Bagpuss

Seems daft to me that a young Brit can't sign for a PL team for a month as a temporary replacement and continue to ride in the two other leagues also. Why do we make it so hard for our own?

To any Coventry fans getting their knickers in too much of a twist, King's Lynn beat Sheffield 75-15 at the Norfolk Arena in one of their first matches back in 2007 yet lost to them over two legs in the Play Off semi final at the end of that year. Its a long old season as you yourselves will know from 2010.

Sheffield worth a flutter.

I'm a fan of race suits as a team identity so good to see another PL side adopting them but Rye's are rank.

Mickey Mouse competition. Just hope everyone comes back in one piece.

He has all the raw materials required accept the ability to gate. If he can get that right and keep a level head on his shoulders he can go as far as he likes in the sport, injuries permitting of course. Last year was a good solid start for him, hope to see him progress a bit more this season and make a big impression in the PL.

I don't think you'll be too far out there screamer but I just wonder about Belle Vue, they always seem to flatter to deceive and Cook will be a big miss away from home when he is piddling about in the PL on the same night. As you say Porsing & Lambert are the key men for the super Stars.

Glasgow Tigers bringing Blobby down a dozen pegs or so

Great to see another young Brit getting a team place.

Poole Coventry Belle Vue Lynn Swindon Lakeside Leicester Wolves

I was going to post the same thing more or less word for word until I saw you had

Do Henry & Harrison not qualify through residency, a la Doolan, Watt etc

Compton could probably do a job but anyone who is suggesting Hall or Wilson and their awful away form obviously has no interest in Sheffield winning anything this season.

Henka Gustafsson, preferably of the 1990-93 vintage before he broke his leg and when he graced the shale of Saddlebow Road. I swear he would overtake people on the last bend on purpose.

Whoever it was is a right drip.

EL squads would solve the problem and really ought to have been introduced by now.

Common sense prevails with Poole visiting the previous Thursday.

Not yet.

And apparently were best mates afterwards. A bit of pantomime fisticuffs is what speedway needs, never did any harm in the 70s and 80s.

Is that Lindgren team riding in the picture and looking across to see where Lewis is? Didn't think he could team ride according to some

I respect him for his success and the fact that he is doing it in his forties, that he still has the desire to achieve so late in his career and that he does it with a smile on his face and is liked by his fellow competitors. Doesn't stop me finding him dull to watch! The two things are unrelated.

And as is very often is the case you are reading things which just aren't there. I never said that he wasn't a great rider, good ambassador, nice bloke, couldn't be appreciated etc etc. He is all of those things and I respect him as a rider and a fine competitor, especially at his age, but I find watching him incredibly dull, regardless of his ability. Most of his races involve him gating like a rocket and riding the fastest line to a tee for for laps, just doesn't do it for me personally. Respect him enormously though, who wouldn't.

Seconded. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder of course, but he just doesn't do it for me.

In this kind of situation where a rider has been contracted to a promotion/club for ten years would it not be better to grant a testimonial once he has totalled ten years of riding for that club even if not consecutive? SCB's general point is correct, testimonials are handed out far too readily nowadays.

Birks and Ellis will be one of the better reserve pairings IMO.