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Very often, he is the misery guts of the Championship section.

I don’t think people are unhappy with Poole necessarily, more the system which allows them to have two Aussie reserves while there are equivalent Brits unemployed.

They absolutely should ahead of Australians. If they are for example under 23 and have Championship experience and / or have excelled in the NL then there must be a system to allow them to get a team spot ahead of foreign riders.

Greaves perhaps but the others especially Kinsley haven’t been around that long. These riders should be guaranteed spots if they want to ride up to a certain age.

Absolutely, it’s long overdue. Riders like Hume and Greaves shouldn’t be without team spots while there are Aussies at number seven in some teams IMO. But you are right, teams build as strong as they can and have no obligation to develop Brits while it’s not in the rules.

Looks like a long tail to me, can see changes to this team within a couple of months.

PL = Polish League?

Maybe not on the world stage any more but still a GP rider and in the context of Britain he’s still a big name I’d argue, albeit one coming to the twilight of his career.

Are there any other sports where cup draws are tinkered with after they’ve been made?

That’s something else you’d think the speedway promotion could arrange with the minimum of fuss.

Is this not a wider issue though with the Showground as a whole? Surely if the designated disabled parking spaces are used for every event there then blue badge holders are being shafted every time the place opens its doors. The bottom line is that for speedway the EoES has acres of room to park people with mobility issues much, much closer to the track and the main stand and there must be some way of doing it while weeding out the mickey takers and stopping people from parking where they shouldn’t.

Not really, it’s a good discussion and this time of year they develop on various dormant threads.

I think there is a saying about empty vessels making the most noise? Exactly. This may very well be what it appears to say on the tin but nobody knows as the facts are sketchy. That said the situation is being inflamed by the promotion’s silence.

I was referring to Ipswich Town’s promotion ‘push’

But Jack Holder will be to stir the pot

Doyle moaning? Get away

Why? The tweet from Louis says that the rider wants to get his affairs in order before being announced so it could easily be him.,

Not really, I’ve been on this forum since it started and if I had a pound for every time a potential major issue has cropped up which people have jumped all over without the full facts which has ultimately turned out to be a small issue or not an issue at all I’d be writing this post from somewhere much hotter. Always best in my opinion to wait and see what the full facts and circumstances are. As I said the poor communication (which is nothing new) is the main issue at the moment.

Probably best to wait and see how this pans out but at the very least communication has been inadequate about the who, when, how, why and what.

Cheers for the replies.

Has anyone got a link to the disabled parking story?

Bit of a mess but you get the gist

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It should but ultimately those in charge will be judged on the strength of the team. It’s pretty clear they are waiting on a rider or two to make up three minds but if the team is competitive and much better on paper than last year will people really mind?

Social media definitely the best way to reach the most people nowadays but every base has to be covered ie website, newspapers, wireless. Does the West Norfolk version of the EDP not cater a bit more for the Lynn area? There certainly seems to have been more coverage of the Linnets this season.