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Sadly, Gem, that was the way I saw it. Some things might have been worth stripping, but why rip out all the seats, smash them up and a few days later offer to buy new ones ?

Nothing more than a guess. But there aren't many who can fit him in, there are his Dad's connections to the club and he looked pretty good there last season........... Yes, I think it will and that is a very good team indeed. We'll see - the good news is that the Colts are running at all.

Jack Smith ?

One of the best individual performances I saw anywhere last season.

Indeed. I'd find it hard to believe that the Warriors wouldn't have wanted him back on 2017 and they did give him an opportunity when no-one else would. Furthermore, he improved significantly at Smallbrook. Not the easiest place to get to but I'd say he owed them enough to go back this year.

They don't. I am very much in the minority, and I am not a Plymouth supporter.

I am not sure Blacklock will cut it at PL level but one thing is certain : it won't be for want of trying. They are the only speedway food I will eat and, indeed, I skip a meal to do it.

Mildenhall won't be the only team with 3 or 4 points between their heat leaders and the second strings - Isle of Wight are already like it, and Cradley are too. Simple truth is most teams will have what looks like a top heavy side because there are very few 5 or 6 point riders available. Its a little early to tell, but I think that's a very decent team. Jenkins is good - and I mean good - Armstrong can improve but the one I think will surprise everyone is Ruddick. He's definitely got some real ability and just needs to channel it better.

This isn't just a question of liking it, though. Its a question as to whether it can be used as a major marketing tool. All of your merchandise will have it on, all your posters will have it on, the lot. My wife liked it. When I suggested that I buy a couple of T shirts for our nephews aged 7 & 9, her view was very different. The thing is Isle of Wight's is tame (I am lot more sold on it than I once was). I don't like Eastbourne's or Mildenhall's much but they are also pretty tame. You couldn't, for example, suggest that they came from an X certificate horror film. Its not easy when the team are the Devils but the old logo was pretty inoffensive. My issue here is that that - plastered all over Plymouth- might attract some seriously adverse publicity.

It would be untrue to say that all of them do. The quote I got yesterday was 'awful'. In any case, its not them that you have to worry about - its the additional people that Plymouth will be trying to attract. As I said, it will be interesting to see what the reaction of the people of Plymouth is to that image being plastered all over the place. One person on Facebook said that his 3 year old daughter laughed it. My response to that would be that maybe he should get a big poster done - say 6ft by 3ft - and put it up in her nursery, then all the little ones could join in the laughter.

Dead right The facilities don't matter that much to me personally (even when, at Weymouth once, I was sat on a portaloo and some kids opened the door) and I can stomach most presentation, even those that are pretty dire. But unnecessary delays and crap racing are too prevalent and really stick in my craw. Its why Scunthorpe hit the nail on the head. Usually cracking racing and no intervals, and I have even heard Rob Godfrey ask the referee to put the 2 minutes on over the mic. Speedway is - like almost all sports - much better live than on the television. We just have to give people what they want us much as we can.

That's pretty much what I thought. It'll be interesting to see what happens when they flood Plymouth with posters with it on.

Dead right about common sense..............and the lazy bleeders who won't clear their paths. Unfortunately, I don't remember much about the serious bits of the talk only that I laughed an awful lot that day. I do, however, recall that he told us about a bloke in a sweet factory who fell into a tank full of marshmallow. Laurel & Hardy stuff, but we stopped finding it funny when he told us that protection wasn't in place and that the chap had suffered second degree burns and been scarred for life.

We had a talk from the Council's chief H&S officer a while ago and he told gave us a couple of anecdotes which tend to put things into perspective a bit. Every year, the Round Table in Hebden Bridge hold a huge bonfire and firework display - stalls, rides, the lot. Every year they are on the front page of the local rag, complaining about H&S saying they can't do this or that. As that simply wasn't true, one year the chap from the Council finally had enough of all the flak he was getting and phoned their top bloke up. The response was: 'Yes, I know its not true but we get a free front page advert'. On another occasion, some old biddy at a bring and buy sale in a local hall slipped over and broke her arm. Turns out the dancing club had asked for the floor to be buffed up and the caretaker went a bit nuts. It was then reported that H&S were closing the dance club down (which wasn't true). Our H&S bloke was eating his tea when his mother phoned him up, gave him a bashing about closing the club and slammed the phone down. The upshot was that a compromise was arranged and the dancing club, which had been on the verge of closure anyway because of a shortage of participants, doubled its membership.

The stadium was sold to Spedeworth who, I am pretty certain, bought the house in question (or what was left of it). As such, I am also pretty certain that this situation no longer exists.

Hate to bang on about Isle of Wight again but check their face book page and 'my first skid'. And, by the way, they also have sponsorship from a local radio station. Things needed to change from when I was younger (I am 51) but its all got ridiculously out of hand. Guards on machinery is one thing, stopping kids playing conkers is very much another.

Been corrected by one of my sources this morning. Webster himself says he's not ready. In addition, Boxall has apparently moved back to Kent - if memory serves me correctly, Canterbury. That's a 540 mile round trip...............on summer Fridays on the M5.

Rode for Isle of Wight last season. Not impressive, but he could yet bounce back. I think the problem more recently has been the quality of his machinery. I know that at Kent, at least to start with, it might as well have been made out of Lego. Having said that, I believe he now lives in the South West, if not in Plymouth. He's an undoubted SBA track expert, got a decent enough average in the PL last season and indeed could well be the NL's top rider. Given where Plymouth are geographically, to have him sitting on your doorstep and ignore him would have been pretty foolish. Word I got was that he has been building up a couple of bikes but needs to lose some weight. Useful rider at this level but would apparently come in on an 8.00 average. You could have Shanes instead.

I think you need to wait and see here. I don't deny its quite incredible that both Shanes and Ayres have been dumped but I'll be surprised if the team isn't a decent one. Stoneman is a major gamble on 7.00. Tore Coventry to bits but couldn't cope at all with Birmingham. The fact that the Warriors have left him out must say something.

Ipswich are the stronger side. Schlein, Newman, Heeps & Mountain all have the edge. Different teams admittedly, but Workington had all on to beat Ipswich at Derwent Park last season.

From comments on the facebook page they are pretty pleased, yes. Indeed, a number suggested that they wanted him back. Its true he lets his throttle hand rule his head a bit and falls off a lot but I think he has real ability. Get someone decent in his corner and he could make a lot of progress. On 3.10 I'd say he is a very good signing.

'I stopped going regularly for a variety of reasons, now don't live in the UK, and don't have a convenient local track to attend even if I did'. ​Isn't that enough to suggest you're unlikely to go again ? I very much disagree that you don't put the views and opinions of those attending speedway first and believe that smacks of the complacent, take them for granted attitude that I find so prevalent within speedway. It means that there is an acceptance - at least to a degree - that everyone still going is perfectly happy and will keep going no matter what. As its clear that hundreds if not thousands have deserted the sport for varying reasons, that's simply not true. Take me, for example. I spend a lot of money watching speedway and travel an equal amount of miles to do so. But in 2015 I boycotted a track because of their attitude, I did it to a different track in 2016 and will do the same in 2017. Even for someone as committed as myself, there are limits. I also find - mostly on here - that those who have stopped going simply have no interest in going back. They just complain and slag the sport off all the time and some have even said they wouldn't return even if it was free. I really don't understand why you would put the needs and wishes of such people above a current paying customer. One third of British tracks are on Sky Sports, so comment can be made on the racing. To illustrate the point about going and not going, Belle Vue have a new stadium. So (apparently) will Swindon. Scunthorpe has been re-developed year on year and will have new facilities in place in 2017. Glasgow has been subject to major improvement, and you wouldn't recognise Rye House. The back straight terracing at Ipswich has been completely changed, Redcar have a new stand and there have been minor (but important) changes for the good at the likes of Mildenhall, Plymouth, and Workington. I believe King's Lynn has an ongoing programme of works. That's over a third of current stadiums, and that's only the ones I can think of. How do I know this ? Because I have been to them all in the last few years. . Having been critical, what you say about ridiculous delays holds a great deal of water. Intervals, in particular, really stick in my craw. They had an unbelievable 20 minute one at Birmingham last March. Who on earth wants to stand about in the freezing cold for that long ?

One of Isle of Wight's sponsors is.................the Isle of Wight County Press. Barry Bishop simply doesn't miss a trick.

Absolute no brainer signing him. I am not sure I saw him ride last season but from report I know he is pretty good. I was impressed with Walker last season, too. Andrews and Smart - Ok I suppose. If Boxall is up for it, he'll be a very good number 1. There is always that doubt about his reliability, though.

No 1 signed but not named. Henry Atkins, Callum Walker, Richard Andrews, Lee Smart. Saul Bully no 8