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Fantastic!! Not just for the Witches, but british speedway - Excellent news!

And yet an awful lot of people take American sports seriously, despite numerous ways in which weaker teams are given a 'helping hand' (draft picks, revenue sharing, salary caps etc). Without support for weaker teams many tracks would have closed at some point in the past and in all likelihood been permanently lost to the sport, thus accelerating the sport's decline.

In other breaking news trackrat comments on Poole thread again! Yawn.

In other breaking news, Tony Blair is no longer prime minister.

For what it's worth WWE attracts huge audiences wherever they go - and tickets are by no means cheap! Give the followers what they want. Create heroes and villains, goodies and baddies and hype up the media!😉 Wake up, we're in the Sports Entertainment sector, people!!

Yeah Lawson Brennan and 2x Cooks not top heavy at all!!! Rowe Rowe Rowe the boat etc etc.😂

Great news, it is always a delight to see Emil ride.

I would say crowd sizes go... 1 - Ipswich 2 - Oxford 3 - Belle Vue 4 - Sheffield 5 - Leicester 6 - King's Lynn 7 - Birmingham Oxford probably would be top if they didn't race in the Championship as well, that has to dent Premiership crowds a bit. Basically the top 5 are all pretty close regardless, and are all well supported.

News flash, Trackrat is still a 🤡

And that's why we love him. So so pleased he's back 🥰

Great to see and also what a great way to annouce it - the Witches Facebook page said it would be a big week this week too!

Speedway promoters in this country could only dream of the crowds the 'WWE nonsense' pull across the world.

Add Zach and you have a very strong top four, top heavy most would say.

Jury is out on Dan Thompson and Tom Brennan being on an upward trajectory? You’ve gotta be kidding here surely??

Regardless of who he signs for, he will have ridden for everyone before the season is done.

if you want to be a winner you have to be an arsehole on the track, you don't get anywhere being nice .. it's why Leigh Adams never won a world title. Nicki Pedersen away from the racetrack is one of the nicest people you'll meet, but on track, a winner

Surely at 5ft nothing they can't be that big......

Thorssel, Masters, Douglas, Z.Cook, S.Worrall, Morris,.....team manager Adams.....Wolves in Brum clothing??

No. £24 admission is £20 + VAT. So a 500 crowd at £20 is £10k. On average there are 100 points in a meeting, so just £100 per point would wipe out that £10k, without even taking into account the riders' travel expenses and flights and tyres. Then there's signing on fees, stadium rent, insurance, medical cover, meeting fees, referee fee, track preparation, other staff costs, utilities, etc etc. You wouldn't get far on the gate money of 500 people

Not necessarily. They just need to be on good form so it makes it hard to drop them from the team. Or do better than the other reserve (whoever that may be - so they get replaced instead). Although teams make changes during the season anyway so could get picked up by someone else if they are seen to perform well. Blobby seems to think it's Trigger but whoever it is, at least they have a heads up to what is happening so it is their choice knowing it prob not for a full season.

That's 3 million zlotys isn't it?

Thanks, you old git!

@Arthur54 is still dumb 🦜

Pensioners on the hook again 🎣

Great for British Speedway 👏

Great to see Emil back. Loved Emil's words in the PR, He is determined to win the league with Ipswich and he's not going anywhere until he does it. Those aren't the words of a guy who's half asked and only in Britain to top up the bank account. 100% dedication from Emil.

So based on your figures, there needs to be 750 at home to Leicester and Oxford to cover for the low numbers against Kings Lynn.

Lord Tolley gave a good insight during his interview at the speedway show on Saturday. I didn't know that their stadium rent is paid monthly over 12 months and he said was £5.5k. The other point of interest I noted was that they have budgeted for next season based on a crowd of 500, which should be easily achievable.

The financial stuff is all sorted now. All the clubs owe something at the end of the season, just that not every promotion is honest enough to admit so.

In the relegation play-offs the semi winners are safe and the 2 losers then face each other with the winner safe and the loser relegated( only 1 promoted from Div 2.

I would imagine for a work permit to be issued.

More rumours suggest Masters and Douglas are staying at Leicester its highly likely they are true. I imagine Tolleys team will be just as bad as last seasons because of them announcing they are struggling financially.

There was quite good Poole stand with some very very old racing jackets. It was a decent show to be honest

Just working around rumours? Masters-King Douglas-Brennan-Harris-Z.Cook-Edwards. Not a preferred 1-7, but slightly better than last season However, I think Lampart will be back....?

Thompson in particular will add a point as an absolute minimum, due to being on a 25% reduction. He’s also back at reserve rather than at number 2. Brennan will be riding in an easier position than he was at Birmingham where let’s be honest, he was carrying the team until Freddie arrived. He won’t get near the 1 or 5 berth with Doyle and Emil in the side. Expecting big improvement from both, as well as Rew. I don’t really understand Col’s point about lack of improvement in Doyle or Emil either. Of course they won’t, and they’re not expected/needed to. They’re points scoring machines, they do what they do at the top of the team on a consistent basis. It’s the younger riders lower down that you want/hope for improvement from, and we have that.

While I've enjoyed watching Iversen ,& Harris over their careers and Kvech & Cook last year, on occasion Boughen too... that's not a team to challenge. Sorry. That team would need to be 10 points up by heat 12 to have a chance. Klindt is always injured and out for the season by May. And not Oxford. Surely won't be at Belle Vue. Don't tell me the Sheffield management aren't building a ridiculous top heavy team!

Just a thought - those clubs that choose to start their season at Easter might not be starting their'meaningful' fixtures til end April/ early May, which makes it easier to manage meetings up to end June for Cairns!?

There's a difference between dangerous & ruthless. Pedersen wasn't dangerous

I actually think it will be your side now after thinking about it. Just got a Stewart Dickson vibe to it, UK based 1-7 and just the one change from last years side so it ticks the continuity box as well. I know the Masters/Douglas rumours doing the rounds but I've got a hard time believing any rider would sign for Birmingham if they had multiple offers/intrest from other clubs. Birmingham can easily go under at any stage next season and they can easily fall behind in rider payments so I think they'll end up with 6 riders that nobody else wants tbh.

LOL give over with this vomit inducing “we like to help others” cr@p. You’re not “releasing” Ben Cook to help others you fool, you’re releasing him because you’d rather keep the others. “The strong teams help the weak teams” LOL you’ve just pinched Zach Cook off Birmingham who had pencilled him in to their side, in exactly the same way Ipswich have with Brennan! Purely for your own clubs gain because you have to shed points. Stop pretending your club is holier than thou and you make sacrifices for the benefit of others and British Speedway. Your club does things out of self interest, every bit as much as everyone else. Unless you’re Connor Mountain of course. A young British rider trying to make a living here. Then you get tossed on to the scrap heap in a purely tactical move.

Heard he's staying at Leicester

At least whoever wins complins 2024 suit will be getting a brand new one 🤣

There’s more riders retiring or leaving the championship than young riders coming through so it will eventually dry up

Think the trouble is the weakening of the Leagues mediocre riders are finishing with higher averages ,then they keep wanting to lower points limit.Standard of League diminishing rapidly now .Admissiom prices are going up though.There is only one outcome.

That first sentence is the most ridiculous thing I've read on here in ages. By all means you can suggest Rowe is stronger / more promising but a "million miles ahead" come on, be serious. As for why they are even being compared? Well they've both progressed out of the RS berth at the same time, so why wouldn't you compare them?

Think that is pretty close to what the team will be infact.

What have they spaffed all their Zmarzlik money on? They should contact Birmingham to ask how their £755 saved the club!

Only Cubs NDL riders but do get additional benefits paid for like tyres, Kevlars