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Would appear Edinburgh aren't sensible then

Hope you guys get a full season out of cookie

He's a very good rider. Unfair to compare him to Beau as Beau is one of the best young Aussie talents at the moment and Viv only had his 500cc debut, the Western Sydney Send Off, at the start of this year I believe. I cant remember the full details but the lineup contained Ben Cook, Jacob Hook, Zischke, Kennedy brothers, Cluff, and Kye Thomson. His gating and passing is superb. If i remember correctly, he got to the semi final and was leading but unfortunately had to retire after his seat bracket broke. There's a video on his Facebook with some highlights of it.

I've heard cookie is coming back. That's a positive, right?

Disagree. Viv will do what's best for himself and no team will be pressured into signing an unknown rider so they can obtain his friend. Viv looks a real talent. Kept an eye on him since he first came over here and his progress has been unreal. Would love to see him at northside next season and I'll certainly be keeping an eye on him in the Aussie meetings in the coming months.

Can't help yourself, can you? Clearly not true

I've heard Mr.Bain's has planned to tackle team building completely different. If the rumours are true, he plans to get a lot of new additions

Let's get the facts right here. The promised transport was booked but unforeseen circumstances meant they couldn't do it anymore. Mr.Bain went out of his way to organise secondary transport but, at that point, the rider in question had spat his dummy out. It's the riders responsibility to get themselves to their desired location. Why should the promotion organise a transport for a charity/testimonial meeting or whatever you want to call it

They came out and said there were no debts but financially they didn't know if the staying was viable. There were issues the season before, but this year there was nothing.

There weren't any payment issues this year

Just seen Cookie is flying over to Australia to take part in Sedgemans testimonial. I'm really unsure if he's retiring or not and I don't think he knows himself! I was told by a very good source that after being dropped mid season, he wanted to try get a place next year and was hoping the British Final would be the answer. We all know how that ended when he pulled out on the day. The guy needs to sort himself out.

Rumours have been circulating for months about Tates departure with Glasgow being the destination

Why? It's a wish list and that's all it's ever been. In reality, he was never coming due to numerous factors, such as cost, which we've already stated.

Lots of ifs, buts and maybes for myself unfortunately. Id take batch back if hes not number 1 or 5 but rumours are he's heading Plymouth way. Zischke I would love to have back but Glasgow is his rumoured destination. Jakobsen is a strange one for me. He's got talent, and he was quite dominant in his short stint at reserve, but he needs better machinery. Vinnie, like Jakobsen, was decent at reserve, but also needs better machinery. If Vinnie and Jakobsen were our reserve pair id be happy going into next season. I have a few riders in mind who I'd like to see. 1. Klindt (8.81) - unbeatable around Northside and will consistently score well. However affordability and availability may be an issue. 2. New rider 3. Tate (6.56) 4. Batch (7.04) 5. New rider 6. Jakobsen (3.78) 7. Vinnie (3.21 with reduction) Total: 29.4 leaving 10.6 or 8.6 depending on points limit. Thats a decent team with a strong reserve pair, and the top 5 are of decent quality.

I'm surprised no one has done this yet but the comets return to the tapes in 2027, thankfully! Floodlights, 7pm starts, and hopefully a better season is to come! Who would we all like to see stay in comets colours? 1. Jeppesen - started the season fantastically. Was gating like he had a rocket strapped to him and was unbeatable around northside. Form dropped a little but still put some fantastic scores up. 2. Jakobsen - very erratic start to his British debut and spent most of first months on the deck or injured. Once he calmed down he started putting some better scores up and showed some real promise when dropped to reserve. 3. Tate - was quite consistent throughout the whole season and seemed to push on towards the back end for both comets and Belle vue. Hopefully the Glasgow rumours aren't true. 4. Batch - great captain for us and in his 3 seasons he has rarely missed a meeting. Put some solid scores in home and away. 5. Kemp - up and down since he joined. Some exceptional performances and some very poor ones. Unsure if it's mechanical gremlins or setup issues but seemed to struggle at times. 6. Vinnie - a rider who i felt sorry for. There's a good rider in there but it wasn't helped by suffering a horrible injury at the start of the season and then be catapulted into the main body of the team. He really needs a full season at reserve with better machinery too. 7. Perry - replaced Etherington quite early on and seemed to have hit the ground running away against Scunthorpe. A mixed bag once again. Sometimes good, other times scored 0.