Bagpuss

I’d have thought the biggest draw to Belle Vue for Wright would be the lack of travelling for home meetings.

The problem is they lowered the standard by dropping down a League and made or more expensive for concessions, not clever. It’s like getting relegated in football and making it more expensive to go, don’t be surprised then by all the empty seats.

Not an hour perhaps but ninety minutes is plenty long enough. An hour and three quarters absolute maximum which would be a half nine finish at Lynn. If there have to be longish gaps between any races then something needs to be going on to entertain people.

It was an issue when race nights clashed between the leagues but now we have fixed race nights for the top league it’s really not.

Nobody should be criticised for trying new things, they might not work but we won’t know until they've been trialled.

Karol Baran.

Did I read on here that Somerset dropped down and then increased their admission prices?

How about the purple helmet?

But undoubtedly more than you.

Why did they stop going though? Probably best to ask that question before blaming people who used to go.

If it is then fair enough but that’s one of several rule that needs binning. Or perhaps it should be a rule that if you ask you risk it being increased instead

Don’t be daft, just amused at the suggestion of rule bending five minutes after you’ve changed leagues Anyway I wouldn’t call it a ‘demise’ at all, you are moving into a good, competitive league with more teams, more things to win and some great tracks. Don’t knock it til you’ve tried it.

You beat me to it

I’d like to think so too but the three riders who were most disappointing on the road last season are experienced and I’d say the chances of them suddenly clicking on other tracks is fairly slim. We all get emotionally attached to riders especially those who have been around the club for several seasons but if you want to be successful sometimes it’s necessary to be ruthless.

Some continuity is good but two or three fresh faces are too IMO. Bottom line is you can’t have riders averaging 3-4 away from home however good they are at Lynn.

You’re too sentimental Theresa!

Andersen would be a great addition to the Championship.

I’m sure you’re right but it’s marginal gains, lots of little things which would be really simple to put right could sway somebody the right way if they were umming and ahhing about weather to go. Of course the main factors are VFM, ie quality of racing, atmosphere and price.

Wouldn’t leave an awful lot for the other three though.

Not sure Swedish speedway is the best example to use at the moment? Anyway decent up to date music is an easy fix, a quick win. Same with clean, pleasant to use toilets. They are basics which every track should be able to manage. Any little thing which can be done to make a speedway supporter’s evening out a little bit better and make them want to return. Unfortunately I think many promoters are lazy and complacent.

Not particularly relevant as it was seven years ago, completely different rider now.

That’s great but the whole point of the thread is to name the strongest team, so who comes in instead?

I seem to remember it being said at the time (perhaps by r&r?) that Rospiggarna made their changes to save some money but could be wrong. Was odd as at the time he was scoring pretty well. As for his Polish demands I expect what he ends up with will be in between his figure and what the clubs want to pay, it’s called negotiation.

No doubt the day will come when he drops the UK as the vast majority of top riders do but he won’t have GP’s or U21 competitions in 2020 so can’t see him just just doing the continental leagues.

Absolutely Lambert. No brainer. Riss, MPT and Cook would be preferable to stay but not essential if better options were found. Jorgensen, Kerr, Andersen, Porsing and S Lambert to be moved on for me unfortunately, we need fresh blood and better options for away matches. Can’t decide on Proctor having thought about it, his average is extremely attractive even though he is a shadow of the rider he once was.