Cue Ball

Simple. Don't buy one.

Albin on a decent equipment would be good - 100% trier and a crowd pleaser

He crashed practising, hardly the fault of him riding for Lynn

I see Steady has signed for Leicester, glad to see him fixed up in both leagues

I've not been to Belle Vue for a fair few years, but last time I saw it on Sky (which I admit may well influence the level of attendance) I wouldn't say that their crowds were all that healthy. United and Wednesday probably don't attract the same levels of support, but then how many Man City and United fans actually come from Manchester?!? I would imagine that the % of Sheffield football supporters that travel to home games is much, much lower. I think speedway support across the country has dwindled regardless of track location, the ones such as Newport and Stoke that had less support in the first place have either disappeared or had to downsize the operation in order to survive. Its a vicious circle, money makes money - eg if you make loads of money you can afford to advertise on tv and/or radio and newspapers etc,and hopefully generate interest and boost attendance/profit, if you don't have loads you can't afford to advertise and once your support starts to slump you can do less about it

Are there any team places left now?

Exactly Willowman!!!

2x top (arguably) football teams, ice hockey team, basketball, rugby, theatres etc... Lots of variety and competition for people to spend their money on. Go to somewhere like Workington or Berwick and there is less to choose from

Stop making sensible suggestions! Isn't Joe a bit different anyway, in that it almost sounds like he has been brought in as a coach first and foremost with manager as a secondary job title. He is there to focus on the young uns and to help bring them on in terms of set up - they can all ride a bike, but as Andre found last year, it doesn't make a difference if you can't get the bike to hook up properly

Hope they stick with the race card - I wouldn't be spending 2 or 3 quid on a 'proper' programme full of adverts. Only use it to keep track of the score

Don't think anybody is expecting him to get back to a 10 point average, but he is capable of making a mockery of his 4.36 average, especially around Sheffield and especially when he is involved from the start of the season and now that he knows setups with the new silencers a bit better. He had the fastest time of the season at Owlerton until the PLRC - the boy still got something

I sincerely hope so!!!!!

Seems curious that Koppe has spent the winter in the UK riding in the series at Scunny to then head home in the eve of the season

One off the press releases said that there would be as many as 3 new faces - which we've got - so thnk it's fair to say that it will be Compton and Albin or Koppe

Glad you asked that, was wondering exactly the same thing myself!

Palm-Toft signed for Belle Vue - explains the mechanic hunt on twitter

Think we have around 9 points left for the final 2, so still some options/permutations available

Poole and Lanham it is.... 5 down, 2 to go. If I'm being honest, I'm not sure Lanham would have been my first choice, would prefer to see somebody younger and up and coming, but he does bring experience to the side and will no doubt be of benefit when we are on the road.

We haven't even seen the team yet, but there is almost a sense of optimism from Sheffield supporters creeping in... Let's hope we ain't disappointed!!

Is that a dig at the size of Screeny?!? He's fast for a big bloke

Too late, didn't he retire last year?

Just seen that and came back on to amend! My bad. Presumed it would be Thursday with it saying story will be in the Speedway Star.... And Sheffield announcements are nearly always made on a Thursday

Thursday = d-day

Share the wisdom behind your words!! Fact or fantasy?

Actually... ignore my previous post. Just looked at it again and it was a joke post by Steady. I'll get my coat and hang my head in shame. In my defence, I'm very tired!