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It’s only my opinion ,it is not a criticism.If it comes to fruition then well done.I have been around long enough to witness similar attempts at long term planning and not seen any come to fruition.

You will get good odds on that happening.Don’t think you can plan that far ahead in a sport like Speedway.IMO.

They certainly have a way of complicating things.

In some cases probably both. This is not a criticism of the Promotion who do a fine job.It just fact that most modern day speedway youngsters don’t have the technical skills required to ride Armadale correctly.Even experienced riders have difficulty with modern day machinery.

Wonder what rising star has been told he’s going to Edinburgh.That’s enough for him to hang up his leathers

While you might’ve right regarding the future,but both have roughly the same average( under 4).I have seen Bickley a lot over the last 3 seasons and don’t think he has shown the improvement everyone expect,he has certainly been given plenty of chances with Workington and Glasgow.He does not seem to have speed,plenty of style ,but not a lot of battling qualities,he is still young though.Flint has that bit of bottle and is still young, he has had a good bit of track time over the last couple of seasons though.It will be interesting to see if he steps up over the next couple of seasons. To me it the usual with the youngsters nowadays a bit a dirt on the track and they struggle with the rocket ships they are on.Slick track throttle jockeys.

Averages tell you they should really be the same grade IMO.Irrespective of what the future holds.

I suppose the Team can drop him though if he has not had the season they expected.?

Think Leon Flint is a good example of where it could go wrong, another being Drew Kemp.Big average do they just move to 4star in 2022.

Out of interest what happens if the rising star fails to get to the next star level at the end of the season.Will he still be a rising star for 5 years if he fails to improve over the years or will he get “dumped”.

Back of a fag packet grading as usual.

That’s what I was also wondering.Or is it a wind up.

Ellis ,Bates,Perks,Greaves,Stoneman,Bowtell,Coles and a few another’s have been around long enough(not rising stars).Ellis ,Clegg and Bates should not even be bracketed in the same as most of the others.Bit farcical IMO.That’s what happens when you introduce phrases like “rising stars” .Nothing easy for BSPA.

Berge can be a waste of space at times, when he is not in the mood he just takes the P*ss.

Money,can’t blame him though.Danish rules also not helping.

Bad Start,he said he is not riding this season.Polish rules are not effecting enough riders to matter.It’s the riders choice where they ride not the new Polish rules.

Lot more to worry about than the fixture list.IMO.

Best of luck for Luke this season and future,have watch him at Berwick over the last couple of year ,what an entertainer he is.

Maybe waiting to see final outcome regarding Season starting ,and travel restriction regarding their foreigners .They don’t don’t jump at things willy nilly on a BSPA whim.

Lot of damage self inflicted in British Speedway .IMO

Though he was better than he was,that was part of his problem.

I was the chap with the green pen

Yip.

If we get the League’s going this year it will be interesting to see what will be with crowd levels,I wouldn’t be confident of an increase( certainly of new fans)and admission prices have been a touchy subject in the last few years given the quality of entertainment and star names in GB.Poland cannot really be criticised for getting on with it and growing the sport.GB have just sat back watching and are now paying the price.

Agree.Nothing’s simple in British Speedway though.Self Interest always wins.