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Not barmy at all, it's wholly dictated by stadium availability.

Hmmmm tad better but not much. Rob Chandler by far the best radio presenter/ sports presenter after Kevin

If we were going to sign bacon then either of MPT or Ully shouldn’t have been signed imo

And we'd have plenty more if we didn't keep forcing British riders out of the sport because their average doesn't fit.

What year bruv ?

Tbf there probably isn't one written as this wasn't supposed to happen this year

Not a lover of Bonus Points other than for teamwork and payment. All 3 had a substantial advantage at home and nothing much between them over the season. This year it looks as though they will all be at No 3 so a good guide to their respective abilities but it will be tougher for all 3 to actually win races. Just pleased that we have these youngsters to give us promise for Team GB in the future.

Each to their own I have zero interest in 22 men kicking a ball of air about, whereas I might have gone to speedway to avoid the wall to wall coverage of it

Surely you know the score by now. One meeting in June; 2 in July ; probably 6 in August and remaining 10 the first week in Sept.

Silly me thought Speedway was a summer sport. One fixture in June and three in July (two less than a week apart). Yep that's good planning on someone's part!

Only 1 different from last year badge...so more like meet the rider

Exactly, Mr Trees. The point is that all England World Cup fixtures have a detrimental effect on attendances at all kinds of other events. Most sports promoters would try to avoid clashing with one, if at all possible.

Would be cool wouldn't it?

Carrying a couple of hundred weight of potatoes on your shoulders there - can make plenty of chips!!!

My stance hasn't changed at all, the Chris Simpson thing should and could have been sorted years ago. People asked time and time again to help generate some atmosphere as the jingles and general presentation Chris did was more of the time than Pete York. ? is Mick doing it for the right reasons or because by doing this it gets maybe a few more through the gate. WIth the news coming out today about Jim Lynch it wouldn't surprise me to see him as co-promotor. The Leicester team looks really good and will effect people going to see Coventry who maybe we're sitting on the fence, it's going to cost my dad a £1 more to see Danny King & co! The amount of statements from and concerning the bees that have come out and I read that the past is in the past is ridiculous. we had it with him falling out with Sandhu, A few weeks ago the save Coventry bees committee and now Chris Simpson? The person who deserves the biggest apology is Colin Pratt and the way he left Coventry via a txt message. Ex employees and sponsors also show its not just people on the outside jumping on the bandwagon and to fall out with so many people and that's just the few we know about ! When does the penny drop? That said I really do hope those who do go have fun and wish the team all the best.

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

Simon Stead confirmed as Team Manager for both Sheffield and Leicester.

I would take everyone of those you have mentioned before Phillips.

We have been spoilt over the years with Eary and Long

1 Nicholls 2 Aarnio 3 Rose 4 Robson (c) 5 Lindgren 6 Morris 7 Bowtell or Hopwood

Marginally.

I would give the captain's armband to Robbo.

Quite happy with that makes a pleasant change

No complaints about the possibility of signing Tom Bacon he has improvement in him, it's the whole balance of the side in general which is wrong , even a schoolboy could get nearer to 42.50 than what is anticipated , I can see a few home defeats and some away thrashings on the cards with the proposed septet and by the time they are able to make any further changes it will be too late.

Nope. The draft system in the EL brought on Steve Worrall, Jason Garrity, Kyle Newman, Charles Wright, Stefan Nielsen, Lewis Rose, James Sarjeant, Josh Bates and Lewis Kerr and if persevered with could now include Wajtknecht, Bowtell, Bewley, Bickley, Jenkins and Kemp! Surely a brilliant idea if properly run and supported? Much better for UK speedway than having the likes of Graversen, Pijper, Etheridge and Konopka at reserve.

Not forgetting one of the World's biggest sporting tournaments in June/July - The FIFA World Cup!! Fixtrure scheduling for minor sports will always take a hit in the even numbered years due to Euros, World Cup, Olympics etc. With attendances already supposedly dwindling, who can blame Speedway bosses for not wanting to run against major sports on TV?

it's pathetic

I'd have thought it was obviously a ploy to demolish the current stadium then find some good reason why a new stadium can't be built on top of the smoking ruins and how they will sadly be forced into completing the housing estate instead of a new stadium. I hate to be cynical but this plan has stunk to high heaven ever since the initial proposal was to put the new stadium car park on the centre 'green'!

Along with the Olympics the World Cup is THE greatest sports tournament. An awful lot of people who go to speedway also like football and I think speedway fixtures need to be carefully planned while the tournament is on to avoid poor crowds. Of course it depends on the game on telly that particular evening......England v Brazil will have a different affect to Iran v Costa Rica for example!

It is the solution to poor organisation and avoiding the end of season fixture pile up. They just can't seem to grasp that speedway is a summer sport and that's when fans consistently want to watch meetings. They can't organise that so the solution is to do less and to encourage supporters to find other interests, not twigging that they may choose those interests first in future

I wonder if the people in the houses next to the pits will be happy now that the track is next to them rather than 150 mtrs away. Also not sure why shortening the track will improve the racing ! Anyway lets see if it actually happens.

I've said for years we should run the day after Cardiff think of all the travelling supporter's heading north , Brough perfect stop bumper crowd bumper money .

One of the best team riders I've ever seen, a great captain

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So the plan now, it seems, is for the new stadium to be built on the same site as the current one. If new one is worked on and changed, then fine. If the current one is to be demolished first, then not fine.

He's still recovering but it's going well. He' getting married this year so think he wants to concentrate on that also

I'm a big football fan, and Kings Lynn could be terrible this year, but I think I would still rather watch that Stars meeting than an England team led by Summer Harry Kane.

So, Edinburgh kicking our season off

Drop me an invite if you do plan one. I'd love to create a kind of "flash mob" for the hard work everyone on the Island is doing. Wouldn't it be amazing if we could get everyone who was thinking of visiting to go for the same meeting? Boost the gate by 50-100-200 who knows? Would certainly keep Barry & team busy greeting all the first time visitors

Apart from his time at Belle Vue where he averaged over 7. Oops!

We gonna look at a Witches Massif roadtrip then Baldy??

Newcastle has never looked as good as that, send your man to Rough Park to sort it out...

Waiting for the Polish league to lift the cap on signatures over three characters long.

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

John Davis?

Not as boring as when a post neither adds anything to the ongoing discussion nor offers a new dimension or direction

in the "good old days" teams had 3 heatleaders averaging 10, 9, 8, a couple of 6 point second strings, and reserves - there's no way on this earth things should be compared to now

I'm far too busy between races trying to find suitable stones to put under one side of the folding chair to stop it wobbling, rearranging the blanket so it doesn't keep sliding off my knee and trying to get the top back on my flask, never mind trying to remember where I put the sugar.