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Lambert, Ellis, BWD and now the Spiller brothers. What have they all got in common ? Their skills were all perfected outside the uk. It does make you wonder that our lack of investment in young Brits and the lack of willingness / coordination on behalf of the BSPA in training etc it's no wonder we have a lack of riders on the world stage and lack of recognition in the media in this country.

maybe, but five of those pages were about dogs

Nepotism ?? not in my family

lot of travelling for the NL pay rate ?

you have to wonder really if Gino is worth the trouble too ?

I said in the build up. After what I witnessed last night they could hardly NOT mention him.

Great meeting last night, fully deserved win from Ellis, not all from the gate and with some great overtaking moves, I love the fact that despite all the build up on the Heathens website/ Facebook page etc they go out of their way not to mention Adam, ( although he was one of the pre match favourites). even one of their regular Facebook contributors goes out of his way to mention that Ellis is "far too good for the NL" at EVERY possible opportunity… funnily enough he doesn't say the same thing about Clegg ? I chatted to Adam after the meeting and found him a very polite approachable young man, shame he and other british riders don't get some of the backing thrown at mediocre foreigners. All in all a great nights racing with a large crowd, I enjoyed it immensely , and no big crashes !

BWD, Bates out

ellis

Depends if kirby stays on , Zach has a good un and Adam's hand holds up .

everyone's allowed an of night , BWD got beaten once and fell off twice trying to overtake Ellis at home. lost to him three times away as well.

If only the money / engines / vans / mechanics thrown at average foreigners was used to help young British riders, we wouldn't need threads such as this.

Ellis guesting at 7 for Glasgow

How many more meetings would Brum have to do before they could be sure of winning the NL ? want's the earliest they could sew it up ?

how the hell do you run up a 12k debt racing in the national league ?

Pssst. They have English speakers in France

Can we please take the kiwi love in over to the eastbourne thread. I'm sure his fans will welcome him as he walks on water. This is about the Coventry / Brummies match

That Darcy award bloke, he's a bit good, he keeps winning races. Let's kick him out of the EL as he's obviously learned all he's gonna learn from English speedway ? I wonder if people would still be saying this about Adam if the Brummies aren't winning ? Let's ban Tom and Zack while we're at it

Can we have a Darcy / Robert Lambert love in thread ? That'd keep most people off the normal forums

Just imagine if promotors had some foresight and actually promoted Just imagine if PL clubs had to have at least 4 Brits Just imagine if the money thrown at mediocre foreigners was channeled into developing aforementioned Brits Just imagine if the tracks were better prepared Just imagine if promotors realised the potential of social media Just imagine if the rule book was sensibly revamped Just imagine if it was marketed as an extreme sport, attracting a new generation of fans Just imagine if some thought went into making presentation / facilities Feel free to add, just feeling a bit melancholy and wondering where our great sport is going so wrong

Everyone's getting extremely overexcited about him, he's clearing up a bit in the NL but is untried at any other level. He'll be lauded as the next big thing and tons of pressure will be put on him . Why not just let the lad enjoy his racing and see how it goes eh ? we've all been here before.

As far as i can see it's part of what you did say, I was just using part of it to say that it looks like they're on the up and up.

I don't believe in posting just for the sake of it, it comes across a a bit "look at me"

I think you're confusing speedway with a professional sport. All very well in theory but you have to think of the " we couldn't possibly put a lick of paint in the toilets" promoters who baulk at dragging our beloved sport into the 20th century , let alone the 21st. That kind of stuff costs money, money that they can't afford. I mean, who's gonna pay the flights for the foreign journeymen eh ? If we don't have Hans / Zdenek / Pioter / Nikki / (insert random US - Aussie name here ) , the fans won't come Now where's my Showaddywaddy 45 and woodbines ?