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So how many this season? 9 league, 3 summer Cup, 1 koc Plus a few add ons Go figure

Back to the topic I predict a 49 to 41 monarchs win at armadale Then a 48 to 42 Lions win at Leicester. I just feel masters and pickering swing it home and away in key heats at the end.

Indeed.. They are worse than norovirus

It's when he's not the red mist comes down.

Here comes the Cpl Jones of the Wimborne Home Guard troll brigade

Read what Ulrich says about him

Lot of talk about the Thompsons and possibility of splitting them up. I don't think either has kicked on quite as many expected. I do wonder if splitting teams would help them find their own levels and identities and levels and kick the Danjoe image It can't have been easy for their parents with double the costs so made sense to reduce the travel costs and other costs. I think both can still reach significantly higher levels but time waits for no one and this winter might be time to split and stand on their own 2 feet.

Don't help when you have Lawson fencing opposition riders most weeks, especially Danes!

It will be interesting to see what they come up with regards Team Limits. It may be better to focus on certain segments as well as any overall limit if the League were same numbers as now. E.G A max figure for 3 heat Leaders / or not allowed more than 2 over say 7.5, just to equal up strengths. However, if a few Clubs who have run in 2022, don't make it to tapes in 2023, and at least 1 moves up, and no one new comes in to CL , they may be able to increase points limit and have a more competitive League with slightly fewer Clubs Would an example 2 Leagues of 8 Clubs ( or a 7 and a 9) with Home and Away twice and no micky mouse summer add ons and a KOC be an option? 15 meaningful Home Fixtures guaranteed with 8 Clubs and Home and Away twice?

Board of Directors then. They fulfil management committee functions do they not?

Usually a place on the management committee is earned. A number of years as a Promoter, nominated and seconded and voted on. Then along comes Danny King in his first full season as a Promoter, on the Management Committee in the same year. 2021. Can't think of anyone who has ever done that before. The number and calibre may not be what it was but on a management committee in any sport iand Speedway in year one is completely unheard of. Ford not King of course

Maybe if he was straight with his peers and didn't go running to the Management Committee every 5 minutes and had earned his place on that Committee his peers wouldn't treat him as a backstabbing little wanabee

In your desire to nit-pick in the classic boring Poole way I think you're totally missing the point MILLIONS will inadvertantly sing "Queen" for quite a while as its etched on their subconscience Plymouth did not have a fixture until last night since Queen died, the minutes silence was for "the Queen" again, was it wrong to use the words that had been relevant for her since 1952. It''s a bloody good job they didn't play the second verse , that would have been "way too long"

You'll have to excuse many of us older Speedway fans for singing "Queen" bymistake, many i know were born and have never changed since the late days of the Victorian era.

Brummies Nailed on cert

Roynon rides for their ndl team and spanners regular there I think. Speedway updates seem to think Poole dirty tricks. Pulling Hans out Not sure how?

Come on admit it. You're all the ginger whiner Middle ditch, writing as fast as he talks and typical of his drivel

They certainly aren't planning on making it easy. Good old fashioned passionate promoting and journalism Good Luck to Plymouth, I'm sure most neutral observers will be hoping for the miracle. https://plymouth-speedway.com/meeting-preview-the-gladiators-v-the-pirates-playoff-qf/

I think the respectful thing to do would be to wait for today's events to finish don't you? Plymouth is a Naval City after all is isn't it? Full of service families and ex service families. Besides they probably wanted to finalise team after British Final re Nicholls.

It's a far better track to stage a British Final on than Monmore Green for sure. Let's not forget also that we all used to go to Brandon every year knowing we could fill our programmes in half way down the back straight first lap and barely see a pass all night. Brandon was probably too well prepared, Monmore just a trick shape.

Fate may help Brennan in the long run. Getting experience on 2 fast bigger Polish style tracks like Belle Vue and Glasgow. No disrespect but he'd not have done that if his main track was still a small trick track. He's also got very professional support now from Craig Cummings who is full of GP know how and global contacts. Beginning to show in his marked improvement.

As we know things can change in an instant with injuries. Poole and Leicester have been relatively injury free all season, especially Poole. Edinburgh, Glasgow , Redcar , Plymouth haven't. Nothing can be taken for granted especially with the ruling that Guests in Play Offs can only come from the 4 Clubs that didn't qualify!

100% In recent times all Clubs joing have had huge start up costs that often aren't publicised. Certainly Birmingham and Eastbourne in 2019 when moving up would have been in excess of 40k , Kent when moving up in 2020 although Lens "asset list" would have helped, Plymouth in 2021 the same although may have been eased only by Somerset late notfication to close, Brummies again when Masons left (understandably) and NT came in, meaning double whammy for Brummies from what Masons had to pay and then NT again I gather (as the issues with previous Brummies promotion in mid last decade didn't help too. Ditto all of that with Newcastle. What message does that give to anyone wanting to make something happen (as you rightly say Steve and with obvious experiences). It's all blamed on the Promotions that fail, or in some cases those that build teams that won't fail but on a shoestring but who don't have competitive teams as a result. A viscious circle, they to compete and over-spend and fail, or try to budget, be uncompetitive and fail. Godfrey is very honest about the way he runs Scunthorpe and it works for him, Bates brothers have openly admitted losing tens of thousands initially at Leicester but have deep pockets, deeper it seems than Owners at other Clubs who ran out of cash, it's good for us at Birmingham that Nigel seems determined to try again in 2023 but he's openly admitted in Speedway Star that his Company was covering costs from very early in 2022 and that the Club has lost a 6 figure sum so far. I don't know whether he's right to risk doing another season or not, only he does, but it simply isn't a sustainable business model. Individuals are responsible for their own affairs and live or die by them, but the SPORT and DIRECTORS of The Sport e.g the Management Committee really do need to wake up and smell the coffee and actually have the balls to create a Platform from which more existing Clubs, more returning Clubs and new Clubs have a chance of survival, stability and growth. It makes all the more remarkable the success of Oxford as an example, but how do we define success? Survival? Spending more than you earn and getting away with it year by year and hanging on? Having endless pockets and happy to support it like some (Glasgow and Leicester as an example)? Being one of the reducing few with the history and sustainability to contine (BV / Poole / Ipswich as examples)? Where though is "The Plan"....like the Poles have. Answer is "there is no plan" is there?

The issue at Poole is that some of the locals are most unwelcoming and frankly rude! They seem to think they have a divine right to win and come across as extremely arrogant. Bullies don't like it up em! God Knows what Speedway fans these days would make of the likes of Soldier Boy (Belle Vue) and their support which was always large numbers, or some of the more rauccous but at heart harmless but enthusastic Cradley and Wolves fans who used to create atmosphere wherever they went. At CL level in the past few years the Scottish Clubs and Leicester stand out in terms of away support in numbers and some good old fashioned passionate support.

Suspect you may need your dentist on speed dial if you repeated that in front of Gary May or Mark Phillips. They've repeatedly said they've tried numerous options. Some had Swedish commitments, some wanted silly money, some couldn't get Visas and at least one PL rider was refused by his Promoter who is on Management Committee according to various comments made on here by people on the know. Plus they replaced Gilkes and Bowtell and Atkins didn't they?? Morley, Complin and McGurk then Coles.