Daniel Smith

Has Putin recalled him??

Oh yes, of course, no club needs £52,000 to help with cost, I'm sorry for the inconvenient posting

there's not 1 promoter wanting to be a loser He hasn't played this game before, life can come at you fast, especially in Speedway

So many factors for a new owner. Would have to pay Buster some £'s Would have to pay Showground owners some £'s All before turning a wheel. Then having to cover signing on fees for the likes of Iversen, Holder & supposedly Tungate also asking a decent fee, waiting for season ticket sales isn't that 'out there' to consider when building a team.

A financially sensible way, certainly not odd. Season ticket salea could be the difference between, for example, signing Andersen or Tungate & Holder or Barker. Personally, that's sensible management

Which would suggest sales haven't been as expected. May be the team they announce is on the basis of season ticket sales as this is what sets the figures to pay signing on fees. They may have 3 teams in the background all associated with season ticket sales??

Why wasn't the Holder's involved in Darcy's meeting??

Correct, & another rider should have been today, so why not?? Somethings changed?? Would that not be classed as a delay?? Edit: To be fair, the Panthers announcements have been Saturday's, so no dwlay as yet

With all these team announcement delays you just know Hans Andersen, Scott Nicholls, Ben Barker etc are the likely incomings & not Holder, Pedersen, Tungate, Iversen etc

Gary Glitter could be out by February, he'll go down well with the kids

Hans Andersen

Some would say it doesn't mean all that much but Chris Holder's Aussie Champs form is pretty dreadful considering the line-up.

Disappointed

You know you don't have to be their to form an opinion. Racing at the AFA hasn't been great for 10+ years. You only have to read on here, Updates & Social Media that the racing isn't good. There's been about 1 heat every couple of meetings cause a stir in excitement & it's always the same rider's, Pickering or Jorgensen. Hopefully this season will be a little better as we have 4 racers from the off so the racing could improve, but the track prep also has to be better than recent history, i.e. leave the dirt on the outside & stop dragging back to the curb every three / four heats. It should have been the NSS, EoES & OGS if it had to be 3 tracks.

The biggest shame is it's probably the 3 worst tracks in the league chosen

Just for a chuckle, promoters up & down the league would go into meltdown 1. Niels Kristian Iversen 7.59 2. Benjamin Basso 6.81 3. Artem Laguta 6.00 4. Emil Sayfutdinov 6.00 5. Chris Holder 7.16 6. Ben Cook 4.06 7. Jordan Jenkins (RS) Ave: 37.62

Surely Ippo fans would take it, no?? 1. Jason Doyle 10.32 2. Erik Riss 6.00 3. Emil Sayfutdinov 6.00 4. Richie Worrall 6.15 5. Danny King 6.41 6. Keynan Rew 4.00 7. Jack Thomas (RS) Total: 38.88

Just go 'old skool' and do averages season by season. New average starts from 1st June & 1st of every month thereafter & include rider's bonus points in the averages, setting the team average at 42 plus 'Rising Star'.

Most fans would be of the opinion that if you're bottom 2 come June you wouldn't want the same rider's back again. A club like King's Lynn I'd almost guarantee they're paying by point so rider's won't chuck races. It's almost certain that rider's like Doyle, Bewley, Holder etc demand guarantees so are more likely to "help the team" for the following year.

They've left themselves wide open for average manipulation, especially the top 2 teams who are likely to have already confirmed Play-Off qualification by the end of June. If most top rider's are paid per meeting rather than by points, then we could see someone like (for example) Doyle dropping to a 6 average pretty quickly. This season (as some are already saying) looks to be the most competitive for years, yet it could turn into a complete farce.

I'm going by Iversen, Holder, Tungate. No Tungate & Andersen in, would be horrific. Don't believe Andersen will deliver, even as a No6

If Peterborough get the rider's suggested the averages don't really matter as they'd have the quality throughout. Ipswich on the other hand would be dead, even with Sayfutdinov & Doyle as a top 2

He won't be in the team on 4.40. He'll be on his rolling average of 5.86. 4.40 is team building only.

Brennan will start the season in the top 5, confirmed

You're talking about the PZM though, that's a separate conversation to be had. If they have granted his licence on the proviso that he remains in Poland then that is the end of the conversation.