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Daniel Smith

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  1. Wolves & Peterborough likely gone, concerns over Edinburgh & Poole's longevity, I just don't see how a 'top league' can be sustainable.
  2. I know full well how society is going & it's bloody scary when some think it's acceptable to drink & drug drive / ride
  3. F'kin ell. You can be smacked off ya t!ts but if you're acting normal it should be ok A perfect example of where society has gone wrong. Drink & drug driving / riding in any world / sport is NOT ok
  4. It's purely my opinion, an idea & with regards to the Ekstraliga rider's wages, not the British League. It's an idea. To many ideas are the same year in year out. Quite a few ideas revolving around the kids, the next generation. Problem with that thinking is the product has to worthwhile for the accompanying adult too to be sustainable. We need to find a way to resource more rider's, with injuries currently, the league starts to quickly become farcical. The Ekstraliga being interested is very slim, almost zero, but €1000s coming back their way for something they don't actually own or use mid-week could be tempting & help build up our product for future years. British Speedway is just doing the same old same old year in year out. No improvement even attempted to save this sport. Just a consistent 'dumbing down' every season.
  5. As fans the last thing needed is "my clubs better than yours". From top to bottom, league by league, the whole sport is on the brink of collapse. As many as 5 clubs could be gone come the winter. If these clubs do fold we could see a complete collapse of the sport. There's never going to be full agreement between promoters & sponsors on structure. We're in a position that there has to be 1 league. Some will want the big guns, some won't. Fixed race nights, some just can't etc. Should we link up with Poland? Hear me out. Each of our clubs are feeder clubs to the Ekstraliga. Over there they pay salaries so instead of us negotiating individual contract, our clubs pay a monthly rate to use their squad. Effectively their squads of 14 / 18 riders also become ours. We have to include 2 homegrown rider's in our 7 at all times. British teams can only include 1 of the the Ekstraliga rider's that featured in the Ekstraliga weekend fixture, other 4 from the squad. Example: Wroclaw squad; Laguta, Bewley, Woffinden, Janowski, Pawlicki, Kowalski, Chugunov, Fienhage, Panicz, Andrzejewski, Curzytek, Wiatroski, Rybak, Lopuski. King's Lynn; Worrall & Nicholls full time This shouldn't be mandatory for British clubs to assign a Polish club. If a club wants to run their own 7 they can. We just need to find a solution to becoming more efficient, eradicate guests, doubling up etc. Just an idea.
  6. Ipswich are only in existence because of 1 guy & it ain't Louis
  7. Klindt is on a minimum guarantee + points. 0 pts doesn't mean he goes home with £0
  8. Jakobsen's last meeting was the 12th, he'd notified the club the previous week it'd be his last meeting. Pickering was injured in May & never returning. All done under the guidance of Brady. Jakobsen & Pickering weren't in the budget when Buster made that statement. Buster's budget concerns are with Laguta (expensive) & Klindt (no delivering), both on guarantees
  9. They'd already gone when Buster deemed the team "well over budget."
  10. Will back them but I'd never have gone with Ellis & Brennan
  11. This is ok if you're under 12. Teens don't think it's "kool' enough for their online image & anyone over 30 posting social media images with rider's just looks a total gimp. Not good promotion if you want to attract the next generation.
  12. Race for the 'Wooden Spoon Title'. A meeting as big as this, in front of the cameras should be £5. Every club should do the live TV meetings at £5.
  13. Further bad news for Wolverhampton Speedway, the main backer for many many years, 'Parry's International' on the brink. https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2023/07/17/dilemma-over-future-for-coach-holidays-firm/
  14. I don't mind. Just don't see how the referee could make any other choice than he did. Lindgren didn't make contact, Tomson shut off, straightened up & collected Thorsell. Correct call was made
  15. Obviously I'm alone but I thought the referee was correct. Lindgren never made contact
  16. Still waiting myself, not sure if I've been had
  17. There are radical plans amongst some of the promoters for the 2024 season. Waiting on more detail, will fill you in around lunch time but it's basically 1 league inc the stand alone NDL teams.
  18. They're not far out, King's Lynn would turn a small profit at 900 if they're all concession price. I believe only Artem is on a guarantee & the rest are scoring fa home & away
  19. Marc Bates Leicester, Damien Bates Sheffield. It's correct that you can't be a promoter of 2 or more clubs in the same league
  20. You've misinterpreted Chris. He's called Louis a disgrace for defending Chapman . There are no quotes in the post
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