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For what we was up against, I thought the riders showed a lot of promise- Stead- Looked like his usual self after mechanical gremlins. Didn't exactly gate most of the time, but was brilliant to watch and provided some entertainment. Albin- Leicester shouldn't worry about him visiting on Saturday, Facu can't gate to save his life! But by god was he entertaining. He'll do an awesome job for us around Sheffield. One of the riders I completely wrote off at the start of the season and thought he was going to be a complete dud. But he showed tonight he's a complete racer and definitely isn't afraid to make some risky manoeuvres! Haines- Looked very slow and off the pace. Didn't make a single gate, which is worrying considering that's Haines' strong point! But if he's going to have an off night, then this was the meeting to have it. Hall- Apart from being hit by mechanical gremlins, Richard looked really good tonight. Kept up with the competition & was pretty much his usual self around Owlerton. Just needs to sort his bloody bikes out! Wells- He looked rather average tonight but still looked half decent. There's not a lot to say really as it was your typical Wells performance of gate and go. Koppe- Flipped his bike on his first race around Owlerton, so he didn't exactly have the greatest of starts. But in his next races he looked good and was well on pace with the other riders. Given a couple of meetings, I think Damien will come good. Knight- To expect him to get anything from this meeting in particular would be madness. He was well off the pace of the competition, which was fully expected for who he was coming up against. To judge his performance would be incredibly unfair. I think you always have to keep in mind what team we're coming up against. Yeah we took an absolute battering, but there was a lot of promise shown despite what the scores show. After tonight I'm feeling at tad more optimistic of how we could fair this season, we won't be play off contenders, but I can definitely see that team finishing mid table.

Does anyone know if we're lining up as they announced last night? I know there's a possibility of Koppe & albin swapping, but didnt hear anything about the others. For anyone who wasn't there the line up was announced as- 1. Stead 2. Albin 3. Haines 4. Hall 5. Wells 6. Koppe 7. Knight

Could go either way i reckon. He was very well liked at Sheffield and was one of the few of that team that actually put some effort in. As long as he's got his machinery sorted, then he'll do alright for Plymouth.

And she answered. What's the problem?

WHAT!?!

As said, my 'investment' is paying to watch the side all season long, so I think it's fair that I should at least have an opinion on what I'm paying to watch. Fair enough, maybe the club hasn't got the financial backing to put out a competitive side. But I've got every right to worry, especially when the clubs putting out articles like this- http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/speedway/speedway-tigers-future-in-doubt-1-5155300 Either way my opinion shouldn't really matter to the club, I'll be going whatever crap side they decide to put out! It's the not so loyal that they need to get back to the club. And if this really is the make or break season for Sheffield, where we need to get the fans back that we've lost, then this isn't the team to do it IMO and could well result in a similar season to last where were fighting at the bottom of the league and suffering with low attendances.

Oh aye, I'm obviously talking a load of rubbish. Especially when we've wasted potentially signing someone on an 8.41 average & go on to sign Richard Hall. The team is absolutely terrible with a massive amount of pressure on Albin and Koppe to hit the ground running and to see Hall change his fortunes all of a sudden and be a solid 2nd heatleader. Fact is, the likes of Wells, Stead and Haines are a complete waste if you're going to build an incredibly weak team around it. I guess our only hope is that Plymouth put out an equally weaker side!

Well that teams 1.52 under the limit. I really cannot even imagine what the promotion were thinking when signing these last few riders. If this is the team to turn Sheffields fortunes around after one of the worst seasons we've ever had, then you really have to worry about our future!

Hard to tell. He looked exciting, but was only riding against national league standard riders and wasn't exactly doing that great against them either.

And for a brief moment I genuinely thought the promotion cared about getting the fans back. Hall is without a doubt not the answer to our problems. Imagine if we sign Albin as well! Wooden spoon here we come....

three 5 point riders in 1 team, surely not!?

What makes you say Albin won't be signing?

Yeah I agree. Whatta Knobhead! Everyone's been posting about their worries about the teams and you're the only one he picks out? Typical Spin King....

Point taken. But you could have- 1.Ashworth 2.Bellego 3.Aspegren 4.Smith 5.Grajczonek 6.Rajkowski/Edberg 7.Sarjeant I'd say that'd be a much better side with a definite second heatleader and gives Smith the chance to settle back into full time speedway. Could be a risk taking on the likes of Sarjeant or any other 3 point Brit, but would leave you with a very solid 1-6

That's a decent side but does lack a strong 2nd heatleader to back up Ashworth and is 1.75 under the limit.

Claus Vissing? At Sheffield? No thank you...

My ideal team for next season would be- 1.Simon Stead 2.Joe Haines 3.Josh Grajczonek 4.David Bellego 5.Jordan Frampton 6.Damien Koppe 7.Stefan Nielsen Absolutely no chance of it happening, but it'd be one hell of a team to watch every Thursday- or whatever race night we'll be riding!

Hall would be a disaster of a signing. If Hall & Wells do sign we'll be left with 9.57 for our last 2 riders, which isn't enough to build a decent enough team.

So you'd leave out Roynon? Wouldn't mind Adam at Sheffield!

But on the upside Berwick have very little competition in sports teams. Whereas Sheffield have 2 well supported football teams, a successful hockey side and other teams in basketball. It must be very difficult to convince fans to pay £16 a week for speedway when there's the Owls within walking distance of the track!

Nope. It was Shaun Leigh who mucked that one up!

Actually I do understand. Difference is that I don't take everything on title of a thread.

Sorry, didn't realise everyone had to read every topic and post on here. For Christ sake, he's only asked a question. It doesn't exactly take that long to open up a thread. Bloody drama queens!

The crowds didn't drop just because Ashworth left. He was a small factor of a bigger problem at Sheffield. Fact is, Ricky would hardly be an exciting signing. No doubt he'd fit the bill as a good and consistent number, but I just can't see that many people coming back for a rider who's left for one season but was here for 10.