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Belle Vue's track is a massive draw for tempting riders over/ back over.

You can’t pick and choose. What a knob

How does that work? Poole only have one vote, what about the other 8 teams? Also they tend not to vote for what Poole want.

We don’t like losing riders, nobody does but if it makes our league more competitive, especially those new to our league then we will act accordingly. Seeing our lads line up at number one for the opposition is equally gutting and heartwarming and sorry for this, I think it should be replicated by other clubs. Leicester, Northampton, Birmingham/Ipswich & Kings Lynn, we are in this together.

Northampton & Ipswich.

Well it will be over then.

I would agree with that. Berwick would probably have kept 2, Glasgow would have kept 2 and Redcar would have kept 2. That would be 3 teams (unless Klindt had raced) looking for a rider to lead their team.

You must stop urinating in your back garden.

I seem to remember prior to the current bunch stepping in Flagrag mentioned polish connections so it could be something was afoot similar to what's happening at Ipswich. (Correct me if the old memory is off Flagrag). Re the old big promise of help we all knew it wouldn't be coming when the crunch came , Doyle is probably the only world class rider who could have been persuaded back this year given based in the UK and he's been loyal to British speedway for years. They really need someone in the Anders Thompson mould he's never going to be world champ but should be a 9-10 point man in UK league and equally doesn't seem to be a rider who only fancies it 50% of the time. Its a shame Tolley isn't involved as there does look to be a fan base to build on at Northampton which wasn't the case at Brum and he clearly has the kind of deep pockets needed to get a top liner over who would probably want 5-7k per meeting.

"If" there is someone in the background looking to run the club next season, as was alluded to pre season, (as long as the club is a viable venture), then I would imagine a "GP rider" would stretch the budget somewhat... And "If" as was suggested, the crowd was 1000-1100 for their last meeting, then paying out £7k and maybe more, for a GP rider (for a home and away meeting), could leave the venture looking less appealing come the end of the season accounts.. You also have to ask "Who" was going to come over and ride? Who isn't already doing three leagues?... And, of those only doing two, would they want to potentially ride Mondays and Thursdays over here in a single week? And Doyle loves riding at the NSS so maybe could see more scoring potential for him (and thus, more money), than riding a brand new circuit to him.. Maybe those saying that Northampton should get a bona fide No1 could suggest one that doesnt "break the bank"....?

It’s not about Belle Vue, and that’s the issue, the league is bigger than just one team, it’s in the interests of all promoters that all teams are competitive enough to at least win home matches and provide some sort of spectacle away. That was always the way back in the day, keep the home fans happy and they will keep coming back.

Sounds like a Swindon swiz to me... promise a track, get the stadium knocked down then pull the rug leaving Speedway high and dry!

of course it was, theyve been doing stuff like this in the off season for years.

Sunday’s matches line-ups Lublin v Gorzow start time 4pm UK time. Lublin 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Gorzow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Grudziadz v Torun start time 6.30pm UK time Grudziadz 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Torun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Sunday’s matches line-ups Lodz v Poznan start time 12pm UK time Lodz 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Poznan 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pila v Krosno start time 2.15pm UK time Pila 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Krosno 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Or Chmiel replaced by Zagar.

Sunday’s matches line-ups Daugavpils v Landshut Daugavpils 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Landshut 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Swietochlowice v Opole Swietochlowice 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Opole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Krakow v Gniezno Krakow 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Gniezno 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Really? They seem pretty consistent to me. Consistently crap! 😜

Bet you believe in fairytales. Have you considered that Doyle may have had a say in all this? Maybe he’d only race over here again if it was at Belle Vue. Slating Lemon and Belle Vue is obviously your agenda.

I would say look at two of the teams who had no rider over eight for 2025 season.

Pi$$ing down here in Wisbech at the moment🫣 Edit: Drama over,it was only a 10 minute shower😀. Looking forward to tonight.I think we can scrape a win,but who knows with our lot they are so inconsistent from match to match.

Ah yes I knew he raced elsewhere but couldn't remember for whom.

The club that although had lost Bewley, still has one of the best riders in the league and the current world number two. Lemon couldn’t give a sh!t about Northampton or the league in general let’s have it right. He’s not content to have just the one GP star at BV, he wants TWO while perfectly happy to leave a newcomer at the foot of the table without one. As has been said earlier, where is the help that was promised if Northampton were struggling for results? Lemon had the perfect opportunity of talking to every GP rider in Manchester over two days, found one willing to ride over here, then selfishly signed him up for Belle Vue rather than give Northampton the help they desperately need in their maiden season. Don’t fool for that troll’s crap on here that Belle Vue are the bastions on British Speedway guff who do things for the benefits of others at the expense of his beloved Belle Vue 🤮

We all know where the Foxes stand, Mark Lemon I understand is part of the Foxes setup? Co opted as promoter or something yet as soon as Doyle became available, did he try to get him in at Northampton? Oh no, he made sure to look after Belle Vue first. Its just like I said it will be, we need another club, not to be competitive, but to make up the numbers, same as Arena Essex circa 2004

Even if you want to look at more than just stats & I agreed MPT should be doing better, I did think he'd do a little better and weren't happy with his efforts when he doesn't make the gate (I've not seen him this year, so can only comment on his scores / average) I still maintain it'd be hard to find a better 6 pointer racing at number 5 (unless Scunny signed Kye Thomsen). Scunthorpe's management not being smart enough / ruthless enough with Pickering's average drop is what's costing them imo. Although they're currently well placed after picking up 3 away points, could be even stronger.