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You're right about Tate and Antti still learning away tracks and any other newcomers having to learn away tracks will make the Comets suspect away from home. Personally I can see Jye being a big improver this year. He'll love his new home track and the wide open spaces, plus from the teams point of view having someone else in the team who knows all the away tracks will be essential. I can see Jye adding 1.5 points on his average this year. I think Jye at his worst is a 5.00 point rider. I think he'll be a good improver and will be good for the team too.

Great views of Windmills and seascape.

In that case that is a very solid top 5.

I don’t think masters is on the decline like some have said, I think he’s pretty much the same as he was a few years ago when he was no.1 for wolves, I just think there’s been an influx of higher level heat leaders return to the uk last couple of seasons and he now is more of a 3rd heat leader level in the pecking order

I would emigrate!!

Forgot to add Chris Harris when alerting that Bomber was coming

As I said at the time, Lewy knows nothing. He edited to say Toby was back to cover himself. Anyway great news he is back, a crowd favourite and a real battler.

5 weeks too early, that meeting is on the 29th December.

Think he'd be equal to what Tungate does in the UK

Thankfully miles off.

Plymouth was in the West of England last time I checked ...

Cruz Harris?

Nice of Leicester to give Birmingham a chance this season.

Anyone for Pukka Park? Where talk of winning the league is pie in the sky.

Sam Masters lol!

Probably then gets the City Link from Edinburgh Airport to Buchanan Street.

The press release advising of the re-signing of Tobias went out yesterday but was embargoed until 7pm tonight. I suspect either someone who saw it sent it on to Lewy or else Lewy received it directly. Either way, the protocol for press releases was breached and was allowed to fall into the irritating realm of “I know something you don’t know” I would expect that @Skidder was one of the recipients but, as an experience journalist, he had the class to observe the embargo

Tobias is back!

Ok. Just for you... Boughen to Edinburgh. You read it here first 😉

Because they were above the points limit. Not easy to strengthen up in that scenario. While they are weaker, I don't see any of the riders picked being particularly bad choices.

Nows the time to get that Jubilee Final done

I think Rowe for Howarth is an improvement, the problem Sheffield have is at reserve .

They needed another top rider to back Fricke up ..

A chance to see our man Tate on Sunday morning , 7.30 am in the Crump speedway meeting live from AUS also Fraser B . a rider the promotion are interested in for 2025 . its live on the BSN for £14.99 (inglish money ) the meeting is on the 29th of DECEMBER.

Plymouth couldn't be much further West!

1. Batch 2. Bowes 3. Jye 4. Vuolas 5. Tate 6. Hook 7. Foord

Shame Poole aren't meeting Leicester in the k.o.cup as they wouldn't need to strengthen much!

Where you can fall into sh.t and come smelling up as roses

I went to Leicester a few times last season, great crowd and good banter everytime, and will definetly return this season and probably not just to watch Ipswich. I know they had to drop some points, and losing Lawson for Howarth for me is a real kick in the teeth for a good bunch of Supporters, but thats the Points situation i suppose, but i have to say getting Craig Cook back is a disaster in my opinion only, i hope im wrong, but if i was a Leicester fan, that would dissappoint me more than Howarth. But their Gaffa does change things around, he isnt afraid to do that, so we will wait and see, if Cook wasn't 1st choice, and i expect that is true, then who was??

Stewart's not afraid to make changes and if Becker struggles early on and drops his average then I can see Stewart stamping his authority quite quickly with a team change or two. I'm not writing Leicester off entirely but as it stands it's not a play-off side.

I think any youngsters coming to Glasgow has a good chance to greatly improve, with the 2 tracks big and small and unrestricted track time they would have a great chance to really develop.

Good to see a line has been drawn under the matter. I know Alex is passionate about his speedway, and the Stars. And maybe sometime in the future he could be involved again in some capacity.

They don't have any spots to fill

He won’t be there a full season.

Thought I was.

Think Riss will be in team ?

Ah that is a shame on a good average. Would like Connor mountain at Redcar good solid scorer

Ipswich appear stronger despite only being marginally below the limit.

Makes sense for Stars to run on a different night to Witches.

Bowes is an unknown quantity for myself personally but it is never easy coming into the British League. Looks like we are putting a lot of faith in Tate and Antti kicking on a bit next season 🤞

To the People's Republic of Poole?

If Jye can reproduce the form he showed when guesting for Sheffield in the 2023 play offs and when he was at Belle Vue then Workington have made a very good signing. That is quite a big if though.

He will crumble when the season starts!

Jesus Christ... FFS! I'm booking my holidays for August! It's looking like it's going to be a short season 👎

I think it is fair to say Becker is enigmatic, he was poor in the earlier part of the season but performed better later. Unless he can be more consistent he is not worth as place in the team.

He ended up at reserve because we signed a clown on a 6.00 average. Absolutely nothing to do with James. He also spent a fair amount of time riding at 4, also nothing to do with him.

It was purely down to the averages, and yes it did make the difference in being able to sign another rider or not. You can be sure they would have kept Vinnie if this wasn’t the case

Again!

Not a problem done it for 10 years it's now time British Speedway started looking after its own in my opinion Jamie swales was the last person to run the JUL properly