Bagpuss

Well done Brummies for proving everybody wrong this evening.

First episode of the new unofficial Kings Lynn Stars podcast coming out tomorrow, will post a link on here once it goes live.

That's the beauty of opinions. What I will say is that it looks like the hardest top league to predict for many seasons. And that assuming we are taking the Pawlicki situation at face value they are the one club (like Plymouth in the league below) who could really have done without their number one getting injured pre season.

Definitely tough as they will already have had a home meeting. We always seem to start away from home, would be lovely to have our first match at Lynn one year.

Can't disagree with any of that. Matching bikes definitely look better.

The team kevlars look awesome.

Poland is the place to be though if you want to earn good money and really improve, not sure it's possible to be 'too fixed' on riding there. Any rider with ambition wants/needs to race there.

British speedway isn't going to beat Polish speedway in a battle so probably best to work with them and arrange fixtures accordingly, assuming Poland are willing to compromise and arrange their Thursday fixtures early enough and not change them on a whim.

It would appear not. The hope is always that every team is competitive so people turn up to watch and don't get demoralised but even though Brum have a very good bottom four I fear for them.

I suspect that's probably what's happened, he's got some discomfort so ZG have said no UK before their season starts.

Hmmmmm was it really any better though? Not sure myself, probably seemed it as stadiums were packed full with great atmospheres but the actual action was no better IMO.

Word on the street is that he doesn't do P& P days (usually 'ill') as he doesn't get paid to be there.

I predict that Richard Lawson won't

I've got them sixth in my prediction. Reserves just don't look strong enough compared to others.

Have you just made that up

Yep, there seems to be a mindset that we never had all this stuff in the seventies when the sport was booming in the UK so why do we need it now? We are fifty years on now, the world, sport and speedway has moved on and anything that can be done to make speedway more presentable and professional needs to be put in place. It's not as if people are scratching their heads trying to think how, the template is there in Poland and has been for years. The attitude over here is too much about cutting ones cloth too neatly sometimes, sensible speculation will lead to better accumulation in the long run with people who are currently outside speedway.

I'd say there is a very good chance that every single one of those riders will be doing the Polish Leagues on a Sunday and therefore unable/unwilling to ride on a Saturday over here.

Don't worry, after a dreadful Jan & Feb I've ordered a warm and sunny March so we'll be ok.

I suspect they will look much better in the flesh rather than an illustration.