The best ability is availability, as they say. Even if other #1s aren't as good as Cook, at least they'll turn up every week. Valid concern when signing Cook these days.
They did, and it wasn't illegal as you say, but it was the claptrap about "helping" Cradley that came with it that I didn't like. They saw a business opportunity and rinsed some speedway starved fans of some easy cash. Maybe I expected better from those involved. Oh well.
P.S. I'm not a Cradley fan 👍
"give our youngsters half a season each"
That is the funniest way of describing a move like this I've ever read. You'd be sacking Mulford because Cairns would give you a better chance of winning (meetings + the POs), it's zero to do with giving them half a season each.
Nilsson and Palovaara on 13.50 would be great business. Edinburgh back to being shrewd as they were back in mid-00s, it's great to see as a neutral. They used to know how to win.
Fair play to ipswich for bothering, because obviously nobody else is, but isn't this just reintroducing the British U19 final? A little underwhelming given the BSPL fanfare but credit to ipswich anyway.
Fair point on Cook, but Flint/Gilkes aren't exactly decent yardsticks, both average Championship riders (Flint slightly better). Still, that's all Workington need him to be I suppose.
Nothing will ever top Sky Sports, that was truly iconic. BT was a pretty close second early on. After that, only the Polish stuff really comes close.
BSN is OK but commentators are a bit naff, as are some of the presenters, better than nothing though.