StarBoy

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.

But then your argument is hamstrung by the fact that there are probably only 4 teams that can afford the “Top Riders” anyway: BV, Ipswich, Glasgow and Poole (I would include Sheffield but too much uncertainty). And as has been said you can’t run a Premiership with 4 teams, so you would then expect another 2-4 teams to prop up the league so them four teams can compete for the title year-in-year out…

If the regulations remain the same as 2025: Hellstrom Bangs: Prem - 4.50 Champ - 6.00 Bednar: Prem - 4.50 Champ - 6.00

Adam Bednar will be at Lynn, so he’s a cert at BV

Is McDiarmid on a converted champ average not a stronger option if points allow it? Think he would come in on a 3.45…

Fricke will be a certainty if the points limit is high enough. Can also see Nick Morris being drafted back in. Unfortunately, due to their success Leicester will be punished by having to weaken their team. Dickson might have to go further afield and get some riders from the continent. 1. Fricke - 10.04 2. N Morris - 5.89 3. Becker - 6.87 4. Lawson - 6.99 (6.82) 5. Masters - 7.15 6. 3-point assessed foreigner 7. D Gilkes - RS Total - 39.94 (39.77)

It’s a good team. Can just see Musielak being back at Sheffield, especially if the no J Holder rumours are true. Him and Chris most likely come as a package deal and I’d expect Woffinden, Pickering and Musielak to be the Tigers top 3

Let’s hope for a 39-point team limit… Ryan Douglas - 8.2 N Klindt - 6.46 J Kvech - 6.91 C Harris - 6.7 (6.53) R Lambert - 8.00 (7.8) A Bednar - 3.00 C Rushen / J Scott - RS Total - 39.27 (38.9) This team wins the league imho

There is probably a world where he ends up at back at BV, especially if the only “1 rider over 8.00” rule comes about.

I’d happily take Douglas for Lynn at 1. as long as we get R Lambert in as well to back him up and when the 1st/2nd set of averages change, Douglas drops down the order. Lynn would have the strongest duo in the league.

A buyer would be a good place to start

1. R Lambert 2. B Cook 3. N Klindt 4. C Harris 5. J Kvech 6. A Bednar 7. Rushen / Scott All very much dependent on what the points limit is.

In reference to your point regarding King’s Lynn, money has never and will never be an issue. Buster is shrewd, but he’s not a cheapskate. If the right opportunity is there, and for a reasonable deal he would pay for it, but he won’t be dictated by unreasonable demands from riders.