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Well speedway has just gone full on Mickey Mouse with this decision Irrelevant that it’s Poole it’s a cup competition for the top league and the top league only Basically it will be a Poole select side ….. as an Ipswich fan I don’t want Tom representing Poole and risking injury and not would whichever club Ben Cook rides for Absolute farce of a decision

Wouldn't mind a Berwick rider being in decline and be in the top 5 or 6 of the averages in various countries for the past few seasons.

I think fans who discredit this idea is taking the p!$$ to be honest. Woffinden has almost singlehandedly lifted Great Britain back on the world stage. Without this guy, we'd be nowhere near the medal tables in the 'Speedway of Nations', 'World Cup', 'Speedway Grand Prix'. He has given our up & coming young lads something to believe in & aim for. The belittling of his achievements & service by many to British Speedway overall is nothing short of absurd. Disgraceful in fact. Tai Woffinden IS a true 🇬🇧 legend

Poole will provide better opposition than a bye, I don't see any problem with it...

Wonderful 🙄

Still a class act at this level. We will happily swap, we will keep cookie an you can go into the season with batchelor as your number 1? Thought not

Expecting: Ben Cook Jan Kvech Richard Lawson Niels K Iversen NIcolai Klindt Chris Harris Ashton Boughen *confirmed

Personally think it’s bonkers that the pirates cab ride in the premiership KO cup. Well it’s not even Poole it’s effectively a select side they can go with. Must’ve been several pints down when they came up with this and thought it was a good idea.

Ridiculous being in the Premiership k o cup.

And he didn’t get going until May/June! His mechanical issues were well documented both here and in Poland. Once sorted he was back to the form he showed the previous season where he comfortably topped the averages. He’s now on a figure a point less than the one he started on, there’s an increase there. He’s another reason we’ve managed to squeeze in the team we have, alongside five brits with reductions and one of them on a 25% reduction. Our main competition you’d think, will all have a weaker team on paper than they did this year. We probably won’t get another opportunity as good as next year for a while, they’ve built absolutely superbly.

I would say Brennan, Dan T, Ellis, Sayfutdinov & Jenkins could all be expected to up their averages. Can't see any team getting close to them over the regular season tbh.

Was looking forward to return of green helmet colour. Gutted. being serious, glad there are so few changes KO Cup; was the draw arranged - getting Holders back at Poole. What’s not to like? It will be box office.

Shame Poole didn't get Leicester. Could have doubled up as the jubilee trophy.

Oh great! Let's p!$$ off the best thing to happen to British Speedway recently - British Speedway Network, by dropping their competition!!!!??

And rightly so. Much better idea than having an uneven number of clubs and one club skipping a round. Good decision.

So the 7 Prem clubs invite the 2024 Championship winners into the ko cup 1st round rather than have 3 meetings and a bye! What's not to like.......?

Know which one will have the biggest crowd and it not vs Plymouth!!

Still no Jubilee final. Gutted.

Well a 40 point limit to work with. Better news is we’ve got the pairs on the 5th April. Now to see some announcements.

Musielak has always wanted to ride in the UK since he started riding for Swindon (and Wolves before) - his commitment and availability have never been an issue.... until he went to KL.

I agree about Lawson over Becker....all day long!

For someone on a decline at the time of his crash he was 3rd in the averages for the league behind Doyle and J Holder. But yes he's on a decline 😂 and for him being injury prone. Every rider would be out with the injury he sustained, I don't see him having time off for a dodgy shoulder or concussion because he rarely crashes

It wasn't done to strengthen Leicester, but to get under the points limit. Everyone knows Leicester will be weaker next year.

He must really hate Glasgow….he’s the only one not been mentioned in their line-up…..lol

Bewley, Kurtz, Emil And Doyle, TWICE!!! What's not to like..?

And gives us even less racing for our money.

Exactly mate, if the lineup is complete and everyone seems to know who we’ve got anyway then why not just announce it and get it out the way? and as you said they can start selling season tickets then

Love it when clubs just get it over a done with ASAP instead of drip fedding announcements. Fair enough if it's Birmingham because fans of the sport genuinely have no idea about who's lining up for them but everyone else is common knowledge at this point so clubs may as well confirm everything now considering we're already in Mid-November. Fans can get those season tickets then.

It's not NEW for King's Lynn. It's actually very 'Rob Lyon' (& Jonathan Chapman) to announce full or 'close to' in one go. Back in the day we used to have fan forums in November / December at the AFA or King's Lynn Football Club with team announcements & rider's there taking questions from the fans. Those were good times 👍🏻

He had one in August 2016.

Full team announced tomorrow.

Before opening to read the post, my first thought was Dave Lanning.

It's not about peeing anyone off, Poole were insulated from the lack of fixtures experienced by some clubs last season. Looks like you are going to get another couple of fixtures minimum next season being included in the Premiership KO Cup. The Premiership don't have a BSN Series wonder if that p!$$e$ them off. You never said anything about the idea of having a North and South BSN section. Sure the BSPA could have worked round 9 teams like they have with the Premiership KO Cup. BSN could always sponsor the Championship KO Cup.

Might be, but I think they were just invited being Championship champions

Is it the try before you buy for Poole? Premiership 2026 maybe..

They’re still part of the team. The others have also ridden and “done their jobs”. Never gonna agree with you here. Not wanting the very best riders out on track as often as possible is absolutely bonkers. Only in Speedway.

poole being in the cup is a bit mickey mouse imo but hopefully its the start of them coming back up so they can stop piddling about in the champs

Must admit not against it either - I also remember the old inter league cup from the early 1990s Arena gave out a couple of spankings to higher league teams including a very satisfying demolition of Eastbourne / Wimbledon I’ve also always wanted to see proper promotion and relegation but that’s a different matter!

I wonder what this 'new initiative' that ipswich are doing towards youth is...? Got to be more than just adding a team in the NDL the way it's worded. Perhaps it's just youth second half series? A bit like what Redcar have been doing for years... Anyone got any ideas?

I don’t agree with that! They either want to be in the prem or they don’t… I don’t mind the championship champions being in it but they should have to use their championship 7

Edwards is obviously already in and you’d think Lampart is a certainty… but yeah, I think they’ll end up with 2 or 3 of the other 5 aswell

Likely losing Lawson is a big blow for Leicester... For me, I'd be trying to keep him over Becker and look to get Vuolas in at reserve

My mistake. As I said, I hoped that I’d be corrected and I was. I’m pleased to hear David’s doing well. I didn’t/don’t know him personally, but he came across as a lovely young man when interviewed and evidently gave his all on the track. In a topic of inevitable sadness, it’s pleasing to hear he’s not only doing well, but is thriving.

2 of them are moving on and 1 is retiring aint he? Heard Moggo is going back

where ever Craig ends up at. we all hope he has a good season . we dont own riders , but they entertain us big time .

Take away the off track problems and Cook is and has been one of the best riders the league for years. The bloke is quality and bangs in points wherever he goes.

Think the sure dose was the problem from word go......

Not at all, Yesterday I said that I wish them all the best. I just cant picture any rider signing for them if they've got other offers on the table from more stable clubs, Birmingham can easily go under if they hit financial problems at any point next season and riders could be owed money whilst being out of a job, Especially ones who aren't based in the UK that'll spend good money setting up in the UK. Birmingham's just not a stable club and they're only running in the top league because the other option available to them is to shut up shop now, They'll be left with 6 riders that nobody wants.

I suppose that depends on whether you want to watch live speedway or only watch it if you win. I much prefer to see good racing, whoever wins rather than boring victories but I know others think differently. I've seen some good meeting where my team has lost sometimes by quite a margin.

As a programme collector, I of course have to purchase a programme. Not only do I fill in the usual details but I also note the passes i.e. lap and bend that they occurred. I find this very useful when dissecting the match afterwards over a beer when I can back up what I say! Each to their own but I find filling in a programme is part of the enjoyment. Also if you use a programme board, it is useful to wave at the riders on their victory lap. Finally and overlooked, it is nice to actually read the programme and see what the management have got to say for themselves