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Hi First off sorry I'm sure this has been asked & covered many times however I will ask the question. My first season of watching speedway was 1989 so I missed the golden years of the early 1980's. However being off work for a few weeks I have found some of the racing from the late 1970's & early to mid 1980's interesting to watch. One of the big things that struck me was the amount of movement at the starts this I think seems to add something to proceedings. However the question is having just watched the complete 1981 World Final from Wembley how did the sport in the Uk go from 93500 people packed into Wembley to its present state?

I hope your wrong!

And who Is on your wish list?

But when will we find out!!

Maybe Ellis could have been missing too many meetings and its nothing more than that? Could Louis make a come back on a 3pt as number 7?

Its exciting!!

Its going to be guest vice chairman next season unless someone complains then it will have to be vice chairman replacement!

Tungate has improved every year has he found his level unsure has King found his level I think he has & why is everyone so sure he will be the big hitting number one a sub 9 ave would suggest maybe he won't

Honest answer is I don't know. I don't think come the end of next season that there will be much between Tungate & King so I think I would go with Tungate & use the extra left to have a stronger tail. I think we should hold on to Manzares Heeps & Worrell . I think a new up & coming rider like Max Ruml or the German Michael Haertel would be a good shout.

Still not sure about all the hype about King.

But what team do we have if the EL & PL join up?

I'm not sure where all the fuss about Danny King comes from. I think I would stick with Tungate over King & I think Rohan has improvement left in him & King is at his level & could easily see his average drop. Other than that Gino & Cam have got to stay I'd go for Rohan Richie W Gino Cam & Ruml as a top 5 but not sure what that would leave from the bottom end.

What direction shall they go after tonight's farce!

Well tonight was almost my first trip to Foxhall for a long while I'm now glad I stayed at home!!!

Well as we have one Yank I'm gonna throw in Max Ruml for a ride!

Never said no one would get injured but the chances of riders missing because of other commitments would be far less and I think most sensible people would know what I ment......................I mean comparing Speedway to a dark day in this nations history The fact of the matter is far more people are walking away from the sport then are coming into it so regardless of your view point or if you think I'm wrong the clear thing is something needs sorting...........now I would suggest that teams missing riders so much of the time crazy rules etc etc are a large part of the problem & I remember Eric Boocock on the C4 documentary that was filmed after Gary Havelock won his world title stating that the sport was down to its hard core fan base then & needed to grow.............whats happen we have had 20 years of in fighting watering down & fans walking away in ever larger numbers.

That is true as I followed my team all over the country & have seen many meetings on main land Europe too.........funny thing is the 1000's like me who used to follow the sport get shot down in flames by the few rose tinted its all ok gang when quite clearly its not if it carries on then the sport could be finished in a few short years over here.

I have put my brain in gear and I've been saving £16 a week for the last 3 years....... The sport has been in decline for well over 20 years & in the most part the only thing that has been tried is daft rules & cost cutting this approach as only ment smaller gates & more cost cutting & we now have now got the stage that its almost like 2 select teams riding at times. It would be far better to only meet once home once away & have the clubs own 7 riders on show.

It must be boring if it wasn't the stadiums would be jammed.............................rose tinted glasses need removing!

Form is looking good going in to the last month or so..................................how many will be around in March 2015!

The old system was 2 for a win 1 for a draw with a Bonus point for agg win. The most basic thing that needs to be got right is 7 riders 1 team!

What was the crowd like? Saturday night speedway used to get good gates

I've put my views forward within this topic & on many other topics over the past few years and its not so different to many others.

I'm looking forward to winter 2014/15 its gonna be the big wake up call to UK speedway bosses & the steps taken to kick start a bright future shall be taken.......

Well one thing is for sure the sport I think will only get this winter to sort its self out or its gonna be a death & not a slow as some people think!