop better or not develop at all who knows at this stage of his career. Riders all develop differently, look no further than Doyle.

All done and dusted just waiting for the moment. Roll on March and let’s kick some ass!

Whats not to like? A top 5 with 4 x 7+ pointers including 2 of last season's Number 1s and a current SGP rider, plus a Pole who took the Polish league by storm in 2017 and who has always wanted to ride for Poole. A 2nd Pole plus last season's number 7 both of whom can and will improve their averages!!

We had this with a near weekly petition about a mx practice track. Once we proved that they had complained when there was nobody on site one week none of the names on that petition could ever be taken into account again (which was nearly everybody) and we were granted 364 days planning permission. Asking some of the locals in the village shop one day after all this if the noise was really an issue it was said that most didn't mind but the bloke who organised it all was such a pain in the arse that they all signed to shut him up! It is a landmark new law that will do a lot for motorsport in general with places like Mallory Park and Brands Hatch having major problems with complainants.

No! Part of the attraction of the CL is the arrival of young Aussies with potential to progress to greater things. Would the likes of Doyle, Fricke, Tungate, Masters, etc. have ever graced the CL if there was such a restriction in place when they arrived as promising raw youngsters? As usual with some "Brits First" posters on here, they claim that our Antipodean friends are taking the bread out of the mouths of mediocre locals. Fact is that in 2017 this "deluge" of young Aussie invaders totaled one, yes one!, namely Josh Pickering whose performances home & away were appreciated by Monarchs fans. As the visa entrance criteria has already been reduced from top 4 to 3 in State Titles, which as things stand , will prevent new Oz U-21 Champ, Jaimon Lidsey from appearing here in 2018, I would prefer that the previous quota was reinstated, which I believe, would allow Lidsey to be considered.

but YOU were saying you should back your promotion at all cost which i would never advise for anything always use your own judgement and dont be afraid to speak your mind have i hit a nerve

I do get the impression that some fans are softening their stance. I did. The SCS statement might have made a difference to some.

Do try to keep up Gav - Poole's first team meeting is v Somerset on Good Friday!! You know - the team with the current World Champion and as you've already said the Poole 2018 team is not as good as 2017, I guess Poole will start as underdogs against the Rebels?!

I'm getting the sense that the whole new Coventry outfit , riders and officials, is coming together quite nicely. I hope that all the critics who have been moaning about the enterprise at Leicester will see that and make some effort to support THEIR team and club.

But probably better than Kurtz.

With Mildenhall, the complaints were about the stock car racing, where the noise went on until the small hours, not the speedway.

I thought poole are waiting on sudstrom polish club for the ok ?

As i said on the Poole thread,they will announce as and when they a ready to do so.

He is pretty good everywhere!

no i dont think that will happen but there will be no delay in getting on his back if things dont go well

Amazing to hear this because Mildenhall is surely one of the most remote tracks, right out in the countryside. I wonder if the people who complained about this also complained about the local RAF airbase which is much, much closer to a built-up area! And what about all the many houses built right next to busy roads where there's constant rumbling traffic noise?

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

For info, here is the link to the story on the BBC News site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42745611

I,m not kidding, there was 5 aussies at Ytornio to see Barret ride. And they were no family, I asked.

I seem to recall even Somerset had complaints of the noise but when the testers came out on a race night all they could hear was the M5! Good news though for speedway if it is correct.

John Davis?

Some Poole supporters thinking we will win everything by a country mile are deluded

Yawn shall we start a new Rye House 2018 thread or better still discuss contracts, Poole rider negotiations etc etc elsewhere like say in a thread of there own. God this forum can be boring when a thread is hijacked

You're right. More than anything fans want continuity but only when things are going right. At King's Lynn though, they stick by rider's when clearly things ain't so and that's the issue. 2018 is turning into same old, same old. Iversen, Lambert, Rose, Kerr have been in a failing Stars side consistently, not saying any are to blame but if we want to improve, just shifting the furniture about doesn't cut it

maybe they could tweek the rules a wee bit and allow younger ruders into a champ side ya know . just like they are trying to swing the nicholls/kennet thing . come on ged , spread that bung towards the bspa/scb. you took it, now give some of it back . young brit out of a job . thank you British speedway .

Thanks bruv, looks like a 4 point newcomer then. Be gutted if Nathan doesn't get a team, he is better than Grondal & quite a few other foreign riders that have secured team places for next season in my opinion.

Yep, I agree with all of that. But, firstly, Matt Ford doesn’t stop at that: he instructs riders not to ride or to have engine failures so he can reduce his team’s average and get a better rider in; and, secondly, he’s instrumental in certain rules to create “fairness” when it suits him (like the re-averaging of GP riders or one over eight) but then immediately takes advantage of out of date averages to sign Woryna and Bedpaniak, rather than suggest they be re-averaged in the interests of fairness.

Well its certainly not fake news

GED REINSTATED! Saturday January 20, 2018 We are pleased to announce that Ged Rathbone has had his promoters licence reinstated with immediate effect and will now be a full promoter for the 2018 season

To be fair, State titles are the only form basis to judge the ability of any Aussie. Usually new comers ride again established UK based Aussies so it is easy to se how they could fare in the UK. to call them all wobblers shows your lack of credibility. There are only a small percentage that actually fail in this country, but most are a welcome addition to our leagues.

We are far too soft on foreigners, How can winning an obscure State title by beating a few wobblers, entitle you to a work visa, unbelievable.

“No doubt”? Hmmmm if you mean being able to lean and bunny jump your bike this way and that way, Darcy was brill, but if you mean honed skill and dedication over twenty years with the trophies to show for it, there’s only one winner. It’s tragic that we’ve been robbed of Darcy, but his temperament casts doubt on whether he would have applied him self sufficiently to become another Ivan Mauger.

Krysztof Kasprzak Jack Holder Brady Kurtz Kyle Newman Hans Andersen Nicolai Klindt James Shanes I seem to remember that that 1-7 was being called untouchable about this time last season!!!!! The 1-7 this season for Poole looks no better than last seasons to me. Many ifs and buts in Sundstrom and the 2 Poles and Holder......................would hate to see last season repeated..................you never know Lahti and Kennett might be free mid season to replace Holder and one of the Poles!

........ and of course most of us will.

Looks Like the League Title is all yours Shovvy, I guess Its all yours to lose....Then again with the backdrop of choking that has gone on previously..... one can never be quite sure. Anyway Allow me to be the first to offer the warmest of congratulations on your Title win. Or to on the other foot..... I'd like to offer you £1 a bucket for ya 541te

So you are saying Ivan Mauger won all his six titles by bending the rules is that right ?. Mauger won all his title's because he was the best rider in the world and he worked damn hard to do it ,you cannot even mention Ford in the same breath as Mauger Ivan had integrity and class.

Did you ever watch Mauger ride at his peak and in his later years probably not ???? don't even mention Ivan in the same light as Poole speedway .If you have been a supporter for twenty years you would of seen some good days and bad surely you are not that thick to believe you can win every year try to be realistic.

Write to me at Speedwayontheisland@yahoo.co.uk and I will be delighted to send you and yours a family ticket to experience the Warrior Way with us in 2018. If at the end of it you dont like it, or feel we can improve it (this is always possible) then tell me, but if you and yours like it, shake my hand to visit your local track or us again. All the best Barry (Co-promoter IOW)