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Agree on Rose and Charles Wright actually. Anyone getting an away maximum is doing alright and Wright got one at Peterborough.

So which riders have done better (or worse) than you thought so far this season? I'll be honest, I though Bellego was a odd signing for Swindon but he's been brilliant for them so far. While Max Clegg has been terrible, I thought people were over rating him all winter but even I was! So who were you wrong about?

And looking at heat results is very deceptive. He lead Masters for 3.9 laps, he gave chase to Thorsell and was gaining (having passed Clegg) and was unlucky to pick up while leading Howarth and again as he was passing him. He rode well for every one of his points, looked the best I have ever seen him ride.

The whole point of speedway is to cross the finish line first. The first hing you have to do to be able to do that is finish the race. If you can't do that you're failing. How often do those rider you mentioned call off or break down? They don't, almost never.

Surely if you're going for a 7.5ish rider then Bellego is the answer, you own him and he seems to be improving all the time, unlike Sedgmen who just seems to be at his level. I'd keep Liam Carr but you need to get him to reserve, does Carr and Nielsen fit in place of Vissing or Doolan and Wajknecht? Gives you a strong reserve and a few young lads who are all generally moving in the right direction.

It was more the fact he was battling with the Wolves top 5 which is pretty good at home. Clegg didn't look like he could battle his way out of a paper bag last night.

Sounds like the perfect speedway team manager to me. Utterly useless! How are so many of them so bad?

I'm not sure he'd fit as a like-for-like replacement. It's surely only a matter of time before Berwick start again, there whole team is pants. He might get offered a place there.

The way he rode last night he should have plenty of phone calls this morning if there's any justice. I've never been much of a fan but he looked good last night, it's a travesty he doesn't have a job and some right rubbish does in both leagues.

Phew, I thought it was just me. Not a classic by any means but enjoyable none the less and good to see the Bees on track. Yes it was a bit quiet but that's probably because the Wolves season is under way now so they were not too bothered about a challenge meeting while Bees fans didn't have too much to cheer sadly. Heat 13 was a smashing race, as good as you'll see pretty much anywhere. And it was nice to see Stefan Nielsen having a good go and actually looking the best I've ever seen him, less of that awkward style he used to have.

I doubt it, when Poole actually cheat nobody cares. When people think Poole have cheated they go mad. Seems Pooles super manager is to blame though, didn't stop that Leicesters team was illegal. Stupid system though.

I've been boycotting since August 2011 now. Until that point I attended probably 2 meetings a week on average from about September 2003, most at Newport and Coventry (and the 5 years before that once a week at Newport). From about mid-2005 to August 2011 I must have missed about a dozen Bees meetings. Then we have Kildemand-gate and for me it was the final straw, all the proof I needed that the BSPA were corrupt and there was no point taking it serious any more. I barely attended a meeting for a year and since then have been at best an intermittent fan, down from 60-70 meeting a season to about 10-15 now. When I first started attending Brandon in September 2003 there must have been about 15-20 people in our group, that group now has 3 of the original members left as regulars. OK it's picked up a few more strays along the way but it makes you wonder what the turn over of fans is, in 14 years 12ish people have gone and been replaced by 2 or 3 more but imagine the sport have kept hold of the 12 it's lost, it only had to keep hold of them. It didnt need to advertise or promote, just keep them happy every week. If you can't keep those you have happy you stand little chance of impressing new people. The worst thing, every one of those who slowly disapeared from our group where in their early 20s back in 2003 (a couple a little younger), the sport just cant keep young people!

Wolves have no reserves, Howarth is pants at the NSS and Thorsell has started the season like a man who'd rather be at home than racing speedway, Masters only a tiny bit better than that. Could be another 60-30

1. Which of the two clubs own the rider2. The club the riders has ridden for most 3. The league his parent club ride in Branford was in Ryes 1-7 at the end of last season, so they have priority.

great idea, have it either side of the Swedish league 😂 Riders will still be doing Poland, GB, Sweden, GB. It needs to be two consecutive days. Wednesday and Thursday makes more sense.

That says Hyde Road first hosted speedway in 1929, but Belle Vue rode at Kirkmanshulme Lane in 1928

2017 is BVs 90th season. 2018 is BV 90th anniversary.

Craig Cook is owned by Edinburgh but doesn't really matter, he's been at BV for 7 seasons now so they take priority over Workington where he's only been for the one season. BV should still have priority over Newcastle for Worrall too. Mind you, Rye House should have priority over Branford but he rode for Sheffield last night.

Exactly. It your messed up logic. Being crap is unlucky apparently.

Hes a BV asset.

You've only got to look in this forum to see how tight fisted and happy to steal the average speedway fan really is. Just look at any thread about paying for sky. Then look around you at a meeting, looks at the cheap as rubbish, utterly tacky speedway merchandise that people are wearing. Speedway doesn't attract ABC1s, that doesn't mean there aren't any but in the main speedway is watched by the poor.

Surely Rye get priority over Rob. Not owned by either of his clubs but rode for Rye House last season.

Strikes me as a no-brainier. Watt was a risk worth taking but Robbo was always an odd signing. Now Watt has proved he's not up to it other options have to be looked into.

I wasn't there but falling off, crashing and breaking down isn't bad luck. It's like claiming its back luck that you didn't gate, didn't have the speed and didn't pass the other riders in the race. if this is your level of logic I'll give up and say you're right. Somerset were unlucky not to score 75, unlucky that Leicester had riders who could do 4 laps faster than the Somerset riders some times.

So Somersets riders falling off and breaking down is bad luck? In the real world its poor planning and falling off is a lack of skill. Yet Bjerre having to withdraw was bad luck as it was the fault of a Somerset rider. Somerset appear to have been the lucky team to be, there rider put a Leicester rider out of the meeting.