YeOldPitGate

I think we just have to accept the days when 90% of the big guns rode here are gone, however it would be worth having a push on the SGP2 lads there are some great riders coming through the ranks and they may be tempted to the UK for 2-3 years to learn the different types of tracks over here whilst they try and work their way to the top.

I'm getting muddled in my old age Bagpuss so the Jubilee cup is still as big a myth as bigfoot and ufo's ?

I had forgot about Lawson I wonder where he will end up in the 5 team top league ?

Would love it to happen Iain but M.D has said many times its not going to happen and he should know better than 99.9% of the population.

Totally agree Mike but we both know at head office your quips are "plan a"

You also missed off the jubilee cup where from memory leg 1 was staged at kings lynn and leg 2 is awaited in the same breath as "the godfather part 4" and 'the long good friday part 2"

We can but dream

Agreed eye watering risk level and even if there is someone willing to risk dropping £100-£200k on one season . The other big question is who will they actually get to ride for them given from the handful of top riders that rode in the UK this year Emil, Woffy, Doyle have all said they aren't coming back. So you could end up risking six figures on an unknown venture with a Birmingham like team plus if to believed no tv money either to offset part of the loss.

Harry actually putting a shift in Dean ?

Good call Bagpuss I'm all for giving a youngster a chance who might go a fair way in his career in five plus years rather than a rider who is older and seems to have peaked.

Never , but if you have a different view when most clubs are struggling I'm all ears.

Thanks Arthur

If it is Northampton whoever takes that on is going to need uber deep pockets and not blink at writing off six figures at the end of year one, really hope I'm wrong but its got financial disaster written all over it. Will need another Tolley type who can just write out cheques every month to cover the losses without worrying.

Always going to be that risk with any half decent youngster more so when this one other league and Poland only comes in.

Don't disagree a big part of the reason this side looks one of the best Lynn sides for years is down to the lack of teams in the top flight this year so the handful that are left should all get a lift by more riders chasing fewer spaces but it really is a dreadful state of affairs.

Looks decent would just be nice if they could find someone with more long term promise than Castanga other six tick all the boxes though.

Hi where are you getting the results from out of interest can't see anything on this forum and nothing I can find on speedway updates ?

Would Becker be worth a go at Ipswich always strikes me as there's a decent rider trying to get out even though he's stalled a bit last two years, maybe Ippo would suit him tight track etc, he just strikes me as a rider who could put a point on his average and really should be pushing on to trying to get into the top 10-15% of riders globally.

Imagine the scenes

Becker not doing UK in 2026 ?

Your welcome.

Has someone found him ?

In my opinion they were both brilliant natural talents and great to watch on a bike, a similar argument would be when I was still going Lynn signed Henka I think the same year Ippo possibly got T Rick now for two seasons I thought Henka was a better more talented rider than Tony but as mentioned i stopped going in 1992 and past that point Tony ended up being a six time world champion. Henka is probably the most naturally talented rider i ever saw on a bike but possibly similar to Screeny he just didn't have that last 10% dedication to make it to the very top of the pile despite both having masses of natural talent. One interview that always resonated with me was Sam Ermolenko saying "I feel I have reached that level now when the pressure is really on i can beat anyone" and a week later I remember him lining up against Hans Nielson possibly a world team cup event at coventry and that might have been the year when Han's only dropped six or so points all season , Sam trapped and although Han's was faster he had the calm head and track craft to keep the Main Dane behind him. Apologies if these years/stats are slightly out as I say i'm going back a long time ago but they were great times how like most of us I would dearly love to travel back in time and be there again.

I think your right again from memory Hackney were backed by Terry Russell they were destroying the old second division they looked to move up and got no help from anyone (sounds familiar) other than getting Simmo , they got smashed for a season then dropped back down taking Simmo with them . They had Andy Galvin at the time who was second division top gun but he had a bad injury a few years later that pretty much put paid to his chances of progressing further. I'm 56 now and would have been 17 or 18 at the time so having to trawl the memory banks so I could be 50% off with the above.

I think in the perfect world he would like to offload the Stars and focus on just stocks I would be stunned if its him.