StarBoy

Will Ipswich have any of them?

1. Brennan - 7.23 (7.05) 2. King - 6.67 (6.50) 3. Rew - 6.19 4. Klindt - 6.46 5. Lawson - 7.00 (6.83) 6. Jenkins - 3.46 7. Edwards - RS Total - 37.01 (36.49)

2036!!! Can’t even see British Speedway even existing in 11 years

It would be a lot better for team building if whichever one isn’t RS started on a 2. That would open up the options a lot more and leave a perfectly sized Peter Kildemand shaped hole…

Fricke - 9.89 ? Harris - 6.7 (6.53) B Cook - 6.39 Kvech - 6.91 Rushen - 3.00? Scott - RS Total - 32.89 (32.72) Leaves 4.28 for a no. 2. Options are very limited at that average…

SM - 10.09 LK - 5.28 (5.15) ER - 7.12 MM - 5.18 AR - 7.57 (7.38) 35.24 (34.92) - 5.08 remaining

Assuming you meant could any Champ teams run a 2nd team in the prem? The only financially realistic teams for that would be Glasgow and Poole. Poole would almost certainly decline after refusing to enter the Prem KO Cup in 2025, so only leaves Glasgow…

The theory is great in principle, but it only works for 3/5 current Premiership teams. And even then: NSS - 3.1 miles away from Manchester City centre Owlerton - 2.8 miles from Sheffield City Centre Beaumont Park - 3.1 miles from Leicester City centre The logistics of it won’t appeal to the younger audience and if you’re at uni you typically won’t drive, so reliant on broken public transport infrastructure or overpriced cabs

Is Lidsey swerving the UK next year? If a team could fit him in, he’d be a great little no. 5 in a watered down league …

If everything stays the same as ‘25, Leicester can build a team that fits to exactly 40: 1. Douglas - 8.12 2. Morris - 5.89 3. Becker - 6.88 4. Lawson - 7.00 (6.83) 5. Masters - 7.28 6. Howarth - 5.13 (5.00) 7. ? - RS Total - 40.3 (40.0) Maybe Dickson wants a change of tact for ‘26 and wants a strong reserve all season. Realistically - Kemp (and his bike issues) and J Thompson were the reason why Leicester didn’t go all the way this season.

4.50 I believe if the regulation stays as per 2025

Where’s Pickering? Surely he’s a certainty in Sheffield’s 1-7?

I heard the spearhead Ipswich duo were on £5k apiece, just as a guarantee.

See, that’s where I’d disagree. Max is a nice guy, very genuine and I genuinely don’t think he’d try and take the piss out of any team financially.

He might be “best” rider in the league numerically, but he isn’t what I would describe as ‘speedway superstar’ compared to Bewley, Kurtz, Doyle, Sayfutdinov, Woffinden and Holder.