Bagpuss

Better than the Twitches top two?

There we are folks, it's there in black and white.....taps thinks we're gonna win the league

I don't imagine Buster is involved in day to day stuff like that. Although ultimately responsible as the bloke at the top of course. That's encouraging, will make sure my relative got all the details right in that case!

A family member has e-mailed King's Lynn speedway about a ST and, guess what.....no response. Speedway really doesn't help itself sometimes.

Injuries ruined the end of that season but cest la vie. The point was that teams can sometimes look dreadful yet just click. Swindon did it too in 2017.

Sshhhhh

I'd suggest every one of those riders is either injury prone, unwilling to ride Championship or on their way down. If Liebman had been signed and frozen out a genuine British youngster who is ready for the challenge then fair enough but I don't think that's the case. I think she is one of the most exciting signings of the winter, along with Worky's other two new ones!

I wouldn't have thought so, not with the side they started with. Certainly very few if any pundits thought they'd win the lot though. Talking of 2018, the team who were predicted to finish bottom of the Premiership (or whatever it was called then) certainly did finish top

Any track can be difficult for the first visit though, places like Berwick, Edinburgh and Plymouth are pretty unique in shape and take a bit of learning. That said if Rew was the last signing rather than Vissing I'd be more excited as a Worky fan, but would be slightly concerned at going to some circuits with five debutants.

You don't want too many riders going to tracks for the first time though. A bit of experience to go alongside the top two is pretty important.

Iversen

I suspect the idea is that it's gripper and has more material on it so some visiting riders struggle to get round, meaning more chance of home wins.

Depends what 'coming to the party' means but he starts on 3.99, shouldn't be beyond him to average 5 - 5.5 on better equipment. Pearson should really flourish.

Quite agree. Unfortunately people seems to get bored in the winter months and bicker quite a bit on here, I've done it myself Personally I think posts should be welcomed from anyone on any thread as long as its polite and doesn’t get personal, makes for a much more interesting forum.

I guess it boils down to whether the post is making a good point or s hit stirring

I can vaguely remember going to a winter meeting at Scunthorpe in the winter of 2009/10, somewhere around New Year, it was very wet and cold unsurprisingly. I think Kevin Doolan might have won it although I can't find any details anywhere.

My thoughts exactly, is all this fuss that Blobby is making (without basis anyway) really worth it over a rider who won't ever amount to an awful lot? Better to go with somebody who might improve I'd have thought.

I'm sure I heard or read somewhere that Laguta was paid for out of the telly money.

It looks like another clear and distinct top five / bottom four on paper like last season, hope the gap is a little smaller this year.

Usual disclaimers ie don't take it personally, injuries not withstanding etc etc Redcar Oxford Scunthorpe Poole Glasgow Workington Berwick Edinburgh Plymouth Discuss!

Sources are never 100% correct of course but I'd heard that it was very much to do with Wroclaw, especially once other squad members picked up injuries. Apart from Wolves away I don't know why he would miss any meetings out of choice considering the guarantee he was reportedly on!

I wouldn't go near Laguta unless it was promised that Wroclaw won't interfere like they did last year. And even if they did promise I still wouldn't trust that they would stick to it.

While we're willy waving Lynn won two trebles in four seasons and ten trophies across five years Happy New Year!

If he's going to be that good I wonder why that is? Might prove to be a bit short sighted. Also one presumes there is some kind of agreement in place with Lemon and BV once he develops.

Funnily enough I also use a football forum on the same platform and the reactions/imbedding of X posts is absolutely fine on there, although smileys have recently gone all weird on there.