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Scott’s average went up when we moved from Kirky Lane to NSS as he WAS equally as good on either track at the time. Harris has blown hot & cold all his career including whilst an Ace. GP round winner one minute, battling with a reserve the next. We’ll have to agree to disagree on this one.

Believe you me, the Colts don’t splash the cash. We are always made up of locals, cast offs and those beating the door down to join. We’ve had many go elsewhere when their heads have been turned for cash and not always to their betterment.

Surely they’ll just set the rider criteria to fit the number of clubs taking part. Be great if more teams get involved as the fixture list was very sparse this season. Play offs should be back now the Cairns thing is out of the way which will means more for those lucky enough to qualify. I find the quality of Colts meetings to be very high and hardly distinguishable from the main lads to a newbie. The younger rounds can be less so but it’s still great to see the progress being made each time they visit.

Jake helps make a good point about the technical aspect of the sport. His home average inc bonus is only 0.67 whilst away it’s 3.20. Jake probably feels more comfortable on the technical tracks you might say. He’s a long track world champion, the very epitome of throttle jockey so that doesn’t wash. He’s probably not got the all important set up right for the NSS. Every Aces RS is given an engine tuned and set up specifically for use at the NSS. It’s not just delivered in a box either, time is spent setting everything up and trialing it to suit, so it’s not that either. The difference is clear, he currently doesn't have the technical riding aspect in place just yet so he is easily swallowed up at the NSS by opponents who are more technically proficient than him. His gating is as good at the NSS as it is away but the luxury away is he can pop out and just ride round without fear of being overtaken as these passing opportunities are not available on other tracks. To dismiss the NSS as a throttle jockey track is a major disservice plus a big misunderstanding of the intricacies of a good technical racetrack.

There’s a case for handicap racing there then. If some riders struggle then get them out first and the “good” rides can pass them. Personally it matters not how good or bad a rider is at these so called technical tracks, if you don’t gate you don’t win - simple. Jake’s as wobbly as you’re going to get at this stage in his career but if he gates at these technical tracks he gets points. Makes me laugh how NSS can be deemed a throttle jockey track when it’s the most technical out there from a speedway racing point of view due to the amount of lines to either guard or mount an attack. If technical is popping out of the gate and sitting on THE line a la scalextic shows more skill than moving around the track effectively then I’m happy to leave them in their happy ignorance.

So pretty much one a decade. I think us fans put too much on these riders tbh.

Michael Lee is the only example I can think of.

I had Leicester above The Aces but that was before the final. Ipswich were easily above us before their injuries kicked in. We’re usually mid table in the home league table.

Brown envelopes have clearly changed hands especially in the Jenkins/Ipswich case. They’ve put their argument forward (better terms £££) and been given commercial reasons to “poach” him even though he wasn’t a rising star this year, but can be now he’s sign for Ipswich.

There’s no shame in being a moneybags club, if such a thing can even exist in UK speedway. Enjoy it, own it but don’t deny it. It’s not meant as an insult.

Well I guess it depends on which horse you’re getting the information straight from.

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It would help him win GP’s at the technical indoor tracks like Cardiff.

This has been me the last 24hrs since I found out we have a place at the top table. Taken nearly 100 years. It is true isn’t it and not just BS? Does that mean the cheating stops or do we need to start cheating to fit in?

Poole did that with Crump whilst The Aces were in the process of being rescued. Left us in the mire a bit that season. Ipswich cut from the same cloth, unfortunately.

Oh yes, forgot about moneybags Ipswich. 😡

Surely they will keep Tom.

It’s only 3.91 for the first month, then it reverts to 5.21. I fully expect Anders to be kicked out at this point and replaced with a rider 5+.

Just get one of your riders reassessed to make it fit, like before.

Many thanks for the full and frank explanation. I understand now why you refuted the rule breaking - maybe. It obvious again that rules mean as much to fans as speedway does to the main stream media or big ticket sponsors. The only silver lining is we can add the Glasgow number 4 into the mix to be our RS next season.

Why? The way I see it using the rule book and published facts is below. If it’s another Ipswich under the table rule change I wasn’t aware of then I apologise. Any links would be appreciated as I can add it into my old set of rules. 010.2.2 Any other (non British) rider with an established average, cannot drop below 4.00 in the Premiership or Championship Leagues at any time during the season. This happened with Kenyan last year where he spent almost all season below 4 but for team declaration purposes he remained a 4. James’ PL average was below 4 but due to him being a (young) Aussie like Kenyan he was uplifted to a 4. 4 is bigger than 3.74 which was the average of the rider being replaced which is not allowed if applying the rule book.

He is Australia and doesn’t have the UK family connections of say Connor Bailey, if he had he would have been an RS. He was illegal and it was just another case of team building rules being sidestepped for Ipswich again. James is an Aces asset so if the witches want this one, they’ll have to pay.

Regarding Rew, The Aces won’t get anyway near what Ipswich are offering. We could have upped our offer but we spent it on the Colts and bringing on juniors. Enjoy Tom. As Birmingham CEO Nigel Tolley said: “When you look at the stats, Tom is one of, if not the fastest progressing young British rider since Covid. “His performances meant he was the first ever Rising Star to move into the main body of a team, and even last season he produced some really big scores as a second string for Belle Vue.