Trotter65

Yes, Belle Vue have posted an old Colts race on Facebook from 2017 and Jack Smith was in the race ..he won it but the other riders in it have long disappeared and he’s stayed at that level 9 years on really

Good news…6 teams isn’t too different from 9 as far as a league goes and the team put together will be competitive so it’s good news…and yes there have been fans who seemingly didn’t want this to happen, mainly Championship fans , a lot of who seemingly want the Premiership to collapse and fail for some reason

If it’s 6 teams in the Premiership that really isn’t that much difference from 9 in the Championship really…I don’t get Championship speedway fans being so anti Premiership , it’s all speedway at the end of the day and I’ve happily watched both leagues and enjoyed both …I’d just like speedway to survive and hopefully thrive again yet it seems a lot of fans don’t want that

Plenty of scope for rider changes once the season is underway

What average does Ablitt come in with ?

Palovaara will prove quite a few people wrong..he was riding unfit for a lot of the second half of last season and will be a good signing on that average

Was he not talking about Poland and why he is happy to ride in Britain ?

Cluff on a 3 at reserve given what’s available is a totally different signing to Cluff signing for Plymouth and riding at number 3 which was an incredibly difficult thing to do…..not a bad signing to be fair

Unfortunately Jacob Hook isn’t the first rider to get a slightly inflated average from reserve that means clubs see it as a risk to start the rider in the top 5 the next season and will often go with a “proven” top 5 rider instead…it depends how much potential improvement they see in the rider

I don’t think there needs to be less meetings in the UK….there are probably a lot less meetings in the UK now than in the past but more riders are now racing abroad than ever. In the past only the very best rode regularly abroad and that was often Sunday long tracks , foreign leagues weren’t readily available to British riders

I liked Erik Gundersen’s yellow design in one of his world title years…that stood out Anders Thomsen’s old black and gold was good and Laguta’s yellow when he won the world title

Would affect Kurtz and Bewley , Fricke and Douglas and Holder and Woffinden………I could see Kurtz, Holder and Woffinden not actually riding in Britain if it came in

Ipswich wouldn’t mind now Emil has gone as Doyle is actually under 8 so they could sign another 8 plus rider and still keep Doyle and no doubt have the best spearhead in the league

Belle Vue announcer had a few negative comments when Zagar re signed for the club…no idea what his beef is …whatever he says during a meeting I wouldn’t hear anyway because the PA system is crap.

I think Boughen’s problems started when Oxford removed him from the rising star and brought Luke Killeen in as rising star..they still kept Boughen but he was in far more difficult heats ..no wonder he struggled plus Oxford then rode him at number 3 in the Championship which was an awful position for a rider of his age and experience. he should have stayed the rising star and rode at 2 in the championship…Oxford did nothing for his confidence