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Really pleased to see on here how Richard Lawson won over the Poole fans this season and looks like 100% want him back next season. When you look back at the posts in Poole 2022 around the Basso departing, Lawson coming time it was pretty much the other way. All things considered you ended up with a good deal, he certainly didn't let you down.

Sure 2023 will be the start of great things to come, think they'll be room anywhere they want to go to be honest ( John) .

And what a success it's been........

Most fans knew it was lip service to development and a waste of time and space, this season just confirms what we knew last year.

Although I'm certainly not a lover of the playoffs ( or particularly Poole come to that, although that's success envy really) and think the league should still be a league and not an end of season ko cup, having got to this point no way can it be decided on the league positions or league meeting averages prior to the playoffs. Needs to be a meeting somehow, somewhere, if not unfortunately Poole will probably win the 'league' by the last 3 heats on Wednesday.

It's always should of, would of, could of with referee's with differing opinions, if early heats had a different outcome, any following heat would not have been the same anyway, the butterfly effect etc.

Over the 2 meetings all BV riders just raised their game at important moments of both meetings, which Sheffield just failed to do. When you see Tom Brennen had 16+1 over the 2 meetings also shouldn't be underestimated, having seen him as a kid at Eastbourne, he's still learning but seems to have the fire like Dan Bewley, just hope he continues on the same path.

Thanks to Putin he'll still be unemployed/unemployable next year.

Toss of a coin and save the money......

I believe those figures are well down on previous years, hard times for everyone at the moment.

Although probably at a reduced rate because of the historical family speedway ties, a new speedway promotion would have to rent the stadium for their racing I would imagine.

Yes I guess I do

That's stupid, no rain in the forecast in the south until Friday.

Would the promotion and fans mind the round trip to Eastbourne, track going spare......I'd support you.

So what your saying is a second division like the NL was in 2017/ 2018 when the likes of Eastbourne/ Kent/IOW /Birmingham were in it, before it was targeted as becoming too successful and forced to a far lower level like today, a level it seems unacceptable to the Dugards as not attracting a level of support that could be successful after start up costs.

I think if I were Glasgow maybe first leg is best, bigger crowd perhaps starting level, rather than potentially chasing what could be a big deficit and perhaps unreachable, get a fair lead puts some pressure back at Poole, a couple of fall offs or e/f's by Poole and you never know.

Maybe he's old like me and he's a Nielsen fan ? ......

We'll agree to disagree, I'm pro NL as it was a few years ago, today's is such a poor product, as for Poole.....

Maybe a safe guard if the stocks go I suppose, but assume that rent pays the bill's plus a bit?

You've been around speedway long enough to know that won't be the case with the Dugards, it may be a final consequence if the stock cars go, but I think it's the unworkable structure and costs of the current leagues, all 3. NL is at such a low level now , where attendance will be so small any return will be minimal, another failure and it's definitely finished, can you imagine NL at Poole( the Man Utd of speedway who should be Premiership ), would disappear in one season.

Very sad, but could see it coming as I said before , unfortunately until the BSPL get their heads out of the sand won't be the last to go, or find a relaunch too expensive and unsustainable.

Probably not at current NL level, the worst I can remember. Make it pre 2019 level and maybe sustainable for a promotion, probably gates not far from Championship level, current NL level certainly wouldn't attract me to do the 100 mile round trip I've been doing with the family for over 20 years( up until our closure) and with my parents in the Moran/ Gordon Kennett era.

I suppose it's a sensible affordable level, needs to be Championship lite then.

I'm keeping fingers crossed, but I'm a bit fearful with the current economic climate etc etc. Main thing is to make sure a comeback that's viable, to me it needs a re think of current levels, we need a league/cost at a level of the NL when we were 'forced' to leave it back in 2019, whether that's NL plus or Championship lower than now, but.......

So pleased he's not as badly hurt as first thought, but don't come back too soon and make it worse short and long term.