PhilTheAce Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 1 hour ago, TTT said: Think Play-Off Bob will return to Britain full time next season now that he's best chance of being World Champion has passed. Fell off a cliff in the GP's this year due to riding too many carpet rugs that don't require throttle control. Hardly a coincidence that riders who are high up in the GP standings behind Zmarzlik all ride in Britain or in Lindgren's case has years of experience on rougher / tougher British tracks. I doubt you will see any top boys in the uk next season 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 1 hour ago, Arthur54 said: With all the rumours flying about, god knows what format the top league is going to be, surely they can't run with 5 teams Logical thing would be one big league and 5 Man Teams (Danish League Format) with Race Nights held on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday imo. Poland can keep the Friday to Sunday slot, Danish riders can still ride in their Home country on a Wednesday and then it'll just leave riders choosing between Britain and Sweden which some already do. I think they'll go for two leagues again though (7-7 Split) with Scunny and one other moving up to save the Premiership. PREM - Belle Vue, Ipswich, King's Lynn, Leicester, Scunthorpe, Sheffield + Glasgow or Poole CHAM - Berwick, Edinburgh, Oxford, Plymouth, Redcar, Workington + Glasgow or Poole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 18 minutes ago, TTT said: Logical thing would be one big league and 5 Man Teams (Danish League Format) with Race Nights held on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday imo. Poland can keep the Friday to Sunday slot, Danish riders can still ride in their Home country on a Wednesday and then it'll just leave riders choosing between Britain and Sweden which some already do. I think they'll go for two leagues again though (7-7 Split) with Scunny and one other moving up to save the Premiership. PREM - Belle Vue, Ipswich, King's Lynn, Leicester, Scunthorpe, Sheffield + Glasgow or Poole CHAM - Berwick, Edinburgh, Oxford, Plymouth, Redcar, Workington + Glasgow or Poole Don’t think Glasgow or Poole will want fixed race nights though certainly not Mon or Thursday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted June 24 Author Report Share Posted June 24 24 minutes ago, TTT said: Logical thing would be one big league and 5 Man Teams (Danish League Format) with Race Nights held on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday imo. Poland can keep the Friday to Sunday slot, Danish riders can still ride in their Home country on a Wednesday and then it'll just leave riders choosing between Britain and Sweden which some already do. I think they'll go for two leagues again though (7-7 Split) with Scunny and one other moving up to save the Premiership. PREM - Belle Vue, Ipswich, King's Lynn, Leicester, Scunthorpe, Sheffield + Glasgow or Poole CHAM - Berwick, Edinburgh, Oxford, Plymouth, Redcar, Workington + Glasgow or Poole Ford wants Weds, in the interests of Poole the sport, and won't move up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 17 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said: Ford wants Weds, in the interests of Poole the sport, and won't move up Why should he,the problems are not in the Championship. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 17 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said: Ford wants Weds, in the interests of Poole the sport, and won't move up Why should he,the problems are not in the Championship. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted June 24 Author Report Share Posted June 24 Just now, Fromafar said: Why should he,the problems are not in the Championship. I was replying to TTT's hypothetical post. Poole won't move up if the Prem needs more teams, and wants Wednesdays. Fine, but if it does go 1 league, and no Weds it could be a problem for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 (edited) 1 minute ago, Bald Bloke said: I was replying to TTT's hypothetical post. Poole won't move up if the Prem needs more teams, and wants Wednesdays. Fine, but if it does go 1 league, and no Weds it could be a problem for them. 👍.Why no Wednesday though Edited June 24 by Fromafar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 35 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said: Ford wants Weds, in the interests of Poole the sport, and won't move up True, However if it's a choice between Mon/Tue/Thu or no race night at all then he'll have to accept it imo. Don't think clubs will get away with being picky about race nights if we lose a few clubs this winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 45 minutes ago, Fromafar said: Don’t think Glasgow or Poole will want fixed race nights though certainly not Mon or Thursday Promotions will have to compromise to keep the Sport going over here imo. Big winter coming up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 Just now, TTT said: Promotions will have to compromise to keep the Sport going over here imo. Big winter coming up. Which Promotions though is the question. There are more Championship Clubs than Premier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted June 24 Author Report Share Posted June 24 (edited) 9 minutes ago, TTT said: True, However if it's a choice between Mon/Tue/Thu or no race night at all then he'll have to accept it imo. Don't think clubs will get away with being picky about race nights if we lose a few clubs this winter. That would probably be the case. I would expect Poole to be out voted if it came to it. Edited June 24 by Bald Bloke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 48 minutes ago, Bald Bloke said: Ford wants Weds, in the interests of Poole the sport, and won't move up Why wouldn't the interests of Poole come first as I would expect the interests of Kings Lynn to come first in Buster Chapman's agenda. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Bloke Posted June 24 Author Report Share Posted June 24 Just now, foreverblue said: Why wouldn't the interests of Poole come first as I would expect the interests of Kings Lynn to come first in Buster Chapman's agenda. I was replying to TTT's hypothetical post. Poole won't move up if the Prem needs more teams, and wants Wednesdays. Fine, but if it does go 1 league, and no Weds it could be a problem for them. Would he run if there was only one league, and was out voted on race days. He might have compromise, to help speedway in the UK at some stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
szkocjasid Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 22 minutes ago, TTT said: True, However if it's a choice between Mon/Tue/Thu or no race night at all then he'll have to accept it imo. Don't think clubs will get away with being picky about race nights if we lose a few clubs this winter. I don't think clubs wanting to race on a night which brings in the best crowds is picky, just good business sense. If the rest of the league said Mon, Tue or Thurs only, don't think Ford would run next season. Would someone else take over Poole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaColette Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 30 minutes ago, szkocjasid said: I don't think clubs wanting to race on a night which brings in the best crowds is picky, just good business sense. If the rest of the league said Mon, Tue or Thurs only, don't think Ford would run next season. Would someone else take over Poole? Don't see why we can't keep Weds. We already have a Dane and isn't a problem. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverblue Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 1 hour ago, Bald Bloke said: I was replying to TTT's hypothetical post. Poole won't move up if the Prem needs more teams, and wants Wednesdays. Fine, but if it does go 1 league, and no Weds it could be a problem for them. Would he run if there was only one league, and was out voted on race days. He might have compromise, to help speedway in the UK at some stage. If they insist on Mondays and Thursdays it may be a problem but I don't see why they can't race Wednesdays and If it was one league then a compromise may have to be reached. I very much doubt we would have too many top riders here anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 1 hour ago, szkocjasid said: I don't think clubs wanting to race on a night which brings in the best crowds is picky, just good business sense. If the rest of the league said Mon, Tue or Thurs only, don't think Ford would run next season. Would someone else take over Poole? I agree but the point I'm putting across is that Promoters won't have a business to run unless a compromise is met if it's one big league after we lose a few clubs this winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldPitGate Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 Only way I can see things surviving is with five man teams of championship standard maybe 8-10 clubs in the new top league. All the top boys would have to depart as we can't afford them and ideally you would need riders who would be committed to being in Britain for 90% of the time needed. The rot set in during the late 80's and we have limped through to the current last knockings the question is even with five man teams will you find enough riders for UK at Championship standard. We can't carry on as we are and that decision looks like it will be forced onto promoters by events next year even those who want the current status quo to continue will have to accept it. You have the riders dictating the racing nights and thus end up with teams running on Mondays which is probably the least most attractive night of the week for your average punter. Going to be an interesting winter that's for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTT Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 Would Redcar move up considering they already put out teams mostly full of Premiership riders? PREM - Belle Vue, Ipswich, King's Lynn, Leicester, Redcar, Scunthorpe & Sheffield CHAM - Berwick, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Oxford, Plymouth, Poole & Workington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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