IainB

You say that, but is the lure the team for most of us? I don't know... the biggest attended meetings I've been to have been individual meetings, World Finals, British Finals, BLRC's, WC Qualifiers, Golden Hammer etc. The only team meeting that comes close to some of those attendances in the past (during my time following Speedway) was the Cov v Hull decider double header. The following of a team probably led to the following of a rider for that team, that has completely gone now thanks to doubling up, which if memory serves me was originally brought in to help progress British youngsters.

Chalky White?

I can't quite believe what I've just read there... when somebody does suggest something to try and entice people along to watch Speedway, people like you actually throw every imaginable hurdle in the way as to why not to do it. I suggested that Birmingham should have run some kind of Commonwealth Riders Championship meeting (an absolute no brainer) to cash in on the games being held down the road, with the athletes village on the doorstep and you were quite rude to me about it on the Brummies thread... and you've only been 4 times this season, unbelievable!

Rune Holta desperately searching for his Norwegian passport?

I remember them doing a similar offer during the previous year also when it was called Eurosport Player. So it looks like it maybe a regular offer. If you use something like HotUKDeals you can setup an alert so that if/when it happens again and somebody posts the offer you'll know about it.

I think generally it's £60 a year, though if you get it at the right time of year, I got mine for £30. I think you may be able to get it for around £7 per month

There HAS been some decent Speedway racing tonight, with a close scoreline... I would have hated to have turned off after heat 6

Was it announced back then or when you edited it on July the 11th?

I quite rate Flint, like his attitude and his riding style reminds me of Leigh Adams a bit

Have you seen Swedish or Danish League Speedway? It ain't all that, easily comparable with British Speedway in terms of presentation and quality (of racing) and British Speedway is probably better

You're obviously not watching Sudden Sam!

It's not even mentioned on the FIM Speedway app... mind they've not even got the line ups for the senior event. We're starting to see how amateurish Discovery are now after everybody gushing about them after the first GP

I was watching Max very closely on the BSN on Friday night because of all of the "discussion" around his inclusion in the team. What I did notice is that he made the gate in almost every race and was 1st or 2nd in the, what they call holeshot these days, but then soon got passed. If he had managed to maintain his "holeshot" position he would easily have scored double figures, so fair play to the lad. Staying away seemed to do the trick

Didn't mention SoN though

Nail hit absolutely on the head for me. Although Speedway has been on the decline for years, imo it took a major down turn during the Harkess years, squandering all that great TV coverage we had and failing to invest in the future.

Well it is a bit like that... i was just questioning whether we needed another thread when there's already several already discussing the same topic

Leicester's Connor Coles

@screm Never doubted you So, If he's not ridden enough meetings to be a Berwick asset, he may very well be Glasgow bound

Just added to the Leicester website in the last few minutes: *UPDATE: Sunday 9.15am: Berwick have confirmed Jonas Knudsen's permitted paid engagement ran out last night, and his visa is not through yet. Connor Coles guests for him on Sunday. At least we'll get to see Clegg vs Coles! I wonder if Connor will be wearing his Leicester race suit?

... and why would you sign him and just get a 1 month visa?

From the Leicester website, published yesterday: LEICESTER: Richard Lawson, Connor Mountain, Richie Worrall, Dan Thompson, Kyle Howarth, Max Clegg, Joe Thompson.BERWICK: Chris Harris, Theo Pijper, Jye Etheridge, Ricky Wells, Leon Flint, Jonas Knudsen, Nathan Stoneman. So it looks like Knudsen will be riding after all, it was all much ado about nothing and it's @screm that's dropped the bllck

So IF Connor Coles is guesting for Knudsen he'll be riding against the team he's trying to progress into... just when you think Speedway couldn't get to new levels of stupidity, it never fails to surprise you!

I would suggest you're right... it would seem that somebody has dropped a b*ll*ck somewhere along the line

Will any of the other Bandits be there i wonder?

So it's false advertising by Leicester?