Daniel Smith

It is nice to see the TruPlant clubs flop, ❤️❤️ it

Probably £25 next season

Buster's never paying out for that team.

That's only cheating if the wife finds out though 😬

That's my question, outside of those very very easy jobs what do they do? What do they do that warrant such high stature?

Can anyone find a genuine reason why Speedway has them? There is literally only 4 things they can do. 1. Starting line-up order pre meeting 2. Tactical Substitute 3. Reserve Switch 4. Heat 15 rider's & gates Let's be totally honest, Speedway is such a simple sport off track any of us bobbleheads can do that. I'm not sure even this whole "Man Management" ethos is real either. 9/10 times it's teams with the best rider's win, not the managers pep talks.

Should be 2 consecutive seasons prior to 2025.

Hard to put a retain / release for King's Lynn as they have to wait to see if anyone else wants their rider's first. Only Ipswich, Sheffield and Belle Vue have the finances to plan a retain list. For me only Kvech, Rowe & Iversen are worth keeping but I don't see the first 2 remaining.

Random regulation idea just popped in my head. Would it work? Team building average to be the same as the Play-Off winners the previous season. This allowing a winning team to keep all their rider's. Every other team gets an average discount for team building purposes. 7th 6%, 6th 5%, 5th 4% etc. A team in 7th would get 31% for Rising Star & 8.5% for Brits etc. Just an idea to increase competitiveness within the league?

The idea sounds good but the calibre of rider determines the attendance. If there's no GP / Ekstraliga rider's in it, nobody turns up

Middlo had / has the easiest TM job in the British Speedway. Matt Ford's money is the one & only reason for Poole's success

I don't see Kvech & Rowe returning. They should have bigger & better ambitions than King's Lynn rolling around at the foot of the table yet again.

King's Lynn 1. Lawson 7.10 ish 2. Kerr 4.60 ish 3. Klindt 6.60 ish 4. King 6.35 ish 5. Iversen 6.75 ish 6. Mountain 3.40 ish 7. ??? Ave: 35.00 ish I think that's about as good as it'll get for King's Lynn in 25. We'll get the same story no doubt "it's the most expensive side we've ever assembled." 🤣

Piotr Pawlicki

Time to scrap the Play-Offs. They're no longer drawing in the crowds.

Nope, it's now greyfield under Labour definition. Either way, it'll have houses on it. 90% certain under this government.

It seems you still have the planning mindset from a Conservative government. Council regulations & requirements are null & void. Labour has made it loud & clear that any council that blocks a developers plan they will review & grant themselves. The Showground is now under the banner of Grey Belt, wasteland, derelict. Grey belt development: Creating a new category called “grey belt”, which would prioritise development in “grey and ugly areas of the green belt”. Labour stated that “wastelands and old car parks located on the green belt” should not receive “the same protections in national policy as rolling hills and nature spots in the green belt”.

It was about a 30% chance of survival under a Conservative government. It's now 100% no chance under Labour. Quota is out the window, with the now Greybelt added as certain home building ground, Peterborough Panthers at the Showground is over.

I certainly miss that guy. One of very very few promoters to have the supporters at the forefront. Did his absolute damndest to drive the BSPA in the right direction. No idea if you're taking the pish or not but I'm hugely of the belief his departure ( from King's Lynn & BSPA) had a substantial effect on the sports downfall. None of it his fault. He had serious aspirations to lift British Speedway but the dinosaurs absolutely stamped him out. There wasn't anyone like him 10yrs prior & certainly nobody ever since. He was this sports last hope of professionalism imo

The majority don't. British Speedway as a whole is down to about 20,000-25,000 a week watching trackside these days. It's not been serious for 20+yrs & not professional since Sky dropped it.

If King's Lynn run next year, their best chance of top 4 is to just sign 4 permanent rider's and go with 3 guests. History has proven going with a full 7 guarantees bottom 2

I think the comparison isn't far off the mark. The very difference is rider's like Crump, Gollob, Rickardsson, Hamill, Sullivan etc would relish the challenge. Today, there's nobody out there up for the fight with Zmarzlik. Most just move out his way. Speedway is still dangerous of course but the SGP series has definitely gone soft vs 10+ years ago

28 day ban incoming for Kurtz surely

One of the beat & most exciting rider's to ever grace the sport. No shame for Nicki P to feel.

Past: Henka Gustafsson / Nicki Pedersen Present: Robert Lambert