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If it's anything like here in Leicester there's a hell of a lot of derelict urban land that these housing estates should be built on and thus the re-generation of areas before these building companies get to greenfield sites

You're not out... you're fired

you've certainly hit the nail on the head there

They had the pick of the league before them along with everybody else... Well, as soon as they knew they were continuing, still plenty to choose from

Rider shortage isn't the issue for Birmingham though... they themselves said they had a "short" list of around 7 riders

A great day for British Speedway, it's only a (bloody fantastic!) step in the right direction and there will no doubt be other hurdles thrown in the way but hopefully this at least sets a legal precedent

Only due to a straight jacket the sport has put in itself! Crazy!

I think the answer to the original question... was yes!

What a terrible shame, probably a wise decision though in terms of risk vs reward

Oh no! I missed that, due to his injury?

New question... will Jordan Palin return to Championship speedway?

In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Cotswolds underground. Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them....maybe you can hire The A-Team.

And hair lacquer

The last time I went to a "test" match it was at Leicester and I think it was an U21 vs Australia... it was terrible and I left with about 3 races to go lol I think that was more to do with it being run at Leicester though in the bad old days of FTG and meetings taking around 2 hours to complete... they're was quite a healthy crowd though if my memory serves me correctly

There are no "promoters" around like there used to be, I'm really not sure what the current crop are in the sport for. Glasgow are a forward looking promotion and they are the only club to put on test matches in recent years and they seemed to be a success

Well an international test match series certainly wouldn't be samey... we haven't seen any on these shores for years!

Seasons in the past would often start with a touring team from Sweden or somewhere...

I hope you're right... we'll see

You're right, I should have said all! 4 riders on assessed averages, 3 of which have not raced in Britain (regularly) before Cook, big question mark whether his head is still in it... and Batch for that matter. There's really no forecasting how that team will perform!

I'm a bit nervous for you with everyone really... there's a lot of question marks in that Worky line-up

Nicki Pedersen is available

Makes you wonder why these so called journalists aren't even mentioning the shenanigans going on at Swindon!

HNY, let's see if we can get through a year with no track closures!

But the whole operation has been subbed out, surely it's down to the company it has been subbed out to to stage some home test matches in conjunction with current promoters backed by their current sponsors. Maybe holding a test match series in this country would attract some new sponsors? I don't know but are there any targets set for the team GB operation? What happens if they don't meet those targets? There doesn't seem to be a threat of it being taken back in house. In fact I'm pretty sure BSPL were pretty happy to get rid of it, so they could (shortsightedly) concentrate on their own clubs. It was a great move when it was first subbed out and a great start, things seemed to have stagnated a bit off track though. Just look at the social media post in the run up to Christmas, a printed Christmas greeting and a picture of Robert Lambert with a list of the sponsors below... so what? Who cares? Scroll on by... Where's the engagement? Where's the video message from the England captain with a review of the year and looking forward on things to come, it's nearly 2024 and this should be the easiest thing in the world to produce and generate a few views for the sponsors! Things really should be pushing forwards in terms of engagement with the fans, home matches and merchandise etc

Thought he lived in Spain or next door to it, can't think of the name of the country, Kylmaporki lives there too