BWitcher

The claim will be it was never officially ratified.. Or perhaps they will vote on how to treat such riders.. some teams will be in favor of a particular way and maybe a casting vote can be swung by agreeing to loan a rider in exchange for a vote...

The reality is quite the opposite. Speedway fans might fill out programmes but in terms of knowledge of statistics for the most part they haven't a clue. You're way, way out of date if you think it's somehow uncool to be interested in statistics. Stats are everywhere now and the masses are into them. It is an area that speedway fails to capitalise on.

Agreed, but we get many posters who delight in their tales of newcomers and explaining rules that have no relevance to them.. Of course it's all a figment of their imagination.

No, don't be daft. You immediately tell them about a one over 8 rule or that Scott Nicholls can't ride in the Championship. They then fall over themselves laughing and leave before watching a race (having paid full entry fee).

Correct. Let's face it, if someone completely new approaches you at speedway and asks about the rules, that is what you are going to tell them. Why we keep getting folk making up stories like the one above is beyond me. Unless "Mr Clemens" truly is just plain rude. I note he relates to the Shay so we talking way back to the early 80's at the latest.. I'd be interested to know what rules were changing 'every week' back then?

And the basics are all a newcomer needs to know.

Yet another ridiculous post. So you told a newcomer 'not to worry about the rules'? The rules are simple. 15 races, 2 riders from each side, 3pts for 1st, 2 for 2nd etc. That is ALL a newcomer needs to know.

Remains to be seen if the league was stronger last year. If all teams build close to the 42.5pt limit, we may be short of a couple of big names but overall the league this year will be stronger.

Unfortunately Thorssell should never have been under consideration for this season once the 8pt rule was introduced. He has an average that is inflated by anything from 1-2pts from riding at number 4. Once Lindgren wasn't being brought back they should have gone with Masters at No 1 and used those extra pts to have a very solid 1-7.

Best wishes to Starman. Hopefully it can be sorted quickly.

You're not a speedway fan now? 7,898 posts on a forum of a sport you're not a fan of? I assume these means your post was made in jest and we weren't meant to take it seriously.. all good then!

Yes, I know. The news is, there aren't any Championship teams that are stronger. Glad we've established that.

Lindgren hasn't been forced out by the rules. If Wolves could afford him he would be in the team. Unless CVS and PA have lost the plot enough to think a No 4 is better than one of the worlds top 5.

Irrelevant what your opinion is, they are factually nowhere near. It's a nonsensical statement. However, to give you a chance, name TWO (as you said some) Championship teams that are stronger.

No they don't.

Thorssell will need to do more than hit the ground running. Even with a number of big names out of the league, no 1 is a far tougher position than 4.

For an £18 cost.

Neither would be the second best choice.

Of course I'm not missing the point as this is EXACTLY what I said would happen over ten years ago.

Hardly surprising. Many of us predicted this over ten years ago. NO business survives by constantly cutting the standard. Not enough fans.. cut the standard.. fans walk away.. AGM.. Not enough fans.. cut the standard.. fans walk away.. AGM.. Not enough fans.. cut the standard.. fans walk away. Season after season. Eventually you get to a point where it's just not viable to operate anymore as you can't cut any further.. we're approaching that point.

Was it? Two people attended, one said CVS mentioned Ford, the other said he didn't.

Greaves average is primarily from beating other weak no 7's. If other teams don't have such riders in their lineup he would be likely to struggle.

Not sure, but it makes perfect sense. You can be sure Ford would have been aware of it though.

Almost right, Piort Pawlicki had also been in contact with Wolverhampton about a return too. It's stated on another thread that CVS stated that Matt Ford was the driving force behind the 9pt rule.

Oh how naive you are. Of course Ford can say he was against it, of course he can vote no in full safe knowledge the vote would go the other way. That's called being clever, which Ford most certainly is.