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oi, im always right, just things change 😂

I don't like where I work, but I go there e everyday cos the money 😏

That's a relief! At least Lions won't finish bottom 😁

Think they'd be better off scrapping the word Development word in the title of the league or even going back to the old name of Conference League

At the end of the day we should all be grateful the fans have a speedway team to watch every other Thursday depending how the fixtures work out what with all the uncertainty over the last few months finding new owners, its gonna be a culture shock for sure not seeing Doyle and Emil round Foxhall every home match tho, we're certainly been blessed over the last 3 seasons watching them regularly, but times change as we all know and nothing lasts forever.

If it is Brennan at 1 and also a team with King as one the 3 heat leaders and your best reserve is Jenkins,, I think we can safely predict a last place finish. I've heard it said alot of times in the past,, any team is better than having no team, let's see how that statement stands up crowd level wise

Everyone complains about the lack of track time and opportunities available for prospective new riders to try speedway....... Fact Not many tracks offer opportunities, but different organisations offer these to facilitate new riders. They also give opportunities to facilitate rider improvement and enhancement. What actually happens is that their is no communication between each track when they offer these facilities and they conflict. Would it not be better that all tracks and training facilities communicate with each other so no conflict of same day activity conflict, meaning lack of numbers deem they cannot take place due to lack of number and all are cancelled due to lack of numbers?

More chance of Simon than Robert 👍🏻

Not a bad looking side in the watered down league you would hope Lambert and Tungate could put a point on each the other bar King should maintain current averages, I suppose the other question is can Brennan kick onto the next level which will be a harder step to make.

1.5

It has been 1.5 in recent seasons

No he was woeful at Foxhall over the last 2 years with Oxford

Baldyman is right. It’ll no doubt be spun that it’s been a winter of concern that the club might not even run, so be grateful you have some speedway to watch. People ain’t daft though and that won’t wash. Yes we have one of the better attendances in the UK, but the Ipswich fans won’t turn out for any old dross. The season before we dropped to the Championship around 2010/11/12? We had a dreadful team and finished bottom. It was spot the supporter on the terraces so let’s not kid ourselves that the crowd will turn out regardless. Anyway, we don’t know the team yet so we’re getting ahead of ourselves a tad. Let’s give them a chance and see what they deliver.

Yeah trying to put together a competitive side including brennan, king & Jenkins with 18.95 for the other 3 and nobody higher than a 7.05 as brennan is at 1... tricky!

OK after going through the entire thing found this section much higher which does seem to clarify the 25% only applies once so that should settle that. Guess Jenkins will be a 4.50 after all! Why this is in a different section who knows...

Berwick could have easily fitted him in but stuck with Smith

brennan is your no1. so build your teams with that in mind

Now the Aces promotion machine can really kick into gear and go to town advertising the first Premiership match against... ??????????? Not sure why the four teams so far running haven't put out a fixture list . We know all meetings will be Mondays and Thursdays so just use the blank dates left to run the Ipswich and, maybe, Northampton meetings if they do exist.... Any Mondays and Thursdays blank can be just TBC until all sorted... At the least then fans can start to plan around some dates...

A team manager would want whoever is likely to score the most points and that isn't Max Perry, he improved his average by a little last season but you would not call him up and coming, if Workington were able to fit him in then Etherington would not have a team place, would Perry beat Etherington on a regular basis, not sure he would.

When I go to the Brentwood gig I will try and get a chat with him after about what he is doing for Speedway futures. He might have some dough in the Northampton project silent partner?

If the job of the NL is to bring on future Champ riders, then riders who can't get anywhere near Lambert won't cope in the Champ. These riders should be at the lower end of the NL, not an alternative option to the Lambert signing. If the NL was weakened further, it's be much harder for rider stepping up, how do you know if you've reached Champ standard without riding against lower Champ riders? There's a reason riders don't jump straight up from the NJL or MDL to the Champ as they'd be miles off the pace, hopefully a stronger NL bridges that gap?

But the chairman INSISTS all clubs are paying the set rate of £15 a point for no.1 and £10 a point everyone else, so it must be true ! 😉

Of course its not a competition. I was commenting on how much better it looked imo, especially with the hosts questions/comments being quite succinct and brief and the fans' names and questions for everyone to see along the bottom of the screen. Each to their own I guess......

Do yourself a favour and pop it on ignore like the rest of us. Simon Lambert was/is an excellent mentor who has a huge amount of knowledge available both technical and mechanical (though perhaps not fitness) anyone who listens and adopts any pointers he gives them will be better for it.

If they were really interested in showing the way they’d put a NDL team together instead of using this to cherry pick riders out of it for themselves.

No. An assessed 8.00 is an assessed 8.00 It's not a GSA of 8.00 from 2025, which would attract a 2.5% discount.

I wouldn’t be suprised if he did

Tungate is very hit and miss full stop. Well overrated and his reliability is questionable at best

A rider to me who is going nowhere

Possible???? 1. R. Lambert 7.81 2. J. Jenkins 4.49 3. T. Musielak 6.63 4. D. King 6.50 5. T. Brennan 7.05 6. J. Jeppesen 4.34 7. J. Edwards (RS) = 36.82

I make Huckenbeck an 8 and Wozniak a 6 based on this? Happy to be corrected!

Waiting for Smith to grab this opportunity that he moans about not getting every year. Maybe this is the year!!

I think there are only 3 returning for 2025. Nothing concrete to back that up just whispers I’ve heard from different people, the general consensus is that us supporters will like the team & it’s going to be one capable of challenging for honours. I guess we’ll find out soon & I’ll probably look silly!! Maybe Monday

Brennan is not our number one.

Thinking along lines of someone like Huckenbeck, Wozniak etc.

Depends who said newcomer is. The problem here, is you’re giving up eight points to Belle Vue before the tapes have even risen in heat one. Probably Sheffield too.

Ta. In that case, wouldn’t touch him with a barge pole

Im not going to lie, i was getting nervous 😂

Feb 6th is National Give Kids a Smile Day... or alternatively International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (which would wipe the smile off of anybody's face!)

I'm not concerned when it comes to Jenkins, If it wasn't for injuries then I think his GSA would be even higher tbh. Jenkins and Edwards will be the 3 & 4 Pairing for Redcar this season and more than likely the 6 & 7 pairing for Ipswich so that can only be a benefit to both Clubs. Danny King will be the worry (If signed) because Mayfield will be signing him on a GSA attained mostly @ No.2 and depending on Team Building, Danny could very well end up riding as a Heat Leader this season. A lot better options on similar GSA's like Tobi Musielak and Nicolai Klindt to name a couple.

Imagine having to spend the thick end of 200k getting something off the ground and go with a completely uninspiring team. You'll never sell that to anyone

good i might turn up a bit more often now. Think he is class rider and still the only one to push zmarzlic,.

If he was signed months ago, why on earth leave it until February the 6th to announce it? What's so special about February the 6th? 🤔

I don't mind the points limit, just keeps the level at last year, but totally agree that minimum average should have been left at 3.00

If he was .02 less ave he would have been signed

It was obvious what would happen the day it was announced. Personally i think the NL limit should be 40 and leave it there, changing year on year creates a bigger mess. 40 allows a little natural average inflation to help riders progress beyond but also high enough that a decent standard of teams can be put on track. Lowest rider average should be 3.00 meaning riders have to work hard to earn and keep their place rather than being convenient low numbers.

Or beat the confidence out of those who can't get anywhere near him.

Ooops yea I forgot that Oxford team!

Positive. But a real sign of intent would come hand in hand with a NDL team too.

That’s the one rider I can’t stand.