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During all the years the British Final was held at Coventry i dont recall any Coventry track expert racking up British Titles, no matter where its held and i agree it should be shared around but as Phil says there were no other tracks willing to host it. Problem today there really isnt any other British rider who is going to threaten the likes of Bewley and Lambert, gone are the days of Collins, Morton, Lee Jessup, Betts, Carter, when the meeting was hotly contested.

I suppose the question at the moment is will the Structure next season allow for the likes of Doyle, Emil, Kurtz, Bewley?

True mate the bad luck weve had with injuries seemed to affect us every season starting with the loss of Bjerre in the final against Coventry, we just cursed our luck and accepted it, didnt constantly harp on how we would have won all the time, it gets tedious, also remember when a Les Collins engine failure on the last lap at i think it was at Sheffield cost us the points for another title? We benefitted when Penhall retired so swings and roundabouts, at lest we didnt get all the whinging from heathens fans.

Where else would you hold a British GP or Speedway of Nations in the UK? The British Final yes share it around, also i dont think the Belle Vue owners are short of a bob or two thanks.

What makes me laugh is how Ipswich fans say it was an embarrasment celebrating winning the play off last season and how you would have definately beaten us had you had your full team...really? how can you be so sure? Considering how Bewley, Kurtz, Lidsey came bang into form just at the right time would you really have brushed us aside im not sure. As for this the ridiculous vulturing pot its not any other teams fault injuries played a part we would have won the title at Peterborough if Kurtz had been fit but could we be 100% certain... no. At least we took the defeat without the constant 12 month bitterness and saying Panthers fans celebrating was an embarrassment as one other poster previously posted. If the Liverpool v Wimbledon cup final for example had seen Liverpool curtailed by several injuries Liverpool fans today would still be saying injuries cost them the trophy, in reality it didnt did it. Point being nothing is certain in sport. I really thought Ipswich fans were better than this the arrogance weve seen was really something not associated with Witches fans until recent seasons. As for tonight i think an easy home win, we have the top two riders but lack in the engine room and at reserve to challenge this season.

Good news there is a new company and the club continues, looking forward to my first visit.

No idea Mate was he just replaced by the club as they thought a better option had become available? It seems the BSPL make it up as they go along.

Birmingham did Vuolas visa and as they sacked him it reverted to Workington and their riders cant ride due to these visa issues. Belle Vue did Zischke visa so hes allowed to ride.

Im surprised clubs still sign him tbh considering his unreliability.

Im going with a comfortable home win here.

I can see Ipswich winning this now, not confident using r/r lets wait and see.

Exactly then people complain about the lack of characters

I totally agree the team aspect has disappeared, i dont know if its because nowadays riders are team mates one night and opponents the next there does feel more familiarity in the pits than there used to be. That edge of real rivalry between teams doesnt exist today. Ive never forgot the scenes in the early 70,s during the heat 13 fracas against Leicester, that passion is nowhere to be found today. Riders were loyal to their clubs as you said it was their club, i could never imagine Wilkie, PC, Mort at another club similar Lee was always associated with Kings Lynn along with Betts, Louis and Sanders at Ipswich etc, but they wernt riding for 3 or 4 clubs every other night. I dont know if it makes a difference but riding against someone on a Monday and then with them as team mates on Tuesday there must be more familiarity. Just a thought you are better qualified to judge if this does have an effect. Teams also used to ride as teams good team riding was common place, nowadays in the main its gate and go and leave your team mate to it, team meetings are now individual with the odd rare exception.

If we ride like we did last week heats 13 and 15 wont save us we need more from Cook and Blodorn and Ipswich are stronger at reserve.

Good points, as for Monday i would tend to say smaller if it is then that is a worry with the likes of Dan, Brady, Doyley, and Emil.

Do you think what BSN pay out to the clubs cover the loss of revenue due to less footfall into the stadium, i would think many families 2 adults + 2 children would make a good saving watching at home? It would be interesting to see how much tv and streaming costs clubs on race day.

During the boom years of the seventies no investment into the sport was made and so began the slow downward spiral that has led to the current situation.

Its sad to see another club disappear and fair play to Tolley for giving it a go and putting his money in but crowd levels have shown there is no appetite for speedway in Birmingham, crazy to think how many clubs have been lost just in London and the West Midlands alone.

Perhaps it would have been better not to comment on Brady at all, hypocrisy, probably couldnt resist adding another negative comment towards BV as seems the case with him.

What would they be saying about PC finishing second in the world days after shattering his leg at Hyde Road, riding with 300 stitches and being lifted on and off his bike? And being there he was unlucky not to actually win and in terrible conditions too.

Just his usual anti Belle Vue comment, never seen him post anything else.

With Kvech Stars would have been comfy winners, Boldorn has not improved Cook not good enough and the worst reserves, this team if qualifying for the play off doesnt get past the semis in my opinion.

Well done Kings Lynn they were the better more compact side tonight and with Kvech would have won, i dont think we have as big an home advantage as people believe, what we do have is Dan and Brady and we do rely on heats 13 and 15, we certainly dont have the engine room or reserves especially considering our away form to challenge this season, even without Kvech if Lawson had come to the party we could have been in trouble.

To be honest mate many people dont even go to their local tracks anymore let alone ones abroad i can remember 4- 5 figure attendences for all tracks at one time, couldnt believe it when one estimate at Birmingham reckoned about 500 well short of semi pro football clubs, the decline is really sad speedway at Premiership level especially is hanging by a thread. Be interesting to look at British speedway in the sixties and seventies and how it slowly declined to what we have today and compare it to where Poland was then and what it has become today.

At least his missus wont have to don the Bartoz mask 😗