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Its asking for trouble when we have struggled with one 2 pointer over the last 2 years.

Good point, and while we are here debating this have these issues even been considered by the decision makers in structuring the team.

Widely held view. I wonder if Cook was actually signed up before the season ended and long before the 38 point dilution was agreed. I think we may have done this last year with JPB when 2 pointers were compulsory and we built our team early to accommodate this only for the rule to be binned at the AGM. Can see some proper pumpings on the road. Last year we struggled to get heat advantages when our 6 or 7 were programmed, this year will be a whole new kettle of fish.

Again! Like its worked previously . Similarly uninspired, a bottom three, reasonable middle three and illustrious No1. We surely could have found a more inspiring 4 pointer than Sarjeant to freshen things up. Remains to be seen if Cook will miss many meetings.

Deja vu from 12 months ago. Still waiting on the kick on.

A rare but welcome outbreak of common sense. Unfortunately the thread has also been taken over by those from the school of whoever shouts loudest wins, another unforeseen consequence of social media.

Any team with Sarjeant in the 1-5 has a weakness. That team would give us three passengers and a top four. Got to agree about having Steve Worrall at the top of the order rather than Cook, if thats the plan. For the first half of last season we got little from the top or bottom of the team, Cook would solve one of those though a decent No 6 could offer flexibility in any heat and for up to 7 rides which is where we have suffered in recent years.

24 pages of utter sh1te and not a single signing announced. #resentmentcentral

Good point but other clubs dont need to meet those riders demands. If a rider is trying to hold them to ransom them they are better choosing someone else. John Campbell wouldn't tolerate it and neither would any of the other old school. No rider is worth jeopordising the club for.

Tough season for 10k next year where he'll be second or third in the averages. No more reserve slots to fall back on.

I would'nt have Sarjeant on the track staff never mind the team. Send him the same way as Harris.

The anti Glasgow undercurrent from quite a few Workington fans on here has been apparent for a few years now. Not sure why, i dont recall any flashpoints, and i also dont recall it being there in 2013 or 2014. Perhaps they have previously seen Glasgow as beneath them, perhaps its jealousy, perhaps its something else only they could explain. Im sure those who do post don't reflect the vast majority of Workington fans.

It will be but Harris is hopelessly inconsistent and seemingly overstretched machinery wise when the longtrack weekend events are on. Oh and there is also the GP qualifier to consider, so thats another weekend down. Happily pass the frustration baton onto Somerset.

Best of luck with Harris, never seen such lack of effort and interest from an accomplished rider. With all the high averaged riders being pushed out he'll likely appear a superstar.

Having only 15 home meetings doesnt exactly help. Should we start our season the first Friday in April we could be done the second Friday in July assuming no rain offs or blank fixtures. Naturally these will be dragged out significantly longer making speedway the same turn off as last year.

Shareholder in a private limited company have to be invited to join. Who are the actual shareholders?

Sky ditched speedway along with a few other minority sports when they chucked mega money at a new EPL football rights deal a few years ago and had to save money elsewhere. Other broadcasters werent exactly lining up to take it on, far less pay for the rights. Other than Poole or Belle Vue I wouldnt go out of my way to watch it. You can also watch Polish speedway highlights or occasionally live on FreeSports and its much more exciting. Swedish speedway on the other hand is an utter borefest, even makes Leicester look interesting.

Aren't BT Sport showing it for nothing and actually doing speedway the favour?

The losses are covered, Glasgow are running in 2019, albeit cutting their cloth. Today's statement confirms that things wont continue as they were and its time for realism from riders and fans. The fantasy years are over, largely enjoyable as they were. Can cope with that.

Its an honest statement and not really a surprise. We have paid the price for some poor rider choices at the start of this season and having to bail out the whole thing by signing Cook who wouldnt have come cheaply. That wont account for all the losses however like everyone else we suffered with a sporadic fixture list that frustrated the die hards never mind newbies. 2019 looks to be a goer, though many aspects of speedway are out of our control. Hopefully the AGM comes up with something at least better than this year.

A very one sided post. In that meeting with Glasgow nine heats had already been run and ht10 had to be rerun with two Glasgow riders only. It was a foregone conclusion. Redcar penalised themselves by dragging the remaining time out to curfew with an alleged badly injured rider who was neither transferred to hospital by the track ambulance or had a 999 ambulance called on his behalf. Said injured rider then made his own way to hospital after the curfew expired. The Redcar promoter then made plenty of noise about taking legal action so sure he was of injustice but never did, he never even took up the right of appeal.

I see your dilemma Tigerforever. I initially thought there is only one punt he'll be getting and its back south. However having thought about it some more I realise that the M6 is still the way I'd send him. I can understand your thoughts, having taken the hit this year of dropping the best part of a point off his average, he must surely have bottomed out and be better next year. He is on 7.71 as that's what he is, a 7 point rider. I tried to think back to a meeting he had won for us, and cant remember one, home or away. He was signed to be our No1 but wasnt even close. I don't have confidence that re-signing him next year he could even maintain that 7.71 and where would that leave us. A lot of fans are exasperated with him, the perceived lack of effort is a common complaint. I would see his return next year as being like the Ksiezak factor 7 or 8 years ago when fans turned away when we re-signed a rider who had gone stale and admittedly had fallen out with the track. Time will tell I suppose.

As long as he's not back at Ashfield all will be fine.

Here was me thinking a reasoned debate could be had.

Im not sure what relevance teams from 30 odd years ago have to today. The bikes, acceleration, track prep etc are all markedly different. Arena Essex and Newcastle also dont (or didnt) ride at Ashfield. Each track shape will determine what type of team each team needs. My post referred to Glasgow and Glasgow alone that a strong top 5 has never worked for us, even going back to 2006 when we had Danny Bird, Shane Parker, Kauko Nieminen et al. I agree there is often another factor or factors which get in the way such as injuries or in our case Harris treating us as second class. For Glasgow our league success in 2011 came as a result of Joe Screen at the top and four different riders sharing the reserve berth over the season, as one found it heavy going at No2 , he would drop to reserve, rapidly find his confidence and bang in heavy points. The team was much better balanced with Nick Morris the serious improver that year. We need to find a Nick Morris again for 2019.