Bagpuss

You commit to every single fixture or you're not allowed to sign.

Is that suggesting that Cairns doesnt 'go about his racing quietly'?

It's odd to be hammering a young lad one meeting into the season IMO but there we are. I'd far rather see our own youngsters at reserve than foreign tripe and at Lynn the most exciting element of this year's team is Scott and Rushen for me, can't wait to see them develop. You are right about the hype bit but thats not the riders fault as far as I can see, I'm sure he'd rather be left alone to develop at his own pace. It's us as fans who hype them up because very good ones seldom come around and we get all excited when it looks like one or two hit the scene.

I'm finding some of this Cairns criticism OTT and rather odd to be honest. The lad is 16 and it was his first meeting as a fully fledged RS. I hope Rushen won't get this kind of hammering if he makes a slow start.

Pleased to see Luke Harrison in there, liked what we saw from him last season and exactly the kind of rider that the RS system is about.

And so it begins......

Yep I think more than anything else Polish sparring/pre season camps have screwed us over gradually. The Polish megabucks mean riders will ask how high to jump and dor the time being there is very little we can do about it.

While I respect the views of the 'good old days' brigade I think we are way past the point where random bikes and kevlars for team mates are acceptable or appropriate for our sport or any other which claims to be professional. British speedway gets plenty of things wrong but the correct team image is vital with social media, live streaming/TV and merchandise sales etc. Can't think of any other team sport where a side looks like waifs and strays and doesn't all wear the same kit.

Exactly, its a nod to their history, although I'd have preferred Badgers!

Didn't need the 'is' 🦊

As in a patchwork quilt of different racesuits with race jackets? Would be a massive backward step IMO.

A nasty surprise.

I dont think its ever anything to do with the track who stage it, and I belive the riders ride for free which is why 'top stars' very rarely appear.

It surprised me too but I heard that once he got sorted at Landshut he didn't need/want Prem. Might not be true of course but if it is I wonder if his experience at Oxford last year put him off?

The security certificate for the site has expired apparently.

It's called No Brakes No Fear, a magazine style show ech week during the season hosted by @IanBrannan

Wright didn't want Prem AFAIK, Iversen very much on Northampton's radar and that may still be the case despite his fall. Smektala also in the frame as well as others already mentioned on the thread.

Auto correct one assumes rather than somebody deliberately being a berk.

It's far from ideal and hopefully the reasons for that will become clear but personally I wouldn't rule out going somewhere a month before the first fixture. The main thing British Speedway does wrong is the lack of information even if there isn't much to tell and rhats happening here unfortunately.

Their first home fixture is four weeks away.

I think it would be a backward step to not have a media day and it would probably be beneficial for the other two leagues to do one too.

This mornings forecast for Sunday is more encouraging. Will probably change half a dozen times between now and then though!

If they have a motorway blade then stocks and speedway on the same circuit is not an issue. I can't believe its something they won't have thought about!

Greater media impact I'd have thought. If you say it all now there is far less to reveal between now and May.