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Whats going on with Drew Kemp I though he had signed for Berwick but he's turning out for monachs on same night as Berwich riding ?

So difficult as we all know Tungate is another one who isn't interested 50% of the time so you then have a possible top four of Klindt, Tungate, Lidsey and Batch who could get 40 between them one week and 12-20 the next but as ever who is there half decent to help out.

Agreed Mike its another big speedway conundrum there's zero incentive to move up but equally the championship need the premiership to limp on to subsidise the wages of the legion of double uppers.

I would think crowds would hold up or improve this year given they have two of the very best English youngsters at reserve both of who are banging in the points weekly.

Guess we can rule it out ever happening on point one alone, unless Harry has an ace up his sleeve when did he start last Nov and so far we have had Linda Lusadi in a travel lodge room pulling team names out of what looked like a used McDonalds bag.

Imagine the scenes inside the command caravan.

I'm rolling in the aisles sadly but 100% spot on.

Does anyone know if the new investors are coming in to shore up the speedway side of things or if they are shoring up the stadium ? I'm hoping the latter as I seem to remember if speedway had to pick up the full rent per meeting minus the dogs it was an eye watering number so hopefully if the they are helping refinance the stadium that situation has been avoided. Interested if anyone knows the score Bojangles seems close to Oxford so might have an insight.

Ben Cook is a strange one has had some really good meetings and you think he's ready to step up then dire, agreed McDairmid would be a better option than Sedgeman at least he's young and might improve. I did think Ben would develop into the better rider out of the Cook brothers but now Zach looks the one who might one day sneak into the gp scene.

Sedgemen as a replacement that's like having to decide to cut off your left or right foot with a rusty breadknife he won't be any better than paco, he's 7 point man in the championship and purely a trapper very rarely overtakes.

They certainly have the funds to tempt someone decent over for the last third of the season if needed.

They will need to get a really good ringer to stop your team someone like Beau Bailey or a dane on a par with that young lad they had lost year Nagel or whatever his name was, a 4 pointer who was closer to 8 by year end.

You do get a lot of firms set up with shadow directors there was the famous story of about 500 plus companies registered at the same london mail box address that all had the same director which was some poor clueless woman who was a cleaner in the Cayman Islands.

Its a real shame your lot couldn't get Beau Bailey over as in my opinion good as your two youngsters are the aussie lad is on another level.

Poole should walk this league baring injuries they managed to snaffle two out of the three best british youngsters out there both on false two point averages, they have one of the top three riders in the league in Lawson, Zach Cook is going to be destined for bigger things, Kerr is ok engine room rider at this level and Newman is riding way above expectations. Like most not sure about Bowes but if he finish's with an average above four again will probably have done his job. Most leagues in the UK are won by a decent side but more importantly a side that gets someone in on a 2 or 4 point average who really is a 4 or 8 point man, Rushen I think will end up above six and Cairns above 4 if the rest avoid injury its pretty much job done. Unless one of the other sides can get one/two of the really top level young danes/swedes over I can't really look beyond the pirates.

Problem is even if he would come the Artem is another who's only interested half the time as I said before in the perfect world then need Lindgren and Anders Thompson both top level riders who will always put a shift in regarless.

No disagreement from me but as ever who do you get in that will be any better given the general lack of interest from any semi decent rider upwards avoiding the UK.

As I said earlier Brum 2025 are Cradley 1985 in comparison, its real shame as it looks like core crowds might have settled on a thousand with a team that could win at home. To be fair not much the fellas running it could do, started late so left with the scraps and nobody half decent wants to ride over here. So there's really no one they can bring in who will make a material difference to the outcome. Sole bright spot is the form of Thomson great to see him stepping it up if he can avoid injury should have a great year ahead for him.

Much as I respect Kerr's grit from the terrible injuries he's had down the years we all know he's a million miles away from what they need but your right he will be what they get.

That's the issue with starting so late they were left with the scraps , Thompson doing fantastic, Harrison can't expect much due to age, Neils will still give it a go but a decade past his best, leaves you with Batch, Klindt, Zagar and Lidsey all of who if they don't fancy it won't turn up you could maybe get away with having 1 or 2 riders like that in the side but you will really struggle with all four.

Agreed fair play to the fella he's really stepped it up this year just a shame he's ploughing a lone furrow with this lot.

Its a shame that Northampton were weak from the get go now loosing two of their better riders is going to pulverise them, the famed promise of help from the other promoters now needs turning on but we all know with the greatest respect to them its going to be a combination of Rambo, Kerr, Sedgeman etc when they so need a real big hitter. Real shame as rumours are tonights crowd pretty decent also so if they could have won most home meetings possibly would be something to build on but the early signs are they are going to make Bimingham 2025 look like Cradley 1985 in comparison.

Great news, re the new people are they speedway related or stadium related as it seems they are providing the financial muscle for things to carry on. There's not many people who are willing to drop six figures regularly on speedway these days (outside of the usual suspect) so my gut feeling is they must be coming in to take a stake in the stadium and help clear the debts ? Would be interested to hear what anyone closer to the situation has to add to it all but great news whatever the actual set up will be moving forward and does this mean that the mooted massive rent increase if speedway carried on alone won't now happen ?

I know the feeling think it was 86 when I was following Lynn and we had Bob Schwartz and pretty much six reserves all season, other than the odd time when Mike Lee turned up it still sits with me when we used to be in with a sniff but would enter the last race with Schwartz and Campbell v Neilson and Wigg.

Injuries are becoming more and more of a problem when trying to present even a bit of credibility for the sport when I went late 80's early 90's everything was based around the old british league and national league. Now days with riders competing in up to four different international leagues plus doubling down and more individual/team international competitions plus all the grand prix's the opportunities for injuries are way higher so we are less than a month into the season and some teams are decimated already turned up with guest,. r/r and irr. There really is no answer to this in the UK but it doesn't help from a point of view when selling the sport when teams turn up with half the stated riders missing or trying to build a bond with the local fans.