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Another dinosaur swept away, a good thing really as he was always far from media savvy. Far too thin skinned.

Cook is not enough of a Yes Buster, No Buster, Three Bags Full Buster - kind of man to counter Buster as his friend.

If Buster says it does, then of course it does Mr Webb. He is totally confident and spends hours getting it that way for every match. And as he is only buying one more new club during the winter, he will have a bit of time to consider what is best for the Stars in 2020.

Gone way beyond that. No-one truly professional would take it on, having looked closely at it as a project.

For me, a great racing track, on which the riders can showcase their ability to truly race each other ( and not just chase each other from the gate ) is a MUST. So long as the stadium can accommodate a substantial sized crowd the location is unimportant ( other than for good travel links to get there ). It does not have to be a weekend long trip, if your focus is on that GP round. Better to organise another match the night before or the night after.

There is certainly no way, in my book, that it will make it's Centenary ( unless it bends the rules and moves that to 1923 and not 1928 ). We know that the BSPA are capable of that. Perhaps 1923 will be a "guest" year!

If it's at the NSS then Bring It On! If it's anywhere else in the UK. then it would be pointless. Increasing the number of tracks where good racing is part of the event should be the aim of the organisers. Especially if the idea is to help make UK speedway more buoyant.

Essential nowadays to get it completely right and face up to the fact that Fireputterouter has quite a ring to it, if the pronunciation stresses are in the correct place. Next step will be to call them all Fire Officers in the rush for "democracy' in the ranks. Women's speedway to follow on from the new "craze" of women's football? Have to give away a lot of tickets at Cardiff for that!

That comes just after Busters Busted.

More likely not. By the time the end draws near, there may be only a large handful attending anyway.

Thinking ahead is not the strong point of our UK speedway "leaders", especially if something more glamourous and alluring is just in front of them. Cardiff is blazers on time!

For the betting uninitiated - Ipswich sounds like by far the best bet! £11 back instead of £2.62! I never did understand odds much nor the allure of betting. But we are all different!

I think that that ship has also sailed - despite his public comments Buster "no longer bleeds King's Lynn " ( a nostalgic attachment of course ) but his focus is elsewhere and widespread and his ambitions for UK speedway do not settle around the success of the Stars.

I am not so undecided about Cook as I feel that he can be as much a liability as he can be an asset. Of course, it may be that Robert Lambert will finally leave UK racing in which case Cook or no Cook is a hard one.

I don't think Greg is "done" yet with speedway at the top level inc the GPs. I hope they give him a wildcard and he is in for the season. He can still surprise a lot of people and with much of speedway being "in the mind", age is just another number. If he can still make those trademark starts he will win 50% of his races and that is doing well.

Bomber blows far too Hot & Cold even at a track he likes. And with one eye ( or perhaps both ) on getting back in the GP where will his best efforts really happen?

For the twentieth time this century.

It's often repeated among riders - even very recently - that speedway is a mind game or all in the mind ( once you have mastered the basics of course ). Even Greg Hancock has said it's not all about set ups! Even the "have a go" spirit is a mental thing ( see some irate riders going truly into battle after having been fouled, in their eyes ). So, very likely it is not the bikes, engines or mechanics in Porsing's case - and he will know that.

So, only the numbers involved have changed, if this turns out to be the case. Fixed nights for PL matches will continue to strangle UK speedway. Not enough customers want those nights and are prepared to turn up and pay. But Hey Ho, why let that spoil a "good plan". Unless televised matches are to be a tenner or less to watch in the stadium there is no point in showing a moribund sport.

We have been assured that Porsing will / has improved and is a new rider this time around. Same with Andersen. Seen none of that yet.

Buster's heart personally is very likely still in speedway but his mind is disinterested in fan feedback or direct involvement ( unless they know how to kowtow ). UK speedway cannot and will not be revived under him, regardless of the number of clubs he owns. Consensus from all those passionate about speedway racing ( promoters, supporters and riders and sponsors ) is what might save UK speedway from extinction. But Keith Chapman has never been an enthusiast of consensus - or listening to ideas and feedback even before he became the head honcho. Some old sayings are correct such as "leopards don't change their spots".

That would certainly tempt me. I might think about it at a tenner ( but might still decline ). With the amount of decent races in an average meeting - a fiver is still a bit steep ( at £1 a race )

No lessons have been learnt with regard to How to Improve UK speedway in the last twenty years or more.

Now that sounds like a great National franchise! Buster's Witches, Buster's Panthers. Buster's Stars, Buster's Lions and even Buster's Tigers X 2. Bound to get a mega sponsor ( or does he have one for that plan already? ) And now is it to be Buster's Rebels? Certain to end up as Buster's Busted.

And as you know Mr Webb I have greatly reduced my visits to Saddlebow Road this season and it will take a lot to tempt me back. Consistently better racing being number one, on a track where those riders that still want to "have a go" can. Whatever Buster might think of his rise in status - to eminence - it has distanced him, seemingly by choice from even many die hard supporters like us.