Baldyman

Having not visited Edinburgh, what is it about the track that gives them a good home advantage that often gets mentioned about Edinburgh?

With the shortage of number 1 riders available, it looks like teams need to either pay more and get the teams finalised early. Maybe the panthers will change a couple of riders and go down the more strength in depth route?

A few teams supporters had characters back in the day. There used to be a very loud one from belle vue called soldier boy, or something along those lines

RIP Ruby. A lady well known to all supporters and past and present riders. My deepest condolences to her family and friends.

We will see won't we.

You can't compare covatti and castagna. Fair enough nico didn't do much at Sheffield but he was a good enough rider to reach the gp challenge final. Castagna is no where near that good. I'm I'm gonna stick to my guns and say I can't see him being anything other than one of the worst reserves in the league. Now maybe if he is given plenty of time to get to grips with the track he may hold his average. I do think we have plenty in the top 5 though to pick up away points which will see us take one of the play off places.

I would say our top 5 looks to be one of the best, but our reserves look to be one of the worst. Glasgow look clear favourites so far to me, but after that it's anybody's. So it's a case of can our top 5 out score the others to counter act what we lose out at reserve.

So if Australians are now a 5 again, is that going to be the same for Americans?

Who ever the last rider is, that team is gonna take some stuffings away.

I don't think they will be fielding their own team hardly ever away. Will we always have to use rr for James and Lewis?

Mmmmm. I would also say ipswich have a pretty good top 5

It's probably better for Lewis anyway. More meetings in the premier and I would imagine he would earn just as much.

Just imagine if his mother was minnie driver.

Nothing to do with me:-P it was rohan that said he wasn't riding for ipswich next season cos he wanted an elite team place. Has he got one yet? After beating all these top riders abroad I'm surprised one of the elite teams hasn't given him a team spot somewhere.

Are there any like for like? I've just been looking on the elite league confirmed teams. And haven't a lot of the top riders averages dropped. Wolves number one only has an average of 6.8.

I heard they were going to have some Thursdays, but not a complete change

Are Lynn changing to a Thursday then?

Isn't your number one going to be anders? You kept going on about him often enough and how he would be good at number one.

So someone knows how to keep it closed, unlike an ex team manager. I bet Hilton thinks he has been kicked squarely in the plums.

Ha ha only in speedway lol. Welcome back Ritchie Hawkins. Obviously not a trouble maker after all

So Chris has said all the riders are looking forward to working with the new manager and us fans will be happy with it to. This really does make me believe it's an ex rider. Doncaster. Loram jolly Hawkins?

Got to be trucks r us ain't it? Or whatever they are called these days.

He loves your place. I think he scored at least 3 points once

Ha ha tungate hold his own at number one. You should be on stage, that's the funniest thing I've heard or read in a long long time.

I remember having to drive home in snow in some places. Took me about 9 hours to get home.