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Last year only 5 riders put 2 or more points on their average, C Cook, C Heeps, R Worral, L kerr and M Dyer.

Sunday afternoons was mentioned a while back.

The more I think about Scunthorpe's team the more I like it, If Douglas carries on where he left off last year I reckon he could put a point on his average but he would probably still be at reserve.

Scunthorpe's total average is 42.39.

I think he will be OK at scunny but will struggle away.

Happy with this team but I am not sure about matt w is he ready for the PL.

I think a similar youth development scheme might work in the premier league but not in the elite league. Its just a recipe for some boring races. Darcy ward versus josh bates, edge of your seat stuff. Some of the riders are not even good enough for the PL never mind the EL. I imagine the race format will be similar to Sweden where there are 2 reserves races.

New Tractor? Stags team in the NL I think.

Simon Stead signs for Sheffield, http://speedwaystar.net/News.aspx

I have watched a lot of Swedish speedway and I can honestly say it is no more entertaining than the British league, I can't comment on the value because I don't know how much it costs.

I do think BBC ignores speedway because of its working class image. Just look at all the other minority sports on their sports website, shooting, fencing and sailing to name a few, no mention of speedway though.

Is there a confirmed data for the AGM or will it be postponed until they know if there is a TV deal.

When I say play each other twice, I mean home and away twice so It would also be 28 meetings but could teams like Buxton and IOW afford to compete with the likes of Workington, Edinburgh and Newcastle?

Maybe Leicester, Ipswich, Somerset, Rye House and Plymouth joining a weaker top flight making 15 teams. Leaving the 8 northern PL teams to have a small league where they play each other twice. The National league would remain as it is.

How effective is the roof at Torun, I seem to remember one year the track got wet because the roof doesn't not completely cover the track.

I like to see as much speedway as possible but if there were less meetings in the season would speedway be more profitable/sustainable? If British speedway adopted a model like Sweden and Poland and played at home every fortnight would this increase the crowds as people would be less likely to pick and choose their meetings?

Its the same line up but with Bjerre and Smolinski instead of Lindback and Vaculik, slightly weaker but not much difference.

when is this meeting being restaged, Thursday?

Tai at 50/1 to finish second http://sportsbeta.ladbrokes.com/BBC-Sports-Personality-N-1z10flk/

The first year of Cardiff the attendance was 38000 in 2010 it was 45000, I am not sure how reliable these figures are but there certainly wasn't a significant drop. I think there's more to it than the novelty of a new stadium, like the quality of entertainment on offer.

People could also suggest/complain to the bbc sport website, asking for some speedway coverage this weekend... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/3701180.stm

Can anybody pm a link please. thanks

Rightly or wrongly I think the 4 wild cards will be...Holder, Ward, Lindgren and Jonsson.

Does anybody know if Copenhagen will be on the calendar next year, there was some doubt early in the year.

What is the rider of the night competition and second half, I am not old enough to remember the 70s and 80s.