heathen52

With the signing of James Wright that leaves the Brummies 8.5 to play with for the last 2 riders, which way will they go ? 2 x 4+ riders or a 2 pointer with a 6+ rider, personally I would choose the later because if Sedgy has an off night you are relying on a 4 pointer to back up Nick in the later heats, with a 6+ rider at least its a better balance than Nick and Sedgy with 5 x 4+ riders, unless there is a new overseas rider coming on a 4 that will average 6/7 points, an interesting choice to be made by LR.

I would hope that LR would have considered Dan Thompson and Sam Hagon , both have the potential to improve.

I thought Mildenhall had the same landlord as Oxford ie Kevin (biff) Boothby?.

https://www.devonlive.com/news/local-news/torquay-united-chairman-says-still-7651025?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar I never knew that he was involved at Oxford but I do know he closed down Bristol, Milton Keynes, Reading, and now Swindon Speedway, every one of them their were promises of new Stadiums being built but we are still waiting for the first new build Stadium from this guy, Torquay fans need to be very careful when this guy becomes involved because he is full of Bullrubbish and false promises, I know he still has the lease at Poole Speedway but has closed the Greyhound side of things Iv no doubt he is playing a long game down there possibly hoping the Speedway closes then the Stadium becomes unviable, incidentally who does own Torquay Uniteds ground, is it the Council or one of this guys companies ?.

RIP Swindon Speedway, yet another added to a long line of Tracks being developed, but with GI as owners of the Stadium this was always going to happen.

Im sorry for Edinburgh fans that they have lost out in there bid for the land, however Councils tend to have many faces depending on who they are speaking to. Let me give an example down here in the West Midlands or to be more precise Cradley Heathens the 2 local Councils nearest to our former home Sandwell MBC and Dudley MBC, Lion Farm Playing Fields comes under Sandwell MBC and is one of the many HM The Queens Diamond Jubilee Fields given protected status of in perpetuity, however Sandwell MBC have given a developer an option to build a shopping outlet on this site, therefore they are prepared to overturn the "In perpetuity status" given to the Fields, now lets move to Dudley MBC a site was recently identified as possibly being suitable and only roughly a mile or so from the old Dudley Wood site, the Council leaders response to this site was as follows. For information this site is a Field in Trust site and was dedicated as a Queen Elizabeth II Park as part of the Queens Diamond Jubilee. Therefore, this site would not be supported. However, I am happy to meet again if other sites are available. So we have 1 Council (Sandwell MBC)that will happily overturn an in perpetuity protection notice but the neighbouring Council (Dudley MBC)who use the same protection to prevent Speedway returning. I can only wish Edinburgh Speedway all the best in there search for suitable land.

Now thats a bit better, should make it more competitive.. see ya

Jeez I was going to come over to watch this, however seeing the assembled Cradley Team I wont be coming to watch our noses rubbed in the dirt, thats a poor team thats been put together under the Cradley name, I make it 3 Heat leaders for the Brummies and 1 for Cradley which can only mean a drubbing, No thanks my money is staying in my pocket.

Its heart breaking to see the mess the Sport has got itself in to, and the BSPL seem powerless or brainless to do anything about it, us as fans are indeed impotent to do anything about it but hope season after season the BSPL grasp the nettle but they seem as impotent as us fans , all I can say is the last one out turn the lights off.

Perry Barr may well be a AV area but being in the area didnt help Orient when they wanted the Stadium that Wet Spam now use, I could well see the Athletics Stadium being used by BCFC as their present home seems to be having some issues with H&S and as most of us know its no longer owned by the Football Club.

Slightly off Speedway but relevant to the discussion "The Midland Hurricanes" were in discussions https://midlandshurricanes.com/news/hurricanes-new-regional-homenbsp about using the alexander stadium long term, how these discussions went I have no idea but it does seem to have gone quiet about what the outcome was/is.

Deanno, I know exactly how you feel, the BSPL are in it for there own benefit not for the benefit of Speedway in GB, when the Tuners appear to be the only ones making money from the sport apart from a few over paid riders, those at the top simply wont/cant see where its wrong for a rider to have 2/3 Teams in the same country, as for equipment costs I wont even go there.

Max dont need to prove anything to the doubters, as I said weeks ago he is better than a reserve, Rogers at Brum missed 2 tricks not signing Max, 1. he is a better rider than some that they have. 2 a fair few Cradley fans would have gone to watch him ride so poor management from Brum.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/gcqdt4b2x#?date=2022-07-20 Little or no rain in these parts for a week or two, cant see it being any different today the Met office forecast says little or no chance of rain forecast, so Iv no doubt the meeting will go ahead as for the result ? it could go either way but Pickering is riding well and your guys will need to be at their best to get the better of him.

Whilst I could have understood the need for Houses, do we not have enough McDos and Greggs around the country, the site is going from fast bikes to fast food .

Well done for making the journey down, at least you should have had an enjoyable journey back home as its always sweeter when your team wins.

Kick a club when its down?, Im commenting that allegedly riders were not being paid not on the fact that a club has closed, as for being a melon it takes one to spot one, now back to the facts Newcastle closed because of Grant not because I hinted at the fact riders may be owed monies.

In my opinion Cleggy is a bit better than a Championship reserve, It will probably help that he has a bit of money to invest in equipment, I heard money was a bit difficult to obtain in the North East .

Beware the owners of the site are in my opinion playing a long game, in that they are hoping the Stadium will eventually become unviable thus helping there long term aim of developing the site, so as long as the Stadium stays financially viable you are safe, good luck and long may Speedway continue at Oxford.

The old Wheatley Hill Greyhound Stadium has been doormant since it had a fire some years ago, now Im not local to Newcastle but is it to far from Newcastle ?, incidentally i emailed Newcastle speedway about this site perhaps 18 months ago, result I heard bugger all.

Congratulations on signing Starke, Its about time Paul had a home Track a bit nearer to his home, recent home Tracks have included Ipswich, Glasgow, Kent, IOW and Newcastle none of them easy to get to from his home in Worcestershire or is it Herefordshire ?.

Does that still apply after last nights result ?, Brummies need strengthening of that their is no doubt, but looking at Nigels comments that will take money which is in short supply, Iv no idea how to get out of this chicken and egg situation of strengthening teams without costing even more money, simply put Speedway continues to live above its means and until such time as the BSPL grasp the nettle clubs will continue to go to the wall, that nettle being riders wanting more money than whats actually being taken at the gate, and some Teams prepared to pay those riders over and above a realistic pay rate, Speedway is in a race to the bottom not a race to the top.

But the Brummies apparently dont need strengthening well despite picking up a couple of decent home wins they are destined for the wooden spoon, as for Leicester is this their year ? it could well be, but that will depend on other teams signings as we head towards the play offs.

Yes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/speedway/61765392

Yeah, Starkey would be one of them, possibly along with Max Clegg who was a firm favourite with lots of Cradley fans and would add a few more on the gate, Im guessing young Pearson is in for the season come what may, which leaves the manager with the quandary of who would replace who, Starke for Auty would be the obvious one, Clegg for Pearson would be my choice but as I suggested I doubt that will happen for reasons stated.