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Good to have josh back, hopefully can kick on again this year and try cover Sams absence. Cracking idea with the advent Calendar something a bit different to keep fans engaged over the Christmas period.

You obviously haven’t seen him at foxhall. Always looking for his partner on the first turn and throughout the race. we won many last heat deciders and superheats because of him helping his partner.

Doyle in heat 2,,,,,,,how have we managed to get him at reserve,,, not even matt Ford could have pulled that move off

It means that we have a cocaine problem in Glasgow. Out of curiosity Arthur but why do you view my profile every 2-3 days , it hasn’t changed in 12 years so unlikely to change now. you old stalker ye.

I reckon Mulford will be the best 2.00 rider in the league

Nothing, likes to make out she knows something. Just got a big spoon.

No chance was he ever going to Redcar

Wasn't there rumour cookie was going to Redcar, then once Edinburgh knew they were running they obviously would want him knowing masters was wanting to be closer to home. Not saying who promotion talking about but not dissimilar average to riss

Or as a chap at Edinburgh said about Scott Smith 'Spurts of speed in random directions'.

Good lad danyon. Genuinely sad and surprised not back with us next year

Dreadful

What newbies would be my Question these days

Newbies probably have no idea of team strengths so a lower points limit means nothing to them. It's the fans who pick & choose their matches who are likely to attend less

He was decent along with Heeps at reserve,,, since then neither have carried on improving,,, both riders have have since regressed.

They should call it Robin B’Stards.

Sure I read u say team manager can't build a decent team yet u say jack Smith, wouldn't have in any team

Should have gone for Jake Allen instead..

We should also remember riders aren't riding for money but for our entertainment

I love him,, would be the first name on my team sheet on that average,,,,out of the three mentioned,,, he should be the one to average improve more than the other 2. The problem is,,, would he be given a number 2 slot,,, let's be honest, he probably needs a bit of love and attention to bring the best out of him,,, but it looked like they protected Danny last season.

If pensioners are well off it is because they did not have a feeling of entitlement only bought things when they could afford them and lived within their means

6.24 home, 4.00 away. But I guess it's easier to slag off riders if you make up the stats!

Yep

He's a danger to himself and other riders on the track imo doesn't have any track craft at all, just hangs on around the outside and hope's to stay on. Poor gater aswell.

Good entertaining looking team,Shane's is the only risk don't rate him at all.

May come out via rumour mill, but the promotion at Redcar are too professional to name names, even if they haven't been their most favourite people!!

Monster heat leaders...three of the best in the league. Danyon Hume should do well as back up to the big three. Jason Edwards will do a job at number six. James Shanes I never saw coming. Coming back from injury so may struggle a bit at first and may end up swapping with Edwards in the reserve berth. Jake mulford I saw last year at Kings Lynn in lewi's testimonial and he won the three reserve races and looked well tasty. If he rides like that for us he could be a awesome signing on a 2.00 average. Overall a interesting side packed with potential possible top four side if we steer clear of injuries....well done the bears management on putting a good side out...roll on 2023

Any team with King, Wright and Riss as a top three will do OK.

Would be interesting to know who they were going to have instead of James Shanes and also who was in before Erik Riss!

Erik Riss

Awful signing

Who turned Redcar over at the eleventh hour that's led to Redcar having to settle for James Shanes?

Jake Mulford

Glasgow sniffing around, what do you mean

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding you but that is quite disrespectful to those in 2nd-7th. Haven't heard of those from 8th downwards but the top seven are a million miles above amateur level.

Can’t believe the reaction to Brennan’s message..it’s just a look back at the season and leaving the Rising Star system..in no way does it read like a farewell…he will be back at Belle Vue

All that was BEFORE I had them drinks…

Think that might be to much of a gamble,could be no better off than last year tbh.Now it appears Justin Sedgman wont fit,I'd go for Zach Cook,sure he'd adapt quickly to Monmore quite well.

Would never have ANY rider like Batchelor in my team, I have no time for riders who only race when they feel like it, in individuals where your only representing yourself that’s fine, but when your part of a team you shouldn’t do that, you might as well empty your bladder into a team mates fuel tank, because that’s what your effectively doing. Anyone can have a poor night but when it’s so obvious your not even making an effort, your conning the public and the promoter who no doubt has already agreed to pay you X amount regardless of what you actually score.

Be interesting to see him taming that style down to our tighter bended track.

https://moneynerd.co.uk/average-personal-debt-uk-2022/ It seems to me that "our households" are full of people who "must have now" so much that personal debt is at record highs. I don't think that the way that the government runs the country is any different to how the average household is run. But of course, you can always blame the government but you can't blame ordinary Joe, can you? Because ordinary Joe looks just like you and me, and we can't be seen to be blaming ourselves now, can we?

He's being ironic.

Kasper not doing UK this year Knudsen back at Berwick,no idea about the rest

I haven't ben since their NDL days so can't comment on the specific of what they do now and there have been mixed reviews but mostly very positive. I think the bigger picture though is that they have FREEDOM to do it the way they want to do it and want to PROMOTE it! Promoters take a lot of stick but they are effectively in a Closed Shop that would do an old Eastern Bloc dictatorship proud. That's not entirely the fault of the current directors, its the drip drip of previous uninspiring Management Committees who set down Rule and Rule and had no coherent strategy. Of course IOW have also got FREEDOM from £10k or more BOND (£3K I understand in NDL) £15K or more Asset List (that in most cases has no market value or relevance and in actual fact is a closely guarded secret full of ex riders) £20-30k additional Bonds which new Entrants / movers up to CL from NDL have had to pay in past few years. £xxxx.xx for sole supplier Tyres that defy the Trade Descriptions Act which can only be purchased from storage in erm Scunthorpe! £xxx for Insurance whoch has to be purchased from you guessed it a Sole Agent who pays a fee to BSPL Ltd for exclusivity (Martin Lewis eat your heart out) £xxxx/xx SCB Fees to pay for them to oversee the BSPL with completely blurred lines and sharing Directors / Management Committee in part. (like a Politbureau and a Sub Politbureau) Strich Rules and a Rule Book that is a complete joke, insistence of which day you race and what you have to do in terms of reporting - even PR to a degree that has to be monitored and approved. Club Websites that don't belong to the Club, domains held by BSPL Ltd. Fines levied if you don't toe the Party Line. IOW runs via NORA... Time surely for some Clubs to work out the excessive COSTS of BSPL and the possible INCOME of breaking free to NORA.

The "Must Have Now" society that we live in, is the reason why the national debt per person is so high, we cannot go on passing this debt down to future generations, sometime or other this debt has to be paid, people are going to die with credit card debts. If we ran our household budgets like the government does its finances, we would all be out on the street. As a pensioner I am only reasonably comfortably off, because I scrimped to buy my own house, and now don't pay rent. People moan about interest rates. when I had a mortgage it, at one time went up to 15%.

From been a small lad of 5 or 6 been taken to the Boulevard by my Dad to watch the Hull Vikings and the smell of methanol ,I was instantly hooked . Back then I wanted crashes and spills . Fast forward 50 yrs and sadly losing my Dad in March this year I’m still going to my local track which is now Scunthorpe and follow them up and down the country this season. the last two meetings away to Redcar and then onto Berwick 24 hrs later as a single driver because it’s a sport I love and if we don’t support it we will lose it . Look at the uncertainty at Mildenhall now. we might lose another great club . When I worked in London approx 5 yrs ago I visited Swindon , Ipswich ,Rye House and Poole from my London Digs , Look at that small list and we have lost 50 % of them teams so what I’m trying to say is it’s fine been a supporter on a forum but if we don’t get numbers up we will lose Speedway on mass . I’m not a lover of individual meetings but love the team aspect of Speedway so let’s not knock our sport and get to your local tracks more regularly

Hey you Geordies better be careful you don't upset that tosh1218 by carrying on this chit chat

If a rider is unable to take his place in a S/F (or Final) he is declared as having finished last in that S/F (or Final)

Why heat 20 ? there could be a big pile up in heat 19 Are you saying that anyone in the top 8 after 20 heats who cannot ride in the semi`s should be replaced by the next in line and their finishing place( points scored) is adjusted accordingly ? Not sure i agree with that.

Did anyone see this on BBC1? Some lad wearing a shirt made up of pictures of an Arena Essex racejacket, Trackstar fork cover, and a Speedway Star logo. Think he said his name was Ole something? He said something about being a competitor in a "Roo Paul Drag Race" (??). (Looking at him I'm guessing this is something to do with people in women's drag rather than actually being drag racing). Whatever it is, it said it was coming on BBC iplayer soon.

Rumoured for some time already in the paddock that there will be GP's in Cardiff & Manchester from 2023.