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£20 that is madness!

£20 really that's is crackers. Keeps me at home.

Riding in the British final

I can & will still be able to attend it's just I choose not too. I went to my first football match for 15 years the other week & will certainly attend another before my next speedway match.

The whole sport has gone not only backwards over the past 5 years but actually into free fall.

Is it cheating or tactical awareness?

Totally agree the sport needs to move towards one rider one club. That would allow for some form of European club championship to be set up. To allow that to happen then a massive drive on rider development is needed not only here but thought out all the current speedway nations. My other thought which I think has been over looked is the part & influence the new rights holder of the world championship will have. They are certainly looking to grow the sport not only in its current marketplaces but also outside of these. They need strong & professional domestic set ups for that to happen. Currently not too many of those around. Any thing that moves all league speedway towards the Polish model has got to be a good thing!!

Some form of squad system coming into play & not the doubling up model we currently have.

I really wanted to try the burger but that was away doubling up somewhere, the hot dog wasn't available so fried chicken was guesting!

This Ipswich 1 to 7 doesn't look to bad now that the majority of the rest of the teams have been confirmed. That coupled with this is clearly a team that both wanted to be here & is also a team the manager wanted to work with is massive in terms of motivation. The jury is out but I suspect just like 2019 we'll surprise a few.

They should be yes. However they are running a model with the type of rules that mean they struggle to attract anything other than the ever decreasing hardcore fan base.

And they also only finished outside the top six twice in that period too when on average the top flight had 16-18 teams. So not to shabby with a promotion that wanted to use their own riders.

Lucky over a 13 year period that's some doing! As for winning the league 3 times and 4 knock out cups I think it was.

In the old NL of the 80s each team had a junior side. In times of injury rider replacement or promotion of a junior to the starting 7 was used. In the event of more than one rider being injured then a member of the junior side and rider replacement was used. Unfortunately because the sport can't run and govern it's self in a professional manner that system was never built on. In the short term yes using unattached riders or rider replacement must be the way to go. Would it massively affect attendance levels? I don't think it would it's down to the hardcore like yourself who will turn up whatever. Borrowing riders from other teams in the form of the guest system to keep teams strong has done far more to damage & reduced attendances far more than having a junior in the team ever would.

Very true, what about this. A newbie goes to Oxford as they have just reopened. Away on a business trip hears about Belle Vue so pops along only to find one of Oxford's riders lining up for the opposition in the top division then on their way home stops of at Birmingham to find the same Oxford rider guesting for Birmingham. Then nips to Ipswich to see that same rider guesting for Ipswich against Belle Vue. You couldn't make it up!!! Welcome to the professional British speedway leagues

The alternative is for the powers that be to come up with something credible, something that they have failed to do for decades. However there was a time in national League speedway where guests were not allowed, so it can be done.

Oh defending a rule once again that does loads of damage to the sport!

To be honest a rider only doing home meetings wouldn't be the most ridiculous thing about UK speedway!

With the rumour mill suggesting a UK return for Woffinden shame we didn't dig deep and make him a offer in place of Batchelor

A member of the green party looking out for the interests of motor sport wonders never cease!

Why does everyone blame Chapman? The sport was on a downward spiral long before he took control. The collective BSPA did nothing with the sky money to improve & grow the sport in the UK. I'm not Chapman's or Godfrey's biggest fan however I think who ever was in charge over the past decade things would be similar. The result of years of mismanagement.

I'm not sure it was pessimistic, pretty close to the mark to be honest. Worrying that even when the golden ticket did arrive a year or so later nothing was done with it. A remake of this documentary now would be be interesting.

And still it slides further into the abiss

BSI did try don't they taking the GPs to Norway, Australia,New Zealand possibly even Finland? This country's all have some form of speedway competition already there so no matter how small at least some sort of cure support. I remember Prince Albert of Monaco being present at one of the early Cardiff GPs with a veiw of taking one to Monaco. Nothing ever happened to that idea. Not sure they failed but have maybe shown the limitations of speedways appeal. Can't sell out Cardiff and can't financially support rounds in the mentioned countries. Lets see how the new promotion gets on.

In Doyle we probably have the best rider in the league, however massive question marks over the rest. Riss,Heeps & Batchelor are they on the slide or did they generally have bad seasons last year. If we get the pre 2021 version of those riders we'll be in the mix however if we have the 2021 version of those riders we're in trouble. The stars are in a similar position the if the 2021 version of Pickering & Lawson turn up and Kildermann rides as he did when last in the UK you'll be fine. However if Pickering struggles to adapt to number one status Lawson returns to the 5.50 to 6 point man from previous years and Kildermann doesn't produce the expected form you to are in trouble. Peterborough I expect to be there or there abouts but again Alot depends on oystercard. Sheffield I would have as favourites at the moment although Cook could cause problems. Belle Vue haven't named a full side yet & Wolves do look weak. It all depends on if all these riders on so called bargain averages improve or are they at their level? Massive question marks around all the teams but as I say Sheffield seem to stand out. It's going to be very unpredictable and I fully expect several odd results it's going to be a league of inconsistencies.