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Plus Jason Gage, Tom Grinstead, Roger Horspool, Andy Mountain etc

On a Wednesday night apparently, genius planning when the meeting is at one end of the country 🙄

That recovery time is not to be sniffed at.

You are welcome to him!

I think compulsory R/R needs to happen too, and unattached riders from the Championship for reserves or a second rider missing from the tip five eg Kerr, Castagna, Wright, Barker, Palovaara, Mountain, Allen etc.

I think Belle Vue have simply built the best team. Yes they are very good on their own track but that's been cultivated as much as anything over a period of time. The obvious key for them now is avoiding injuries.

Once again not picking on Poole, it just happens to be on this thread, but surely 28 days is long enough to sign somebody? Don't think any facilities should be extended beyond that really.

It's a credibility thing for me. I don't pretend to have the answers but borrowing riders from a rival team in a 6 club league is just bonkers. I'd get rid of guests completely if it was possible but even if not they need to be absolutely minimised.

Surely Batch.

Robert Lambert replaced the injured Brady Kurtz at BV did he not?

I think you could well be right, and that's no bad thing.

Depends who's asking I expect.

We said something similar on the pod this week, more in terms of consistency than effort necessarily but they have both been disappointing this year having started on averages they really should have improved on. Both could score 14 or 4 on any given day. If I were building a team right now for 2027 I'd try to keep Fricke, Bomber and the two young lads and have three fresh faces.

Error by me.

All this missing meetings here to be in Poland stuff has to stop next year, as I've said several times before the BSPL need to grow a set and veto signings where riders are going to be absent regularly, and in the case of FIM meetings organise the fixtures much, much better.

With Woryna there is definitely a middle ground, none of us like gaters and and he's worth ten Kuberas for example who bores me to tears, but at times he's reckless and dangerous and I dont want to be watching him wondering who he is going to have off next. He has a responsibility to the other riders to be safe and a little less unhinged. That said he rides lines that others dont and is a great watch when he's not out of control.

It's hilarious how its always 'we were massively weakened' when the guests don't work out yet when ringers score big points its never 'we were massively strengthened'.

Agree and while its absolutely not an excuse this is one of the issues of outsourcing media duties.

Thats interesting as all the young riders who have ridden for both Lynn teams over the past couple of seasons aren't like that at all, they work hard to succeed at speedway and some have 'normal' jobs too. They are approachable and make an effort with their fans both at the track and on social media, and are grateful for the opportunities they have while knowing they have plenty to learn and being humble.

I don't think a little bit of fan interaction and some effort on P&P day and parade trucks etc is too much to ask but he never seems prepared to do that. Who are you referring to as prima donnas?

I suspect they mean not a guest from another team in your league/ cup ie somebody from a lower league. R/R should be mandatory for anybody in the top 5 who isn't your number one IMO.

https://britishspeedwayforum.co.uk/

Finally got round to listening to Mr Coleman on Chat SGP today, very impressive guy judging by that and not frightened to say it how it is about British speedway. Hopefully he keeps ruffling feathers and gets his ideas across.

None on the new forum so far!