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I think Richard must come on here… Best of luck to him... Others have gone before with pretty much exactly the same observations and plans... Hopefully this fella gets the cut through needed...

Has anyone seen Godfrey & co since Coleman’s interview on Friday or are they still trying to get up after that knockout?? Coleman clearly knows the issues & with a very successful career in motorsport knows what’s needs to be done. That interview was worlds apart from Godfrey in his caravan.

Could you ask Poole why they scored 57 points against Edinburgh? I would have liked a 8-10 point lead for Poole to make the second leg more interesting.

I think the difference with Richard is that his career has been built in motorsport. He understands what’s needed commercially & also has the contacts to make it happen. The big IF is it can only happen if the BSPL are going to listen. He is last chance saloon for the sport. He appears to have the ears of the FIM & the poles so I am optimistic.

The frustrating thing is these are not even earth shattering things that are difficult to do. I even liked his comment that if guests are needed, the manager should have a spare set of club fork covers in his car so they seamlessly blend in. Again, really not difficult to do. There just seems to be a “can’t be @rsed” attitude amongst far too many people involved in running clubs in this country unfortunately.

Here I am sitting in a tin can I couldn't give a flying f☆ck what he wins I'd only want to know if he is riding so I could ensure not a penny of mine goes to a promotion that gives him a place

If its true that they are looking to increase the points limit All clubs must run an U21 British Rider at reserve All clubs must also run a Foreign U21 Rider at reserve If they can get the ITV4 deal over the line which sounds like the more lucrative deal being worked on Perhaps that's enough for the likes of Glasgow to give the top flight a chance, and I think if the TV deal goes through, you may see Oxford move up again but obviously not do the Championship aswell this time around. Could see the following strength sides, put together for example purposes

No thread for this tells you all fans are pretty fed up with this season and it’s been pretty boring Belle Vue should hit 60 against a witches side with riders that can’t ride the NSS I’m sure Belle Vue would like to test themselves against a true witches 1-7 like last season but obviously the winter at Ipswich put paid to us being competitive…. Still Belle Vue have got revenge for the mauling they took at the hands of the witches last season Hopefully the last time a few of the witches wear the race jacket and we can get back at top line team next season

A lot of things need to happen before any of this slots into place but let’s hope we hear news sooner rather than later as in all honesty rules and regulations for next year should be in place already

You’d be better off with this Godfrey than the one who’s currently in charge of organising the league structures and setting the rules 🤦🏻‍♂️

Well he's addressed two of my pet hates in that interview - guesting for your rivals and unmown centre greens. He'll do me. He's essentially identified all the issues that fans have over a period of time but have been ignored about. I think he'll go down well with supporters if not promoters, but this opportunity simply has to be grasped by British speedway.

Marek Cieslak has claimed that Torun doctored the track for Robert Lambert. There was virtually no overtaking in the latter part of yesterday's meeting and Cieslak claims this was done intentionally by Torun as this suited Lambert.

Tell you who wont be coming up. Your mob because they havent got the bottle to hang out with the big clubs. Poole just a small club now

Masters more likely to ride for Poole than Glasgow imo especially if Oxford move up. You can have Lawson if you want.

Will definitely keep an eye on this thread to see what RC comes up with. Could be very interesting!

Yeah I was a bit late with that admittedly. Should have done it in April.

Think Kvech showed that he is the standard and is still young and improving.Freddie can still mix it , but is not consistent enough nowadays.

When's the last time Pickering or Masters had an average low enough to guest for Glasgow?

well theres so much young british talent about .. plenty of room for the hateful to have their way , and see Jasons go to waste . or maybe just fill the teams with untried aussies making their way to poland instead

It was only a matter of time before somebody from Poole piped up, their slice of cake has been bigger than most others for a fair while after all.

Which perhaps tells you that Glasgow don't pay the megabucks some people think they do - otherwise they'd be taking it!

Does anyone have any idea why he (Rowe) was doing a bit of gardening at the start line after the victory parade? I think it was Harris who was being interviewed while the other riders stood around; meanwhile Rowe is kicking the dirt on the first gate. We passed a guy with a pint in his hand shouting “Anders, the meetings finished mate! We’re out! You can’t stop digging!”😂

I think with the way Rowe was auditioning for a team place last Friday, especially with him waving and playing to the crowd after his three wins like he had been there all season, it wouldn't surprise me to see him in red next year.

Then if true, Cairns and Dickson are idiots. Any association with that scumbag deserves a drop in attendance and gate receipts. He's got to stay out of prison between now and then though, and given his recent exploits, that isn't guaranteed.

Pirates must be heavy, heavy favourites for this. Checked the live updates website; Palm Toft, Mountain, Ablitt, Hook and Ingram scored a collective 8 points across 19 rides at Wimborne Road in August. That’s incredible. This could be Pickering and Harrison versus Poole. It’s remarkable - and a credit to them, I should add - that Scunthorpe are even in the final. An exceptional season from them. Championship level speedway has delivered, big time, on the entertainment front over the past week, so here’s hoping for more of the same.

Putting his money where his mouth is... Makes perfect sense, given he runs Speedway at Ipswich and runs the GP series... Hopefully he gets the track to deliver several racing lines as the GP lads don't make too many mistakes when in front.... But plenty of tracks on the GP circuit deliver poor racing and people still watch.. I presume the NSS and June 12 are entwined currently, however one night, with no extra seating, could be a tough profit maker, and admission charges for 4,500 or so would have to be on the very high side... Plus many hotels in and around Manchester are already showing fully booked with Oasis being in town.. Maybe the NSS could negotiate a much reduced fee to run it?.. It could be possible if no one else wants to run one I would suggest... Does Glasgow hold over 4,000? If so, maybe they may want to join the GP circus?... At least if the GP doesn't get ran at the NSS then the Aces attendances should not be impacted like they have the last two years for those meetings leading up to it, and just after... A new GP venue is always something to gain some interest, so best of luck to the venture...

The title was nothing more than a council vanity moniker wasn't it? Purely to attract/enable certain grants Never anything official from the Speedway hierarchy That said a development of that kind should've been the sort of project a significant proportion of the TV money previously garnered was put towards

It doesn’t help young home grown riders either. the ideal scenario would be Glasgow put out a junior team. When Ace went to Redcar and ride for both teams he improved vastly. I know Mario wouldn’t qualify for this, but if we had a team in that league headed by Hodder and Hagon it would have helped them no end.

Comfortably 2,000 imo, probably 2.5, although kids go free of which there is always a lot at Shielfield. No words re last night, great set of fans Plymouth have too, brilliant. Shielfield was electric all night, from the second Morris got announced for 27, to the riders going round on the victory parade, if speedway was like that every week, there would be no problems across the sport.

Perhaps he enjoys dropping the soap in the showers too much 😃

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If you want to be taken seriously i'd suggest binning the avatar of a criminal

So will Emil and Artem get wild cards for 2027?

Wouldn’t bet against it actually. And he’d be a steal on a sub 6 average. Would comfortably sit behind Kurtz and Bewley. Wouldn’t bet against Ben Cook returning either alongside his brother.

Same kings Lynn that have been tin pot for decades you mean? 😂 the flatter to deceive team, the nearly men, the almost boys. The team out of the play offs you mean?

It’s just dawned on me why Belle Vue get poor crowds. When tin pot outfits like Ipswich turn up and just roll over, where’s the entertainment and excitement for the fans? Spending their hard earned £££ on one sided garbage. All credit to kings Lynn. At least they give it a go.

5 venues in Manchester carry the 'national' prefix I can't speak for all the sports but plenty of major cycling events take place at the London and Glasgow velodromes. It's just a funding and prestige thing for Manchester City Council. I don't know why people get so worked up about it. What all clubs should be doing is building relationships with the relevant local Government bodies to explore partnerships and funding opportunities, and to explore how the club can be beneficial to the Council https://www.google.com/search?q=how+many+sports+arenad+in+Manchester+carry+the+title+'national'&oq=how+many+sports+arenad+in+Manchester+carry+the+title+'national'&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTM1MjIzajBqNKgCAbACAQ&client=ms-android-google&sourceid=chrome-mobile&source=chrome.ob&ie=UTF-8

All about opinions T you won’t be alone here I’m sure. I ain’t having Tobi on 8.08 though.

And if my uncle was my Aunt !!! You would have still been in the comp with a round to go LOL Around £19,800 going into the final round i make it.

No idea what Thomsen was bleating about after heat 10, Pludra did nothing wrong.

Time will tell. There will be Thursdays he is up at Sheffield/Manchester in the prem and head straight up north. Then have the other Saturday matches in the Champ.

I don’t care if Lambert does not want to ride in the UK, why would he want to be part of this circus run by clowns.

They did host this in 2013, which in hindsight had an insane level of talent. https://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/12642/world-u21-final-round-berwick

I see he is out of jail again, & once more he is back on track. I suspect it won't be long before he is back inside though.

2 hours to Manchester on poor roads and limited car parking available, or 3 hours to Ipswich on motorways and dual carriageways and a massive car park. Yes it might take a while to get out of the car park post meeting, but I know which journey home I would prefer at night. Added bonus is it won't be full of Aces fans. 😉

It'll be the FREE CAR PARK that would have swung it !! 😜😂

As it stands at the moment to go from the nss to Foxhall for a grand prix is massively disappointing. Going from one of the best and most consistent track in Britain to one of the worst shouldn't have anyone cheering bar those who live a few miles from Foxhall. But thats as it stands now. Coleman knows the score and I'd expect one of his big plans is to improve the track- theres a decent little interview on Karlito youtube channel where he does press on the point that good racing is the priority to getting people through the door. There's been an awful lot of backlash on Coleman for this, but personally from everything ive heard from the guy, the ideas he's got and some of the stuff hes already implemented in a short time at Ipswich I really do think the rest of British speedway and other promoters need to start listening and taking note before it's too late

Oh, I thought this thread was about Poole when I saw the title.

Helmets off lads, and no pissing about before, during or after you’ve been introduced.

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