Daniel Smith

I'm one of his biggest critics and he certainly has put his money on the line. I agree with Chapman that there has to be 3 leagues. He certainly deserves some credit in trying to save what he believes in.

To be a real "Premiership Supporters Cup' the group of 3 has to be King's Lynn, Ipswich and Peterborough. A great way to start the season.

It's the same reason I don't think you'll have Jack Holder either

The minimum will be 4, why would Ipswich want to put Kemp in on a 4. That would be ridiculous. Think the Premiership are also wanting a certain "above standard" rider to be at that level. That's why all Championship rider's have to achieve a 4.5+ average to get the 3 average required in the Premiership.

Buster taking over Ipswich Speedway has no relevance to Spedeworth's revenue. They charge the rent so Buster will have to pay it.

More solid throughout but I'm struggling to find an outstanding 2ns heatleader with rider's already expected to be elsewhere. I'm certain Ellis will be Swindon or Poole on his average too. With strength in depth the key Lambert might just be to costly unless you find 2 rider's with an 8+ average. 1. R.Lambert 9.08 2. L.Kerr 5.48 3. A.Ellis 6.23 4. E.Riss 6.08 5. T.Proctor 6.57 6. P.Starke 4.95 7. K.Andersen 4.00 Ave: 42.39

I'll make a change, bear with!!

Simple solution to wage demands is to take that option away all together. Fixed rate pay per point regardless. Premiership £150pp Championship £60pp National League £30pp Also, I think bonus points should only be paid for heat advantages.

My line of thinking is then it makes EVERY league meeting important. You can't just then build a team to win at home, make the Play-Offs etc, away meetings would then be just as important as winning at home. Getting thrashed 60-30 would be unacceptable rather than a "It doesn't matter" meeting.

Would this work? Top 2 straight to the final. The points difference over the 2 home and away league meetings between the 2 sides is carried over to the Ultimate Final at a neutral venue. The cap for the points difference is 15 points. Would it add and would the 2 clubs supporters turn up.

It will still be top 4. While it looks silly to have 4 qualify there is no rhyme or reason for the team that finishes top to miss out on a pay day. The only solution other than top 4 is to have top 2 in a straight shoot out or not have Play-Offs at all.

Iversen I'm sure will return to the Panthers which will be about right if we keep Robert. In 2019, how would you love to see this team? These averages are adjusted for rider's that came through the NL with 2.5% removed from their 2018 averages. 1. J.Doyle 9.57 2. L.Kerr 5.48 3. E.Riss 6.08 4. J.Auty 4.60 5. R.Lambert 9.08 6. K.Andersen 4.00 7. S.Nielsen 3.58 Ave: 42.39

So, Swindon or Lakeside??

I've worked a few Championship teams out and even with the low 38 average it's still full of doubling down/up rider's. I've a whole team of 7 doubling up with my made-up line-up and it includes Cook on his Championship 10.45 average. The only way to combat the problem is that rider's that rode Premiership and Championship has their Premiership averages converted immediately. If not, this doubling isn't going to end. The other issue then, more likely than not, some rider's will throw points away in the Premiership to lower their average substantially to compensate for the year on year conversion rate increase. While the new conversion rates look good and the lower team average in the Championship it's now opened itself up to a whole host of other problems, especially the rider's in the Premiership.

And it could work if the rules are done correctly. For me, if a rider gets injured it's R/R and no guest. If 2 are injured then it's R/R and a guest from the Championship that has no team in the Premiership. That way there's no conflict of interest.

I'd go with something like: 1. H.Andersen 7.56 2. Palm Toft 5.65 3. Lawson 6.81 4. R.Worrall 5.81 5. Iversen 7.36 6. Wilson-Dean 5.22 7. Grondal 4.00 Ave: 42.41 Strength in depth and far easier to find replacements for injury. If you have a big hitting No1 like Doyle, replacements become impossible and promoters then look to remove 3 or 4 rider's to make things fit. As a return to the top flight a solid throughout approach gives a far greater scope to improve over the season.

Even on a 4, he'd be better than Bacon on a 3

No club should go anywhere near Sergeant. Costs teams so many points and cost clubs to much money on tapes

I'd have Grondal as your No7 on 3.36. Make far more sense if you want to have one of your experienced and regular rider's.

wasn't all 6 of those against Lakeside?

This is Premiership not Championship, Bacon or Lambert (as proved with King's Lynn) will not be good enough.

Come on Panthers fans, you really need to be thinking better than that

All Thursday tracks moved so Premiership can control that evening. Hopefully it can appease the Belle Vue fans a little one night before Friday. The whole of British Speedway needs this club to survive more than any other

Think Simon Lambert will be unemployed in 2019. Not good enough for what will be a strengthened top league. Not sure what Championship clubs would go near him either.

Might surprise a few but Keith Chapman gets a from me. See how it pans out in 2019 but it's an absolute must he makes changes to the AFA track for next year. King's Lynn deserves a better race track to watch actual racing rather than a gating competition.