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I think this is a season too early for Craig Cook. Barker though is a strange replacement, no better than Cook. Bridger I agree with, but need King's experience to take on Australia.

In Prague I would go for Danny King and Lewis Bridger, Cookie has never ridden outside the UK and the World Cup play off is not the place to start. The other two race abroad and have a point to prove. Again, Worrall has only ridden abroad a couple of times and no point chucking him in the deep end. We have some promising riders but they need more exposure to international competition, European Champs, World U21, etc rather than racing around Premier League tracks week in week out. Have a test match abroad, even if it is against Czech or Latvia, that sort of thing.

That is poor, the promotion should be ashamed of that

I would imagine any new stadium would need to be near the motorway if they want a. Multi use facility. Also, Coventry council owns part of the Ricoh?? So granting planning permission for somewhere else seems weird. Can't see Rugby council too keen on a football stadium at Brandon, but you never know

But economics would probably mean some would leave as you can't afford 5 number 1 riders. I think the winning team should be kept together if that promotion wants to, the breaking up of successful teams is the main reason the sport is in decline.well one of them anyway

Guest riders were around in the1970's weren't they?

I would like guest riders to be limited to the number 1 only. Rider replacement for the other 2 heat leaders and then a squad system for the other 5 places between say a squad of 8. Throughout the season each squad member must be used a minimum of 4 or 5 times. All squad members can double down with a PL team. Won't eliminate guests but would restrict them to just make sure the team is competitive. Guest riders have been around for over 40 years so to use that as the excuse for I don't go anymore is being convenient. A lot of fans of many sports come and go, I used to watch a lot of football, but I don't now. There is no particular reason, I just don't enjoy it as much. I certainly don't go on a Football forum blaming it on foreign players, squad systems, etc

There are a lot more footballers than speedway riders. If you want to keep all tracks going, then you need over 200 riders who will ride in the UK. Many EL teams will be starting from a very small squad as most of their existing riders wouldn't be back.

Exactly, the problem is that Woffinden, Harris and Nicholls won't get a ride, replaced by yet more cheap sub standard European riders. You are right, but there aren't enough riders to go around to have one big league, you can probably fill about 12 teams with riders who won't have other commitments elsewhere, and the quality won't be great. And as soon as any are good, the European leagues will snap them up and then you won't see them again.

People I know tend to say I saw it on tv and seem to enjoy it by and large. The main problem if you go to a match without someone who is a fan, is to follow what is going on. What a weird thing for someone to say to you. Was it Moxey?

Given he was talking of taking a month off, was he actually there? Can you imagine this forum if that was an EL match????

I think it would be instead of it, not in addition to the track

Well I don't see anyone else putting their hands up to manage it, do you???? As the finance is in place all that is needed is for Oldace, Moxey63 and Bwitcher to take it over and make a success of it.

Which makes what they have done even cleverer then! They admitted to wrongly postponing the meeting, they haven't admitted to doctoring the track.

Stick a speedway track at the Ricoh. Job done!

You just can't help yourself can you, just have to keep coming back for one last insult, pathetic

The journalist informs us of what he did and why, and now he gets attacked by the forum warriors out for blood, who of course know all the facts as they were tweeted by Chris Holder from miles away. Maye it isn't speedway in terminal decline, just this forum.

Maybe they want to appeal against the sentence rather than the verdict.

In a democracy, which this country is, there is and should be, a right of appeal.

Am I in reality? You are going to throw Garrity, a first year PL rider in and expect him to score any ponts? Worrall and Auty? They are a long way off world team cup class. Just letting them loose to trail in 50 yards behind is not giving them experience, it is demoralising them. We aren't talking Lee, Carter or Collins here!

Woffinden, Harris, Kennett and King are all in better form than Scott anyway. Cook is a possibility but would be better off getting some international experience first. Garrity, Howath, Worrall should form the basis of an u21 team, if that event still exists? (I am guessing Worrall is the right age?). Otherwise the BSPA should invest in sending them to Denmark, Poland etc to race against representative sides from those countries. I know they would lose but at least they would get some experience.

He will be more competitive than most wild cards this year

So he owes HMRC a few quid?

Oldace hopes that is the case, he wants speedway in the UK to disappear so that himself and Moxey63 can be the last 2 posters on this forum posting " I told you so" to each other.

That's great coming from oldace, head of Mensa for East Manchester