ShanoXtra

Wait until you see the line up of a one league championship and the riders involved 😂 I’d rather see 4 teams of GP stars in a super league than that rubbish.

At this point, it won’t really feel like the witches we know anyway without a Louis involved. People outside of Ipswich won’t understand the work he does within Ipswich and the Town, he is close with the football club and works so hard to build relationships with them, he helps out the town and speaks to the MPS, local council plus the Major and is actually part of the community. Not just a businessman who is interested in speedway, that’s why any Witches fan will feel this is a major sucker blow to take. Riding next year or not it feels like the club has been lost IMO.

Literally nobody cares 😂 you won’t see any GP stars next season in Britain. I guess Tai is a ‘GP star’ again 😂

People thinking the club was in any problems are mistaken. It’s not that Chris can’t do it anymore, it’s that every other club can’t run as professional as his so they have to create one league which Chris is against, he would rather walk away with his team he wanted than bow down to other clubs forcing him to ride in one watered down league with a weak team, I don’t blame him. People keep wanting one league, have it now, and watch all of British speedway fail. I am very glad we finally won a league title under Chris and with such an amazing squad! PS. Having Harry has clearly moved the sport forward.

Once again previously spoken when I mentioned the squad… Bednar is now officially in the 1-7 line up for 2026.

As previously spoken before in the squad I spoke about, the next rider announced for Stal is… Paweł Przedpełski

I wish I had gone to Australia I know that much!

Doyle isn’t going back to Australia this winter he is staying in England.

Holder was never going anywhere but Gorzow, the only break clause was a very high payment to break it or Gorzow relegation.

Did they sell out last year? Its each to their own I guess, some people don’t like to leave the country and will enjoy the fact of two back to back, but as I said… my personal opinion is I don’t like it as I love to travel and would prefer to see another either located somewhere different in Britain or across seas, I don’t think any track should have double headers, it’s nothing against NSS.

Giving Manchester two rounds again one night after another is becoming a joke. Whether it’s the best track or not, I want more weekends to look forward to watching the GP. Not just doing two in one weekend, obviously my opinion only and many will like it I’m sure, but they didn’t even sell out last year for two. Should have placed a second British GP in a different location IMO. Gorzow not holding it this year as it’s a reset year for the club.

Jack holder to become one of the highest earners of the transfer market. 1.1 million złoty signature and 11,000 złoty per point.

You lost me when I read the first name 😂

All I see from majority of BV fans on here this that they don’t attend the ‘qualifiers’ 😂 maybe you just need more loyal fans and not pick and choose ones 😉 you seem to have a lot to write ✍🏼

How can they not afford to stage one? They agreed last year to only stage one. The decision wasn’t to stage two originally. Cardiff pushed them into a position to double book.

% would be sponsor % would be tickets % would be TV. % of the van, equipment would be written off for tax as well as self employed

Same magazine that got info wrong about Stal… very reliable 😂

But the Oxford fans probably could afford but got sick of losing. That’s like saying people from London cant afford West Ham tickets… they can but they choose not to go due to the crap they watch. Nothing to do with affording anything. The same people probably go on holiday, go to other events, people can afford things but prioritise their money in things they prefer to do, unfortunately, and people seem to forget on this forum, people really don’t like speedway when you speak to them and they are aware of the sport, they see it as boring. That’s the sports fault, and not people lacking money to spend it. Create a better product and people will come.

Sorry am I losing the plot. The comment was Oxford paid for Gust’s equipment and vans etc. Oxford paid for it so they clearly can afford it as they didn’t go bankrupt? When you can’t afford something it means you can’t buy it. The fans went to the matches so they afforded the ticket… if your argument was can they spend the money better then maybe yes, but the argument they can’t afford is nullified due to the fact they did afford it, and finished the season without going bankrupt.

In whose eyes? Oxford clearly felt they were getting a rider worth the money. He may have taken reduced payments for that fact, nobody knows his contract but everyone quick to comment. Oxford paying Magic and Tungate their large sums of money weekly was more of a robbery if you ask me.

But who said “we” can’t afford it? Everyone is guessing. Oxford clearly felt they could afford it whilst running three clubs so let them live or die by their decision, it’s not up to us to decide what companies can and can’t spend their money on… If there is one league, Ipswich have lost Danny king as he has signed for Plymouth next year.

Well that’s exactly the same as Parnitskyi for Leszno who got everything given to him because he is from Ukraine so what’s the problem with Britain doing it?

To add, my number one highlight was to the detriment of Belle Vue (sorry BV fans). The 2023 semi final at Belle Vue heat 15 for Emil and Doyle to come through and win vs Bewley and Kurtz was unreal, not many pairs do that to them at Belle Vue! And hats off to Bewley and Kurtz because they made that race amazing to watch. Four laps of total madness with emotions everywhere! What a heat that was.

Thought I’d open up a chat if anybody wanted to say thanks to Emil, might end up sharing it with him so he can read some more nice messages over the winter, if anybody wants to share some highlights or best moments of him, lastly, I wanted to share what Chris wrote about him and how it wasn’t easy to get him. More like Chris in this sport needs to be brave and stand up, I think we know the FIM has failed us at this, It was such a difficult time for Emil and his family when he was left in the wilderness because of the war in Ukraine and I felt something needed to be done. “My work to allow Emil to race in the UK was not universally accepted and alienated me in some quarters, but it soon became apparent that he was going to be a hugely popular character, not only at Ipswich, but up and down the country

But lose all your SGP stars in doing so, does that really lead to bigger crowds? I think people are a bit naive to think going to win league and running speedway of a different day would bring back bigger crowds. You wrote the other day you didn’t see any of the listed promotional pushes that Belle Vue have tried so why would one league and Belle Vue riding on a different day attract more people? Promotion is the problem or maybe just the fact people aren’t interested in speedway. People need to wake up to the situation I think