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Lions no match for the Aces.

I think everyone can respect Tolley and his team for giving it a go but they really should call it a day. It'll be sad for Brum fans but you've got to be realistic by saying it's not financially possible to run Speedway at Brum with all of the obstacles in the way. 1. Having to run at Prem level is financial suicide for a club like Birmingham, They'll never have a winning team on track because they're in the KL bracket when it comes to team building where they're left with the riders that nobody else wanted, The Bates family and very well run clubs like BV and Ips will always snap up the big name HL's. 2. Once the average 1-7 starts it's inevitable losing streak it'll result in fans walking away, Even more will walk away in 2025 than ever before with funds being the tightest they've been in years due to Labour trying to push as many English people to the financial brink as possible, Especially the pensioners who as we all know by now make up much of British Speedway's fanbase these days, You just need to see an EUROSPORT meeting to see the average age of a crowd, Therefore nobody is going to be throwing around £20+ for a ticket and a couple of quid for parking plus extra's to watch a bang average side that'll get hammered. 3. Once the above happens, Brum would have to fold mid-season because they won't have to money to continue and it'll just lead to jobs being lost, fans being left disappointed after buying season tickets, Tolley and co being left even more out of pocket while other clubs will have points deducted after having results against Birmingham wiped off the board. All the above is VERY HIGH RISK with NO REWARD to a point where it doesn't make any sense to even risk it.

I'm not backing anything because Tonight isn't as easy as it looks on paper imo, Trap bets all over the place imo with the GP challenge tomorrow as well as the Ekstraliga Final 2nd leg at the weekend that will see top riders opt out of Heat 15 if the Final is mathmatically over by then. POTENTIAL TRAP BETS KURTZ 0 vs. Douglas @ 8/11 (Douggie may get 5 rides to Brady's 4 due to the GP challenge) FRICKE Over 9 @ 3/4 (If he doesn't go in Ht 15 due to the GP challenge then you need 10 from 4 up against Kurtz x2, Bewley x2 whilst riding with Lawson 3 times who'll have one of the inside gates to start with in Heat 1) BEST VALUE BETS BLODORN Over 3 @ 8/11 (Would only need to finish ahead of one Leicester 1-5 rider if he beats both RS in Ht 7 whilst scoring a point against a Leicester reserve in Ht 11, Likely pick for Ht 15 if the Final is over by then as well due to Kurtz, Bewley & Lidsey having massive meetings at the weekend) DOUGLAS Over 8 @ 21/20 (Should easily beat the reserves all night which will give him 4 points to start with)

GP challenge tomorrow so unless the Final is still in the balance then Fricke won't go in Heat 15 hence why he's being marked low by bet365. Could be easy money for punters but it could also be a trap bet.

I'd imagine it will be a 40.00 limit if Brum don't come to tapes. Only clubs I could've seen pushing for a 39.00 limit was Birmingham and King's Lynn tbh. Therefore I'd say King & Brennan at 3 & 4 for Ipswich with Rew or Ellis departing the side.

Sad to hear but expected. Fair play to Tolley and co giving it a go but it was never going to work out at Premiership level. You need to have a winning side in order to get fans to turn up and that's never going to happen at Birmingham when you've got big players like the Bates family in the Sport snapping up top riders whilst very well run clubs like BV and Ipswich snap up other quality riders.

After the Brum statement I think it's a certainty that Brennan will be at Ipswich.

Rybnik are to hold talks with C. Holder according to Polish media. Czestochowa could be in some bother if Rybnik manage to put a half decent side together.

Perry Barr's surface isn't good even when the sun is out.

Just move it to King's Lynn and get the season done because the weather isn't going to improve at this time of the year. Chances of Leicester pulling back the defecit are slim anyway because not only are they 18 points down but they also won't have any Home track advantage after the amount of rain the track has taken over the last week. Belle Vue would have to do one of the biggest chokes in Speedway history to throw this one anyway imo.

If all current rumours turn out to be true. BYDGOSZCZ -> Wozniak, Buczkowski, Huckenbeck, Loktaev, Brennan, Busziewicz & Nowak KROSNO -> Musielak, Berge, Bandur, Swiercz + LESZNO -> Kolodziej, Zengota, Cook, Pickering, Parnicki, Mencel & Jablonski OSTROW -> C. Holder, Jakobsen, Berntzon, Krakowiak, Szostak + POZNAN -> Smektala, Douglas, Nielsen, Blodorn, Szlauderbach + RZESZOW -> Woffinden, Przedpelski, Rew, Bellego, Nowak, Thorssell, Knudsen, Rafalski +

Terrible news for Leszno. Bydgoszcz rumoured team is quality for Ekstraliga 2 Speedway.

As it stands If all current rumours are true. CZESTOCHOWA -> Doyle, Woryna, Piotr Pawlicki, Hansen, Lampart and Juniors GORZOW -> Vaculik, Thomsen, Lebedevs, Fajfer, Miskowiak and Juniors GRUDZIADZ -> Fricke, Tarasenko, Jepsen Jensen + LUBLIN -> Zmarzlik, Kubera, Lindgren, J. Holder, Cierniak, Przyjemski and Banbor RYBNIK -> Chugunov, Drabik + TORUN -> Sayfutdinov, Lambert, Dudek, Michelsen, Kvech and Juniors WROCLAW -> Laguta, Bewley, Janowski, Kurtz, Kowalski and Juniors ZIELONA GORA -> Madsen, Hampel, Przemyslaw Pawlicki, Jensen, Ratajczak, Curzytek & Hurysz

Brady Kurtz apparently. Michelsen to Torun.

You've summed it up perfectly.

What a move by Bartek.

One line track as proven by Kowolik.

Good racing so far.

Just read it again and it is Rzeszow, Wasn't he rumoured to join ZG at some stage?

Wouldn't expect anything less from a Ukrainian. They adore Polski's, Bigger love fest than Cypriots to Greeks.

Wozniak's season goes from bad to worse, Now getting the boot out of Gorzow for Lebedevs.

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No logic to signing Cook on a 6.99 when you can get a proven HL and better rider in Lidsey on a 6.58.

Doesn't fit unless it's a 40.00 point limit.

Any deal for Brennan surely depends on the points limit, I've got two teams down for Ipswich, One built up to 39 and the other 40. Either way Danny King is defo going to be back imo. = 38.87 (1. Doyle, 2. Ellis, 3. King, 4. Rew, 5. Sayfutdinov, 6. D. Thompson & 7. RS) = 39.92 or 39.72 (1. Doyle, 2. Rew/Ellis, 3. Brennan, 4. King, 5. Sayfutdinov, 6. D. Thompson & 7. RS)