Steve Irving

He was more vocal than the other two, but Tai definitely voiced his concerns at the difficulty they were having.

Really? I’m absolutely certain I heard Tai AND the Holders voice their concerns with the track at times last season on TV!

And it kept on happening, why? Sayfutdinov is as brave as a lion we all know that, he was trying a line that nobody else would touch because that’s what he does. But it cost him big time. What will he do next time he’s there? No matter how brave you are, it’s got to make you think twice. Is he gonna scrape the fence or kerb crawl? Nobody would blame him if it’s the latter and it’s the fans who’ll be denied watching one of the world’s best racers in full flow! Sorting the track has to be number 1 priority this winter.

You’d think Chris Holder would be even more wary than his brother considering he’s in the Autumn of his career and the injuries he’s had. The track is going to be an issue for home and away riders alike, it’s awful. If riders are going to be wary of it and therefore not give it 100%, the racing will suffer and the fans will suffer. Sort it out! It can’t be that difficult to remedy surely?

The only American thing I mentioned was WWE, you’re not calling that a “sport” surely? If you’re talking actual sports, the only people that like them are Americans. I can’t agree with you I’m sorry. I’ll never ever get on board with a sport that restricts certain clubs due to a previous season’s good performance, whilst giving preferential treatment to a club that had a poor year. That’s a complete and utter nonsense and the fact a few people liked your post, really sums up this “sport” and the people that follow it to a T. Maybe in football, let Ipswich Town, Southampton and Leicester play with 12 men instead of 11? That should insure a more competitive game against Man City. Or how about in Darts, when world number 1 Luke Humphries faces world number 75 Robert Owen, make Luke play with two darts instead of three. When Ronnie plays anyone else, make him use the butt end of his cue!

My reply was rude. Apologies.

No, please don’t because you’re talking b0llocks. No club should be given a helping hand. We already have a points limit to try and keep the leagues competitive, carry on trying to manufacture performance/results and you start veering towards WWE nonsense. Performance this season should have absolutely no bearing on preparation for next season, a totally different season where everyone has the opportunity to do better. I’ve already stated I have some sympathy with Birmingham on this occasion because of the uncertainty over their future and seemingly being a step behind everyone else on team building. I don’t have a problem with Birmingham being protected slightly on rider control as a one off and I’ve already said as such. What I don’t like is restricting certain clubs who had a successful year and helping those that didn’t by bringing in this ridiculous favouritism on rising star control.

Hopefully Musielak rides here, if he does I hope he goes to Birmingham instead of Oxford. Oxford already have Janowski in the ranks, Birmingham are far more desperate for top end reinforcements. Obviously the money has to be acceptable to the rider, that goes without saying. If money is tight which seems likely, then that’s going to be an ongoing issue for them.

LOL give over with this vomit inducing “we like to help others” cr@p. You’re not “releasing” Ben Cook to help others you fool, you’re releasing him because you’d rather keep the others. “The strong teams help the weak teams” LOL you’ve just pinched Zach Cook off Birmingham who had pencilled him in to their side, in exactly the same way Ipswich have with Brennan! Purely for your own clubs gain because you have to shed points. Stop pretending your club is holier than thou and you make sacrifices for the benefit of others and British Speedway. Your club does things out of self interest, every bit as much as everyone else. Unless you’re Connor Mountain of course. A young British rider trying to make a living here. Then you get tossed on to the scrap heap in a purely tactical move.

You’ll never see Vaculik over here again. Let’s just say his two ventures over here, wasn’t a good experience..

This has to be the funniest reply on this forum. You do realise Screamer was fishing for bites and Rowe didn’t actually turn down Ipswich? And why on earth Would Ipswich fans be bitter about Kings Lynn? LOL.

“Screamer” screaming more b0llocks.

Just read the Star, the new manager Adams admitting they’ve lost out on a couple of riders they were confident of having in the side due to the uncertainty. You’d have to think one is definitely Brennan. Having thought about it, you’d like to think they could have been protected a little here. They were uncompetitive this year and now they’re already on the back foot for next year as well and lost a couple of riders. Having a team marooned at the bottom doesn’t help anybody. On the flip side though, you can’t really blame the riders for looking after their own interests and getting a guaranteed income sorted whilst there was uncertainty at the club. Difficult one.

Didn’t give him a seconds thought. Belle Vue aren’t that daft surely..

Unless it got lost in translation (which often happens tbf) Emil all but confirmed he was riding here a couple of weeks ago. Discussing the current GP status, said he was only concentrating on Ekstraliga and “Premiership” at the moment.

Still this by all accounts. It’s an interesting team if nothing else. Has obvious weaknesses, but obvious strengths also.

Zach replacing his brother? Interesting. Poor old Birmingham could struggle to cobble a team together at this rate.

Fair enough. I’m not an Ipswich fan. No longer a fan of any particular club.

Difficult to know which direction Leicester are heading to here. Masters rumoured away, Lawson going to Lynn. Something must be cooking.

Yeah put the crack pipes down lads. The devil is in the detail, as it always is.

The most important signing for Ipswich this year IMO is Tom Brennan. Yes, the top two are important but they seem to be more of a formality. As soon as Birmingham declared issues and uncertainty, every club in the league should have been on the blower.

Very surprised to see Tungate gain an average as high as he has. He’s done better than most thought. Is it a tad expensive now though? He’s not #1 material for me.

Moneybags Belle Vue cherrypicking another rider? Perhaps they ought to swap the Ace and use a Cherry as their emblem this year.

Well I guess you would! Reason being?

Ben Cook, Lawson, Klindt, Iversen, Kvech, Harris, Boughen. Think that’ll be it.