The White Knight

R.I.P. + Geoff.

How do you know? I'm eighty now - so I know you are right. 🤣 Who have you beeen watching? 😉😲🤣

Sounds hopeful. 🤞

Not keen on Stan. Bring back Bob.😉🤣

Hope is eternal................... Up the 'Bees'. 👍🙂

A very jaundiced view methinks.

R.I.P. + Tommy.

Why not? 🤬 They were a bl**dy sight better than now. 🤬

Great stuff Gambo. 🙂 Once again - very best wishes for the success of this project. 👍🙂

It IS the British Final tthough. 😉 The clue is in the name. 🤣

Alan Middleton managed Sunderland 'Stars' for a couple of years back in the '70's.

Sunderland!

I think the banning of Russian riders after the Ukrainian invasion byrussian forces may have had something to do with it. I may be wrong, I'm sure someone will let me know. 🙂

ENOUGH!!!! 😳 Please. 🤣

If Cook doesn't plan to ride, I think the Club (Berwick) deserve some sort of explanation before the first Meeting.

I don't like the GP System. I believe that, to a point, Speedway lost it's soul following the scrapping of the 'one off' Final. I loved the 'one off' World Finals though. Excitement, tension, gnawed finger nails right through to the end of the Meeting. It was great in those days.

Very sad news indeed. Get well soon Tai.

IainB - thank you so much for taking the trouble to Post this. Worrying times indeed. I never heard a squeak about this. Cheers.

I didn't know about that. When did this news emerge. I'm very surprised.

Actually, you are right. I still don't agree with them (Play Offs). I never will.

Exactly. Sort of proves my point, I think. Proves my point even more, if true. Shouldn't they be 100% all of the time. They would have to if the Team that finished the Season top of the League won the League as they should.

And THAT devalues the League Competition itself. The Team that wins the League are the true Champions. The 'Play Off Champions' are just that. Nothing more. By the way, I care, so do many others. Why don't the powers that be have the League Championship as a seperate competition, and perhaps another Competion between the top four Teams in the League as a League Cup competition which would mean you get roughly the same number of Meetings to make up your money. That way, you would not be robbing anybody of their rightfully, hard earned Title over a full Season.

I actually agree with you. But my question was - Is it morally right? I honestly don't believe it is. What you are doing is robbing the Champions to make more money, if the Champions lose, "nobody remembers them" as stated earlier in tthis Thread. That's not right.

Is that morally right though. Team does hard work throughout the Season to finish TOP OF THE LEAGUE at the end of it. Then loses in the Play Offs after two or three Meetings - it doesn't seem right to me.............. Sorry.

Thanks for the tip. 👍