TTT Posted 50 minutes ago Report Share Posted 50 minutes ago 4 minutes ago, mikebv said: With weaker rising stars, and also looking like weaker No 6's, and also no sign of any new top level riders coming over, this year has to be weaker than last surely?.. Depends on who Belle Vue and Sheffield's No.6's are imo. Cairns, Rushen, Harrison and McDiarmid is a good quartet of young No.6's so far imo and we have to bring the youngsters on but every Club will need a decent No.6 to make it work. I'm not a fan of the 2027 Rising Star list though and it shouldn't be happening at PREM level imo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phannan Posted 50 minutes ago Report Share Posted 50 minutes ago 17 minutes ago, mikebv said: With weaker rising stars, and also looking like weaker No 6's, and also no sign of any new top level riders coming over, this year has to be weaker than last surely?.. It’ll be the strongest year ever if the witches prevail. Just like it was the other time in memory that they came top. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Irving Posted 46 minutes ago Report Share Posted 46 minutes ago 2 minutes ago, Phannan said: It’ll be the strongest year ever if the witches prevail. Just like it was the other time in memory that they came top. Again, selective guff. Nobody has said next year will be any stronger or weaker, literally nobody. But it will be FAIRER. You seem to like dancing around the whole point but carry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted 24 minutes ago Report Share Posted 24 minutes ago 18 minutes ago, Steve Irving said: Again, selective guff. Nobody has said next year will be any stronger or weaker, literally nobody. But it will be FAIRER. You seem to like dancing around the whole point but carry on. Belle Vue fans aren’t the most intelligent lol Last season was not competitive from June onwards that’s a fact The season before was more competitive as all 4 play off teams were capable of winning the league If this season Ipswich or Leicester are obvious winners by June then 2027 won’t be competitive either Belle Vue were deserved champions last season nothing to do with the league strength like they keep saying …. I’m talking about a close exciting season Last season wasn’t its not rocket science unless you are from Manchester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavan Posted 21 minutes ago Report Share Posted 21 minutes ago 26 minutes ago, Phannan said: It’ll be the strongest year ever if the witches prevail. Just like it was the other time in memory that they came top. Nobody is talking about weaker or stronger We are talking about competitive You could have a league with no top riders but if it was competitive then it’s competitive You won last season fairly but it wasn’t a good season When we won it in 1998 it was boring at times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phannan Posted 16 minutes ago Report Share Posted 16 minutes ago 1 minute ago, Gavan said: Belle Vue fans aren’t the most intelligent lol Last season was not competitive from June onwards that’s a fact The season before was more competitive as all 4 play off teams were capable of winning the league If this season Ipswich or Leicester are obvious winners by June then 2027 won’t be competitive either Belle Vue were deserved champions last season nothing to do with the league strength like they keep saying …. I’m talking about a close exciting season Last season wasn’t its not rocket science unless you are from Manchester You’re right about last year . Because you lot gave up after a couple of months. Of course the year before was fairer when you came out on top. Obvious winners in June? What a sad state of affairs when so called professional teams give in so soon because of what is likely to happen. Short changing supporters in the process. Better off in keeping trying till the end . Who knows what can happen in play offs . Injuries, bad decisions etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebv Posted 14 minutes ago Report Share Posted 14 minutes ago 22 minutes ago, Steve Irving said: Again, selective guff. Nobody has said next year will be any stronger or weaker, literally nobody. But it will be FAIRER. You seem to like dancing around the whole point but carry on. How is it "fairer"?... Northampton and KL won't have a big hitting No1, due to no one of that level wanting to ride over here. Ipswich will have two, like the Aces did last year . Is that "fair?".. And last season Ipswich, regardless of the takeover, basically only missed out on Jason Doyle as, same again, no other top level riders wanted to come over... Meaning they couldn't have signed anyone anyway... And they still ended up with two of the top eight riders in the averages, so, didn't do too bad... The only "fair system" is to distribute the top level riders to one per team, as currently, the teams with two have a big advantage in heats 13 and 15, (as the Aces showed often last season)... Kurtz, Doyle, Bewley, J Holder, Fricke and Douglas should all be the No1's if you want "fairness"... And it would mean a much more competitive sport.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phannan Posted 12 minutes ago Report Share Posted 12 minutes ago 32 minutes ago, Steve Irving said: Again, selective guff. Nobody has said next year will be any stronger or weaker, literally nobody. But it will be FAIRER. You seem to like dancing around the whole point but carry on. Fairer for yous lot because you’ve got a couple of big hitters again, meaning you won’t throw the towel in after a third of the season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Irving Posted 9 minutes ago Report Share Posted 9 minutes ago 6 minutes ago, Gavan said: Belle Vue fans aren’t the most intelligent lol Last season was not competitive from June onwards that’s a fact The season before was more competitive as all 4 play off teams were capable of winning the league If this season Ipswich or Leicester are obvious winners by June then 2027 won’t be competitive either Belle Vue were deserved champions last season nothing to do with the league strength like they keep saying …. I’m talking about a close exciting season Last season wasn’t its not rocket science unless you are from Manchester 4 minutes ago, Gavan said: Nobody is talking about weaker or stronger We are talking about competitive You could have a league with no top riders but if it was competitive then it’s competitive You won last season fairly but it wasn’t a good season When we won it in 1998 it was boring at times My issue isn’t the competitiveness either. You’ll always get season’s where it’s uncompetitive and one team is a standout and dominates, I haven’t an issue with that. My issue is, and has always been, the integrity of a league where four teams compile their teams before Christmas, while two teams are not even confirmed as competing until February and then have to hastily assemble teams of misfits. You could actually add a third, even Sheffield didn’t confirm themselves as running until January! That is NOT a level playing field and the whole season was a mess as a result. In fairness, not all Belle Vue supporters are completely blinkered and biased. There were a couple on here who admitted the victory just didn’t feel right and they couldn’t get much satisfaction out of it (probably to the annoyance of their fellow posters) and that’s to their credit. Not once have I ever said anything was Belle Vue’s fault either, it obviously wasn’t. But let’s not pretend it was no different to any other season ffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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