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We had that conversation at Shawfield back in the glory years when we were thumping everyone at home . It does actually get boring after a while . Give me what we have now every time , and if we manage to win something - fine , if not then as long as the entertainment on view stays the same .

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0Tp72XcA47sAtXWEBGynypfZ39fudPnRUQk9Bd5DfgZ82iSfXVcPdgLviudMmRfGKl&id=100000674626434 Looks like being very early doors but this is positive news never the less. Speedway hopefully returning to Somerset and 15 minutes or so up the road from the old track. Let’s keep our fingers crossed!

Better tyres would be a better solution…..

Nathan Ablitt has been signed up for Wroclaw in the Polish U.24 league in 2023. Good lad.

And Lambert in September

Yeah. He threw the towel on the sofa early this morning and claimed it before I wake up. Cheeky German ****

What do you actually get for winning? Are there any financial benefits? Winning put Workington out of business a couple of years back!! Who outside a few hundred hardcore fans actually cares about who wins what?

A few seniors at Peterborough didn’t pay anything to get in for the last two seasons apparently. Their excuse? They were riding for the Panthers!

A multiple GP winner, an U21 World Champion, a British U21 Champion and several National title winners and you don't think that's a capable team? Do tell what or who you are looking for?

Nope, sort the tyres. The EoES is one of the best track shapes there is.

But the only league they all rode in regularly so the only way to compare them properly somebody made a good point earlier in the thread about Ablitt overtaking the likes of Coles, Stoneman and possibly Atkins over the course of the season as he is young and will improve whereas they've been around a while. Certainly hope he gets a spot in the Champs, and of course rides in Poland will do him the world of good.

Mulford didn't start the season with BV as he was a late replacement for Parkinson Blackburn. Nathan started the season and missed the last meeting at Edinburgh.

I remember him holding Doyle out for 3 laps back in August. Best of luck to the lad, and Jack with Ippo.

It would be a really good track for him, he has genuine speed. Chucks his toys out his pram a bit, but if Lemon can get that out of his game then could be a really good signing.

Personally I would put him above Coles, Stoneman, Killeen and Atkins.

...a rude what???

The Sunshine Bus will take you there, so you'll be Ok.

But we are considerably , considerably richer than you

First poiny - winning didn’t put Workington out of business. It was years of over trading and late paying that did that. They were going to fail at some point but the winning streak just speeded that up. As far as financial benefits are concerned, ask Poole how much they made from the play off final. Or Leicester how much they expected to make. These are £30,000-£40,000 events with costs the same as a normal league event. And winning teams, promoted well, encourage more support. In my opinion. .

I’m very much of the opposite thinking. your 6 and 7 have to do 30% (28.57)of the rides for the team. If your team is carrying 2 x 2 pointers and they make their average that leaves 42 points required to get a win before heat 15. That works out at 2.1 points per rider per race. 4-2’s won’t cut it. last year Poole could carry one two pointer as Nathan only did 3 rides a night (10%) leaving the rest of the riders requiring to score 1.76 points per ride(4-2’s now cut it) to secure a win by the end of heat 14. if you think that your 1-5 can all average 8.4 a meeting then that’s the way to go. I’d go with a 4 pointer at 6 and take the #7’s 4th ride unless he’s scored 2 already in the meeting. (Pretty much what Poole did with Nathan all season)

Don't think so, Complin's away ave was far better than his home ave for Newcastle. Put him on a home track he likes & his average could rise.

Yeah there is little loyalty left in the sport bar fans turning up every week.

Any rider can change his mind until contracts are signed. Lawson last year decided against Plymouth & headed to Poole, Redcar suggesting Jenkins was gonna stay before going to Oxford. I don't particularly blame the riders as clubs are quick to drop a rider when it suits them.

He's a very decent BSN Commentator!

The guy must be highly encouraged after reading all these pages of tripe ! The lad is only 20 y.o. still - all that is history. Let's see what he can do in 2023 with our guys to help him along.

Been positive about the whole team apart from Lambert…

it was at the football club and noise trials were held there with the Newport promotion involved

yup my bad hey we all make em eh lol

Yes. Obviously the stadium would be flattened and rebuilt

I think that while it is a bit unfair on Nathan I can fully understand the reasons IF Danny/Matt are going for a stronger reserve pairing. When we had 3 H/L, that with the improvement of the Cooks enabled us to carry Nathan through the whole season with no pressure on him. Now that comfort has gone with the new 40 point limit and with only 2 established H/L I feel that more than ever we will need a decent reserve pairing which if it's Newman & Roydon you would hope at worse a 3-3. A number of times last season we dragged a bit at home in the first half but with 3 H/L we flew in the second half of meetings. We may not have that luxury in 2023 with only 2 established H/L. Having say the stronger reserves hopefully takes some pressure off the top end. We can't just expect Ben to step up as third H/L although we hope he does push on. Similar with Zach. Looking at others teams reserves (those named to date), it should on paper reap benefits, although that's got to be shown on track. Also with the new aggregate and BP system plus only 2 points for a win it will be important to try and keep close on away tracks to try and get that additional BP. A strong reserve pairing could prove important in that respect.

Lemon rates mulford. So that’s good enough for me. He feels he can nurture him. He’s good on grass and long track so with more speedway racing it should only improve him.

I’d assumed that the consortium are those tagged to the Facebook post? (Apologies if that’s not the case) Amongst the names are Henry Atkins dad Mike Atkins, former rider Steve Bishop and former Weymouth Wildcats promoter Brian White. Good luck to all involved, the sport sure could do with a boost of new tracks opening

Yes but this is the Champ and he rode for BV in NL, so not really home advantage. Have seen Nathan beat Starke, James Sarjaent at Edinburgh twice, Ben Morley at Plymouth and Bailey at Poole twice. Sure there are others but those are the ones that I remember the most.

While I agree with you to an extent, this team looks set up for ashfield so I'd predict a few 55-60 home wins tbh However, even those around ashfield are dam exciting. Berwick in the league immediately springs to mind, brilliant racing that night

Sorry don’t mean to come across as “I know something you don’t” which can be irritating I know, but as of today he definitely isn’t in the Ipswich team.

Bang on Paulco. We are so lucky to have a racers track with so many different racing lines which provides excitement pretty consistently. As I’ve said before, it’s the reason we find it hard to win trophies because most riders love riding here. With the reintroduction of the aggregate bonus point (big mistake), I think we will suffer even more as we don’t have the home track advantage like some other teams do. Like you say though, I’d far rather be entertained every meeting than watch a bore fest in order just to be able to say we won a trophy.

Someone already said further up that it’s near flag fen didn’t they ?

Similar at Lynn 2005-09.

I largely agree with your assessment, but given his age, relative inexperience and improvement to date I would expect Ablitt to overtake most of these in 2023. So I'd go with a strong no 6 and Ablitt.

If we want to keep the Newcastle thread going ( what's the problem ) as I remember that when Redcar invited a Newcastle select side down this season after we closed redcar promoter Jamie swales said we need to keep the diamonds alive so let's keep the thread going & hopefully someone can come up with a package to resurrect the Newcastle diamonds again

I’m not completely sold on the name idea but frankly they could be called just about anything as long as it’s local and in Somerset.

Connor Mountain to be confirmed soon (word from the inside).

But what if it is the team,,,,,, you will be like a beach ball that some has just stuck a fag into.

Not having an actual leaving date for the showground can't help either tbf

Gilkes your rising star. best Rs there is

Well said GUV

Sorry. Maybe the new owner will build new stadium next to your house if you ask him nicely

if Flint and Thomas are RS, so then so should Brennan

Till tomorrow at 8am when Jake Allen is announced by Scunthorpe

I know the pandemic hit the club house/function room side of the business but suspect they would have sold regardless of the pandemic, too good an offer.