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Seems a good craic Clegg 8.63 Jenkins 7.04 Edwards 6.73 Priest 4.99 Brooks 4.53 Gilkes 2 Palin 2 35.92

So a new major sponsor comes on board and the press release has the disclaimer, 2 months before the seasons due to start that the team running in the second tier is still subject to approval! Must have big names flocking to have their brands represented with such an organised governing body!! Should be shocked but it is the BSPA we’re dealing with!

Ben barker then?

That's the one! No sleep with a 2 week old is clouding my judgement though!

That's the top piece of paper, the bottom one if you freeze it has the Kings Lynn wording. Cant share the screen grab though, its too large

Looks like Lambert is back, going from his Instagram post showing his Kings Lynn speedway bike cover design 2019 sheet!

Imagine a new 4 point Aussie, if so he would fit

David Kujawa was a Newport legend! Turned up with just the shirt on his back I think! I have been an advocate of this since it moved to a mini GP format, shows consistency across a range of tracks.

Should have been Ellis and Lambert as the final rider

Think the lad at Kent is Welsh? Nathan Stoneman? Born here in Cardiff I believe

Whilst I agree that the additional pull they would hopefully have in increasing sponsorship and funding would be a job well done, in my mind test matches are a necessity to progress. Top riders do race in major leagues - Woffy and Lambert, how will others get experience. Cook doesn't look as though he will be getting too many chances based on his performance yesterday and the comments about it. The Worralls have struggled as well. The importance will be who would fill the reserve births, getting the likes of Bewley/Clegg/Wajtknecht out there on 'proper tracks' that would be used on the world stage to aid their progression. Just having 1 or 2 decent riders wont get GB anywhere as we've seen in the last 15 seasons! Poland could pick any combination of around 12/13 riders for this new world cup thing and still be favourites, Denmark could pick from 5/6 and Russia the same. Gb have got 2 and only 1 of those is really world class.

I remember the Tim Stone days at Newport where he used to come into the bar after the meeting to give the riders a brown envelope. He always looked even angrier than usual after a big home win... which wasn't often in fairness!

The early season meeting against Somerset, his first time there when he absolutely flew around the place...then it got fogged off. From that point on it was evident he was going to take some stopping that season. Moved a year too early and probably slowed his development

If Chris is back, Hans or Lambert with Shane’s would fit around him!

If he hasn’t......lambert and Kurtz would fit as your last two!!

The exact mentality of the British which is why 90% of brits don’t make it! Money for old rope, not praising the lad for having the balls to go all out and move on! People wonder why British speedway is in the doldrums

Looks like Danny Maassen has agreed terms somewhere in the UK........

If you did go down the Morris route you could go; Morris Allen Lawson Josh G Charles Wright Mark Riss 2.35 left Allen or Riss at reserve all year would be a strong tail especially at home

Would attract quite a few more Wasps fans over as well I'd imagine!

Always thought the U21 champion should get a WC pick - there is an argument they aren't ready but you don't know unless they are in.

True, but with the Pawlicki's and Magic sporting Red Bull apparel I'd be amazed if they didn't want to outnumber the opposition with their own riders

Well it is the Monster Energy Speedway Grand Prix and they are two of the flagship riders that Monster sponsor - Seems a no brainer that they would be in regardless of their current form / age. Based on the usual decisions made in the interests of speedway of course! Wouldn't say insane, maybe naïve.

mainly because they are all dinosaurs which is also why social media isn't used correctly as they dot understand it! The quicker the likes of Olly Allen, Simon Stead and Hawkins are in the 'Premiership' as team managers the better - friendly current / knowledgeable and they all have a laugh with eachother. Would create a much better watch for the viewer.

Pawlicki on those odds is more than worth each way

Which is a fair point, but nobody is Lauding Ford for bringing a Brit in to replace an Aussie where Leicester are being slated for the reverse - albeit with a Pole. Possibly me just reading things the wrong way. Was never going to be easy to replace Brady at this point in the season and probably the best of a bad bunch choice wise.