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Ban home afternoon meetings. Sheffield at home was terrible.

Given the doubling up scenarios I can unfortunately see AN Other having a record number of appearances.

Top heavy I'm afraid. Having said that if the top three performed then it could be a difficult side to beat.

Are you a nodding dog?

Have Swindon changed their race night? No negative agendas from my point of view.Have been going to foxhall for the best part of the last 30 years, but the near empty terraces speak volumes. I will continue to attend regardless of what league we are in,but it feels like captain smith is looking for buckets to bail out the water whilst the ship is contining to flounder. By that I mean speed way in general.

NO! But if a rider is signed why can't it be announced. Once you've signed a contract how can you be poached by another club.

When the promotion says they have 5 riders, but as of yet haven't named them. Is it not a smokescreen to really say they haven't signed anyone and are struggling.

It'll be no one at 7.45 unless we see a half decent side!

Ah yes, thanks for correcting me.

1.boo 2.boo 3.barley 4.mcgrew 5.Cuthbert 6.dibble 7.grub It's probably what will be left when all the other promoters have picked their riders😅

It'll be like the leftovers at a closing down sale.😅

The last three team managers,Messrs smillie Simmonds and Hilton all made glaring tactical errors. I seem to remember a number of years ago, Coventry were dead n buried until a Hancock lead 8-1 steered the bee's to victory. Everyone in the stadium could see it apart from the TM. In any case if someone suitable can't be found why can't CL or JL do it.

I suspect we will all be surprised by one or two of the signings.The problem is that when we sign a new rider, their form suddenly nosedives.

Well said hkp. I'd like to see a back to basics approach. Maximum 2 or 3 foreigners in each side, although I think most accept that this wouldn't happen overnight. Standardized equipment, having said that wasn't the Honda experiment at Sheffield a few years ago a disaster. As I understand it isn't ermolenko working on a new machine.

Whilst I accept they may not be in a Huge profit.losing money year on year will not keep you in business. In 1996 we had save our speedway, what happened to that? The lower end riders earn bugger all. The top end riders in the premier league can't earn a great deal either.

@Hong Kong Businesses do not survive on passion.these days whether we like it or not you are there to generate a profit.

The question I would ask is.If the club has been struggling financially for years then why does it keep going. If smaller clubs can keep going on much smaller gates than us then what is the problem. Ok some may not pay any or not much stadium rent but surely they still have other costs the same as Ipswich. I just don't buy all this financial struggle s cobblers! If you're business had been losing money for years would it still be running I doubt it! I think the promotion know that the gullible 800 to say 1000 of us that turn up every week will continue to do so because of our love of the sport. The promotion puts out a crap team, we moan but they are still taking plenty of dosh on the gate. To add insult to injury you buy a season ticket that is usually not valid for at least 4 meetings a season. But they know we will continue to turn up each week.

We all know the state of play now with Ipswich team building. On paper we always get a silk purse rather than a sows ear. The problem is that 3 months into the new season, we discover the silk purse is fake!

Presumably speedway stills generates considerable coffers for spedeworth not just in stadium rent but food and drink sales. And I guess that if they replaced speedway with extra stock car meetings they wouldn't get that extra rent. Also I guess that not every stock car meeting is full to the rafters just the big events.

Do you know something we don't?

Reserves with 23 point averages I'm up for that 😀