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If what I heard at Leicester last night is correct Birmingham are making wholesale team changes and Nigel Tolley is backing the club and Stewart Dickson even more with the play offs a possibility.

I think you will find that communication through the twins father Darren is the family’s preferred method as the same happened to Joe at Scunthorpe Rob Godfrey let Darren know that they were making team changes .

Dan T does seem to have struggled a bit more at home than I expected maybe the track is too smooth now and the advantage he had with track knowledge has gone. I also don’t think he has bonded with the other team members that well, He was very much on his own at Peterborough and Ipswich. He also didn’t come to the Ipswich meeting at home but did go to a Cubs meeting. The slight concern I have with Kemp is being able to maintain the form and also as others have said he has brought his Polish bikes over but what happens at the end of this month when he takes theM back

I must say Basso didn’t look very injured to me when seen carrying his kitbag out of the pits and then signed a young fan’s picture. Not saying he didn’t get hit but think a bit of ice spray could fix it

Based upon what was said at Leicester on Monday I have a feeling that Dan Thompson could be coming to Scunthorpe as he said he had signed for a Championship club but had got to wait to make his debut which fits in with the 28day ruling.

Artem was coming to Leicester and the deal was agreed however he had a change of opinion when his nephew Tarasenko decided that he wanted to ride in the UK so both will now share a workshop and mechanic here in the UK. So good news for Kings Lynn and Peterborough, With Leicester considering other options but depending on results May stick with what they have got.

Just got home and watched a few heats and unfortunately I have to say professionally that was a lazy and poor production by Eurosport and their production team I expect better in future meetings. I knew as soon as I got into the stadium at 6:45 I knew that they had got a few things wrong. I cannot understand why they had no cameras on bend 3 or 4 and the camera on the home straight was too far back from the track along with being too low so the start gate gantry kept getting in the way. Need to be just above the refs box or further forward. I actually thought the head on angle was good and that personally loved the lower camera on bend 2 doing the Slo Mo that allowed some good shots. In essence there was only 3 cameras for the racing along with the forward/backward camera just pass the start line which is not enough. I know they do not have the budget of Sky or BT but the minimum should be head on, Main straight, bend 3 or 4 then at least one slo mo plus couple of wireless cameras for pit and start line shots. I liked the new push off area and the after race analysis from Scott that to me worked well. Kelvin was what you expect and have a feeling it was the amount of meetings taking place tonight was why he was alone with only BV riders available to commentate. David Rowe was at Leicester as I saw him so was the wolves inserts from the screen Hopefully things will improve and that more cameras can be added to the production for future meetings so that it looks more professional production.

Would make sense to ride against Leicester but have a feeling rider availability may be an issue

If it all comes together then I hope Leicester fans will support this change and should make the Lions a more attractive team for away matches

Phil - I think you will be glad that you raced Leicester today rather than in a couple of weeks time. 2023 I believe is going to be the most competitive season yet

No all that has had happened is that Max’s Polish club (Same one as Nicki P) have raised concerns about his start to the season in both Poland and the UK If he goes and wins the GP in Croatia or scores a maximum at Krosno on Sunday then all will be forgotten

But Polish Club are putting pressure on rider as not meeting their expectations in both Poland and the UK

I wonder what Kings Lynn are going to do at Leicester on Thursday with no KK who is riding in Poland and now no Josh Pickering ? Combined with Sheffield vs Peterborough so Tom Brennan or Blodorn looks like best option for reserve and Ryan Douglas for KK

Unless things have changed since Saturday my understanding is that Peterborough plan to resubmit their team on Tuesday morning to be effective from the meeting at Leicester on Thursday. Plans were in place for equipment to be driven over to UK from Poland Sunday However I now read on here that Peterborough do not have any visa sponsorship licenses so this may have all changed over the weekend. I see that some people have been questioning why GRU in Poland have not been tough on Max Fricke as well as Nicki, Simple answer is they know they can’t as the PZM do not have the same agreement with MA that they do with DMU with regards to start permissions . Also Max likes to live in the UK with his girlfriend so a condition of his entry to stay in UK is his working visa so needs to be riding here to live here

Leicester have already tried to get Scott to change his mind but understandingly the TV work is good guaranteed income and he can still guest at Thursday tracks and Monday’s when no live TV meetings

Richard attended later on at Leicester Track after all other photos and interviews had been done . Apology made to sponsors all settled to start the season

Missed Leicester’s press day at JCB today as well which has not gone done well with club and sponsors. Will he be fit enough to ride at Poole on Wednesday and Leicester on Thursday ??

I may be wrong but have heard that Poole already have another Australian joining them subject to averages and team members performances

Just maybe Dan does not want to go to Poole as has others options once new averages come into force, Still has plenty on with Premiership,National League and European racing With the team that Poole have built it has to be considered that they will make a change or two in May

Interestingly both last night and tonight during their European football coverage BT Sport have advertised that British Speedway is coming soon. As has been explained previously from July time both BT Sport and British Eurosport will merge into TNT Sport. However with BT including Speedway in their upcoming showreel ( Which doesn’t feature some of Eurosport’s other content like Snooker, Tennis ,Athletics etc) I do wonder whether British Speedway will actually be on BT sport when the season starts as the rights have already been moved over already it’s just the rebranding is not happening until July

The GPs and British Speedway will move over to TNT sport later on in the summer but at present the GPs will also be available via Discovery app as well

Maybe Anders Thomson ??

No Jack and Chris Holder I suspect will be the riders used for Poole

Easter Saturday at Leicester is looking the most likely date but as Skidder has said just awaiting a couple of riders to confirm their availability.

Just a quick heads up for anyone looking to sign up to Discovery player in the UK for British and GP Speedway. I would hold off if possible as it looks like the rights may be moving back to BT/EE sport as part of the BT & Discovery joint venture. BT/EE are keen to get some more live content on their channels during the summer months when there is no Football and Rugby Union so Speedway has been Identified as one of the moves from Eurosport as it’s simple to do with Discovery holding GP staging rights and BSPL happy to accept any live UK Broadcaster just to keep the sport on TV. This could actually be beneficial to UK viewers as it will mean less clashes and scheduling issues when Eurosport have Cycling, Tennis and Athletics so hopefully wouldn’t get the big gaps in Speedway broadcasts when the French Open Tennis is on in May and Tour d France in July. On a side note as a result of this merger/ Joint Venture, If you pay BT or EE directly for BT sports you can now sign up to get Discovery sports access for Free