dontforgetthefueltapsbruv

chose???

Good news - lets hope he hets a few chances and manages to take them.

The more snippets of info you pick up the more it seems that Speedway has been lucky to be given the tolerance it has been so far. It certainly isnt a knee jerk reaction. I understand sponsors are graded and those with an exemplary record are effectively just rubber stamped without check except for random dip testing. If they are found in breach their sponsor status is downgraded and further applications will be more likely to be scrutunised. After repeated issues the UKV&I have finally had enough.

Terrible name! Perhaps if they pick up sponsorship from Campbells and change it to the Souperleague it would seem better. wink

Although if the PL werent able to 'take a punt' on a few then the EL woukd also be affected as very few are of the standard for them to go straight in at that level. Therefore there does need to be some tolerance in the system which should be realistic criteria. That probably has been about right. There will always be those that bomb out. Where the tightnening needs to be is allowing them to continueon lower averages and clubs getting tge admin right.

it will be interesting to see if Arsenal manage to gain a permit for the uncapped Brazillian they are currently persuing.

cant help with the poll but couldnt resist a suggestion re the gender split. Going by a certain thread in the general discussions it could well be more like 59/40/1.

I posted on the Glasgow thread at the time the takeover was announced that any 'new money 'promotion' seem to be seen as a cash cow for the 'old guard'. This looks like a good squeeze of the udders to me! In the current climate even the top EL riders are not worth that sort of money IMO.

It will be interesting to see how the situation develops with Arsenal looking to sign an uncapped Brazillian. Wenger calling for 'common sense' when it comes to the issuing of a work permit.

Tay was at 6.99 prior to his broken arm and has since broken both femurs.

Ands thats only because he is a victim of circumstances beyond his control.

I agree with Lioness in that both leagues could be encompassed in the highest level criteria. With the overlap in terms of D/U and fast track they are now more parrellel offerings (perhaps asymetric for the pendatic!) than first and second tier.

correct - thats what I meant by the red tape. Theres no doubt they qualify it just a case of when the clubs are reissued with authority to act as sponsor and therefore sign them.Looking at a situation where there is a longer delay at least the PL has an advantage over the EL in that it could adapt the LC comp whilst teams are missing riders if they wanted to. Hopefully all sorted in time for a normal mid March start though.

There does seem to be a growing will for the PL to introduce its own "fast track' in 2016.IMO they need to go further but at least it would be a start. The danger is there is always an easy reason why not to for a perceived short term gain.

Come on fellas - leave it out. I think the least important thing at the moment would be the resurrection of the inappropriately named league debate! IMO we need to use this as a wake call (by we I mean British Speedway as a whole) to examine and implement new thinking. We need to look at ways of ensuring PL reserve births are all but if not exclusively filled by British riders. This could be achieved by introducing a rule that no riders average can fall below 5 unless they have previously ridden N or started on a 3. We need to introduce British rider quotas for all line ups in both leagues even if the starts at below the long time aim level. Whatever the measures are the sooner we start towards them the better. Every year excuses are found to delay is a year wasted.

cant see either having a problem meeting the criteria as you state. Lets just hope that the'red tape' is sorted in time for clubs to act as sponsors again so that teams can be at full strength for the start of the season

Was a mentioned on BBC Radio Suffolk sports news. Quoted Chris stating he was confident that Rohan and Gino would be clear to start the season. No mention of Cam so that in itself shows no issue anyway.

i think both would ne covered by the caveat in the regs about those affected by injury.

Good to have that confirmed. Although he has British grandparents he doesn't actually hold a British passport as far as I know.

that piece states that 'Watt has a long term visa and as such is unaffected' This contradicts suggestions that all visas including existing have been cancalled. The Davies open letter states 17 affected which also indicates not all.

Would be good to have confirmation from the club as to whether 2 or 3 are involved. Swindon for example have stated Morris is not affected.

From the new statements there now seems absolutely no reason why this cant be resolved quite quickly and with little if any disruption to team line ups as currently announced.

everyone should have contigency plans! NB Theres always a silver lining - Darcy wont be allowed in even if he wriggles out of a ban!!

I dont think Cam actually holds a British passport. Dont know the exact nature of the documents he requires - may or may not be a full visa.

well Morten has said he hopes to return and I know Leigh would be happy to be at Ipswich so just leaves Blackbird - at least we would all find out if he even is actually an Ipswich 'asset'!!